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2018 Marshall Thundering Herd football team

January 01, 1970

The 2018 Marshall Thundering Herd football team represented Marshall University in the 2018 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Thundering Herd played their home games at the Joan C. Edwards Stadium in Huntington, West Virginia, and competed in the East Division of Conference USA (C-USA). They were led by ninth-year head coach Doc Holliday. 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 where they defeated South Florida.

2018 Marshall Thundering Herd football
Gasparilla Bowl champion
ConferenceConference USA
DivisionEast Division
Record9–4 (6–2 C-USA)
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorTim Cramsey (1st season)
Offensive schemePro spread
Defensive coordinatorAdam Fuller (1st season)
Base defense4–3
Home stadiumJoan C. Edwards Stadium
Seasons
← 2017
2019 →
2018 Conference USA football standings
Conf Overall
Team   W   L     W   L  
East Division
Middle Tennessee x   7 – 1     8 – 6  
Marshall   6 – 2     9 – 4  
FIU   6 – 2     9 – 4  
Charlotte   4 – 4     5 – 7  
Florida Atlantic   3 – 5     5 – 7  
Old Dominion   2 – 6     4 – 8  
Western Kentucky   2 – 6     3 – 9  
West Division
UAB x$   7 – 1     11 – 3  
North Texas   5 – 3     9 – 4  
Louisiana Tech   5 – 3     8 – 5  
Southern Miss   5 – 3     6 – 5  
UTSA   2 – 6     3 – 9  
UTEP   1 – 7     1 – 11  
Rice   1 – 7     2 – 11  
Championship: UAB 27, Middle Tennessee 25
  • $ – Conference champion
  • x – Division champion/co-champions

Preseason edit

Award watch lists edit

Listed in the order that they were released

Award Player Position Year
Rimington Trophy[1] Levi Brown C JR
Fred Biletnikoff Award[2] Tyre Brady WR SR
Butkus Award[3] Juwon Young LB JR
Jim Thorpe Award[4] Malik Gant S JR
Bronko Nagurski Trophy[5] Ryan Bee DL JR
Outland Trophy[6] Ryan Bee DL JR
Paul Hornung Award[7] Keion Davis RB/KR JR
Wuerffel Trophy[8] Chase Hancock LB SR
Johnny Unitas Golden Arm Award[9] Alex Thomson QB JR

Preseason All-CUSA team edit

Conference USA released their preseason all-CUSA team on July 16, 2018, with the Thundering Herd having five players selected.[10]

Preseason media poll edit

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.[11]

East Division
Predicted finish Team
1 Florida Atlantic
2 Marshall
3 Middle Tennessee
4 FIU
5 Western Kentucky
6 Old Dominion
7 Charlotte

Schedule edit

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, Florida Atlantic, Charlotte, and UTSA, and will travel to Western Kentucky (WKU), Old Dominion, Southern Miss, and FIU.[12]

The Thundering Herd will host two of the four non-conference opponents, Eastern Kentucky of the Ohio Valley Conference at the FCS level and NC State of the Atlantic Coast Conference, and will travel to Miami of Ohio of the Mid-American Conference and South Carolina of the Southeastern Conference.

DateTimeOpponentSiteTVResultAttendance
September 13:30 p.m.at Miami (OH)*
ESPN+W 35–2815,827
September 86:30 p.m.Eastern Kentucky*
ESPN+W 32–1624,304
September 227:00 p.m.NC State*
  • Joan C. Edwards Stadium
  • Huntington, WV
CBSSNL 20–3732,349
September 297:30 p.m.at Western Kentucky
StadiumW 20–1720,811
October 57:30 p.m.Middle Tennessee
  • Joan C. Edwards Stadium
  • Huntington, WV
CBSSNL 24–3425,979
October 133:30 p.m.at Old Dominion
StadiumW 42–2020,118
October 202:30 p.m.Florida Atlantic 
  • Joan C. Edwards Stadium
  • Huntington, WV
CBSSNW 31–723,825
November 33:00 p.m.at Southern Miss
StadiumL 24–2620,375
November 102:30 p.m.Charlotte
  • Joan C. Edwards Stadium
  • Huntington, WV
ESPN+W 30–1319,418
November 172:30 p.m.UTSA
  • Joan C. Edwards Stadium
  • Huntington, WV
StadiumW 23–018,502
November 2412:00 p.m.at FIU
StadiumW 28–2514,862
December 1[a]12:00 p.m.at Virginia Tech*
ESPN3L 20–4131,336
December 208:00 p.m.at South Florida*
ESPNW 38–2014,135
  • *Non-conference game
  •  Homecoming
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game
  • All times are in Eastern time
  1. ^ The game between Marshall and South Carolina, originally scheduled for September 15, 2018, was canceled in anticipation of Hurricane Florence. Seeking bowl eligibility, Virginia Tech scheduled Marshall, as both teams had a game cancelled due to the hurricane and neither had made their respective conference championship games. The game was contingent upon the Hokies defeating rival Virginia, which they did.[13]
Schedule Source:[14]

