American college football season
The 2019 Marshall Thundering Herd football team represented Marshall University in the 2019 NCAA Division I FBS football season . The Thundering Herd played their home games at Joan C. Edwards Stadium in Huntington, West Virginia , and competed in the East Division of Conference USA (CUSA). They were led by tenth-year head coach Doc Holliday . They lost to UCF in Gasparilla bowl.
Preseason [ edit ] CUSA media poll [ edit ] Conference USA released their preseason media poll on July 16, 2019, with the Thundering Herd predicted to finish in first place in the East Division.[1]
East Division Predicted finish Team 1 Marshall 2 FIU 3 Florida Atlantic 4 Middle Tennessee 5 Western Kentucky 6 Old Dominion 7 Charlotte
Preseason All-CUSA teams [ edit ] To be released
Schedule [ edit ] Marshall announced its 2019 football schedule on January 10, 2019.[2] The 2019 schedule consists of 7 home and 5 away games in the regular season.
Date Time Opponent Site TV Result Attendance August 31 6:30 p.m. VMI * Stadium W 56–1723,875 9:00 p.m. at No. 24 Boise State * ESPN2 L 7–1431,951 September 14 6:30 p.m. Ohio * Stadium Facebook W 33–3127,323 September 28 5:00 p.m. Cincinnati * Joan C. Edwards Stadium Huntington, WV CBSSN Facebook L 14–5232,192 October 5 3:30 p.m. at Middle Tennessee CBSSN Facebook L 13–2415,023 October 12 2:30 p.m. Old Dominion Joan C. Edwards Stadium Huntington, WV Stadium W 31–1718,351 6:30 p.m. at Florida Atlantic CBSSN W 36–3115,138 October 26 2:30 p.m. Western Kentucky Joan C. Edwards Stadium Huntington, WV (Moonshine Throwdown) Stadium Facebook W 26–2322,099 November 2 3:30 p.m. at Rice Stadium Facebook W 20–717,385 7:00 p.m. Louisiana Tech Joan C. Edwards Stadium Huntington, WV CBSSN W 31–1019,893 November 23 3:30 p.m. at Charlotte Stadium Facebook L 13–2410,526 November 30 12:00 p.m. FIU Joan C. Edwards Stadium Huntington, WV CBSSN W 30–27 OT 18,596 2:30 p.m. vs. UCF * ESPN L 25–4828,987
Schedule Source: [3] Game summaries [ edit ] 1 2 3 4 Total Keydets 0 7 0 10 17 Thundering Herd 14 21 14 7 56
At Boise State [ edit ] 1 2 3 4 Total Thundering Herd 7 0 0 0 7 No. 24 Broncos 0 7 7 0 14
1 2 3 4 Total Bobcats 3 14 7 7 31 Thundering Herd 10 17 0 6 33
Cincinnati [ edit ] 1 2 3 4 Total Bearcats 14 14 17 7 52 Thundering Herd 0 0 0 14 14
At Middle Tennessee [ edit ] 1 2 3 4 Total Thundering Herd 7 6 0 0 13 Blue Raiders 10 7 0 7 24
Old Dominion [ edit ] 1 2 3 4 Total Monarchs 0 10 7 0 17 Thundering Herd 7 10 7 7 31
At Florida Atlantic [ edit ] 1 2 3 4 Total Thundering Herd 10 7 5 14 36 Owls 14 3 0 14 31
Western Kentucky [ edit ] 1 2 3 4 Total Hilltoppers 0 7 6 10 23 Thundering Herd 14 6 3 3 26
At Rice [ edit ] 1 2 3 4 Total Thundering Herd 3 14 3 0 20 Owls 0 7 0 0 7
Louisiana Tech [ edit ] 1 2 3 4 Total Bulldogs 7 0 3 0 10 Thundering Herd 0 17 7 7 31
At Charlotte [ edit ] 1 2 3 4 Total Thundering Herd 7 3 3 0 13 49ers 0 7 3 14 24
1 2 3 4 OT Total Panthers 0 7 0 17 3 27 Thundering Herd 0 10 7 7 6 30
Vs. UCF (Gasparilla Bowl) [ edit ] 1 2 3 4 Total Thundering Herd 0 7 18 3 28 Knights 21 3 21 0 45
Players drafted into the NFL [ edit ] References [ edit ]
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