Independent file photo Marshall’s Yayha Black closes in on Tri-City United quarterback Peyton Collins during their game on Friday. The Tigers will close out the regular season today against Jordan.

MARSHALL – The Marshall football team wrapped up its regular season home schedule last week with a strong second half to defeat Tri-City United 54-7. Now the Tigers will hit the road one final time as they close out the regular season against Jordan.

Coming off last week’s win, Marshall coach Terry Bahlmann felt they were able to play well and take advantage of TCU’s mistakes.

“I thought we played pretty well; they made a couple of plays on fourth down, but I believe they went for seven of them during the game and every time they didn’t make it, we got great field position and got a short field,” Bahlmann said. “We scored 27 points in the first half and 27 in the second half, so I felt we were pretty balanced there. Defensively we were strong all night, got put in some bad field position because of a penalty but otherwise we played well.”

Jordan enters the final week with a 6-1 record and are coming off a 64-6 victory last week against New Ulm. Bahlmann said they’re an up-tempo offense that likes to score, so they need to come prepared on the defensive end.

“They’re a great offense, they’ve got a lot of speed and are an up-tempo team that’s scored a lot of points this year,” Bahlmann said. “We need to be prepared, they’re going to go no-huddle on us and we need to get lined up and still be aggressive with it.”

On the offensive end, the Tigers are coming off a game that saw the ground game account for six of Marshall’s eight touchdowns on the night. Bahlmann said their main focus on offense is to continue that physicality and play their style of football.

“We want to be physical; we want to continue to run the football and play our style and make them match us,” Bahlmann said.

Defensively, Marshall shut down Tri-City United last week, including holding TCU to 196 yards of total offense and just 47 yards in the second half. With the Hubmen averaging roughly 320 passing yards and 155 rushing yards per game, Bahlmann said they need to make sure they’re adjusting to the right formations and make the necessary plays on defense.

“We need to get lined up correctly and make plays when we get the opportunity,” Bahlmann said.

Bahlmann said they’re looking forward to the challenges that Jordan will bring and want to cap off the regular season with an undefeated record.

“We want to finish off a perfect regular season,” Bahlmann said. “Every time you get that chance it’s a special situation and we want to finish off the year.”