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Marshall coach Bob Pruett acknowledges the crowd.

Marshall thunders
by BYU for 13-0 year
Marshall completed a 13-0 season Monday by beating BYU 21-3 in the Motor City Bowl. Doug Chapman scored all three touchdowns for the Thundering Herd. He rushed for 133 yards and two TDs and caught a pass from Chad Pennington for the other score. The Herd has won the last two Motor City Bowls after losing the inaugural contest, and is 35-4 since moving up to Division I.

IT WAS OVER WHEN	GAME BALL GOES TO	STATISTICALLY SPEAKING
Marshall's Doug Chapman beat the BYU defense and his own exhaustion on an 87-yard touchdown run in the third quarter. The longest play in Motor City Bowl history gave the Herd a 14-3 lead.	Chapman. On a day when QBs Chad Pennington of Marshall and Kevin Feterik of BYU were to be showcased, Chapman rushed for 133 yards and scored the game's 3 TDs.	BYU QBs were sacked eight times by the speedy Herd defense. ... Marshall is one of three unbeaten Div. I teams -- the others (Florida State and Virginia Tech) play each other in the Sugar Bowl on Jan. 4.

Defense makes Marshall's ending perfect
Chad Pennington led Marshall into the Motor City Bowl, but the Herd's punishing defense beat BYU.
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Doug Chapman breaks a tackle and goes 87 yards for the TD.
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Doug Chapman takes the Chad Pennington pass 30 yards for the score.
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Doug Chapman goes over the top for his third TD.
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