Marshall Thundering Herd football
2023 Marshall Thundering Herd football team
First season1895
Athletic directorChristian Spears
Head coachCharles Huff
3rd season, 22–16 (.579)
StadiumJoan C. Edwards Stadium
(capacity: 30,475)
FieldJames F. Edwards Field
Field surfaceAstroTurf
LocationHuntington, West Virginia
ConferenceSun Belt Conference
DivisionEast
Past conferencesWVIAC (1925–1932)
Buckeye (1933–1938)
OVC (1948–1951)
MAC (1954–1968, 1997–2004)
SoCon (1977–1996)
C-USA (2005–2021)
All-time record628–571–47 (.523)
Bowl record13–6 (.684)
Claimed national titlesDiv. I FCS: 2 (1992, 1996)[1]
Conference titles13
Division titles9
RivalriesApp State (rivalry)
Ohio (rivalry)
East Carolina (rivalry)
West Virginia (rivalry)
Consensus All-Americans1
ColorsKelly green and white[2]
   
Fight songSons of Marshall
MascotMarco the Bison
Marching bandMarching Thunder
OutfitterNike
WebsiteHerdZone.com

The Marshall Thundering Herd football team is an intercollegiate varsity sports program of Marshall University. The team represents the university as a member of the Sun Belt Conference East Division of the National Collegiate Athletic Association, playing at the NCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision level.

Marshall plays at Joan C. Edwards Stadium, which seats 38,227[3] and is expandable to 55,000. At the end of the 2022 football season, Marshall had a 181–44 record at Joan C. Edwards Stadium for a winning percentage of .804. The stadium opened in 1991 as Marshall University Stadium with a crowd of 33,116 for a 24–23 win over New Hampshire. On September 10, 2010, Marshall played the in-state rival West Virginia Mountaineers in Huntington in front of a record crowd of 41,382. Joan C. Edwards Stadium is one of two Division I stadiums named for a woman. The playing field is named James F. Edwards Field after Joan Edwards' husband, who was a businessman and philanthropist.

History

Early history (1895–1916)

Boyd Chambers, the coach who called the "Tower Play".

Boyd Chambers was Marshall's head football coach from 1909 to 1916. He is best known for calling the "Tower Play", where one receiver lifted another up on his shoulders to complete a pass, during the 1915 season.[4]

Rick Tolley era (1969–1970)

The memorial at Spring Hill Cemetery in Huntington, West Virginia to the victims of the Southern Airways Flight 932 crash.

Rick Tolley was Marshall's head football coach for two seasons, coming to Marshall from his post as defensive line coach for Wake Forest and posting records of 3–7 and 3–6. Tolley was killed on November 14, 1970, in a plane crash which killed all 75 passengers, including 37 players, five coaches, administrators, family, friends, and the Southern Airways five-person crew, as it returned to West Virginia after a game against East Carolina.[5]

Jack Lengyel era (1971–1974)

Marshall athletic director, Joe McMullen, hired Jack Lengyel to be head coach in 1971. To rebuild following the plane crash, Lengyel recruited athletes from the baseball and basketball teams. Lengyel's record as Marshall's head coach was 9–33.

Frank Ellwood era (1975–1978)

Marshall hired Ohio University assistant Frank Ellwood, a Dover, Ohio, native who led the program for four seasons. The team went 2-9 during his first season and 5-6 during the 1976 campaign, a year in which the Thundering Herd upset 20th-ranked Miami (Ohio) on Sept. 12, 1976 at Fairfield Stadium in Huntington. The Herd had not defeated Miami since 1939. Marshall finished 2-9 and 1–10 in 1977 and 1978, respectively, failing to win a Southern Conference game in either season.

Sonny Randle era (1979–1983)

Sonny Randle became head coach following the 1978 season. Randle had been the head coach at East Carolina and Virginia. He went 12-42-1 during his five seasons in Huntington, which included a 5-26-1 record in Southern Conference play. Randle mentored Marshall Athletics Hall of Famer Carl Lee during his tenure.

