1999 Marshall Thundering Herd football team

1999 Marshall Thundering Herd football

Motor City Bowl Champions MAC Champions MAC East Division Champions
MAC Championship Game, W 34–30 vs. Western Michigan
Motor City Bowl, W 21–3 vs. BYU
Conference	Mid-American Conference East
Ranking
Coaches	#10
AP	#10
1999 record	13–0 (8–0 MAC)
Head coach	Bob Pruett
Offensive coordinator	Marty Galbraith
Defensive coordinator	Tim Billings
Home stadium	Marshall University Stadium (Capacity: 30,000)

1999 Mid-American Conference football standings
	Conf				Overall
Team		W		L		W		L
East Division
#10 Marshall x$		8	–	0		13	–	0
Miami		6	–	2		7	–	4
Akron		5	–	3		7	–	4
Ohio		5	–	3		5	–	6
Bowling Green		3	–	5		5	–	6
Kent State		2	–	6		2	–	9
Buffalo		0	–	8		0	–	11
West Division
Western Michigan x		6	–	2		7	–	5
Toledo		5	–	3		6	–	5
Northern Illinois		5	–	3		5	–	6
Eastern Michigan		4	–	4		4	–	7
Central Michigan		3	–	5		4	–	7
Ball State		0	–	8		0	–	11
Championship: Marshall 34, Western Michigan 30
$ – Conference champion x – Division champion/co-champions Rankings from AP Poll

The 1999 Marshall Thundering Herd football team represented Marshall University in the 1999 NCAA Division I-A football season. Marshall became the second non-automatic qualifying team in the BCS era to finish the year ranked in the AP top 10.

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent^#	Rank^#	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 4	6:00 PM	at Clemson*		Memorial Stadium • Clemson, SC	WSAZ	W 13–10	79,186
September 11	7:00 PM	Liberty*		Marshall University Stadium • Huntington, WV	WSAZ	W 63–3	26,374
September 18	7:00 PM	Bowling Green		Marshall University Stadium • Huntington, WV	FSNP	W 35–16	29,741
September 25	7:00 PM	Temple*	#21	Marshall University Stadium • Huntington, WV	FSNP	W 34–0	30,194
October 2	2:00 PM	at Miami (OH)	#17	Yager Stadium • Oxford, OH	ESPN+	W 32–14	30,087
October 14	8:00 PM	Toledo	#15	Marshall University Stadium • Huntington, WV	ESPN	W 38–13	30,203
October 23	12:00 PM	at Buffalo	#15	UB Stadium • Amherst, NY	FSNP	W 59–3	13,120
October 30	4:00 PM	Northern Illinois	#13	Marshall University Stadium • Huntington, WV	FSN	W 41–9	30,081
November 6	2:00 PM	at Kent State	#13	Dix Stadium • Kent, OH	WSAZ	W 28–16	12,280
November 13	12:00 PM	at Western Michigan	#12	Waldo Stadium • Kalamazoo, MI		W 31–17	30,472
November 26	12:30 PM	Ohio	#12	Marshall University Stadium • Huntington, WV (Battle for the Bell)	FSN	W 34–3	26,053
December 3	12:30 PM	Western Michigan	#11	Marshall University Stadium • Huntington, WV (MAC Championship Game)	ESPN2	W 34–30	28,069
December 27	1:30 PM	vs. #25 BYU*	#11	Pontiac Silverdome • Pontiac, MI (Motor City Bowl)	ESPN	W 21–3	44,449
*Non-conference game. Homecoming. ^#Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Eastern Time^[1].

Game notes

Clemson

	1	2	3	4	Total
Thundering Herd	6	0	0	7	13
Tigers	0	3	0	7	10

Western Michigan

	1	2	3	4	Total
Broncos	10	10	3	7	30
#11 Thundering Herd	0	0	20	14	34

BYU

	1	2	3	4	Total
#25 Cougars	3	0	0	0	3
#11 Thundering Herd	0	7	7	7	21

Team players drafted in the NFL

The following players were selected in the 2000 NFL Draft.

Player	Position	Round	Pick	Franchise
Chad Pennington	Quarterback	1	17	New York Jets
Rogers Beckett	Defensive Back	2	43	San Diego Chargers
Doug Chapman	Running Back	3	88	Minnesota Vikings
James Williams	Wide Receiver	6	175	Seattle Seahawks

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Awards and honors

Chad Pennington, Davey O'Brien Trophy finalist^[3]
Chad Pennington, Heisman Trophy Finalist^[3]
Chad Pennington, MAC Championship Game MVP and MAC Offensive Player of the Year
Chad Pennington, 1st Team All-MAC
Nate Poole, 1st Team All-MAC
Giradie Mercer, 1st Team All-MAC
Doug Chapman, 1st Team All-MAC
John Grace, 1st Team All-MAC
Rogers Beckett, 1st Team All-MAC
James Williams, 1st Team All-MAC

References

↑ "1999 Marshall Football Schedule." 1999 Marshall University Football Media Guide Retrieved on April 16, 2009.
↑ "2000 NFL Draft Listing". Pro Football Reference. Archived from the original on May 13, 2009. Retrieved April 17, 2009.
1 2 "1999 Heisman Trophy, College Football Awards". College Football Poll. Archived from the original on May 13, 2009. Retrieved April 17, 2009.

Marshall Thundering Herd football

Venues	Fairfield Stadium (1927–1990) Joan C. Edwards Stadium (1991–present)

Bowls & rivalries	Bowl games East Carolina Ohio: Battle for the Bell West Virginia: Friends of Coal Bowl

Culture & lore	Marco the Buffalo "Sons of Marshall" Marching Thunder Southern Airways Flight 932 Marshall University: Ashes to Glory We Are Marshall

People	Head coaches NFL draftees

Seasons	1895 1896 1897 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016

National championship seasons in bold

Mid-American Conference football champions

Cincinnati (1947)
Miami (1948)
Cincinnati (1949)
Miami (1950)
Cincinnati (1951)
Cincinnati (1952)
Ohio (1953)
Miami (1954)
Miami (1955)
Bowling Green (1956)
Miami (1957)
Miami (1958)
Bowling Green (1959)
Ohio (1960)
Bowling Green (1961)
Bowling Green (1962)
Ohio (1963)
Bowling Green (1964)
Bowling Green & Miami (1965)
Miami & Western Michigan (1966)
Ohio & Toledo (1967)
Ohio (1968)
Toledo (1969)
Toledo (1970)
Toledo (1971)
Kent State (1972)
Miami (1973)
Miami (1974)
Miami (1975)
Ball State (1976)
Miami (1977)
Ball State (1978)
Central Michigan (1979)
Central Michigan (1980)
Toledo (1981)
Bowling Green (1982)
Northern Illinois (1983)
Toledo (1984)
Bowling Green (1985)
Miami (1986)
Eastern Michigan (1987)
Western Michigan (1988)
Ball State (1989)
Central Michigan & Toledo (1990)
Bowling Green (1991)
Bowling Green (1992)
Ball State (1993)
Central Michigan (1994)
Toledo (1995)
Ball State (1996)
Marshall (1997)
Marshall (1998)
Marshall (1999)
Marshall (2000)
Toledo (2001)
Marshall (2002)
Miami (2003)
Toledo (2004)
Akron (2005)
Central Michigan (2006)
Central Michigan (2007)
Buffalo (2008)
Central Michigan (2009)
Miami (2010)
Northern Illinois (2011)
Northern Illinois (2012)
Bowling Green (2013)
Northern Illinois (2014)
Bowling Green (2015)

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