1995 Marshall Thundering Herd football team
| 1995 Marshall Thundering Herd football | |
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NCAA Division I-AA Championship, L 22–20 vs. Montana | |
| Conference | Southern Conference |
| Ranking | |
| Sports Network | No. 6 |
| Record | 12–3 (7–1 SoCon) |
| Head coach |
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| Offensive coordinator | Chris Scelfo (3rd season) |
| Home stadium | Marshall University Stadium |
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| Team | W | L | T | W | L | T | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 2 Appalachian State $^ | 8 | – | 0 | – | 0 | 12 | – | 1 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 6 Marshall ^ | 7 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 12 | – | 3 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 15 Georgia Southern ^ | 5 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 9 | – | 4 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Furman | 5 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 6 | – | 5 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| East Tennessee State | 4 | – | 4 | – | 0 | 4 | – | 7 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| VMI | 3 | – | 5 | – | 0 | 4 | – | 7 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Chattanooga | 2 | – | 6 | – | 0 | 4 | – | 7 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Western Carolina | 2 | – | 6 | – | 0 | 3 | – | 7 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| The Citadel | 0 | – | 8 | – | 0 | 2 | – | 9 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 1995 Marshall Thundering Herd football team represented Marshall University in the 1995 NCAA Division I-AA football season. The team advanced to the national championship game but lost to Montana Grizzlies, 22–20.
Regular season
Marshall was quarterbacked by true freshman and future NFL starter Chad Pennington. Starting running back Chris Parker set the Marshall single season rushing record with 1,833 rushing yards.[1]
Postseason
Marshall advanced to the 1995 NCAA I-AA playoffs with an at large bid, but held home field advantage for the first two games, defeating Jackson State and Northern Iowa in Huntington before going on the road against McNeese State in the semifinal game. Marshall defeated McNeese State and advanced to the I-AA National Championship game, which was held at Marshall's stadium against the Montana Grizzlies. This was the fourth consecutive I-AA National Championship game hosted by Marshall. Marshall lost the championship game, 22–20.
Schedule
| Date | Opponent | Rank | Site | Result | Attendance |
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| August 31 | at NC State* | No. 2 | L 16–33 | ||
| September 9 | Tennessee Tech* | No. 3 | W 45–14 | ||
| September 16 | No. 13 Georgia Southern | No. 4 |
| W 37–7 | |
| September 30 | at Chattanooga | No. 3 | W 35–32 | ||
| October 7 | VMI | No. 3 |
| W 56–21 | |
| October 14 | at Western Carolina | No. 3 | W 42–3 | ||
| October 21 | No. 2 Appalachian State | No. 3 |
| L 3–10 | |
| October 28 | at The Citadel | No. 7 | W 21–19 | ||
| November 4 | East Tennessee State | No. 7 |
| W 52–0 | |
| November 11 | at Furman | No. 7 | W 31–6 | ||
| November 18 | Hofstra* | No. 6 |
| W 30–28 | |
| November 25 | Jackson State* | No. 6 |
| W 38–8 | |
| December 2 | No. 18 Northern Iowa* | No. 6 |
| W 41–24 | |
| December 9 | at No. 1 McNeese State* | No. 6 |
| W 25–13 | |
| December 16 | No. 8 Montana* | No. 6 |
| L 20–22 | 32,106 |
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References
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