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Marshall-Ohio rivalry Battle for the Bell
Teams	Marshall Thundering Herd Marshall Thundering Herd football The Marshall Thundering Herd football team is an intercollegiate varsity sports program of Marshall University. The team represents the university as a member of the Conference USA Eastern division of the National Collegiate Athletic Association, playing at the Division 1 Bowl Subdivision... Ohio Bobcats Ohio Bobcats football The Ohio Bobcats football team is an intercollegiate varsity sports program of Ohio University. The team represents the university as a member of the Mid-American Conference of the National Collegiate Athletic Association, playing at the Division 1 Bowl Subdivision level...
Series Originated	1905
Trophy Originated	1997
Overall Series	Ohio leads 30-19-6
Trophy Series	Marshall leads 9-2
Largest Margins	59 - Ohio 59-0 - (1908) 31 - Marshall 34-3 - (1999)
Most Points	76 - Ohio 49-27 - (1977)
Longest Streaks	6 - Ohio - 1973-1980 6 - Marshall - 2001-2010
Most Recent Game	Ohio 44-7 - (2011)
Last ten games	Marshall 8–2

The Battle for the Bell is an an American college football

College football

College football refers to American football played by teams of student athletes fielded by American universities, colleges, and military academies, or Canadian football played by teams of student athletes fielded by Canadian universities...

 rivalry game played by the Marshall Thundering Herd football

Marshall Thundering Herd football

The Marshall Thundering Herd football team is an intercollegiate varsity sports program of Marshall University. The team represents the university as a member of the Conference USA Eastern division of the National Collegiate Athletic Association, playing at the Division 1 Bowl Subdivision...

 team of Marshall University

Marshall University

Marshall University is a coeducational public research university in Huntington, West Virginia, United States founded in 1837, and named after John Marshall, the fourth Chief Justice of the United States....

 and the Ohio Bobcats football

Ohio Bobcats football

The Ohio Bobcats football team is an intercollegiate varsity sports program of Ohio University. The team represents the university as a member of the Mid-American Conference of the National Collegiate Athletic Association, playing at the Division 1 Bowl Subdivision level...

 team of Ohio University

Ohio University

Ohio University is a public university located in the Midwestern United States in Athens, Ohio, situated on an campus...

. 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

Mid-American Conference

The Mid-American Conference is a National Collegiate Athletic Association Division I college athletic conference with a membership base in the Great Lakes region that stretches from Western New York to Illinois. Nine of the twelve full member schools are in Ohio and Michigan, with single members...

 to Conference USA

Conference USA

Conference USA, officially abbreviated C-USA, is a college athletic conference whose member institutions are located within the Southern United States. The conference participates in the NCAA's Division I in all sports...

 in 2005, this rivalry game has been on hiatus. The series unexpectedly resumed in 2009 when the Herd and Bobcats faced off in the 2009 Little Caesars Pizza Bowl

2009 Little Caesars Pizza Bowl

The 2009 Little Caesars Pizza Bowl was a National Collegiate Athletic Association bowl game played at 1:00 PM EST on December 26, 2009 at Ford Field in Detroit, Michigan and aired on ESPN....

, which Marshall

2009 Marshall Thundering Herd football team

The 2009 Marshall Thundering Herd football team represented Marshall University in National Collegiate Athletic Association Division I Football Bowl Subdivision college football during the 2009 season. Marshall competed as a member of the East Division of Conference USA, and played their home...

 won 21–17. A six-year contract between the schools began in 2010, with Ohio taking the 2011 contest 44–7. This most recent win by Ohio snapped a six-game winning streak by Marshall. Ohio leads the all-time series over Marshall; however, the Thundering Herd have dominated the rivalry's recent history, winning ten of the last twelve meetings.

Statistics

Marshall	Ohio
Games played	55
Wins	19	30
Home wins	12	20
Road wins	6	10
Neutral wins	1	0
Consecutive wins	6	6
Most total points in a game	76 (1977)
Most points in a win	42	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	3
Total points scored in series	808	1172
Shut-outs of opposing team	3	11

Game results

Ohio victories colored ██ green. Marshall victories are colored ██ kelly green. Ties are white.

