2016 Marshall Thundering Herd football
Conference USA East Division 3–9 (2–6 C-USA) Doc Holliday (7th season) Bill Legg (7th season) Spread Chuck Heater (4th season) 3–4 Joan C. Edwards Stadium
The 2016 Marshall Thundering Herd football team represented Marshall University in the 2016 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 seventh-year head coach Doc Holliday . They finished the season 3–9, 2–6 in C-USA play to finish in a tie for sixth place in the East Division.
Marshall announced its 2016 football schedule on February 4, 2016. The 2016 schedule consisted of 7 home and 5 away games in the regular season. The Thundering Herd would host C–USA foes Charlotte , Florida Atlantic , Middle Tennessee , and Western Kentucky (WKU), and would travel to Florida International (FIU), North Texas , Old Dominion , and Southern Miss .
The team played four non–conference games, three home games against Akron from the Mid-American Conference (MAC), Louisville from the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC), and Morgan State from the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference , and traveled to Pittsburgh from the ACC.
Date Time Opponent Site TV Result Attendance
September 10 6:00 pm Morgan State* Joan C. Edwards StadiumHuntington, WV beIN W 62–0 26,488 September 17 12:00 pm Akron* Joan C. Edwards StadiumHuntington, WV CBSSN L 38–65 24,258 September 24 8:00 pm No. 3 Louisville* Joan C. Edwards StadiumHuntington, WV CBSSN L 28–59 40,592 October 1 7:30 pm at Pittsburgh* Heinz FieldPittsburgh, PA ACCRSNRTPT L 27–43 45,246 October 8 7:00 pm at North Texas Apogee StadiumDenton, TX ASN L 21–38 18,216 October 15 7:00 pm Florida Atlantic Joan C. Edwards StadiumHuntington, WV ASN W 27–21 22,839 October 22 5:30 pm Charlotte Joan C. Edwards StadiumHuntington, WV beIN L 24–27 20,904 October 29 7:00 pm at Southern Miss M. M. Roberts StadiumHattiesburg, MS ASN L 14–24 31,275 November 5 7:00 pm at Old Dominion Foreman FieldNorfolk, VA ASN L 14–38 20,118 November 12 7:00 pm Middle Tennessee Joan C. Edwards StadiumHuntington, WV ASN W 42–17 20,841 November 19 7:00 pm at FIU FIU StadiumMiami, FL ASN L 14–31 15,054 November 26 7:00 pm WKU Joan C. Edwards StadiumHuntington, WV ESPNU L 6–60 17,397 *Non-conference gameHomecomingRankings from AP Poll released prior to gameAll times are in Eastern time
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Bears 0 0 0 0 0 Thundering Herd 21 28 13 0 62
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Zips 7 34 7 17 65 Thundering Herd 21 0 10 7 38
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#3 Cardinals 7 28 17 7 59 Thundering Herd 0 7 0 21 28
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Thundering Herd 0 0 14 13 27 Panthers 20 7 3 13 43
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Thundering Herd 7 0 14 0 21 Mean Green 7 7 14 10 38
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Owls 14 7 0 0 21 Thundering Herd 10 6 3 8 27
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49ers 10 7 3 7 27 Thundering Herd 14 10 0 0 24
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Thundering Herd 0 7 0 7 14 Golden Eagles 7 3 0 14 24
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Thundering Herd 7 0 0 7 14 Monarchs 14 7 10 7 38
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Blue Raiders 10 7 0 0 17 Thundering Herd 7 7 7 21 42
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Thundering Herd 7 0 0 7 14 Panthers 7 7 3 14 31
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Hilltoppers 28 13 9 10 60 Thundering Herd 0 0 6 0 6
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