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