2020 Marshall Thundering Herd football team

The 2020 Marshall Thundering Herd football team will represent Marshall University in the 2020 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Thundering Herd will play their home games at Joan C. Edwards Stadium in Huntington, West Virginia, and compete in the East Division of Conference USA (CUSA). They will be led by eleventh-year head coach Doc Holliday.

2020 Marshall Thundering Herd football
ConferenceConference USA
DivisionEast Division
2020 record0–0 (0–0 C-USA)
Head coachDoc Holliday (11th season)
Offensive coordinatorTim Cramsey (3rd season)
Defensive coordinatorBrad Lambert (2nd season)
Co-defensive coordinatorJ.C. Price (2nd season)
Home stadiumJoan C. Edwards Stadium
(Capacity: 38,227)
2020 Conference USA football standings
Conf  Overall
Team W L    W L 
East Division
Charlotte  0 –0     0 –0  
FIU  0 –0     0 –0  
Florida Atlantic  0 –0     0 –0  
Marshall  0 –0     0 –0  
Middle Tennessee  0 –0     0 –0  
Western Kentucky  0 –0     0 –0  
Old Dominion*   –      –  
West Division
Louisiana Tech  0 –0     0 –0  
North Texas  0 –0     0 –0  
Rice  0 –0     0 –0  
Southern Miss  0 –0     0 –0  
UAB  0 –0     0 –0  
UTEP  0 –0     0 –0  
UTSA  0 –0     0 –0  
Championship: December 5, 2020
  • $ – Conference champion
  • x – Division champion/co-champions
  • * Note: Due to COVID-19, team canceled season.
As of August 14, 2020; Rankings from AP Poll

The game against East Carolina will mark the fiftieth anniversary of the crash of Southern Airways Flight 932, which took place in November 1970 and killed 75 people.

Previous season

The Thundering Herd finished the 2019 regular season 8–5, 6–2 in CUSA which they tied for second in the East Division with Western Kentucky. The team was invited to play in the Gasparilla Bowl against UCF, where the Thundering Herd took their fifth win of the season.[1]

Preseason

Award watch lists

Listed in the order that they were released

Award Player Position Year
TBD

CUSA media days

The CUSA Media Days will be held virtually for the first time in conference history.[2]

Preseason All-CUSA teams

To be released

Schedule

Marshall announced its 2020 football schedule on January 8, 2020.[3] The 2020 schedule consists of 6 home and 6 away games in the regular season.

The Thundering Herd had games schedule against Old Dominion and Pittsburgh, which was canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic[4][5]

DateTimeOpponentSiteTVResultAttendance
August 29 at East Carolina*
September 19 at Ohio*
September 25[lower-alpha 1] Boise State*
  • Joan C. Edwards Stadium
  • Huntington, WV
October 3 Rice
  • Joan C. Edwards Stadium
  • Huntington, WV
October 10 at Western Kentucky
October 17 at Louisiana Tech
October 24 Florida Atlantic
  • Joan C. Edwards Stadium
  • Huntington, WV
October 31 at FIU
November 14 Middle Tennessee
  • Joan C. Edwards Stadium
  • Huntington, WV
November 21 Charlotte
  • Joan C. Edwards Stadium
  • Huntington, WV
  • *Non-conference game
  • Homecoming
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game
  • All times are in Eastern time

[7]

  1. Originally scheduled for Saturday, September 26[6]

Game summaries

at East Carolina
1 2 3 4 Total
Thundering Herd 0 0 0 0 0
Pirates 0 0 0 0 0
See also: 2020 East Carolina Pirates football team and East Carolina–Marshall football rivalry
Overall record Last meeting Result
5–10 Nov. 29, 2013 Marshall, 59–28

Pittsburgh
1 2 3 4 Total
Panthers 0 0 0 0 0
Thundering Herd 0 0 0 0 0
See also: 2020 Pittsburgh Panthers football team
Overall record Last meeting Result
0–1 Oct. 1, 2016 Pitt, 43–27

at Ohio
1 2 3 4 Total
Thundering Herd 0 0 0 0 0
Bobcats 0 0 0 0 0
See also: 2020 Ohio Bobcats football team
Overall record Last meeting Result
21–33–6 Sept. 14, 2019 Marshall, 33–31

Boise State
1 2 3 4 Total
Broncos 0 0 0 0 0
Thundering Herd 0 0 0 0 0
See also: 2020 Boise State Broncos football team
Overall record Last meeting Result
0–2 Sept. 6, 2019 BSU, 14–7

Rice
1 2 3 4 Total
Owls 0 0 0 0 0
Thundering Herd 0 0 0 0 0
See also: 2020 Rice Owls football team
Overall record Last meeting Result
5–2 Nov. 2, 2019 Marshall, 20–7

at Western Kentucky
1 2 3 4 Total
Thundering Herd 0 0 0 0 0
Hilltopppers 0 0 0 0 0
See also: 2020 Western Kentucky Hilltoppers football team
Overall record Last meeting Result
7–4 Oct. 26, 2019 Marshall, 26–23

at Louisiana Tech
1 2 3 4 Total
Thundering Herd 0 0 0 0 0
Bulldogs 0 0 0 0 0
See also: 2020 Louisiana Tech Bulldogs football team
Overall record Last meeting Result
2–1 Nov. 15, 2019 Marshall, 31–10

Florida Atlantic
1 2 3 4 Total
Owls 0 0 0 0 0
Thundering Herd 0 0 0 0 0
See also: 2020 Florida Atlantic Owls football team
Overall record Last meeting Result
6–1 Oct. 18, 2019 Marshall, 36–31

at FIU
1 2 3 4 Total
Thundering Herd 0 0 0 0 0
Panthers 0 0 0 0 0
See also: 2020 FIU Panthers football team
Overall record Last meeting Result
6–2 Nov. 30, 2019 Marshall, 30–27

Middle Tennessee
1 2 3 4 Total
Blue Raiders 0 0 0 0 0
Thundering Herd 0 0 0 0 0
See also: 2020 Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders football team
Overall record Last meeting Result
5–4 Oct. 5, 2019 MTSU, 24–13

Charlotte
1 2 3 4 Total
49ers 0 0 0 0 0
Thundering Herd 0 0 0 0 0
See also: 2020 Charlotte 49ers football team
Overall record Last meeting Result
3–2 Nov. 23, 2019 UNCC, 24–13
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References
  1. "UCF vs. Marshall - Game Summary - December 23, 2019 - ESPN". ESPN.com. Retrieved June 17, 2020.
  2. "Conference USA to hold virtual football media days due to COVID-19". ktsm.com. May 5, 2020. Retrieved June 17, 2020.
  3. "Pittsburgh, Boise State Highlight Marshall's 2020 Football Schedule". Marshall University Department of Athletics. January 8, 2020. Retrieved June 17, 2020.
  4. "ACC Announces Plans for Football and Fall Olympic Sports". TheACC.com. July 29, 2020. Retrieved July 29, 2020.
  5. "Old Dominion postponing football and fall sports". The Virginian Pilot. Retrieved 2020-08-10.
  6. Kelley, Kevin (April 21, 2020). "2020 Boise State at Marshall football game moved to Friday night". FBSchedules.com. Retrieved April 23, 2020.
  7. "2020 Marshall Football Schedule". FBSchedules.com. Retrieved March 11, 2020.
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