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1998 Motor City Bowl

Marshall 48, Louisville 29

December 23, 1998 | Detroit, Mich. (52,016)

DETROIT, Mich. - Marshall scored 24 unanswered

points to take control of the second annual Motor City

Bowl, 48-29. The loss, however, could not dampen the

metamorphosis of the Louisville football team during the

1998 season. UofL held serve with Marshall through the

first 30 minutes holding a 21-21 deadlock with the Thundering

Herd behind the offense of junior running back

Leroy Collins and quarterback Chris Redman. Redman

completed 35 of 56 throws for 336 yards and a secondquarter

TD to Charles Sheffield. The outing was a fitting

end to a junior season which saw him finish second nationally

in total offense and become the 13th quarterback

in I-A history to throw for 4,000 yards. Collins found the

end zone three times in the bowl loss to cap a recordsetting

season. The junior college transfer hit paydirt 19

times during the regular season to break Lenny Lyles

40-year-old mark. Herd quarterback Chad Pennington set

virtually every MCB record completing 18 of 24 passes for

411 yards and four touchdowns as Marshall exploited an

injury-riddled UofL defense.

1 2 3 4 F

Marshall 7 14 17 10 48

Louisville 0 21 0 8 29

Scoring Summary

MU — Williams 29-yd pass from Pennington

(Malashevich kick)

LOU — Collins 2-yd run (Hilbert kick)

MU — Washington 14-yd pass from Pennington

(Malashevich kick)

LOU — Sheffield 21-yd pass from Redman (Hilbert kick)

MU — Williams 26-yd pass from Pennington

(Malashevich kick)

LOU — Collins 13-yd run (Hilbert kick)

MU — Long 50-yd pass from Pennington

(Malashevich kick)

MU — Chapman 1-yd run (Malashevich kick)

MU — Malashevich 22-yd field goal

MU — Chapman 1-yd run (Malashevich kick)

LOU — Collins 1-yd run (Collins rush)

MU — Malashevich 32-yd field goal

Category MU LOU

First Downs 27 26

Rushing Yards 202 66

Passes 18-24 34-54

Passes Int. 0 1

Passing Yards 411 336

Total Offense 613 402

Punts-Avg. 1-58.0 4-49.3

Penalties-Yards 14-123 13-109

Fumbles-Lost 2-0 3-0

Individual Statistics

Rushing: (LOU) Collins 14-94-3, Cooper 2-0-0,

Redman 5-(-28)-0. (MU) Turner 13-94-0,

Chapman 26-76-2, Pennington 3-34-0

Passing: (LOU) Redman 35-54-1-336-1.

(MU) Pennington 18-24-0-411-4

Receiving: (LOU) Jackson 8-96-1, Boyd 8-84-0,

Sheffield 8-75-1, Collins 4-10-0. (MU) Cooper 5-67-0,

Williams 3-68-2, Chapman 2-69-0, Long 2-57-1,

Colclough 2-56-0