Marshall games called off by virus rescheduled for December

HUNTINGTON, W.Va. (AP) - No. 16 Marshall will play two rescheduled games in December after they were postponed due to the coronavirus pandemic.

Conference USA announced Wednesday that Marshall will host Rice on Dec. 5 and will play at Florida International on Friday, Dec. 11.

The league also has pushed back the conference championship game from Dec. 5 to Dec. 18.

Other Marshall games that were called off due to the pandemic were against East Carolina and Old Dominion.

Marshall (5-0) hosts FBS independent Massachusetts (0-1) on Saturday.