No. 16 Herd to face Blue Raiders on 50th Anniversary

On the 50th Anniversary of the Marshall Plane Crash, the Marshall University football team will take on the Middle Tennessee State University Blue Raiders at Joan C. Edwards Stadium.

Marshall head coach Doc Holliday said captains for this week are redshirt senior safety Nazeeh Johnson and redshirt senior linebacker Tavante Beckett on defense, redshirt junior running back Sheldon Evans and Brenden Knox and redshirt senior offensive lineman Alex Mollette on offense.

The No. 16 Herd are entering the contest 6-0, 3-0 Conference USA, while the Blue Raiders come in with a 2-5, 2-3 C-USA record.

“This is the biggest game on our schedule every year,” Holliday said. “They’ve got a do a good job of…