2015 Marshall Thundering Herd football team


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, North Texas, Old Dominion, and Southern Miss, and travelled to Charlotte, Florida Atlantic, Middle Tennessee, and Western Kentucky.
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.

Game summaries

Purdue

Overall recordLast meetingResult
0–12012PUR, 51–41

Ohio

Overall recordLast meetingResult
20–32–62014MARSH, 44–14

Norfolk State

Kent State

Overall recordLast meetingResult
17–182004MARSH, 27–17

Old Dominion

Overall recordLast meetingResult
1–02014MARSH, 56–14

Southern Miss

Overall recordLast meetingResult
5–52014MARSH, 63–17

Florida Atlantic

Overall recordLast meetingResult
2–02014MARSH, 35–16

North Texas

Overall recordLast meetingResult
1–01988MARSH, 7–0

Charlotte

Middle Tennessee

Overall recordLast meetingResult
3–12014MARSH, 49–24

Florida International

Overall recordLast meetingResult
3–02014MARSH, 45–13

Western Kentucky

Overall recordLast meetingResult
4–22014WKU, 67–66

UConn (St. Petersburg Bowl)