Game summaries edit

At Miami (OH) edit

See also: 2018 Miami RedHawks football team
1 2 3 4 Total
Thundering Herd 14 7 7 7 35
RedHawks 0 7 7 14 28

Eastern Kentucky edit

See also: 2018 Eastern Kentucky Colonels football team
1 2 3 4 Total
Colonels 0 6 7 3 16
Thundering Herd 13 7 7 5 32

NC State edit

See also: 2018 NC State Wolfpack football team
1 2 3 4 Total
Wolfpack 3 20 14 0 37
Thundering Herd 0 7 13 0 20

At Western Kentucky edit

See also: 2018 Western Kentucky Hilltoppers football team
1 2 3 4 Total
Thundering Herd 7 3 0 10 20
Hilltoppers 3 7 0 7 17

Middle Tennessee edit

See also: 2018 Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders football team
1 2 3 4 Total
Blue Raiders 3 7 14 10 34
Thundering Herd 3 14 0 7 24

At Old Dominion edit

See also: 2018 Old Dominion Monarchs football team
1 2 3 4 Total
Thundering Herd 0 14 7 21 42
Monarchs 0 3 7 10 20

Florida Atlantic edit

See also: 2018 Florida Atlantic Owls football team
1 2 3 4 Total
Owls 0 7 0 0 7
Thundering Herd 0 10 14 7 31

At Southern Miss edit

See also: 2018 Southern Miss Golden Eagles football team
1 2 3 4 Total
Thundering Herd 3 7 7 7 24
Golden Eagles 3 14 3 6 26

Charlotte edit

See also: 2018 Charlotte 49ers football team
1 2 3 4 Total
49ers 7 3 3 0 13
Thundering Herd 10 3 17 0 30

UTSA edit

See also: 2018 UTSA Roadrunners football team
1 2 3 4 Total
Roadrunners 0 0 0 0 0
Thundering Herd 10 10 3 0 23

At FIU edit

See also: 2018 FIU Panthers football team
1 2 3 4 Total
Thundering Herd 14 0 7 7 28
Panthers 7 3 0 15 25

At Virginia Tech edit

See also: 2018 Virginia Tech Hokies football team
1 2 3 4 Total
Thundering Herd 6 0 0 14 20
Hokies 10 21 3 7 41

At South Florida (Gasparilla Bowl) edit

See also: 2018 South Florida Bulls football team and 2018 Gasparilla Bowl
1 2 3 4 Total
Thundering Herd 21 7 3 7 38
Bulls 7 3 10 0 20

References edit

  1. ^ "Rimington Trophy Press Release". May 30, 2018. Retrieved July 14, 2018.
  2. ^ "2018 Biletnikoff Award Watch List". July 19, 2018. Retrieved July 19, 2018.
  3. ^ . The Butkus Award. July 23, 2018. Archived from the original on August 20, 2010. Retrieved July 23, 2018.
  4. ^ "Paycom Jim Thorpe Award Names 2018 Preseason Watchlist" (Press release). July 23, 2018. Retrieved July 23, 2018.
  5. ^ "2018 Bronko Nagurski Trophy Preseason Watch List". July 24, 2018. Retrieved July 24, 2018.
  6. ^ "22018 OUTLAND TROPHY WATCH LIST UNVEILED". July 24, 2018. Retrieved July 24, 2018.
  7. ^ . July 26, 2018. Archived from the original on July 26, 2018. Retrieved July 26, 2018.
  8. ^ . July 26, 2018. Archived from the original on July 26, 2018. Retrieved July 26, 2018.
  9. ^ "Watch List for 2018 Johnny Unitas Golden Arm Award ® Presented by A. O. Smith Announced". August 14, 2018. Retrieved August 17, 2018.
  10. ^ "FB: 2018 Preseason Awards". July 16, 2018.
  11. ^ "FB: Preseason Media Poll". July 17, 2018.
  12. ^ "MCGILL: HERD FOOTBALL SCHEDULE HAS ATTRACTIVE HOME GAMES" (Press release). Marshall University Department of Athletics. January 23, 2018. Retrieved February 1, 2018.
  13. ^ "Hokies schedule Herd to keep bowl streak alive". ESPN.com. November 18, 2018.
  14. ^ "2018 Marshall Thundering Herd Football Schedule". FB Schedules. Retrieved February 1, 2018.


