2018 Marshall Thundering Herd football team

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2018 Marshall Thundering Herd football
Marshall Thundering Herd logo.svg
Gasparilla Bowl champion
Conference Conference USA
DivisionEast Division
Record9–4 (6–2 C-USA)
Head coach
Offensive coordinator Tim Cramsey (1st season)
Offensive scheme Pro spread
Defensive coordinator Adam Fuller (1st season)
Base defense 4–3
Home stadium Joan C. Edwards Stadium
Seasons
←  2017
2019  →
2018 Conference USA football standings
ConfOverall
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

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.

Contents

Preseason

Award watch lists

Listed in the order that they were released

AwardPlayerPositionYear
Rimington Trophy [1] Levi BrownCJR
Fred Biletnikoff Award [2] Tyre BradyWRSR
Butkus Award [3] Juwon Young LBJR
Jim Thorpe Award [4] Malik GantSJR
Bronko Nagurski Trophy [5] Ryan BeeDLJR
Outland Trophy [6] Ryan BeeDLJR
Paul Hornung Award [7] Keion DavisRB/KRJR
Wuerffel Trophy [8] Chase HancockLBSR
Johnny Unitas Golden Arm Award [9] Alex ThomsonQBJR

Preseason All-CUSA team

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

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. [11]

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

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, 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
 CBSSN L 20–3732,349
September 297:30 p.m.at Western Kentucky
Stadium W 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 Dagger-14-plain.png
  • Joan C. Edwards Stadium
  • Huntington, WV
 CBSSN W 31–723,825
November 33:00 p.m.at Southern Miss
Stadium L 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 [lower-alpha 1] 12:00 p.m.at Virginia Tech *
ESPN3L 20–4131,336
December 208:00 p.m.at South Florida *
 ESPN W 38–2014,135
  • *Non-conference game
  • Dagger-14-plain.pngHomecoming
  • 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

At Miami (OH)

1234Total
Thundering Herd1477735
RedHawks0771428

Eastern Kentucky

1234Total
Colonels067316
Thundering Herd1377532

NC State

1234Total
Wolfpack32014037
Thundering Herd0713020

At Western Kentucky

1234Total
Thundering Herd7301020
Hilltoppers370717

Middle Tennessee

1234Total
Blue Raiders37141034
Thundering Herd3140724

At Old Dominion

1234Total
Thundering Herd01472142
Monarchs0371020

Florida Atlantic

1234Total
Owls07007
Thundering Herd01014731

At Southern Miss

1234Total
Thundering Herd377724
Golden Eagles3143626

Charlotte

1234Total
49ers733013
Thundering Herd10317030

UTSA

1234Total
Roadrunners00000
Thundering Herd10103023

At FIU

1234Total
Thundering Herd1407728
Panthers7301525

At Virginia Tech

1234Total
Thundering Herd6001420
Hokies10213741

At South Florida (Gasparilla Bowl)

1234Total
Thundering Herd2173738
Bulls7310020

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