HUNTINGTON — Marshall's football team had complete control over Old Dominion for coach Tony Gibson’s first Sun Belt Conference victory on Saturday, 48-24.

“Really, really proud of this football team. It’s been a hard two weeks for coaches and players. My biggest thing today was 'believe.' That was the message yesterday and this morning in our team meeting,” Gibson said. “We have to believe we can win. Man, did they play good. Played hard. Different guys stepped up at different times and made plays all over the field.”

Old Dominion entered averaging more than 36 points per game and ended up with two garbage-time touchdowns to salvage an otherwise poor performance. The Thundering Herd had two goal-line stands on fourth down and finished with takeaways – three fumble recoveries and two inte

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