2014 Conference USA Football Championship Game

August 2023 Conference USA Football Championship Game Conference Championship 2014 Conference USA Football Championship.jpg December 6 2014 2014 Joan C. Edwards Stadium Huntington, WV Louisiana Tech University Louisiana Tech Bulldogs 8–4 Skip Holtz 10 7 6 0 Marshall University Marshall Thundering Herd 11–1 John "Doc" Holliday 0 13 3 10 K Justin Haig (Marshall) Marshall by 9 23,711 ESPN2 Beth Mowins, Joey Galloway, and Paul Carcaterra The 2014 Conference USA Football Championship Game, held on December 6 of that year at Joan C. Edwards Stadium in Huntington, West Virginia, determined the 2014 football champion of Conference USA (C-USA), on December 6. The game featured the Marshall Thundering Herd, winners of the conference's East Division, hosting the West Division champion Louisiana Tech Bulldogs. Under C-USA rules, the championship game would be played at the home stadium of the team with the best record in conference play. History In the 2013 Championship Game Rice defeated Marshall, 41–24 in Houston, Texas.https://www.espn.com/college-football/recap?gameId=333410242 Marshall Thundering Herd vs. Rice Owls ESPN 2013-12-07 2014-11-16 After the 2014 Conference USA realignment, C-USA added two new membershttps://www.espn.com/college-sports/story/_/id/7890665/conference-usa-adds-charlotte-fiu-la-tech-north-texas-ut-san-antonio Conference USA adds 5 schools Associated Press ESPN May 4, 2012 November 16, 2014 for the 2014 season after losing three members, including East Carolina, to the American Athletic Conference.http://www.bigeast.org/News/tabid/435/Article/239740/East-Carolina-Joins-BIG-EAST-as-Football-Member.aspx East Carolina Joins BIG EAST as Football Member Big East Conference November 27, 2012 November 16, 2014 https://web.archive.org/web/20121130044726/http://www.bigeast.org/News/tabid/435/Article/239740/east-carolina-joins-big-east-as-football-member.aspx November 30, 2012 dead mdy-all https://www.espn.com/college-sports/story/_/id/9130997/former-big-east-named-american-athletic-conference Old Big East now American Athletic Brett McMurphy ESPN April 4, 2013 December 7, 2013 After the 2014 season, this was the tenth C-USA championship game, and was played in West Virginia for the first time. Teams West Division Champions 2014 Louisiana Tech Bulldogs football team Louisiana Tech entered the championship game with a record of 8–4 and went 6–0 in conference play until November 22, 2014, against newcomers Old Dominion Monarchs. The loss to the Monarchs brought Rice back to compete for the division title. Louisiana Tech defeated Rice in their last regular season game, which brought the Bulldogs to their first conference championship game in program history. East Division Champions 2014 Marshall Thundering Herd football team Marshall entered the championship game with a record of 11–1 after winning all non-conference games and all of their conference games except for conference foe Western Kentucky. Marshall trailed Middle Tennessee in the East Division standings, until they faced on October 15, 2014. Marshall defeated the Blue Raiders 49–24, moving the Thundering Herd to the top of the division. Marshall continued to storm through the rest of their schedule and was crowned East Division Champs after defeating defending champions, Rice on November 15, 2014, in Huntington. This was Marshall's second appearance in the Conference USA Championship series in back–to–back years. Marshall hosted the championship game in Huntington, WV on December 6, 2014, marking the first time the Conference USA Championship was played in Huntington. Scoring summary Quarter Time Drive Team Scoring Informationhttps://www.espn.com/college-football/boxscore?gameId=400609077 Louisiana Tech Bulldogs vs. Marshall Thundering Herd ESPN 2014-12-06 2014-12-06 Score Length Time LaTech Marshall 1 7:54 11 plays, 58 yards 5:29 LaTech Jonathan Barnes 26–yard kick good 3 0 1 2:53 1 play, 33 yards 0:07 LaTech Kenneth Dixon 33–yard rush, Jonathan Barnes kick good 10 0 2 14:57 7 plays, 75 yards 2:56 Marshall Deon-Tay McManus 6–yard reception from Rakeem Cato, Justin Haig kick good 10 7 2 7:41 4 plays, 40 yards 0:52 LaTech Kenneth Dixon 30–yard rush, Jonathan Barnes kick good 17 7 2 3:52 5 plays, 11 yards 0:35 Marshall Justin Haig 40–yard kick good 17 10 2 0:00 3 plays, 40 yards 0:19 Marshall Justin Haig 46–yard kick good 17 13 3 10:26 10 plays, 42 yards 2:58 Marshall Justin Haig 40–yard kick good 17 16 3 0:18 1 play, 19 yards 0:09 LaTech Kenneth Dixon 19–yard rush, Jonathan Barnes kick failed 23 16 4 8:34 5 plays, 25 yards 1:34 Marshall Justin Haig 24–yard kick good 23 19 4 1:50 11 plays, 68 yards 3:11 Marshall Deon-Tay McManus 5–yard reception from Rakeem Cato, Justin Haig kick good 23 26 Final Score 23 26 References 2 Championship Category:Conference USA Football Championship Game Category:Louisiana Tech Bulldogs football games Category:Marshall Thundering Herd football games Conference USA Football Championship Game Conference USA Football Championship Game Category:American football competitions in West Virginia