HUNTINGTON — Marshall’s first home football game under Tony Gibson made the wrong history book.

Missouri State came back from a 13-point deficit on Saturday night to pick up its first-ever win at the Division I FBS level, 21-20 over Marshall.

“I want to thank our fans for coming out and supporting us tonight. Great crowd,” Gibson said. “Very, very, very disheartened and disappointed in the outcome. I want to give [Missouri State] coach [Ryan] Beard, his staff and team a lot of credit. They outplayed us and outcoached us.”

Marshall led 20-7 with nine minutes remaining in the third quarter before a string of miscues unraveled the twine to a split end.

Bears quarterback Jacob Clark picked Marshall’s offense apart all night despite being sacked six times. He totaled 359 yards and three tou

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