Marshall Thundering Herd

The Marshall Thundering Herd were 10-2 in 1997. They fell to the Ole Miss Rebels, 34 to 31, in the Motor City Bowl on December 26, 1997.

Scores & Schedules

See schedule

DATE		OPP	SCORE
Fri 12/26	@	MISS	L 31-34
Fri 12/5	vs	TOL	W 34-14
Sat 11/15	vs	OHIO	W 27-0
Sat 11/8	vs	BGSU	W 28-0
Sat 11/1	@	CMU	W 45-17

Team Leaders

See roster

PASS YDS

3,480

Pennington

RUSH YDS

908

Chapman

REC YDS

1,647

Moss

1997 MAC Standings

	TEAM	CONF	OVERALL
1	Marshall	7-1	10-3
	Toledo	7-1	9-3
	Miami (OH)	6-2	8-3
	Ohio	6-2	8-3
	Western Michigan	6-2	8-3

1997 Stats

See stats

	GP	PTS	YDS	PLY	AVG	RUSH YDS	RUSH ATT	RUSH AVG	PASS YDS	PASS ATT	PASS AVG
Team	12	453	5,339	832	6.4	1,651	382	4.3	3,688	450	8.2
Team Rank		3rd	5th	14th	8th	56th	92nd	34th	7th	9th	19th
Opponent	12	225	4,153		4.8	2,205	551	4.0	1,948	322	6.0
Opponent Rank		28th	58th		25th	92nd	107th	64th	18th	47th	11th
Net		+228	+1,186	+832	+1.7	-554	-169	+0.3	+1,740	+128	+2.1
Net Rank		7th	15th	14th	11th	82nd	107th	51st	2nd	7th	16th

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CFB 2026 Leaders

Pass Yards Leaders

2,257

Atkinson

2,045

Maiava

1,868

Jackson

Rush Yards Leaders

828

Roberts

793

Cook

743

Sheppard

Rec Yards Leaders

932

Legree

916

Smith

720

Hernandez

Pass TD Leaders

21

Atkinson

18

Maiava

17

Taylor

Rush TD Leaders

12

Baugh

12

Hawkins

10

Daniels

Rec TD Leaders

12

Legree

11

Smith

9

Dixon

QB Rating Leaders

212.2

Mensah

200.5

Hoover

198.6

Stockton

Sack Leaders

9.5

Simmons

8.0

Umanmielen

7.0

Esqillion

CFB 2026 Rankings

PPG Rankings

49.6

46.2

44.2

44.0

43.4

42.8

Opp PPG Rankings

9.8

10.3

10.6

11.0

11.8

12.2

Total Yards Rankings

554.8

533.8

531.6

524.8

522.3

521.4

Rush Yards Rankings

333.2

325.6

299.4

295.5

263.6

253.2

Pass Yards Rankings

391.2

347.0

341.0

337.8

334.4

322.4

Sack Leaders

24.0

22.0

20.0

19.0

CFB 2026 Standings

	Southeastern	W	L	PCT
1	Alabama	5	1	.833
2	Georgia	6	0	1.000
3	Texas	4	1	.800
4	Florida	4	2	.667
5	Kentucky	5	1	.833
6	Mississippi State	4	1	.800
7	Ole Miss	4	1	.800
8	LSU	4	2	.667
9	Missouri	5	1	.833
10	Tennessee	5	1	.833
11	Auburn	3	2	.600
12	Texas A&M	3	3	.500
13	Oklahoma	3	2	.600
14	Vanderbilt	3	3	.500
15	Arkansas	2	4	.333
16	South Carolina	3	3	.500

	Pac-12	W	L	PCT
1	Boise State	4	1	.800
2	Fresno State	4	1	.800
3	Oregon State	4	2	.667
4	San Diego State	2	4	.333
5	Utah State	2	4	.333
6	Colorado State	2	3	.400
7	Texas State	2	3	.400
8	Washington State	1	5	.167

	Big 12	W	L	PCT
1	BYU	5	0	1.000
2	Texas Tech	5	0	1.000
3	Baylor	4	1	.800
4	Utah	5	0	1.000
5	Oklahoma State	4	1	.800
6	Arizona	5	1	.833
7	Houston	5	1	.833
8	Cincinnati	4	1	.800
9	UCF	3	3	.500
10	Arizona State	2	2	.500
11	Iowa State	3	3	.500
12	Kansas State	3	2	.600
13	Kansas	2	3	.400
14	West Virginia	3	3	.500
15	Colorado	2	3	.400
16	TCU	2	3	.400

