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Marshall University
4-4 , 1-3
Coastal Carolina
5-3 , 3-2
Marshall Football Falls To Coastal Carolina, 34-6
10/28/2023 10:20:00 PM | Football
Herd’s Rece Verhoff hits a pair of FGs in loss to Chanticleers
CONWAY, S.C. – Marshall Football dropped a 34-6 contest against Coastal Carolina in front of a record crowd of 21,324 fans at Brooks Stadium on Saturday night.
With the loss, Marshall falls to 4-4 overall and 1-3 in Sun Belt Conference action.
"We didn't execute well enough to beat a good team," Marshall head coach Charles Huff said. "Hats off to Coastal, first off, because they made the plays, but we had way too many explosive plays given up in the pass game on defense."
Coastal Carolina jumped out to an early lead and never looked back in the contest as Marshall turned the ball over four times, which contributed to the loss.
Marshall kicker Rece Verhoff connected on field goals of 23 and 44 yards to provide the lone points on the evening for the Thundering Herd.
One of Verhoff's field goals came after a recovered punt fumble by linebacker Landyn Watson – the first fumble recovery of his Marshall career.
Marshall's special teams also got a boost from Isaiah Gibson, who blocked a Coastal Carolina field goal in the second half, and punter John McConnell, who averaged 41.3 yards on his three punts with all landing inside the 20.
Marshall quarterback Cam Fancher finished the game 11 of 22 for 125 yards with two interceptions.
Freshman quarterback Cole Pennington also came in during the second half and finished 12 of 23 for 77 yards and two interceptions.
"We had a lot of drops, a lot of missed opportunities and a lot of poor throws," Huff said. "They took us out of the run game a little bit because they got out ahead of us."
Rasheen Ali returned to action after missing last week's game and finished with 52 yards on the ground. Wide receiver DeMarcus Harris was the Herd's leading receiver with five catches for 61 yards.
Defensively, A.G. McGhee had a career-high nine tackles and added an interception in the loss for the Herd, who returns to action at 6 p.m. on Saturday against App State in Boone, N.C.
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Team Stats
MAR 0, CCU 3
CCU - Hensley,Kade 36 yd field goal 8 plays, 57 yards, TOP 04:05
MAR 0, CCU 10
CCU - Brown,Jared 30 yd pass from Guest,Jarrett (Hensley,Kade kick) 4 plays, 69 yards, TOP 02:07
MAR 0, CCU 13
CCU - Hensley,Kade 33 yd field goal 11 plays, 66 yards, TOP 06:06
MAR 3, CCU 13
MAR - Verhoff,Rece 23 yd field goal 7 plays, 19 yards, TOP 02:47
MAR 3, CCU 20
CCU - Brown,Jared 59 yd pass from Guest,Jarrett (Hensley,Kade kick) 7 plays, 87 yards, TOP 02:23
MAR 3, CCU 27
CCU - Coleman,DeAndre 27 yd pass from Guest,Jarrett (Hensley,Kade kick) 2 plays, 27 yards, TOP 00:11
MAR 6, CCU 27
MAR - Verhoff,Rece 44 yd field goal 9 plays, 49 yards, TOP 02:54
MAR 6, CCU 34
CCU - White,Reese 1 yd run (Hensley,Kade kick), 2 plays, 1 yards, TOP 00:50
