CONWAY, S.C. – The Coastal Carolina Chanticleers (6-1, 3-1 Sun Belt) will face off with the Marshall Thundering Herd (4-3, 1-2 Sun Belt) for the first time ever on the gridiron on Saturday night, Oct. 29, in Huntington, W.Va. Kickoff is set for 7 p.m. ET and the game will be broadcasted live on the NFL Network and WRNN Hot Talk 99.5 FM.
 
Tickets for the regular-season home finale versus Southern Miss on Saturday, Nov. 12, are on sale now. Fans can purchase tickets online by visiting www.GoCCUsports.com/tickets or by calling the Chanticleer Athletics Ticket Office at 843-347-TIXX.
  • Coastal Carolina is celebrating the football program's 20th season this year, having kicked off the inaugural season in 2003.
 
• In 1999, football was approved to be added to Coastal in 2003.
 
• Almost 8,000 fans packed Brooks Stadium on Sept. 6, 2003, for the inaugural game of the Chanticleer NCAA I-AA football squad, as CCU used a 97-yard drive to score with seven seconds to play to defeat Newberry 21-14.
 
  • For the third time this season, a Coastal Carolina football game has been SOLD OUT as reserved tickets and parking for the Thursday night primetime Sun Belt Conference home contest versus Appalachian State on Nov. 3 at Brooks Stadium are SOLD OUT. Kickoff is set for 7:30 p.m. ET on ESPN.

• The sell-out does not affect the student section. CCU students do not need to reserve tickets. Students will need to enter through Gate 2 of Brooks Stadium using their CINO card. However, to allow Coastal Carolina students the best opportunity to attend the game, there are a limited number of student guest tickets available for the game on Thursday (Nov. 3).
 
  • In the 2022 Sun Belt Conference Football Preseason Coaches Poll, the Chants were picked to finish second in the East Division behind defending 2021 Sun Belt Champion East Division Champions Appalachian State.
 
• The Chanticleers garnered two first-place votes and a total of 77 points to place ahead of Georgia State (68 points), Marshall (62), Georgia Southern (35), James Madison (31), and Old Dominion (25).
 
• Louisiana (95) was picked to win the West Division, receiving 12 first-place votes.
 
  • Marshall enters the Homecoming Weekend at 4-3 overall and 1-2 in the Sun Belt Conference under second-year head coach Charles Huff.
 
• Picked to finish fourth in the East Division in the 2022 Sun Belt Conference Preseason Coaches Poll, the Herd are coming off a 26-12 road win at James Madison (Oct. 22) last week.
 
• The Herd, who are 2-1 at home this year, have arguably the biggest win in all of FBS football this season with a 26-21 road win at then-No. 8 Notre Dame on Sept. 10. However, after starting the season 2-0, Marshall has gone just 2-3 over its last five games.
 
• Marshall's defense has been the Herd's calling card this season, as the defense ranks first in the Sun Belt in total defense (284.4 ypg), team passing efficiency defense (107.13), scoring defense (16.6 ppg), third-down conversion defense (21.4 percent), and fewest first downs allowed (92). The Herd are also tied for first in the Sun Belt in total turnovers forced (17) and interceptions (12).
 
• The defense has allowed just 11 touchdowns all year, including only three via the rushing attack, and is holding their opponents to only 78.1 rushing yards per game on the year.
 
• It's been a total team effort on defense for the Thundering Herd, as six different players have 20 or more tackles on the year, while 15 players have recorded double-digit tackles overall led by the trio of Abraham Beauplan (46), Eli Neal (44), and Charlie Gray (43).
 
• Marshall's offense is averaging only 388.6 total yards of offense per game this season but is second in the Sun Belt with an average of 204.0 rushing yards per game.
 
• Running back Khalan Laborn leads the way on the ground with 1,002 rushing yards and 12 touchdowns on the season, which both lead the Sun Belt Conference and rank in the top five nationally.
 
  • Coastal Carolina and Marshall will be meeting on the gridiron for the first time ever on Saturday night (Oct. 29).
 
  • The Chanticleers are coming off an open week last week after playing seven-straight games to start the season.
 
