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Revision as of 18:45, 25 November 2019
Sport | Football |
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First meeting | November 11, 1905 Marshall 6, Ohio 5 |
Latest meeting | September 14, 2019 Marshall 33, Ohio 31 |
Next meeting | September 19, 2020 |
Trophy | The Bell |
Statistics | |
Meetings total | 60 |
All-time series | Ohio leads 33–21–6 |
Largest victory | Ohio, 59–0 (1908) |
Longest win streak | Ohio, 6 (1958–1963) Ohio, 6 (1973–1980) Marshall, 6 (2001–2010) |
Longest unbeaten streak | Ohio, 10 (1908–1938) |
Current win streak | Marshall, 1 (2019–present) |
The Battle for the Bell is an American college football rivalry game played by the Marshall Thundering Herd football team of Marshall University and the Ohio Bobcats football team of Ohio University.[1][2] It is a regional rivalry, with the universities' campuses located about 80 miles (130 km) from each other, with a bell awarded as the trophy for the winner of the game. While Marshall and Ohio first played in 1905, they did not start playing for "The Bell" until 1997 when Marshall rejoined the Mid-American Conference.[3] With Marshall's move from the MAC to Conference USA in 2005, the rivalry game was on hiatus for several years. The series unexpectedly resumed in 2009 when the Herd and Bobcats faced off in the 2009 Little Caesars Pizza Bowl, which Marshall won 21–17. A six-year contract between the schools began in 2010. The six-year series contract between the two schools was not renewed following the 2015 season. However, the rivalry series will return for 2019 and 2020, when Marshall and Ohio are scheduled to play a home-and-home against one another; first at Marshall, then at Ohio. Ohio leads the all-time series over Marshall 33–21–6.
Statistics
Marshall | Ohio | |
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Games played | 60 | |
Wins | 21 | 33 |
Home wins | 14 | 22 |
Road wins | 6 | 11 |
Neutral wins | 1 | 0 |
Consecutive wins | 6 | 6 |
Most total points in a game | 76 (1977) | |
Most points in a win | 44 | 59 |
Most points in a loss | 35 | 31 |
Fewest total points in a game | 0 (1933) | |
Largest margin of victory | 31 | 59 |
Smallest margin of victory | 1 | 1 |
Total points scored in series | 950 | 1299 |
Shut-outs of opposing team | 4 | 12 |
Sources: [4]
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Game results
Marshall victories | Ohio victories | Tie games |
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The 1970 meeting was canceled due to the crash of Southern Airways Flight 932.
See also
References
- ^ "Battle for the Bell: By losing the bell Herd realized how special it is". West Virginia MetroNews. September 12, 2014. Retrieved November 13, 2014.
- ^ "MARSHALL FOOTBALL: Herd hammers Ohio, 44-14, to win "Battle for the Bell"". Charleston Daily Mail. September 13, 2014. Retrieved November 13, 2014.
- ^ "Football: A phone call, a lunch at Pigskin and riverboats: How the Battle for the Bell was born". The Post. September 13, 2019. Retrieved September 14, 2019.
- ^ CFB Data Warehouse Archived February 14, 2012, at the Wayback Machine
- Sources
- "Ohio Bobcats vs. Marshall Thundering Herd Preview". hustlebelt.com. September 12, 2014. Retrieved November 13, 2014.
- "Battle for the Bell resumes". The Athens Messenger. September 12, 2014. Retrieved November 13, 2014.
- "Marshall, Cato snap Ohio's 'Battle for the Bell' streak". The Post. September 13, 2014. Archived from the original on November 14, 2014. Retrieved November 13, 2014.
- "Marshall, Ohio 'Battle for the Bell'". The Herald-Dispatch. September 14, 2013. Retrieved November 13, 2014.
- "Marshall wins "Battle for the Bell" 44-14 over Ohio U." herdinsider.com. September 14, 2014. Retrieved November 13, 2014.
- "Bobcats Target Fourth-Straight Battle For The Bell Win". WOUB-TV. September 13, 2014. Retrieved November 13, 2014.
- "Marshall Wins Battle for the Bell". WSAZ-TV. September 14, 2014. Retrieved November 13, 2014.
- "Marshall defeats Ohio in Battle for the Bell". WOWK-TV. September 13, 2014. Retrieved November 13, 2014.
- "Bell tolls for 'Cats after rivalry blowout loss at Marshall". The Athens News. September 13, 2014. Retrieved November 13, 2014.
- "Ohio, Marshall ready to battle for The Bell". The Parkersburg News and Sentinel. September 13, 2014. Retrieved November 13, 2014.
- "Cato leads Herd to 44-14 romp over Ohio". The Charleston Gazette. September 13, 2014. Retrieved November 13, 2014.
- "Marshall to battle for 'the Bell' in first road test at Ohio". Bluefield Daily Telegraph. September 14, 2013. Retrieved November 13, 2014.
- "Marshall holds on to beat Ohio 21-17 in Pizza Bowl". mlive.com. December 27, 2009. Retrieved November 13, 2014.
- "Marshall, Ohio renew rivalry Saturday night". Ironton Tribune. September 24, 2010. Retrieved November 13, 2014.
- Whittingham, Richard (2001). Rites of Autumn: The Story of College Football. Simon and Schuster. p. 119. ISBN 9780743222198.