Jim Donnan era (1990–1995)

Led by head coach Jim Donnan, who came to Marshall from his post as offensive coordinator at Oklahoma, Marshall won the Division I-AA national championship in 1992 over Youngstown State (31–28) and was national runner-up in 1991, 1993 and 1995.[6][7] Marshall set a I-AA record with five consecutive seasons making the semifinals of the I-AA playoffs from 1991 to 1996. Donnan was named NCAA Division I-AA Coach of the Year twice during his tenure at Marshall and resigned after the 1995 season to accept the head football coach position at Georgia.[8]

Bob Pruett era (1996–2004)

Randy Moss, star wide receiver at Marshall under coach Bob Pruett

Bob Pruett left his post as defensive coordinator at Florida to become head football coach at Marshall, where he served from 1996 to 2004.[9] During his tenure at Marshall, the Thundering Herd compiled a record of 94–23, featured two undefeated seasons, won six conference championships, won five of seven bowl games, and captured the I-AA National Championship in 1996. Marshall moved to Division I-A and the Mid-American Conference in all sports in 1997. The 1996 team, ranked No. 1 all season, was 15–0 and won each game by more than two touchdowns. The 1996 team included future NFL players Chad Pennington, Randy Moss, John Wade, Chris Hanson, Eric Kresser, Doug Chapman. Marshall won the MAC title five of its eight seasons (1997-2000, 2002) and were runners up in 2001 in the conference before moving to Conference USA in 2005.

Since moving back to Division I-A, Marshall has finished in the Top 25 four times, in 1999, 2001, 2002 and 2014. From 1997 to 2000, Marshall appeared in the Motor City Bowl, losing in 1997 to Ole Miss before winning the next three bowl games against Louisville, BYU and Cincinnati.[10][11] Marshall beat East Carolina 64-61 a double-overtime game in the 2001 GMAC Bowl in Mobile, Alabama. Marshall trailed 38–8 at halftime before rallying behind five Byron Leftwich touchdown passes.[11] Marshall lost 32–14 to Cincinnati in the 2004 Plains Capital Fort Worth Bowl at Amon G. Carter Stadium in Pruett's final game as head coach before his retirement.[11][12]

Mark Snyder era (2005–2009)

Marshall vs. Louisville 2016

Former Marshall football player Mark Snyder became head football coach, leaving his position as defensive coordinator for Ohio State.[13] Snyder coached Ahmad Bradshaw, Lee Smith, Vinny Curry, Albert McClellan and Cody Slate during his time as head coach at Marshall. Snyder's best season was 6–6 in 2009. He resigned after five seasons that included one bowl berth, the 2009 Little Caesar's Pizza Bowl.[14]

Doc Holliday era (2010–2020)

On December 17, 2009, Doc Holliday, an assistant coach at West Virginia University, became Marshall's head coach after signing a five-year contract at $600,000 per season.[15][16] Holliday led Marshall to a 10–4 season in 2013, capped with a victory in the Military Bowl. In the 2014 season, he led the team to a 13–1 season, winning the school's first C-USA Championship and the inaugural Boca Raton Bowl against Northern Illinois 52–23.[17] In 2015, Holliday led the Herd to their first victory over a Big Ten school after beating the Purdue Boilermakers en route to a 10–3 season, including a win in the 2015 St. Petersburg Bowl.[18][19] In 2020, Holliday led Marshall to a 7–0 start and a No. 15 Associated Press ranking. A three-game losing streak followed and the team finished 7–3. Marshall won the Conference USA East Division title, before losing to the University of Alabama at Birmingham in the 2020 Conference USA Championship game. Holliday was named Coach of the Year in 2020 by Conference USA. In January 2021, Doc Holliday's contract was not extended.

