American college football season
The 2015 Marshall Thundering Herd football team represented Marshall University in the 2015 NCAA Division I FBS football season as members of the East Division of Conference USA . They were led by sixth-year head coach John "Doc" Holliday and played their home games at Joan C. Edwards Stadium in Huntington, West Virginia . They finished the season 10–3, 6–2 in C-USA play to finish in a tie for second place in the East Division. They were invited to the St. Petersburg Bowl where they defeated UConn .
Schedule
Marshall announced their 2015 football schedule on February 2, 2015. The 2015 schedule consisted of six home and away games in the regular season. The Thundering Herd hosted CUSA foes Florida International (FIU) , North Texas , Old Dominion , and Southern Miss , and travelled to Charlotte , Florida Atlantic , Middle Tennessee , and Western Kentucky (WKU) .[ 1]
Marshall went undefeated at home but lost three road games, finishing the regular season with a 9–3 record and finishing third in the division. Marshall was invited to the St. Petersburg Bowl against the University of Connecticut which they won with a final score of 16–10.
Date Time Opponent Site TV Result Attendance 3:00 pm Purdue * FS1 W 41–3138,791 September 12 7:00 pm at Ohio * ESPN3 L 10–2125,210 September 19 3:30 pm Norfolk State * Joan C. Edwards Stadium Huntington, WV ASN W 45–724,114 September 26 3:30 pm at Kent State * ASN W 36–29 2OT 15,424 October 3 3:30 pm Old Dominion Joan C. Edwards Stadium Huntington, WV ASN W 27–718,473 7:00 pm Southern Miss Joan C. Edwards Stadium Huntington, WV CBSSN W 31–1022,763 October 17 12:00 pm at Florida Atlantic FCS W 33–1717,129 October 24 3:30 pm North Texas Joan C. Edwards Stadium Huntington, WV FSN W 30–1327,217 October 31 3:30 pm at Charlotte FSN W 34–1015,381 November 7 3:30 pm at Middle Tennessee FSN L 24–27 3OT 18,760 November 14 3:30 pm FIU Joan C. Edwards Stadium Huntington, WV FSN W 52–026,572 12:00 pm at Western Kentucky FS1 L 28–4917,687 December 26 11:00 am vs. UConn * ESPN W 16–1014,652
Schedule source: [ 2]
Game summaries
Purdue
1
2
3
4
Total
Boilermakers
14
7
7
3
31
Thundering Herd
17
0
10
14
41
Ohio
1
2
3
4
Total
Thundering Herd
0
7
3
0
10
Bobcats
7
7
0
7
21
Norfolk State
1
2
3
4
Total
Spartans
7
0
0
0
7
Thundering Herd
10
14
14
7
45
Kent State
1
2
3
4 OT 2OT
Total
Thundering Herd
7
0
7
8 7 7
36
Golden Flashes
6
7
6
3 7 0
29
Old Dominion
1
2
3
4
Total
Monarchs
0
0
0
7
7
Thundering Herd
7
7
7
6
27
Southern Miss
1
2
3
4
Total
Golden Eagles
7
3
0
0
10
Thundering Herd
7
10
14
0
31
Florida Atlantic
1
2
3
4
Total
Thundering Herd
9
14
7
3
33
Owls
3
7
7
0
17
North Texas
1
2
3
4
Total
Mean Green
0
3
3
7
13
Thundering Herd
17
7
3
3
30
Charlotte
1
2
3
4
Total
Thundering Herd
14
17
0
3
34
49ers
0
3
0
7
10
Middle Tennessee
1
2
3
4 OT 2OT 3OT
Total
Thundering Herd
7
0
0
10 7 0 0
24
Blue Raiders
0
7
10
0 7 0 3
27
Florida International
1
2
3
4
Total
Panthers
0
0
0
0
0
Thundering Herd
21
17
7
7
52
Western Kentucky
1
2
3
4
Total
Thundering Herd
0
14
7
7
28
Hilltoppers
7
28
6
8
49
1
2
3
4
Total
Huskies
7
0
3
0
10
Thundering Herd
7
6
0
3
16
References
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