When was the last time (FBS) the Herd beat a top 25 ranked team in the Joan?

[W-S HerdFan]

....have we ever?
App ranked #23 in this week’s Coaches poll..

The only one I can think of is 2011 when So Miss came to town. They turned it over 6 times & our punter put them inside their own 5 about 4 times....

 

[goherd13]

....have we ever?
App ranked #23 in this week’s Coaches poll..

The only one I can think of is 2011 when So Miss came to town. They turned it over 6 times & our punter put them inside their own 5 about 4 times....

That the game Vinny completely dominated?

 

[IslandHerd1]

Saturday September 19th 2020

 

[W-S HerdFan]

App #24 AP
Herd getting AP votes! (2)

 

[GoHerdMarshallYes]

App #24 AP
Herd getting AP votes! (2)

I'll take it.
IF MU does win, anyone think it'll put MU into the top 25?

 

[W-S HerdFan]

I'll take it.
IF MU does win, anyone think it'll put MU into the top 25?

No. But move way up the “also receiving votes” group! Best G5 match-up (out of conference) this season?

 

[oldeherd]

Or if MU wins, due to COVID seating limitations, will there be enough HERD fans present to successfully "storm" the field and have enough strength to bring the goal posts down??

 

[Herdloyal]

Time the Herd did just that!

 

[GoHerdMarshallYes]

Back to the question, I don't think MU has ever defeated a top 25 opponent at The Joan, ever.
Southern Miss wasn't ranked at the time, but ended the season in the AP Top 25.

 

[W-S HerdFan]

Back to the question, I don't think MU has ever defeated a top 25 opponent at The Joan, ever.
Southern Miss wasn't ranked at the time, but ended the season in the AP Top 25.

By God, I think you are right...

 

[Herdon2]

Should have beat WVU Docs first year. 😭
I think they were like 24

 

[ohio herd]

The only time we beat a ranked opp that I am aware of at the FBS level at home was in 1976. We beat Miami of Ohio who came into that game ranked #20. It was a sweet win. I remember jumping the fence with others at old Fairfield stadium that day. Miami would go onto an inexplicable 3-8 season. Prior to that, they had finished in the top 20 three seasons in a row. The following season they would win 10 games. Great win for the Herd

 

[herdalicious]

The only one I can think of is 2011 when So Miss came to town. They turned it over 6 times & our punter put them inside their own 5 about 4 times....

Also memorable to me, as it was the day I asked my father in law for permission to marry his daughter at the tailgate. It was a formality, we were both old and ugly already, and had been living together for a while. (As a matter of fact, marriage itself was a formality as well, merely an entree into my wife legally harvesting my seed and binding me into state-enforced fatherhood.)

It was September 10th, 2011, and we made the engagement official the next day, a date specifically chosen so I would....so I.....would...uhm...

...never forget.

 

[W-S HerdFan]

The only time we beat a ranked opp that I am aware of at the FBS level at home was in 1976. We beat Miami of Ohio who came into that game ranked #20. It was a sweet win. I remember jumping the fence with others at old Fairfield stadium that day. Miami would go onto an inexplicable 3-8 season. Prior to that, they had finished in the top 20 three seasons in a row. The following season they would win 10 games. Great win for the Herd

In the same era, (1976?) we upset a Nehlen-coached Bowling Green squad. They may have been ranked as well. So, it looks like we are oh 4 ranked teams in our now almost 20 yr old stadium....time for the Joan to get her cherry popped! Go Herd!!!

 

[ohio herd]

In the same era, (1976?) we upset a Nehlen-coached Bowling Green squad. They may have been ranked as well. So, it looks like we are oh 4 ranked teams in our now almost 20 yr old stadium....time for the Joan to get her cherry popped! Go Herd!!!

I think you are referencing the 1973 BG team. They had been ranked early but not when we played them. They beat us that day as well. We beat a decent non ranked BG team in 71 12-10 as well.