Marshall

5–3 · 2–2 Sun Belt · Tony Gibson, 2nd season

Beat Old Dominion 36–23, Oct 31 · Next: at Georgia Southern, Sat, Nov 7 · analysis

Best by position: quarterbacks · running backs · wide receivers · tight ends · defenders · kickers · punters

Against the closing line

Marshall has beaten the line in 2 of its last 4, 1.0 points a game under it. Over the season it’s 7.3 a game under, 130th of 136.

Of the 10 teams at 5–3 against a schedule this hard, Marshall’s −7.3 is 10th.

last 4

−1.0

before

−13.5

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Oct 3, 2026 @ James Madison −12.0
Oct 10, 2026 vs Coastal Carolina −10.5
Oct 20, 2026 vs South Alabama +8.5
Oct 31, 2026 @ Old Dominion +10.0

every game, with the line

Lately

Failed to cover 7 of its last 10count
- Nov 22, 2025 @ Appalachian State −6
- Nov 29, 2025 vs Georgia Southern −15.5
- Sep 5 @ Penn State −22
- Sep 12 vs Middle Tennessee −10
- Sep 19 @ Missouri State +2
- G Sep 26 vs Gardner-Webb −24
- Oct 3 @ James Madison −12
- Oct 10 vs Coastal Carolina −10.5
- Oct 20 vs South Alabama +8.5
- Oct 31 @ Old Dominion +10
Won 6 of its last 10 at homecount
- Sep 6, 2025 vs Missouri State −1
- E Sep 13, 2025 vs Eastern Kentucky +31
- Oct 11, 2025 vs Old Dominion +24
- Oct 18, 2025 vs Texas State +3
- Nov 8, 2025 vs James Madison −12
- Nov 29, 2025 vs Georgia Southern −5
- Sep 12 vs Middle Tennessee +2
- G Sep 26 vs Gardner-Webb +1
- Oct 10 vs Coastal Carolina −6
- Oct 20 vs South Alabama +7
Beat 6 of its last 10 unranked opponentscount
- Nov 15, 2025 @ Georgia State +12
- Nov 22, 2025 @ Appalachian State −2
- Nov 29, 2025 vs Georgia Southern −5
- Sep 12 vs Middle Tennessee +2
- Sep 19 @ Missouri State +6
- G Sep 26 vs Gardner-Webb +1
- Oct 3 @ James Madison −28
- Oct 10 vs Coastal Carolina −6
- Oct 20 vs South Alabama +7
- Oct 31 @ Old Dominion +13

every kind

Against expected,

Against expected, this season, a game
a game	offense	defense
Points	−6.1 · 108th	+3.4 · 99th
Total yards	−24 · 86th	+61 · 118th
Touchdowns	−1.0 · 115th	+0.4 · 88th
Passing efficiency	−22.5 · 123rd	−3.6 · 58th
3rd downs	−2.0% · 85th	−0.7% · 61st
Turnovers	+0.6 · 126th	+0.1 · 53rd
Sacks	−0.1 · 63rd	−1.0 · 123rd
Penalty yards	+5.5 · 90th

Over (+) or under (−) what its opponents usually allow, a game, and where that stands among 136 teams, the best first. Lit is the top ten or the bottom ten. Penalty yards read against the league’s mean, since nobody allows them.

every stat, every team

Seasons

2026 5–3
2025 5–7
2024 10–3
2023 6–7
2022 9–4
2021 7–6
2020 7–3
2019 8–5
2018 9–4
2017 8–5
2016 3–9
2015 10–3
2014 13–1
2013 10–4
2012 5–7
2011 7–6
2010 5–7
2009 7–6
2008 4–8
2007 3–9
2006 5–7
2005 4–7
2004 6–6
2003 8–4
2002 11–2
2001 11–2
2000 8–5
1999 13–0
1998 12–1
1997 10–3
1981 2–9
1980 2–8–1
1979 1–10
1978 1–10
1977 2–9
1976 4–7
1975 2–9
1974 1–10
1973 4–7
1972 2–8
1971 2–8
1970 3–6
1969 3–7
1968 0–9–1
1967 0–10
1966 2–8
1965 5–5
1964 7–3
1963 5–4–1
1962 4–6

Method

Against the line is each game’s points of margin less what the closing line expected, from College Football Streak King’s lines. A game nobody lined sits out, and a push hasn’t beaten it. Lately is the last 4 games with one.
A schedule this hard means the mean rating of the opponents it’s played is within 5.2 points of the team’s, two thirds of a standard deviation of the league’s schedules, and a rating is what the season’s games say about a team’s margin against an average team. The teams beside it have its record.
Against expected is each game against what the opponent usually gave up in its other games, with half the home edge, averaged. A game against a team with no other game here sits out.
Passing efficiency is the NCAA’s passer rating. Turnovers on offense are the ones it lost, and on defense the ones it forced. Sacks on offense are the ones its quarterbacks took, and they start in 2024.