Marshall 42, Akron 24

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Team Stat Comparison
1st Downs	18	28
Total Yards	391	573
Passing	250	199
Rushing	141	374
Penalties	8-67	5-60
3rd Down Conversions	5-14	5-12
4th Down Conversions	0-2	1-2
Turnovers	2	3
Possession	24:32	35:28

Individual Leaders

Akron Passing   C/ATT YDS TD INT Frye 16/32 210 1 2 Faler 4/6 40 0 0	Marshall Passing   C/ATT YDS TD INT Gochneau... 15/25 199 2 2
Akron Rushing   CAR YDS TD LG Ringer 5 49 1 40 Hendry 13 47 0 14 Frye 5 29 0 18	Marshall Rushing   CAR YDS TD LG Wallace 15 147 1 36 Charles 16 121 3 22 Gochneaur 8 52 0 30
Akron Receiving   REC YDS TD LG Sparks 4 72 1 41 Irvin 4 54 0 28 Cherry 4 39 0 14 Brake 2 31 0 16	Marshall Receiving   REC YDS TD LG Schroeder 5 98 1 26 Watts 4 51 1 42 Rader 3 32 0 11 Davis 2 16 0 15

Scoring Summary
FIRST QUARTER				AKR	MRSH
	TD	10:23	EARL CHARLES 2 YD RUN (BEN LEWIS KICK) Drive info: 5 plays, 66 yards.	0	7
	TD	8:10	NICK SPARKS 41 YD PASS FROM CHARLIE FRYE (JASON SWIGER KICK) Drive info: 6 plays, 82 yards.	7	7
	TD	5:57	BUTCHIE WALLACE 36 YD RUN (BEN LEWIS KICK) Drive info: 6 plays, 75 yards.	7	14
	TD	1:09	RICKEY MCKENZIE 43 YD INTERCEPTION RETURN (JASON SWIGER KICK)	14	14
SECOND QUARTER				AKR	MRSH
	TD	13:12	EARL CHARLES 6 YD RUN (BEN LEWIS KICK) Drive info: 6 plays, 67 yards.	14	21
	TD	10:52	JASON SCHROEDER 20 YD PASS FROM GRAHAM GOCHNEAUR (BEN LEWIS KICK) Drive info: 4 plays, 33 yards.	14	28
	FG	4:45	JASON SWIGER 37 YD FG Drive info: 4 plays, 4 yards.	17	28
	TD	0:39	EARL CHARLES 19 YD RUN (BEN LEWIS KICK) Drive info: 9 plays, 82 yards.	17	35
FOURTH QUARTER				AKR	MRSH
	TD	11:30	DARIUS WATTS 5 YD PASS FROM GRAHAM GOCHNEAUR (BEN LEWIS KICK) Drive info: 7 plays, 70 yards.	17	42
	TD	5:06	JERELL RINGER 40 YD RUN (JASON SWIGER KICK) Drive info: 9 plays, 99 yards.	24	42

HUNTINGTON, W.Va. (AP) -- Earl Charles scored three touchdowns and rushed for 121 yards Saturday to lead Marshall to a 42-24 victory over Akron.

Butchie Wallace had 147 yards rushing and a 36-yard TD as two Thundering Herd players ran for 100 yards apiece for the first time in five years.

Marshall (6-3, 4-1 Mid-American) was well beyond its average of 167 rushing yards per game by halftime, outgained Akron 573-391 and put the Zips (5-5, 3-3) out of reach with 21 second-quarter points.

Wallace had 103 of Marshall's 236 rushing yards in the first half, and Charles had touchdown runs of 2, 6 and 19 yards.

They became the first Marshall duo since Doug Chapman and Llow Turner against Kent State in October 1998 to surpass 100 yards rushing apiece.

Graham Gochneaur, starting in place of the injured Stan Hill, completed 15 of 25 passes for 199 yards with two touchdowns. He was intercepted twice by Rickey McKenzie.

Schroeder had a career-high five receptions for 98 yards, all in the first half, to lead Marshall.

Charlie Frye, listed as questionable after injuring his hip last week, replaced Micah Faler after one series at quarterback and immediately passed Akron downfield, throwing a 41-yard catch-and-run touchdown to Nick Sparks.

Frye completed 16 of 32 passes for 210 yards with a touchdown. He was intercepted twice by Coke.

With four receptions, Matt Cherry became Akron's career receptions leader with 140 career catches.<