Herd football has first three game losing streak since 2010

Marshall University was defeated by the University of Pittsburgh Panthers 43 – 27 Saturday. This is the first time since 2010 Marshall has had a three game losing streak.

“We got it to a one score and couldn’t finish it,” Marshall University head coach Doc Holliday said. “Every goal is to win our conference championship, so we gotta go back to work.”

In the first half, Marshall was dominated by a complete team performance by Pitt, with a mix of Nathan Peterman passing and Chawntez Moss rushing. Marshall surrendered 202 rushing yards and the half ended with Pitt dominating 27 – 0 on the scoreboard.

In an effort to counter the potent rushing attack, the Thundering Herd was in mostly man-to-man…