Charles Huff era (2021–present)

On January 17, 2021, Marshall hired Alabama running backs coach Charles Huff as its head coach.[20] In his first season, Huff led Marshall to a 7–6 record. Marshall lost to the No. 23-ranked Louisiana Ragin' Cajuns 36–21 in the 2021 New Orleans Bowl.[21] The school officially joined the Sun Belt conference in June 2022. On September 10, 2022, Huff led Marshall to their second all-time victory over a top-10 opponent after defeating the No. 8-ranked Notre Dame Fighting Irish 26–21 at Notre Dame Stadium.[22] Huff earned his first bowl win as a head coach in the 2022 Myrtle Beach Bowl against the UConn Huskies 28–14, finishing the year 9–4.[23]

Conference affiliations

Championships

National championships

Marshall has won two NCAA Division I-AA national championships.

Season Coach Selector Record Opponent Result
1992Jim DonnanNCAA Division I-AA12–3Youngstown StateW 31–28
1996Bob Pruett15–0MontanaW 49–29

Conference championships

Marshall has won 13 conference championships, 12 outright and one shared.[24]

Season Conference Coach Conference record Overall record
1925West Virginia Intercollegiate Athletic ConferenceCharles Tallman3–0–24–1–4
19285–08–1–1
1931Tom Dandelet4–16–3
1937Buckeye ConferenceCam Henderson4–0–19–0–1
1988†Southern ConferenceGeorge Chaump6–111–2
1994Jim Donnan7–112–2
1996Bob Pruett8–015–0
1997Mid-American Conference8–110–3
19988–112–1
19999–013–0
20006–38–5
20028–111–2
2014Conference USADoc Holliday7–113–1

† Co-champions

Division championships

Marshall has nine division championships.[24]

Season Division Coach Opponent CG result
1997MAC EastBob PruettToledoW 34–14
1998†ToledoW 23–17
1999Western MichiganW 34–30
2000†Western MichiganW 19–14
2001ToledoL 36–41
2002ToledoW 49–45
2013C-USA EastDoc HollidayRiceL 24–41
2014Louisiana TechW 26–23
2020UABL 13–22

† Co-champions

Bowl games

Marshall has been invited to play in 19 bowl games, compiling a record of 13–6 through the 2022 season.[25][24] The Tangerine Bowl was unsanctioned by the NCAA until 1968. As such, the 1948 appearance in the game is not included in the official NCAA bowl listing for Marshall.[26]

Season Coach Bowl Opponent Result
1947Cam HendersonTangerine BowlCatawbaL 0–7
1997Bob PruettMotor City BowlOle MissL 31–34
1998Motor City BowlLouisvilleW 48–29
1999Motor City BowlBYUW 21–3
2000Motor City BowlCincinnatiW 25–14
2001GMAC BowlEast CarolinaW 64–612OT
2002GMAC BowlLouisvilleW 38–15
2004Fort Worth BowlCincinnatiL 14–32
2009Rick MinterLittle Caesars Pizza BowlOhioW 21–17
2011Doc HollidayBeef 'O' Brady's BowlFIUW 20–10
2013Military BowlMarylandW 31–20
2014Boca Raton BowlNorthern IllinoisW 52–23
2015St. Petersburg BowlConnecticutW 16–10
2017New Mexico BowlColorado StateW 31–28
2018Gasparilla BowlSouth FloridaW 38–20
2019Gasparilla BowlUCFL 25–48
2020Camellia BowlBuffaloL 10–17
2021Charles HuffNew Orleans BowlLouisianaL 21–36
2022Myrtle Beach BowlConnecticutW 28–14
2023Frisco BowlUTSA

Uniforms and Logos

Traditionally, the logo for Marshall athletics has been usually a green "M" letter logo, usually in trim, on what usually has been white helmets. Kelly and white are the primary colors of the football uniforms. The program also has three logos featuring a bull head mascot, one with the mascot head inside of the "M" logo with the wordmark "MARSHALL", and the other with the stylized "The Herd" wordmark.

