2016 Marshall Thundering Herd football team


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. 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.

Schedule

Marshall announced its 2016 football schedule on February 4, 2016. The 2016 schedule consists of 7 home and 5 away games in the regular season. The Thundering Herd will host C–USA foes Charlotte, Florida Atlantic, Middle Tennessee, and Western Kentucky, and will travel to Florida International, North Texas, Old Dominion, and Southern Miss.
The team will play four non–conference games, three home games against Akron from the Mid-American Conference, Louisville from the Atlantic Coast Conference, and Morgan State from the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference, and travel to Pittsburgh from the ACC.

Game summaries

Morgan State

Akron

Overall recordLast meetingResult
9–42014MARSH, 48–17

Louisville

Overall recordLast meetingResult
12–162011MARSH, 17–13

Pittsburgh

North Texas

Overall recordLast meetingResult
2–02015MARSH, 30–13

Florida Atlantic

Overall recordLast meetingResult
3–02015MARSH, 33–17

Charlotte

Overall recordLast meetingResult
1–02015MARSH, 34–10

Southern Miss

Overall recordLast meetingResult
6–52015MARSH, 31–10

Old Dominion

Overall recordLast meetingResult
2–02015MARSH, 27–7

Middle Tennessee

Overall recordLast meetingResult
3–22015MTSU, 27–24

Florida International

Overall recordLast meetingResult
4–02015MARSH, 52–0

Western Kentucky

Overall recordLast meetingResult
4–32015WKU, 49–28