2016 Marshall Thundering Herd football team

American college football season August 2023 February 2026 football 2016 Marshall Thundering Herd Marshall Thundering Herd logo.svg 150 Conference USA East Division C-USA 3–9 2–6 Doc Holliday 7th Bill Legg 7th Chuck Heater 4th Spread 3–4 Joan C. Edwards Stadium 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 (C–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 consisted of 7 home and 5 away games in the regular season. The Thundering Herd would host C–USA foes Charlotte, Florida Atlantic, Middle Tennessee, and Western Kentucky (WKU), and would travel to Florida International (FIU), North Texas, Old Dominion, and Southern Miss.http://www.herdzone.com/sports/m-footbl/spec-rel/020416aaa.html Seven Home Games, ACC Schools Headline Herd's 2016 Football Schedule Marshall University Department of Athletics February 4, 2016 February 12, 2016 February 15, 2016 https://web.archive.org/web/20160215152325/http://www.herdzone.com/sports/m-footbl/spec-rel/020416aaa.html dead The team played four non–conference games, three home games against Akron from the Mid-American Conference (MAC), Louisville from the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC), and Morgan State from the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference, and traveled to Pittsburgh from the ACC. 2016 AP Poll released prior to game Eastern September 10 6:00 pm w y Morgan State Joan C. Edwards Stadium Huntington, WV beIN 62–0 26,488 September 17 12:00 pm l y Akron Joan C. Edwards Stadium Huntington, WV CBSSN 38–65 24,258 September 24 8:00 pm l y Louisville 3 Joan C. Edwards Stadium Huntington, WV CBSSN 28–59 40,592 October 1 7:30 pm l y y Pittsburgh Heinz Field Pittsburgh, PA ACCRSNRTPT 27–43 45,246 October 8 7:00 pm l y North Texas Apogee Stadium Denton, TX ASN 21–38 18,216 October 15 7:00 pm w y Florida Atlantic Joan C. Edwards Stadium Huntington, WV ASN 27–21 22,839 October 22 5:30 pm l Charlotte Joan C. Edwards Stadium Huntington, WV beIN 24–27 20,904 October 29 7:00 pm l y Southern Miss M. M. Roberts Stadium Hattiesburg, MS ASN 14–24 31,275 November 5 7:00 pm l y Old Dominion Foreman Field Norfolk, VA ASN 14–38 20,118 November 12 7:00 pm w Middle Tennessee Joan C. Edwards Stadium Huntington, WV ASN 42–17 20,841 November 19 7:00 pm l y FIU FIU Stadium Miami, FL ASN 14–31 15,054 November 26 7:00 pm l WKU Joan C. Edwards Stadium Huntington, WV ESPNU 6–60 17,397 Schedule source:2016 Marshall Thundering Herd Football Schedule http://www.fbschedules.com/ncaa-16/2016-marshall-thundering-herd-football-schedule.php FB Schedules February 12, 2016 Game summaries Morgan State Bears 0 0 0 0 Thundering Herd 21 28 13 0 Akron Zips 7 34 7 17 Thundering Herd 21 0 10 7 Louisville #3 Cardinals 7 28 17 7 Thundering Herd 0 7 0 21 Pittsburgh Thundering Herd 0 0 14 13 Panthers 20 7 3 13 North Texas Thundering Herd 7 0 14 0 Mean Green 7 7 14 10 Florida Atlantic Owls 14 7 0 0 Thundering Herd 10 6 3 8 Charlotte 49ers 10 7 3 7 Thundering Herd 14 10 0 0 Southern Miss Thundering Herd 0 7 0 7 Golden Eagles 7 3 0 14 Old Dominion Thundering Herd 7 0 0 7 Monarchs 14 7 10 7 Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders 10 7 0 0 Thundering Herd 7 7 7 21 Florida International Thundering Herd 7 0 0 7 Panthers 7 7 3 14 Western Kentucky Hilltoppers 28 13 9 10 Thundering Herd 0 0 6 0 References Marshall Category:Marshall Thundering Herd football seasons Marshall Thundering Herd football