Historically, there has also been a black alternate uniform. Historically, the football team has worn a white helmet, with a kelly green stripe surrounded by two white and black stripes across the middle of the helmet, with the "M" letter logo in kelly green with white and black trim; they have also worn a silver, or a kelly green helmet with the same striping as the white helmets, with both the same "M" logo in black (or white trim). For a period in the mid / late 1970s, they also wore a silver helmet which featured a kelly green logo of the state of West Virginia with the "M" logo inside of it.

The Thundering Herd athletic program has had a long standing relationship with Nike as their official outfitter. In 2023, the Marshall sports program extended their partnership with Nike and BSN Sports as the official provider of Marshall's athletic apparel, as well as footwear and other equipment needs in a multi-year deal. [27]

In 2019, Marshall released 2 new (black home and white away) jerseys with 3 pants (black white, and kelly green.) The black and kelly green jerseys had the stylized "The Herd" alternate logo on the front. The white home jersey had the "Marshall" wordmark on the logo's front, with the Nike "swoosh" logo on both the jerseys and pants, which also had the "M" / "The Herd" wordmark logo also on the pants. The jersey numbers were in block font style on the road / alternate jerseys, as they had historically been, and in a varsity font style on the home white jerseys. The striping pattern which had been traditionally on the pants (white, black and kelly green) were removed. [28]

The football team presently also wears, at times, two alternate black helmets, one with the same logo, and the other, with a charging bull logo, both have a white stripe surrounded by two thinner black and kelly green striping pattern going across the middle of the helmet.

In 2020, the football program introduced the current new set of Nike home uniforms, which featured the same traditional striping pattern across the helmets (white, black and a slightly lighter kelly green), jerseys and pants, as well as a new jersey number font style on the jerseys, a double outline varsity jersey number font (which were placed on the home jerseys in 2019) which now appears on all of the jerseys, and a contrasting black collar. [29]

Another later notable change occurred in 2022, that the change of the conference which the team plays in, being as of 2022, the switch from Conference USA to the Sun Belt Conference, indicative in the conference logo on the jerseys.

Head coaches

Tenure Coach Record Pct.
1903–1904George Ford4–4–4.500
1905Alfred McCray6–2.750
1906Pearl Rardin4–1.800
1908William G. Vinal0–6.000
1909–1916Boyd Chambers32–27–4.539
1917Burton Shipley1–7–1.167
1919Archer Reilly8–01.000
1920Herbert Cramer0–8.000
1921–1922Skeeter Shelton11–6–1.639
1923Harrison Briggs1–7.125
1924Russ Meredith4–4.500
1925–1928Charles Tallman22–9–7.671
1929–1930John Maulbetsch8–8–2.500
1931–1934Tom Dandelet18–16–2.528
1935–1949Cam Henderson68–46–5.592
1950–1952Pete Pederson9–19–3.339
1953–1958Herb Royer21–31–2.407
1959–1967Charlie Snyder28–58–3.331
1968Perry Moss0–9–1.050
1969–1970Rick Tolley6–13–0.316
1971–1974Jack Lengyel9–33–0.272
1975–1978Frank Ellwood10–34–0.227
1979–1983Sonny Randle12–42–1.227
1984–1985Stan Parrish13–8–1.614
1986–1989George Chaump33–16–1.670
1990–1995Jim Donnan64–21.753
1996–2004Bob Pruett94–23.803
2005–2009Mark Snyder22–37.373
2009Rick Minter1–01.000
2010–2020Doc Holliday85–54.612
2021–presentCharles Huff22–16.579

Division I-AA playoff results

Marshall has appeared in the I-AA playoffs eight times, compiling a record 23–6. They are two-time I-AA National Champions and four-time national runners-up.

