Eastern Kentucky vs. Marshall

Eastern Kentucky and Marshall have 5 meetings on file, the first in 1965; Marshall leads the series 4–⁠1 in the games on file. Over the last 5 meetings it’s Marshall 4–⁠1, and Marshall has won the last 3.

Eastern Kentucky wins
1
Marshall wins
4
Ties
0
Earliest on file
1965
Longest streak
3 Marshall
Current streak
3 Marshall
Last 10 meetings
Marshall 4–⁠1
Most recent
2025

The series at a glance

Every meeting by decade, colored by the winner
’0’1’2’3’4’5’6’7’8’9W–L
1960s1–⁠1
2010s0–⁠1
2020s0–⁠2
Average margin
28.4 points; 0 decided by one score (8 or fewer)
At Eastern Kentucky
0–⁠1 Eastern Kentucky’s record at home
At Marshall
3–⁠1 Marshall’s record at home
Shutouts
1

Every meeting on file, as played. Ranks are the AP poll’s going in.

Games that tell the story

  1. Eastern Kentucky’s biggest win1966: Eastern Kentucky 26, Marshall 6by 20 points
  2. Marshall’s biggest win2020: Marshall 59, Eastern Kentucky 0by 59 points
  3. Upset1966: Eastern Kentucky 26, Marshall 6Eastern Kentucky had a 9% chance, by our ratings before kickoff

Both programs through the years

End-of-season Elo ratings of Eastern Kentucky and Marshall, 1965 on130015001700197019801990200020102020

Our Elo rating at the end of each season, a measure of how strong a team was, not a forecast; 1500 is an average FBS team.

Stars of the series

Biggest days

Grant Wells Marshall16 of 23, 307 yards, 4 TD2020 Passing

Biggest days: the week’s best individual games by our big-days rule, from box scores (2004 on).

Every game

Sep 13, 2025Marshall 38, Eastern Kentucky 7at Marshall
Sep 5, 2020Marshall 59, Eastern Kentucky 0at Marshall
Sep 8, 2018Marshall 32, Eastern Kentucky 16at Marshall
Sep 24, 1966Eastern Kentucky 26, Marshall 6at Marshall
Sep 25, 1965Marshall 28, Eastern Kentucky 12at Eastern Kentucky

Every game is listed as played on the field.