• Since head coach Jamey Chadwell took over the reins full-time in 2019, the Chanticleers are 2-2 in games following an open week.
 
Record in Games After an Open Week Since 2019

DATE	OPPONENT	RESULT
10/12/19	Georgia State	L, 21-31
11/02/19	Troy	W, 36-35
10/03/20	Arkansas State	W, 52-23
10/20/21	at Appalachian State	L, 27-30

  • The Chanticleers may have lost last time out at home versus Old Dominion (Oct. 15) but they have a winning streak of four-straight games in true road games dating back to last season.
 
Current Road Game Winning Streak

DATE	OPPONENT	RESULT
11/06/21	at Georgia Southern	W, 28-8
11/26/21	at South Alabama	W, 27-21*
09/22/22	at Georgia State	W, 41-24
10/08/22	at ULM	W, 28-21

* overtime game
 
• Coastal's four-game road winning streak is tied for the third-longest streak in all of FBS.
 
Longest Road Winning Streaks in FBS

TEAM	ROAD WINNING STREAK
Georgia	9
Clemson	6
Coastal Carolina	4
Michigan	4
North Carolina	4
Six Teams	3

  • Over the last two-plus seasons, the Chanticleers have been road warriors in Sun Belt Conference play, going 9-1 since the start of the 2020 season.
 
• Coastal, who is 2-0 in SBC road play this season, has won four-straight conference road games heading into play on the road this week at Marshall (Oct. 29).
 
Conference Road Games Since 2020

DATE	OPPONENT	RESULT
10/14/20	at #21 Louisiana	W, 30-27
10/31/20	at Georgia State	W, 51-0
11/28/20	at Texas State	W, 49-14
12/12/20	at Troy	W, 42-38
10/07/21	at Arkansas State	W, 52-20
10/20/21	at Appalachian State	L, 27-30
11/06/21	at Georgia Southern	W, 28-8
11/26/21	at South Alabama	W, 27-21 *
09/22/22	at Georgia State	W, 41-24
10/08/22	at ULM	W, 28-21

* overtime game
 
  • Coastal Carolina and Army (Sept. 3) met for the first time in the two teams' history in the 2022 season opener.
 
• The Black Knights were one of four first-time opponents for the Chanticleers this season, two of which are new Sun Belt Conference opponents in Marshall and Southern Miss.
 
First-Time Opponents in 2022

DATE	OPPONENT	RESULT
09/03/22	Army West Point	W, 38-28
10/29/22	at Marshall	7 p.m. ET
11/12/22	Southern Miss	TBA
11/19/22	at Virginia	TBA

• With their 38-28 home win over Army (Sept. 3) in the season-opener, the Chanticleers are 1-0 versus first-time foes this season.
 
• Since 2019, Coastal is 6-1 versus first-time foes under head coach Jamey Chadwell with the lone loss coming in the 2019 season opener versus Eastern Michigan (Aug. 31).
 
CCU Versus First-Time Opponents Since 2019

DATE	OPPONENT	RESULT
08/31/19	Eastern Michigan	L, 23-30
09/07/19	at Kansas	W, 12-7
09/14/19	Norfolk State	W, 46-7
12/05/20	#8 BYU	W, 22-17
09/18/21	at Buffalo	W, 28-25
12/17/21	vs. Northern Illinois	W, 47-41
09/03/22	Army West Point	W, 38-28

  • With Saturday's contest at Marshall (Oct. 29) being broadcasted live by the NFL Network, the Chanticleers, better known as #AmericasTeam, will have had a total of 19 games nationally since the start of the 2020 season.
 
• Over those previously 18 nationally-televised contests, the Chanticleers are 15-3 overall, with the losses coming against No. 23 Liberty (Dec. 26, 2020) at the 2020 FBC Mortgage Cure Bowl, at Appalachian State (Oct. 20, 2021) last year in Boone, N.C., and versus Old Dominion (Oct. 15) earlier this season.
 
  • With the win at ULM (Oct. 8), the Chanticleers became bowl eligible for the third-consecutive season.
 
Chants Bowl History

YEAR	BOWL
2020	FBC Mortgage Cure Bowl
2021	Tailgreeter Cure Bowl
2022	?

 

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