#	Date	Site	Winning team		Losing team		Series
1	1905-11-11	Huntington, West Virginia Huntington, West Virginia Huntington is a city in Cabell and Wayne counties in the U.S. state of West Virginia, along the Ohio River. Most of the city is in Cabell County, for which it is the county seat. A small portion of the city, mainly the neighborhood of Westmoreland, is in Wayne County. Its population was 49,138 at...	Marshall Marshall Thundering Herd football The Marshall Thundering Herd football team is an intercollegiate varsity sports program of Marshall University. The team represents the university as a member of the Conference USA Eastern division of the National Collegiate Athletic Association, playing at the Division 1 Bowl Subdivision...	6	Ohio Ohio Bobcats football The Ohio Bobcats football team is an intercollegiate varsity sports program of Ohio University. The team represents the university as a member of the Mid-American Conference of the National Collegiate Athletic Association, playing at the Division 1 Bowl Subdivision level...	5	MU 1-0
2	1908-10-03	Athens, Ohio Athens, Ohio Athens is the largest city in, and the county seat of, Athens County, Ohio, United States. It is located along the Hocking River in the southeastern part of Ohio. A historic college town, Athens is home to Ohio University and is the principal city of the Athens, Ohio Micropolitan Statistical Area. ...	Ohio	59	Marshall	0	Tied 1-1
3	1911-10-21	Athens	Ohio	5	Marshall	5	Tied 1-1-1
4	1915-10-20	Huntington	Ohio	21	Marshall	7	OU 2-1-1
5	1920-10-16	Athens	Ohio	55	Marshall	0	OU 3-1-1
6	1933-11-11	Huntington	Marshall	0	Ohio	0	OU 3-1-2
7	1934-10-27	Athens	Ohio	8	Marshall	0	OU 4-1-2
8	1935-10-19	Athens	Ohio	20	Marshall	13	OU 5-1-2
9	1936-10-10	Athens	Ohio	13	Marshall	13	OU 5-1-3
10	1937-10-30	Huntington	Marshall	13	Ohio	13	OU 5-1-4
11	1938-11-19	Athens	Ohio	14	Marshall	7	OU 6-1-4
12	1949-10-29	Huntington	Marshall	14	Ohio	6	OU 6-2-4
13	1950-11-23	Athens	Ohio	14	Marshall	6	OU 7-2-4
14	1951-11-22	Huntington	Marshall	13	Ohio	13	OU 7-2-5
15	1952-11-22	Athens	Ohio	21	Marshall	21	OU 7-2-6
16	1953-11-21	Huntington	Marshall	9	Ohio	6	OU 7-3-6
17	1954-11-20	Athens	Ohio	26	Marshall	25	OU 8-3-6
18	1955-09-24	Athens	Ohio	13	Marshall	6	OU 9-3-6
19	1956-11-17	Athens	Ohio	16	Marshall	0	OU 10-3-6
20	1957-10-26	Huntington	Marshall	34	Ohio	28	OU 10-4-6
21	1958-10-25	Athens	Ohio	22	Marshall	0	OU 11-4-6
22	1959-11-07	Huntington	Ohio	21	Marshall	14	OU 12-4-6
23	1960-11-05	Athens	Ohio	19	Marshall	0	OU 13-4-6
24	1961-11-04	Huntington	Ohio	14	Marshall	7	OU 14-4-6
25	1962-11-03	Athens	Ohio	35	Marshall	0	OU 15-4-6
26	1963-11-23	Huntington	Ohio	17	Marshall	0	OU 16-4-6
27	1964-11-21	Athens	Marshall	10	Ohio	0	OU 16-5-6
28	1965-11-20	Huntington	Marshall	29	Ohio	14	OU 16-6-6
29	1966-11-19	Athens	Ohio	28	Marshall	6	OU 17-6-6
30	1967-09-23	Huntington	Ohio	48	Marshall	14	OU 18-6-6
31	1968-09-21	Athens	Ohio	48	Marshall	8	OU 19-6-6
32	1969-11-22	Huntington	Ohio	38	Marshall	35	OU 20-6-6
33	1971-11-20	Huntington	Ohio	30	Marshall	0	OU 21-6-6
34	1972-11-18	Athens	Marshall	31	Ohio	14	OU 21-7-6
35	1973-11-18	Huntington	Ohio	35	Marshall	21	OU 22-7-6
36	1974-11-23	Athens	Ohio	35	Marshall	0	OU 23-7-6
37	1975-11-22	Huntington	Ohio	38	Marshall	21	OU 24-7-6
38	1977-09-10	Huntington	Ohio	49	Marshall	27	OU 25-7-6
39	1979-09-22	Athens	Ohio	35	Marshall	0	OU 26-7-6
40	1980-11-08	Athens	Ohio	28	Marshall	20	OU 27-7-6
41	1985-09-14	Huntington	Marshall	31	Ohio	7	OU 27-8-6
42	1986-09-13	Athens	Marshall	21	Ohio	7	OU 27-9-6
43	1987-09-12	Athens	Ohio	23	Marshall	15	OU 28-9-6
44	1988-09-10	Huntington	Marshall	31	Ohio	14	OU 28-10-6
45	1997-11-15	Huntington	Marshall	27	Ohio	0	OU 28-11-6
46	1998-10-10	Athens	Marshall	30	Ohio	23	OU 28-12-6
47	1999-10-30	Huntington	Marshall	34	Ohio	3	OU 28-13-6
48	2000-11-18	Athens	Ohio	38	Marshall	28	OU 29-13-6
49	2001-11-17	Huntington	Marshall	42	Ohio	18	OU 29-14-6
50	2002-11-23	Athens	Marshall	24	Ohio	21	OU 29-15-6
51	2003-11-28	Huntington	Marshall	28	Ohio	0	OU 29-16-6
52	2004-10-09	Athens	Marshall	16	Ohio	13	OU 29-17-6
53	2009-12-26 2009 Little Caesars Pizza Bowl The 2009 Little Caesars Pizza Bowl was a National Collegiate Athletic Association bowl game played at 1:00 PM EST on December 26, 2009 at Ford Field in Detroit, Michigan and aired on ESPN....	Ford Field Ford Field Ford Field is an indoor American football stadium located in Detroit, Michigan, USA, that is the current home field of the NFL's Detroit Lions. It is owned by the Detroit/Wayne County Stadium Authority. It regularly seats 65,000, though it is expandable up to 70,000 for football and 80,000 for... , Detroit	Marshall	21	Ohio	17	OU 29-18-6
54	2010-09-25	Huntington	Marshall	24	Ohio	23	OU 29-19-6
55	2011-09-17	Athens	Ohio	44	Marshall	7	OU 30-19-6

The 1970 meeting was canceled due to the crash of Southern Airways Flight 932 which killed almost all of Marshall's players.