	Mid-American	W	L	PCT
1	Eastern Michigan	4	3	.571
2	Toledo	4	2	.667
3	Central Michigan	3	3	.500
4	Ohio	4	2	.667
5	Western Michigan	4	2	.667
6	Bowling Green	2	4	.333
7	UMass	4	2	.667
8	Kent State	2	4	.333
9	Buffalo	3	3	.500
10	Miami (OH)	3	3	.500
11	Akron	1	5	.167
12	Ball State	1	5	.167
13	Sacramento State	1	5	.167

	Big 10	W	L	PCT
1	Indiana	6	0	1.000
2	Nebraska	5	1	.833
3	UCLA	5	0	1.000
4	Minnesota	4	2	.667
5	Ohio State	5	1	.833
6	Wisconsin	4	1	.800
7	Oregon	3	2	.600
8	Iowa	5	1	.833
9	USC	6	1	.857
10	Northwestern	4	1	.800
11	Purdue	3	3	.500
12	Michigan	3	2	.600
13	Penn State	3	3	.500
14	Illinois	3	3	.500
15	Maryland	2	4	.333
16	Michigan State	2	4	.333
17	Rutgers	1	4	.200
18	Washington	3	3	.500

	Conference USA	W	L	PCT
1	Liberty	5	1	.833
2	Jacksonville State	4	2	.667
3	Florida International	3	2	.600
4	New Mexico State	2	4	.333
5	Western Kentucky	2	4	.333
6	Delaware	2	3	.400
7	Middle Tennessee	2	3	.400
8	Kennesaw State	1	4	.200
9	Missouri State	1	4	.200
10	Sam Houston	1	4	.200

	Atlantic Coast	W	L	PCT
1	Miami	5	0	1.000
2	Pittsburgh	5	1	.833
3	Duke	4	1	.800
4	SMU	4	1	.800
5	Wake Forest	5	1	.833
6	Clemson	3	2	.600
7	Virginia	4	2	.667
8	NC State	3	3	.500
9	Louisville	3	3	.500
10	Virginia Tech	4	2	.667
11	California	3	3	.500
12	Florida State	3	3	.500
13	Stanford	2	4	.333
14	North Carolina	3	2	.600
15	Georgia Tech	2	3	.400
16	Syracuse	2	3	.400
17	Boston College	2	3	.400

	Independent	W	L	PCT
1	Notre Dame	6	0	1.000
2	UConn	3	3	.500

	American Athletic	W	L	PCT
1	UTSA	5	1	.833
2	Florida Atlantic	4	1	.800
3	Memphis	5	1	.833
4	North Texas	4	2	.667
5	UAB	3	3	.500
6	Army	3	2	.600
7	Temple	2	4	.333
8	South Florida	4	2	.667
9	East Carolina	3	2	.600
10	Tulane	2	3	.400
11	Tulsa	3	3	.500
12	Rice	1	5	.167
13	Charlotte	0	6	.000
14	Navy	2	3	.400

	Sun Belt	W	L	PCT
1	James Madison	6	0	1.000
2	South Alabama	4	2	.667
3	Georgia State	4	1	.800
4	Louisiana	4	2	.667
5	Georgia Southern	2	4	.333
6	Troy	3	2	.600
7	Appalachian State	3	2	.600
8	Louisiana Tech	3	2	.600
9	Marshall	3	3	.500
10	Southern Miss	1	4	.200
11	Coastal Carolina	2	4	.333
12	Louisiana-Monroe	0	5	.000
13	Old Dominion	2	4	.333
14	Arkansas State	2	4	.333

	Mountain West	W	L	PCT
1	North Dakota State	5	1	.833
2	New Mexico	4	1	.800
3	UNLV	4	2	.667
4	Wyoming	3	3	.500
5	Air Force	4	1	.800
6	San Jose State	3	3	.500
7	Northern Illinois	0	5	.000
8	Nevada	2	3	.400
9	UTEP	1	5	.167
10	Hawai'i	1	4	.200