Sun Belt Championship ·

Sun Belt Championship

Sun Belt Championship
Marshall10-331
Louisiana10-33Final
Sat, Dec 7 · Cajun Field, Lafayette, La. · Crowd 20,067 · 50°, cloudyESPN

Records are after this game.

Marshall beat Louisiana by 28 points, the Sun Belt Championship.

How the game turned

Marshall aheadLouisiana aheadLow: 29%

Q1 4:04 Marshall 7, Louisiana 3

Marshall 49% to win

Braxton 37-yd TD pass to Chapman, Marshall goes ahead 7-3

Big moments

  1. 1Q1 6:42 · Marshall 0, Louisiana 3Almendares 40-yd field goal, Louisiana goes ahead 3-0
  2. 2Q1 4:04 · Marshall 7, Louisiana 3Marshall's win chance rose from 34% to 49%.Braxton 37-yd TD pass to Chapman, Marshall goes ahead 7-3
  3. 3Q2 2:47 · Marshall 17, Louisiana 3Marshall's win chance rose from 64% to 81%.Payne 15-yd TD run, Marshall leads 17-3

Marshall's lowest chance to win was 29 percent. Win chance is our own calculation from the play-by-play, with each game's start set from the pregame expectation.

How the lead changed

Marshall took the lead for good with 4:04 left in the 1st quarter, Marshall 7, Louisiana 3.

What happened next

  1. Louisiana's next game: L 3-34 vs TCU in the Isleta New Mexico Bowl, Dec 28

    21 days later
  2. Marshall finished the 2024 season 10-3.

  3. Marshall's first game of the 2025 season: L 7-45 at Georgia, Aug 30, 2025

    about 9 months later
  4. The teams' next meeting after Dec 7, 2024: Louisiana 54, Marshall 51, Sep 27, 2025

    about 10 months later

Related pages

Scores, dates and the stage: ESPN. Win chance: our curve from play-by-play; the turn is its largest one-play change that moved with the score.

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