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Herd Football Hosts Louisiana in Inaugural Sun Belt Home Game
10/11/2022 1:24:00 PM | Football
Marshall will debut black helmets in the nationally televised Wednesday night game
HUNTINGTON, W.Va. – The Marshall University football team (3-2, 0-1 Sun Belt) hosts the Louisiana Ragin' Cajuns (2-3, 0-2 Sun Belt) Wednesday night at Joan C. Edwards Stadium. Kickoff is set for 7:30 p.m. for the Herd's inaugural Sun Belt home contest. The game will be broadcast before a national audience on ESPN2.
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PROMOTIONS
Black Out! Wear Black!
The five-millionth fan in the history of Joan C. Edwards Stadium will be in attendance Wednesday night. The official winner will be notified at random upon entering the stadium, and will be recognized at the end of the first quarter.
The winner of America's Got Talent 2011, Landau Eugene Murphy Jr. will sing the Star-Spangled Banner prior to kickoff. A special flyover will accompany the anthem.
HAVE YOU HEARD?
Wednesday will mark the first time in program history that the Marshall football team will wear black helmets. The team first introduced black jerseys during the 2015 season. Two years later, black pants made their debut for the Thundering Herd.
PRE-GAME NOTES
Marshall enters Wednesday's game with a 3-2 record (0-1 Sun Belt). Head Coach Charles Huff's side is coming off a 28-7 victory over Gardner-Webb on October 1. Quarterback Henry Colombi had two passing touchdowns in the victory. The redshirt senior from Fort Lauderdale, Florida, has six passing touchdowns on the season.
Sixth-year senior Khalan Laborn leads the rushing attack with eight scores, averaging 5.5 yards per carry. Laborn has rushed for 731 yards this season, averaging 146.2 yards per game.
Redshirt junior Micah Abraham and senior Steven Gilmore lead the Herd's defense with three interceptions each. Gilmore's two interceptions against Gardner-Webb made him the first player since Rodney Allen against FIU in 2016 to pick off multiple passes in a game.
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ABOUT LOUISIANA
Louisiana is led by Head Coach Michael Desormeaux, who was named head coach prior to the R+L Carriers New Orleans Bowl game last December. Desormeaux was a quarterback for the Ragin' Cajuns from 2005-08, and has been on the coaching staff for the last six seasons.
The Ragin' Cajuns have been the class of the Sun Belt, winning the Sun Belt West each of the last four seasons. UL were declared Co-Champions in 2020, before winning the Sun Belt Championship last season, defeating App State, 24-16.
For more information surrounding the Louisiana football program, visit HERE:
SERIES HISTORY
The two storied programs met for the first time last year at the R+L Carriers New Orleans Bowl. Louisiana defeated Marshall, 36-21 at the Caesars Superdome on December 18, 2021.
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