Marshall defensive football players talked the talk. Until Saturday's game, they walked the walk. They looked to knock Houston's record setting quarterback Case Keenum out of the game. Marshall already knocked out a few quarterbacks. To wit: Southern Miss Austin Davis, VA Tech Logan Thomas, Louisville Teddy Bridgewater and Central Florida Mark Godfrey. Next? Case Keenum.
Instead, Keenum and the Cougar offensive line thwarted the plan. Keenum left his footprints all over the Marshall defense. Keenum's game line: 24 of 28 passes completed for 376 yards and 6 TDs. No sacks. No interceptions. Keenum also broke former Hawaii quarterback Tommy Chang's all time total offense record. Chang held the record with 16,910 yards. When back up UH quarterback Cotton Turner took his first snap in the 4th quarter, Keenum sat on the sidelines with a career total of 17,173 total yards.
Again the Cougar defense came up big when it mattered. Trailing 35-14 in the last seconds of the 2nd quarter, Marshall held a 4th and 1. The decided to go for the touchdown instead of the field goal. It was a momentum building play either way it went. A TD and Marshall is back in it. A stop and the Cougars maintain a commanding lead. With an anxious sell out crowd yelling, the Cougar defense stood tall and swung the game clearing in the Cougar's favor.
The defense held firm and chipped in on the scoring. In the 3rd quarter, true freshman Derrick Matthews returned an interception 20 yards for a TD. In the 4th, defensive end Kelvin King almost returned an interception for a TD but fell short in his 69 yard return.
Instead, Keenum and the Cougar offensive line thwarted the plan. Keenum left his footprints all over the Marshall defense. Keenum's game line: 24 of 28 passes completed for 376 yards and 6 TDs. No sacks. No interceptions. Keenum also broke former Hawaii quarterback Tommy Chang's all time total offense record. Chang held the record with 16,910 yards. When back up UH quarterback Cotton Turner took his first snap in the 4th quarter, Keenum sat on the sidelines with a career total of 17,173 total yards.
Again the Cougar defense came up big when it mattered. Trailing 35-14 in the last seconds of the 2nd quarter, Marshall held a 4th and 1. The decided to go for the touchdown instead of the field goal. It was a momentum building play either way it went. A TD and Marshall is back in it. A stop and the Cougars maintain a commanding lead. With an anxious sell out crowd yelling, the Cougar defense stood tall and swung the game clearing in the Cougar's favor.
The defense held firm and chipped in on the scoring. In the 3rd quarter, true freshman Derrick Matthews returned an interception 20 yards for a TD. In the 4th, defensive end Kelvin King almost returned an interception for a TD but fell short in his 69 yard return.
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