The 2018 Marshall Thundering Herd football team represented
Marshall University
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The university is currently composed of nine colleges: L ...
in the
2018 NCAA Division I FBS football season
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The regular season began on August 25, 2018, and ended ...
. The Thundering Herd played their home games at the
Joan C. Edwards Stadium
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in
Huntington, West Virginia
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, and competed in the East Division of
Conference USA
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(C-USA). They were led by ninth-year head coach
Doc Holliday
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. They finished the season 9–4, 6–2 in C-USA play to finish in a tie for second place in the East Division. They were invited to the
Gasparilla Bowl
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where they defeated
South Florida
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.
Previous season
The Thundering Herd finished the
2017 season 8–5, 4–4 in C-USA play to finish in a three-way tie for third place in the East Division. They were invited to the
New Mexico Bowl
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where they defeated
Colorado State
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.
Preseason
Award watch lists
Listed in the order that they were released
Preseason All-CUSA team
Conference USA released their preseason all-CUSA team on July 16, 2018, with the Thundering Herd having five players selected.
Offense
Levi Brown – OL
Tyre Brady – WR
Defense
Chase Hancock – LB
Malik Gant – DB
Special teams
Matt Beardall – LS
Preseason media poll
Conference USA released their preseason media poll on July 17, 2018, with the Thundering Herd predicted to finish in second place in the East Division.
Schedule
Marshall announced its 2018 football schedule on January 23, 2018. The 2018 schedule consists of 6 home and away games in the regular season. The Thundering Herd will host CUSA foes
Middle Tennessee
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,
Florida Atlantic,
Charlotte
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, and
UTSA, and will travel to
Western Kentucky
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;Always included
* The Jackson Purchase, the state's westernmost generally recogniz ...
(WKU),
Old Dominion
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** Colony of Virginia
*Old Dominion University, a public university in Norfolk, Virginia
**Old Dominion Monarchs, the athletic teams represe ...
,
Southern Miss
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, and
FIU.
The Thundering Herd will host two of the four non-conference opponents,
Eastern Kentucky
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of the
Ohio Valley Conference
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at the
FCS level and
NC State
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of the
Atlantic Coast Conference
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, and will travel to
Miami
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of Ohio of the
Mid-American Conference
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and
South Carolina
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of the
Southeastern Conference
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.
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Game summaries
At Miami (OH)
Eastern Kentucky
NC State
At Western Kentucky
Middle Tennessee
At Old Dominion
Florida Atlantic
At Southern Miss
Charlotte
UTSA
At FIU
At Virginia Tech
At South Florida (Gasparilla Bowl)
References
Marshall
Marshall may refer to:
Places
Australia
* Marshall, Victoria, a suburb of Geelong, Victoria
Canada
* Marshall, Saskatchewan
* The Marshall, a mountain in British Columbia
Liberia
* Marshall, Liberia
Marshall Islands
* Marshall Islands, an i ...
Marshall Thundering Herd football seasons
Gasparilla Bowl champion seasons
Marshall Thundering Herd football
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