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1999 Marshall Thundering Herd football team

American college football season

Field	Value
year	1999
team	Marshall Thundering Herd
sport	football
conference	Mid-American Conference
division	East Division
short_conf	MAC
CoachRank	10
APRank	10
record	13–0
conf_record	8–0
head_coach	Bob Pruett
hc_year	4th
cooff_coach2	Gunter Brewer
cooc2_year	4th
cooff_coach1	Marty Galbraith
cooc1_year	1st
def_coach	Tim Billings
dc_year	1st
stadium	Marshall University Stadium
champion	MAC champion
MAC East Division champion
Motor City Bowl champion
conf_champ	[MAC Championship Game](1999-mac-championship-game)
conf_champ_result	W 34–30 vs. [Western Michigan](1999-western-michigan-broncos-football-team)
bowl	[Motor City Bowl](1999-motor-city-bowl)
bowl_result	W 21–3 vs. [BYU](1999-byu-cougars-football-team)

MAC East Division champion Motor City Bowl champion The 1999 Marshall Thundering Herd football team represented Marshall University in the 1999 NCAA Division I-A football season. The Thundering Herd played their home games at Marshall University Stadium in Huntington, West Virginia, and competed in the East Division of the Mid-American Conference (MAC). The team was coached by fourth-year head coach Bob Pruett. Marshall became the second non-automatic qualifying team in the Bowl Championship Series (BCS) era to finish the year ranked in the top 10 of the AP Poll.

Marshall outscored its opponents 463–137 en route to an undefeated, 13–0, season. The season-opener at Clemson (13–10) and the MAC Championship Game vs. Western Michigan (34–30) were the only games decided by less than 12 points.

Schedule

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Game summaries

Clemson

Liberty

Bowling Green

Temple

Miami (OH)

Toledo

Buffalo

Northern Illinois

Kent State

Western Michigan

Ohio

Western Michigan–MAC Championship

BYU–Motor City Bowl

Roster

Team players drafted in the NFL

The following players were selected in the 2000 NFL draft.

Awards and honors

Chad Pennington, Davey O'Brien Trophy finalist
Chad Pennington, Heisman Trophy Finalist
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

Rankings

References

"2000 NFL Draft Listing". Pro Football Reference.
"1999 Heisman Trophy, College Football Awards". College Football Poll.

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