Rasheen Ali rushed for 174 yards and two touchdowns on 27 carries to lead Marshall to a 24-17 home win over Virginia Tech on Saturday.
Cam Fancher went 16 of 27 passing for 166 yards for the Thundering Herd (3-0).
Kyron Drones rushed for 75 yards and two touchdowns on 15 carries, and passed for 160 yards in defeat for Virginia Tech (1-3). Bhayshul Tuten rushed for 88 yards on nine carries to flank Drones for the Hokies.
Virginia Tech took the opening kickoff and scored first, taking a 7-0 lead with 11:59 left in the second quarter on a 31-yard touchdown run by Drones.
The score stayed that way until the second quarter, when Marshall tied the game at 7-7 with 14:50 left until halftime on a 12-yard touchdown pass from Fancher to DeMarcus Harris.
Following a 21-yard field goal by John Love that gave Virginia Tech a 10-7 lead with 11:47 left in the second quarter, Marshall drove the field and took a 14-10 lead with 9:10 remaining until halftime on a 56-yard touchdown run by Ali.
Rece Verhoff then made a 21-yard field goal with 2:55 left in the second quarter to give Marshall a 17-10 lead.
In the third quarter, pinned at its own 2-yard line, Marshall drove 98 yards in seven plays and took a 24-10 lead with 7:22 remaining in the third on a 1-yard touchdown run by Ali.
The big play of the drive was a 61-yard run by Ali to the Virginia Tech 18-yard line.
Virginia Tech drew closer in the fourth quarter, cutting its deficit to 24-17 with 7:14 remaining in the game on a 16-yard touchdown run by Drones.
Virginia Tech drove down to the Marshall 31-yard line in the final minute in its last attempt to tie the game, but the drive ended on downs.
--Field Level Media
Virginia Tech | Marshall | |
Bhayshul Tuten | Player | Rasheen Ali |
9 | Attempts | 27 |
88 | Yards | 174 |
9.8 | Avg Yards | 6.4 |
0 | Touchdowns | 2 |
0 | Long | 0 |
Virginia Tech | Marshall | |
Benji Gosnell | Player | Caleb Coombs |
4 | Receptions | 4 |
52 | Yards | 41 |
13.0 | Avg Yards | 10.2 |
0 | Touchdowns | 0 |
0 | Long | 0 |
Yards | Scoring | Defense | ||||||
Team | Tot | Rus | Pas | TD | FG | INT | Sck | FF |
Virginia Tech | 344 | 184 | 160 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 0 |
Marshall | 380 | 214 | 166 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 4.0 | 2 |