The Marshall Thundering Herd (6-4, 3-3 Sun Belt) travel to Statesboro, Georgia and Alan E. Paulson Stadium on Saturday for a Sun Belt Conference clash against the Georgia Southern Eagles (5-5, 2-4 Sun Belt). Marshall won its second-straight when defeating Appalachian State 28-21 last Saturday, which included a blocked punt into the end zone for a touchdown by the Thundering Herd. Georgia Southern lost its second straight when losing to Louisiana 36-17 last Saturday. Marshall will play without Rasheem Ali, while Talik Keaton is questionable. Georgia Southern will play without Latrell Bullard, Derwin Burgess Jr, Amare Jones, Sam Kenerson and Mark Langston.
The Marshall Thundering Herd are allowing an average of only 16.1 points per game which is 8th best in the nation. Marshall allows an average of 82.4 yards rushing which is the best in the nation and 194.0 yards passing which is 28th. Overall, Marshall is 9th in yards allowed at 276.4 yards per game. The Thundering Herd have 14 takeaways this season. The leading tackler for Marshall is linebacker Eli Neal with 69. The leader in quarterback sacks is Owen Porter with 7.5 and the leader in interceptions is Micah Abraham with 5.
Marshall is scoring an average of 23.9 points per game which is 93rd in the nation. The Thundering Herd are averaging 193.4 yards rushing and 192.1 yards passing for a total of 385.5 yards per game of total offense which is 70th in the nation. The Marshall offense is led by quarterback Cam Fanc her who has 983 yards passing with four touchdowns and five interceptions. Khalan Laborn has rushed for a team-best 1,253 yards and 14 touchdowns. Corey Gammage is the leading receiver with 44 receptions for 653 yards and five touchdowns.