CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- Relax, Doc Holliday.
The 2012 Marshall football schedule has a perfect balance of home and road games (six each). The off week is Oct. 13, when the Herd will have six games in the rearview and six Conference USA games still to play.
The travel schedule is friendlier this year, too. Marshall will play consecutive road games just once.
"This is certainly another great schedule," Holliday said in a statement after the school released the upcoming season's schedule Thursday afternoon.
"We are thrilled to have these six teams visit Joan C. Edwards Stadium this fall and our coaches and student-athletes are excited to prepare for the challenges ahead."
Marshall, coming off a 7-6 season and a Beef 'O' Brady's Bowl victory, will play Western Carolina (Sept. 8), Ohio (Sept. 15), Tulsa (Oct. 6), UCF (Oct. 27), Memphis (Nov. 3) and Houston (Nov. 17) at home.
The road games are against West Virginia (Sept. 1), Rice (Sept. 22), Purdue (Sept. 29), Southern Mississippi (Oct. 20), UAB (Nov. 10) and East Carolina (Nov. 24).
The season opener is against the Mountaineers, the defending Big East and Orange Bowl champions, in the Friends of Coal Bowl.
The Herd's home opener will be against Football Championship Subdivision program Western Carolina.
CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- Relax, Doc Holliday.The 2012 Marshall football schedule has a perfect balance of home and road games (six each). The off week is Oct. 13, when the Herd will have six games in the rearview and six Conference USA games still to play.
The travel schedule is friendlier this year, too. Marshall will play consecutive road games just once.
"This is certainly another great schedule," Holliday said in a statement after the school released the upcoming season's schedule Thursday afternoon.
"We are thrilled to have these six teams visit Joan C. Edwards Stadium this fall and our coaches and student-athletes are excited to prepare for the challenges ahead."
Marshall, coming off a 7-6 season and a Beef 'O' Brady's Bowl victory, will play Western Carolina (Sept. 8), Ohio (Sept. 15), Tulsa (Oct. 6), UCF (Oct. 27), Memphis (Nov. 3) and Houston (Nov. 17) at home.
The road games are against West Virginia (Sept. 1), Rice (Sept. 22), Purdue (Sept. 29), Southern Mississippi (Oct. 20), UAB (Nov. 10) and East Carolina (Nov. 24).
The season opener is against the Mountaineers, the defending Big East and Orange Bowl champions, in the Friends of Coal Bowl.
The Herd's home opener will be against Football Championship Subdivision program Western Carolina.
The Conference USA opener is at Rice, the first of consecutive weeks Marshall plays on the road. The Herd's final non-conference game will be at Purdue the following week.
MU then settles into the conference portion of its schedule, with just one road during a five-week stretch from the first week of October to the first week of November.
"This is a very competitive schedule," Marshall Athletic Director Mike Hamrick said. "Coming off last season's bowl win, our program is on the rise and this schedule will only help raise the profile of Marshall football."
The 2012 schedule features 11 Football Bowl Subdivision opponents, six of which finished with a winning record last season.
West Virginia (10-3) and Southern Miss (12-2) ended the season ranked No. 17 and 20, respectively. The Ohio Bobcats, which defeated Marshall 44-7 last season, also finished with double-digit wins (10).
The new FBS addition to the non-conference schedule is Purdue, which will host Marshall at Ross-Ade Stadium, a 62,500-seat on-campus football venue. The Boilermakers will make a return trip to Huntington on Sept. 5, 2015.
All matchups on the 2012 schedule are Saturday games, although television selections could dictate changes. ?
Contact sportswriter Chuck McGill at chuck.mcg...@dailymail.com or 304-348-1712. His blog is at blogs.dailymail.com/marshall.
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