Year Round Opponent Result
1987First Round
Quarterfinals
Semifinals
National Championship Game		James Madison
Weber State
Appalachian State
Northeast Louisiana		W 41–12
W 51–23
W 24–10
L 42–43
1988First Round
Quarterfinals		North Texas
Furman		W 7–0
L 9–13
1991First Round
Quarterfinals
Semifinals
National Championship Game		Western Illinois
Northern Iowa
Eastern Kentucky
Youngstown State		W 20–17 OT
W 41–13
W 14–7
L 17–25
1992First Round
Quarterfinals
Semifinals
National Championship Game		Eastern Kentucky
Middle Tennessee State
Delaware
Youngstown State		W 44–0
W 35–21
W 28–7
W 31–28
1993First Round
Quarterfinals
Semifinals
National Championship Game		Howard
Delaware
Troy State
Youngstown State		W 28–14
W 34–31
W 24–21
L 5–17
1994First Round
Quarterfinals
Semifinals		Middle Tennessee
James Madison
Boise State		W 49–14
W 28–21 OT
L 24–28
1995First Round
Quarterfinals
Semifinals
National Championship Game		Jackson State
Northern Iowa
McNeese State
Montana		W 38–8
W 41–24
W 25–13
L 20–22
1996First Round
Quarterfinals
Semifinals
National Championship Game		Delaware
Furman
Northern Iowa
Montana		W 59–14
W 54–0
W 31–14
W 49–29

Rivalries

Appalachian State

Known colloquially as The Old Mountain Feud, the rivalry with Appalachian State was played annually 1977–1996. The rivalry resumed annual play in the 2020 season and is set to continue as Marshall joins Appalachian State in the Sun Belt Conference East Division in 2022. The significance of the rivalry is that both schools are public universities in the Appalachian mountains, dominant in FCS and FBS Group of Five football, recruit the same players out of the same regions, and have a national reputation that exceeds most peer football programs of their size. An altercation at Kidd Brewer Stadium in 2021 made national news after a group of Mountaineer supporters taunted Marshall players on their way to the locker room.[30] Appalachian State leads the all-time series, 15–9.[31]

Ohio

Marshall's regional rival is Ohio University. Both schools compete against one another in the Battle for the Bell, with a traveling bell trophy as the prize for the victor. Both schools also played in the same MAC Conference for a number of years until Marshall joined Conference USA in 2005 - causing the annual rivalry game to go on hiatus. The regularly scheduled series resumed between the two schools in 2010. The rivalry was renewed in 2009 when the Herd and Bobcats faced off in the 2009 Little Caesars Pizza Bowl, which the Herd won 21–17. Ohio leads the all-time series over Marshall, however the Thundering Herd have won 10 of 15 meetings since rejoining the FBS in 1997. The six-year series contract between the two schools ran out following the 2015 season. The series has since been renewed, as both schools are set to play one another in a future matchup in 2027. Ohio leads the series 33–21–6 through the 2021 season.[32]

West Virginia

Marshall played West Virginia in the annual Friends of Coal Bowl until 2012. Marshall and WVU first played in 1911, but it wasn't until 2006 before the two schools from the "Mountain State" faced off annually for the Governor's Cup. Some believe the rivalry began due to political pressure from the state government. The two last played in 2012, and there are no immediate plans to renew the rivalry. West Virginia holds a 12–0 lead in the series as of 2012.[33]

East Carolina

Marshall and East Carolina have a "friendly" rivalry with one another. They are emotionally bonded by the tragic plane crash on November 14, 1970. The Thundering Herd were coming back from Greenville, North Carolina after a 17–14 loss to the Pirates when their plane crashed near Ceredo, West Virginia. The teams have been bonded ever since.