 

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The 2018 Marshall Thundering Herd football team represented Marshall University in the 2018 NCAA Division I FBS football season The Thundering Herd played their home games at the Joan C Edwards Stadium in Huntington West Virginia and competed in the East Division of Conference USA C USA They were led by ninth year head coach Doc Holliday 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 where they defeated South Florida 2018 Marshall Thundering Herd footballGasparilla Bowl championGasparilla Bowl W 38 20 vs South FloridaConferenceConference USADivisionEast DivisionRecord9 4 6 2 C USA Head coachDoc Holliday 9th season Offensive coordinatorTim Cramsey 1st season Offensive schemePro spreadDefensive coordinatorAdam Fuller 1st season Base defense4 3Home stadiumJoan C Edwards StadiumSeasons 20172019 2018 Conference USA football standings vte Conf Overall Team W L W L East Division Middle Tennessee x 7 1 8 6 Marshall 6 2 9 4 FIU 6 2 9 4 Charlotte 4 4 5 7 Florida Atlantic 3 5 5 7 Old Dominion 2 6 4 8 Western Kentucky 2 6 3 9 West Division UAB x 7 1 11 3 North Texas 5 3 9 4 Louisiana Tech 5 3 8 5 Southern Miss 5 3 6 5 UTSA 2 6 3 9 UTEP 1 7 1 11 Rice 1 7 2 11 Championship UAB 27 Middle Tennessee 25 Conference championx Division champion co champions Contents 1 Preseason 1 1 Award watch lists 1 2 Preseason All CUSA team 1 3 Preseason media poll 2 Schedule 3 Game summaries 3 1 At Miami OH 3 2 Eastern Kentucky 3 3 NC State 3 4 At Western Kentucky 3 5 Middle Tennessee 3 6 At Old Dominion 3 7 Florida Atlantic 3 8 At Southern Miss 3 9 Charlotte 3 10 UTSA 3 11 At FIU 3 12 At Virginia Tech 3 13 At South Florida Gasparilla Bowl 4 ReferencesPreseason editAward watch lists edit Listed in the order that they were released Award Player Position Year Rimington Trophy 1 Levi Brown C JR Fred Biletnikoff Award 2 Tyre Brady WR SR Butkus Award 3 Juwon Young LB JR Jim Thorpe Award 4 Malik Gant S JR Bronko Nagurski Trophy 5 Ryan Bee DL JR Outland Trophy 6 Ryan Bee DL JR Paul Hornung Award 7 Keion Davis RB KR JR Wuerffel Trophy 8 Chase Hancock LB SR Johnny Unitas Golden Arm Award 9 Alex Thomson QB JR Preseason All CUSA team edit Conference USA released their preseason all CUSA team on July 16 2018 with the Thundering Herd having five players selected 10 OffenseLevi Brown OLTyre Brady WR DefenseChase Hancock LBMalik Gant DB Special teamsMatt Beardall LS Preseason media poll edit 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 11 East Division Predicted finish Team 1 Florida Atlantic 2 Marshall 3 Middle Tennessee 4 FIU 5 Western Kentucky 6 Old Dominion 7 CharlotteSchedule editMarshall 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 Florida Atlantic Charlotte and UTSA and will travel to Western Kentucky WKU Old Dominion Southern Miss and FIU 12 The Thundering Herd will host two of the four non conference opponents Eastern Kentucky of the Ohio Valley Conference at the FCS level and NC State of the Atlantic Coast Conference and will travel to Miami of Ohio of the Mid American Conference and South Carolina of the Southeastern Conference DateTimeOpponentSiteTVResultAttendanceSeptember 13 30 p m at Miami OH Yager StadiumOxford OHESPN W 35 2815 827 September 86 30 p m Eastern Kentucky Joan C Edwards StadiumHuntington WVESPN W 32 1624 304 September 227 00 p m NC State Joan C Edwards StadiumHuntington WVCBSSNL 20 3732 349 September 297 30 p m at Western KentuckyHouchens Industries L T Smith StadiumBowling Green KYStadiumW 20 1720 811 October 57 30 p m Middle TennesseeJoan C Edwards StadiumHuntington WVCBSSNL 24 3425 979 October 133 30 p m at Old DominionForeman FieldNorfolk VAStadiumW 42 2020 118 October 202 30 p m Florida Atlantic nbsp Joan C Edwards StadiumHuntington WVCBSSNW 31 723 825 November 33 00 p m at Southern MissM M Roberts StadiumHattiesburg MSStadiumL 24 2620 375 November 102 30 p m CharlotteJoan C Edwards StadiumHuntington WVESPN W 30 1319 418 November 172 30 p m UTSAJoan C Edwards StadiumHuntington WVStadiumW 23 018 502 November 2412 00 p m at FIURiccardo Silva StadiumMiami FLStadiumW 28 2514 862 