Battle for the Bell

Battle for the Bell
Marshall Thundering Herd
Ohio Bobcats
Sport Football
First meeting November 11, 1905
Marshall 6, Ohio 5
Latest meeting September 12, 2015
Ohio 21, Marshall 10
Statistics
Meetings total 59
All-time series Ohio leads 33–20–6
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 Ohio, 1 (2015–present)
Ohio University
Marshall University
Locations of Marshall and Ohio

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][3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11][12][13][14][15][16][17] 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. With Marshall's move from the Mid-American Conference to Conference USA in 2005, this 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 33–20–6.

Statistics

Marshall Ohio
Games played 59
Wins 20 33
Home wins 13 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 28
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 917 1268
Shut-outs of opposing team 4 12
Sources: [18]

Game results

Marshall victoriesOhio victoriesTie games

The 1970 meeting was canceled due to the crash of Southern Airways Flight 932.

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Battle for the Bell: By losing the bell Herd realized how special it is". West Virginia MetroNews. September 12, 2014. Retrieved November 13, 2014.
  2. ↑ "MARSHALL FOOTBALL: Herd hammers Ohio, 44-14, to win "Battle for the Bell"". Charleston Daily Mail. September 13, 2014. Retrieved November 13, 2014.
  3. ↑ "Ohio Bobcats vs. Marshall Thundering Herd Preview". hustlebelt.com. September 12, 2014. Retrieved November 13, 2014.
  4. ↑ "Battle for the Bell resumes". The Athens Messenger. September 12, 2014. Retrieved November 13, 2014.
  5. ↑ "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.
  6. ↑ "Marshall, Ohio 'Battle for the Bell'". The Herald-Dispatch. September 14, 2013. Retrieved November 13, 2014.
  7. ↑ "Marshall wins "Battle for the Bell" 44-14 over Ohio U." herdinsider.com. September 14, 2014. Retrieved November 13, 2014.
  8. ↑ "Bobcats Target Fourth-Straight Battle For The Bell Win". WOUB-TV. September 13, 2014. Retrieved November 13, 2014.
  9. ↑ "Marshall Wins Battle for the Bell". WSAZ-TV. September 14, 2014. Retrieved November 13, 2014.
  10. ↑ "Marshall defeats Ohio in Battle for the Bell". WOWK-TV. September 13, 2014. Retrieved November 13, 2014.
  11. ↑ "Bell tolls for 'Cats after rivalry blowout loss at Marshall". The Athens News. September 13, 2014. Retrieved November 13, 2014.
  12. ↑ "Ohio, Marshall ready to battle for The Bell". The Parkersburg News and Sentinel. September 13, 2014. Retrieved November 13, 2014.
  13. ↑ "Cato leads Herd to 44-14 romp over Ohio". The Charleston Gazette. September 13, 2014. Retrieved November 13, 2014.
  14. ↑ "Marshall to battle for 'the Bell' in first road test at Ohio". Bluefield Daily Telegraph. September 14, 2013. Retrieved November 13, 2014.
  15. ↑ "Marshall holds on to beat Ohio 21-17 in Pizza Bowl". mlive.com. December 27, 2009. Retrieved November 13, 2014.
  16. ↑ "Marshall, Ohio renew rivalry Saturday night". Ironton Tribune. September 24, 2010. Retrieved November 13, 2014.
  17. ↑ Whittingham, Richard (2001). Rites of Autumn: The Story of College Football. New York: Free Press. p. 119. ISBN 978-0-7432-2219-8.
  18. ↑ CFB Data Warehouse Archived February 14, 2012, at the Wayback Machine.
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