One of Marshall and ECU's most memorable games was the 2001 GMAC Bowl as they combined for a bowl record, 125 points, as Marshall overcame a 30-point deficit to beat East Carolina 64–61 in double overtime. After Marshall defeated East Carolina in 2013, it marked ECU's last conference match-up as a member of Conference USA. On April 3, 2014, both schools announced that the two teams will meet again for a home and home seridatees in 2020 and 2021. East Carolina was supposed to host Marshall at Dowdy–Ficklen Stadium in Greenville, NC on September 5, 2020, but was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Marshall will host at Joan C. Edwards Stadium in Huntington, West Virginia on September 11, 2021, before travelling to Greenville on September 9, 2023, and host again on September 13, 2025.[34][35]

ECU was 6–3 against the Herd from 2005 to 2013 when both schools were in Conference USA. East Carolina leads the series 11–5.[36]

Home venues

Traditions

"We Are... Marshall" Chant

“We Are…Marshall” has been around since football games in the 1980s at the university's old Fairfield Stadium, where the stadium scoreboard would light up with alternating arrows to indicate which side of the crowd should lead the cheer. Since then, “We Are…Marshall” has become the rallying cry for a resilient school and community.

Thunder Walk

The football team's pre-game walk through the tailgaters at the Joan C. Edwards Stadium has become a ritual. Fans line both sides of the route to cheer the players and coaches as they make their way to the stadium for each home game.

"Sons of Marshall" Fight Song

When the 300-member strong Marching Thunder enters the Joan C. Edwards Stadium playing the school's official fight song, the hearts of sons and daughters of Marshall University swell with pride. The march was written in 1935 by alumnus Ralph A. Williams.

Memorial '75' Game

Each season, the home game closest to the date November 14 is designated as the Memorial '75' or Tribute Game; a game in which Marshall wears special helmets and uniforms in tribute to the victims of the 1970 Marshall football team plane crash. It began under former Marshall head coach "Doc" Holiday, during the 2013 and 2014 seasons, which saw Marshall wear their traditional white M helmets with a special '75' decal on one side of the helmet, representing the 75 lives lost. 2015 marked the 45th anniversary of the 1970 tragedy - to which Marshall unveiled black jerseys for the first time in program history against FIU on 11/14/15. In 2022, Marshall revealed a new black helmet and wore entirely all-black uniforms for the tribute game against Appalachian State.

Top 25 finishes

I-AA Polls

Year NCAA rank Sports network rank
1987No. 14
1988No. 7
1991No. 8
1992No. 10
1993No. 9
1994No. 2
1995No. 6
1996No. 1

Sources:[37]

1-A/FBS Polls

Year APrRank Coaches rank
1999No. 10No. 10
2001No. 21
2002No. 24No. 19
2014No. 23No. 22

Sources:[37]

Individual honors

Award winners

All-Americans

Sources:[43]

Hall of Fame

College football[44]

Marshall has five players and one coach in the College Football Hall of Fame.

  • Harry "Cy" Young starred in football and baseball at Marshall College (University status in 1961) from 1910 to 1912. Young then left Marshall, and was a two-sport All-American at Washington & Lee. He is a member of the W&L HOF, MU HOF, WV Sportswriters HOF and Virginia Sports HOF besides the College FB HOF.
  • Jackie Hunt (1939–41) set a national scoring record in 1940 with 27 touchdowns in a ten-game season. He rushed for nearly 4,000 yards for Thundering Herd, a hometown star for the Huntington High Pony Express before joining Marshall. He was drafted by the Chicago Bears and was a two-time All-American, playing in the Blue-Gray Game following his career.
  • Mike Barber (1985–88) was a record-setting receiver for Marshall who helped lead the Herd to its first I-AA title game in 1987 and its first Southern Conference title in 1988. He still holds the receiving yardage record at MU with over 4,200 yards and was a two-time All-American before he was drafted by the San Francisco 49ers in the fourth round in 1989. Barber also played for the Arizona Cardinals and Cincinnati Bengals.
  • Troy Brown (1991–92) considered the single-most dangerous scoring threat in all of Division I-AA during his two seasons in Huntington, few can match the heralded career of Marshall's record-breaking wide receiver. A dual threat on the playing field, Brown's elusive nature as a receiver and kick returner led the Thundering Herd to back-to-back trips to the Division I- AA (now FCS) National Championship game, garnering the NCAA title in 1992. He caught 139 receptions for 2,746 yards and 24 touchdowns in his career en route to earning First Team All-America honors his senior year. Brown went on to play 14 years in the NFL with the New England Patriots, where he became the franchise's all-time leading receiver and won three Super Bowls with the team.[45]
  • Michael Payton (1989-1992) was the starting quarterback for the Thundering Herd, leading the team to its first FCS national championship in 1992. Peyton was the 1992 winner of the Walter Payton Award and was a consensus First-Team All-American.
  • Jim Donnan (1990–1995) the only coach representing Marshall in the College Football Hall of Fame. Donnan spent six seasons with Marshall and posted a 64–21 record. He led the Thundering Herd to four Division I-AA National Championship games, winning the 1992 national title. In 1994, the Thundering Herd won the Southern Conference Championship. His 15–4 playoff record ranks second best in NCAA FCS history. He was named Division I- AA Coach of the Year in 1992 and 1995.[46]