December 1 a 12 00 p m at Virginia Tech Lane StadiumBlacksburg VAESPN3L 20 4131 336 December 208 00 p m at South Florida Raymond James StadiumTampa FL Gasparilla Bowl ESPNW 38 2014 135 Non conference game nbsp HomecomingRankings from AP Poll released prior to the gameAll times are in Eastern time The game between Marshall and South Carolina originally scheduled for September 15 2018 was canceled in anticipation of Hurricane Florence Seeking bowl eligibility Virginia Tech scheduled Marshall as both teams had a game cancelled due to the hurricane and neither had made their respective conference championship games The game was contingent upon the Hokies defeating rival Virginia which they did 13 Schedule Source 14 Game summaries editAt Miami OH edit See also 2018 Miami RedHawks football team 1 2 3 4 Total Thundering Herd 14 7 7 7 35 RedHawks 0 7 7 14 28 Eastern Kentucky edit See also 2018 Eastern Kentucky Colonels football team 1 2 3 4 Total Colonels 0 6 7 3 16 Thundering Herd 13 7 7 5 32 NC State edit See also 2018 NC State Wolfpack football team 1 2 3 4 Total Wolfpack 3 20 14 0 37 Thundering Herd 0 7 13 0 20 At Western Kentucky edit See also 2018 Western Kentucky Hilltoppers football team 1 2 3 4 Total Thundering Herd 7 3 0 10 20 Hilltoppers 3 7 0 7 17 Middle Tennessee edit See also 2018 Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders football team 1 2 3 4 Total Blue Raiders 3 7 14 10 34 Thundering Herd 3 14 0 7 24 At Old Dominion edit See also 2018 Old Dominion Monarchs football team 1 2 3 4 Total Thundering Herd 0 14 7 21 42 Monarchs 0 3 7 10 20 Florida Atlantic edit See also 2018 Florida Atlantic Owls football team 1 2 3 4 Total Owls 0 7 0 0 7 Thundering Herd 0 10 14 7 31 At Southern Miss edit See also 2018 Southern Miss Golden Eagles football team 1 2 3 4 Total Thundering Herd 3 7 7 7 24 Golden Eagles 3 14 3 6 26 Charlotte edit See also 2018 Charlotte 49ers football team 1 2 3 4 Total 49ers 7 3 3 0 13 Thundering Herd 10 3 17 0 30 UTSA edit See also 2018 UTSA Roadrunners football team 1 2 3 4 Total Roadrunners 0 0 0 0 0 Thundering Herd 10 10 3 0 23 At FIU edit See also 2018 FIU Panthers football team 1 2 3 4 Total Thundering Herd 14 0 7 7 28 Panthers 7 3 0 15 25 At Virginia Tech edit See also 2018 Virginia Tech Hokies football team 1 2 3 4 Total Thundering Herd 6 0 0 14 20 Hokies 10 21 3 7 41 At South Florida Gasparilla Bowl edit See also 2018 South Florida Bulls football team and 2018 Gasparilla Bowl 1 2 3 4 Total Thundering Herd 21 7 3 7 38 Bulls 7 3 10 0 20References edit Rimington Trophy Press Release May 30 2018 Retrieved July 14 2018 2018 Biletnikoff Award Watch List July 19 2018 Retrieved July 19 2018 Butkus Award 2018 Collegiate Watchlist The Butkus Award July 23 2018 Archived from the original on August 20 2010 Retrieved July 23 2018 Paycom Jim Thorpe Award Names 2018 Preseason Watchlist Press release July 23 2018 Retrieved July 23 2018 2018 Bronko Nagurski Trophy Preseason Watch List July 24 2018 Retrieved July 24 2018 22018 OUTLAND TROPHY WATCH LIST UNVEILED July 24 2018 Retrieved July 24 2018 43 PLAYERS NAMED TO 2018 PAUL HORNUNG AWARD WATCH LIST July 26 2018 Archived from the original on July 26 2018 Retrieved July 26 2018 Wuerffel Trophy Unveils 2018 Watch List July 26 2018 Archived from the original on July 26 2018 Retrieved July 26 2018 Watch List for 2018 Johnny Unitas Golden Arm Award Presented by A O Smith Announced August 14 2018 Retrieved August 17 2018 FB 2018 Preseason Awards July 16 2018 FB Preseason Media Poll July 17 2018 MCGILL HERD FOOTBALL SCHEDULE HAS ATTRACTIVE HOME GAMES Press release Marshall University Department of Athletics January 23 2018 Retrieved February 1 2018 Hokies schedule Herd to keep bowl streak alive ESPN com November 18 2018 2018 Marshall Thundering Herd Football Schedule FB Schedules Retrieved February 1 2018 nbsp This college football 2010s season article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title 2018 Marshall Thundering Herd football team amp oldid 1190240804, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,

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