UTEP at Marshall

Saturday, November 18, 2006

Marshall beat UTEP 49–⁠21. It was their second meeting; after it, the series stood even at 1–⁠1.

AwayUTEP5–⁠7 in 2006
21
HomeMarshall5–⁠7 in 2006
49

Final at Joan C. Edwards Stadium, HuntingtonAttendance 20,783

At kickoff
50°F, overcast, wind 3 mph from the northWeather: NOAA NCEI Integrated Surface Database; Tri-State/M.J.Fergus (KHTS), 13 km from the stadium, 21 minutes after kickoff

Scoring by quarter

TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4Final
UTEP777021
Marshall72814049

Standouts

Photos: Wikimedia Commons, free licenses; credits on each player’s page.

Player stats

UTEP

PassingC/AttYdsTDInt
Jordan Palmer34/4838613
RushingCarYdsTDLong
Donald Buckram433017
Jason Williams518013
James Thomas II113113
ReceivingRecYdsTDLong
Chris Marrow979011
Joe West573038
Jake Sears339021
Donald Buckram331013
InterceptionsIntYdsTD
Nate Draughon100

Marshall

PassingC/AttYdsTDInt
Jimmy Skinner5/1313510
Bernard Morris0/2001
RushingCarYdsTDLong
Ahmad Bradshaw40261525
Bernard Morris1505
Chubb Small3503
Cody Slate0212
ReceivingRecYdsTDLong
Cody Slate382041
Courtney Edmonson142142
Matt Morris111011
InterceptionsIntYdsTD
Dennis Thornton1280
C.J. Spillman100
Ashton Hall1120

From CollegeFootballData’s box score. Names lead to each player’s page. ★ a career high on file.

Team stats

UTEPMarshall
401Total yards394
441Passing yards141
15Rushing yards259
8.0Yards per pass9.0
0.7Yards per rush5.4
20First downs17
2–⁠10Third downs5–⁠11
0–⁠2Fourth downs0–⁠1
5Turnovers2
7–⁠70Penalties7–⁠74
17:03Possession18:32

Before kickoff

Our ratings going in

Our ratings (scores only)

Marshall 53% to win. Elo’s favorite won.

Tied 2–⁠2 in four meetings, counting the two since this game.

Recent meetings
2010Marshall 16, UTEP 12
2009UTEP 52, Marshall 21
2006Marshall 49, UTEP 21
2005UTEP 31, Marshall 3

Around this game