The Thundering Herd last season played good in their short season. Marshall ended up posting a 7-3 record overall. The last game was a loss, though for the Thundering Herd in the Camellia Bowl to the Buffalo team by a 17-10 score.
Offensively the Thundering Herd are bringing back 9 starters. The offense last year was able to get 28.5 points per game and gained 391 yards per game. The defense for Marshall is bringing back 8 starters from last season. The Thundering Herd defense allowed a total of 13 points per game, but allowed a total of 279 yards per game.
The Midshipmen last year struggled quite a bit on the year and did not look impressive at all. In fact, Navy finished the year with a 3-7 mark on the year. The last game was a 15-0 loss to another service school in Army.
The offense for Navy is bringing back only 4 starters. Last season the Navy offense was able to get only 16.6 points per game, but the gained a total of 275 yards per game. The defense for Navy allowed a total of 30.3 points per game, but gave up a total of 386 yards per game on the year. One bright spot for Navy is 8 defensive starters are coming back.