Pro football

  • Frank Gatski, C, 1985. Gatski is the only Marshall player to have his jersey number retired and was Marshall's first player in the Professional Football Hall of Fame. The university retired Gatski's No. 72 during a halftime ceremony at Joan C. Edwards Stadium on October 15, 2005. Gatski died a month later, at age 86. During his career with the Cleveland Browns (1946–56) and the Detroit Lions (1957) he won eight championships in 11 title game appearances. Cleveland won the All-American Football Conference four straight years, going 14–0 in 1948, before joining the NFL. The Browns won NFL titles in 1950, 1954 and 1955 and were runners-up in 1951, 1952 and 1953. Gatski's Lions beat the Browns for his final title in 1957. The 31st Street Bridge, connecting Huntington to Proctorville, Ohio, is also named in Gatski's honor, joining U.S. Senator Robert Byrd (formerly the Sixth St. Bridge) and Congressman Nick Rahall (the former 17th St. Bridge) among three structures stretching across the Ohio River from West Virginia to Ohio.[47]
  • Randy Moss, WR, 2018. Moss is the second player in the Professional Football Hall of Fame to have been a member of the Thundering Herd. In a career that spanned 14 seasons with the Minnesota Vikings, Oakland Raiders, New England Patriots, Tennessee Titans, and the San Francisco 49ers, Moss amassed the fourth-most receiving yards (15,292) and second-most receiving touchdowns (156) in NFL history. Moss appeared in two Super Bowls (losing both); Super Bowl XLII with the Patriots and Super Bowl XLVII with the 49ers. As of the end of the 2017 NFL season, Moss still holds the NFL record for 17 receiving touchdowns as a rookie (1998), when he also won the AP Offensive Rookie of the Year award, and most receiving touchdowns in a season (23), set back in 2007. Moss over his career also reached the 1,000-yard receiving mark eight times, was elected to six Pro Bowls (winning the MVP in 1999), made the First-team All-Pro four times, and selected as a member of the NFL 2000s All-Decade Team. In addition to his receiving abilities, Moss additionally accumulated two touchdown passes, one touchdown on a punt return, and an interception in his career.[48]

Marshall University Hall of Fame

Established in 1984, members from the football team are listed below.[49]

Retired numbers

No. Player Pos. Tenure No. ret. Ref.
72
Frank GatskiC1940–412005[50]

Future non-conference opponents

Announced schedules as of May 10, 2023.[51]

2024 2025 2026 2027 2028 2029
vs Stony Brook vs Army at Penn State at Ohio vs Ohio at Ohio
at Virginia Tech vs Middle Tennessee vs Boise State
vs Western Michigan vs East Carolina at Army vs Bowling Green
at Ohio State at Middle Tennessee

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