1927 Marshall Thundering Herd football team

The 1927 Marshall Thundering Herd football team was an American football team that represented Marshall College (now Marshall University) in the West Virginia Athletic Conference during the 1927 college football season. In its third season under head coach Charles Tallman, the team compiled a 5–3–1 record, 4–1 against conference opponents, and outscored opponents by a total of 194 to 75.^[1][2]

1927 Marshall Thundering Herd football
Conference	West Virginia Athletic Conference
Record	5–3–1 (4–1 WVAC)
Head coach	Charles Tallman (3rd season)
Captain	Ralph Young
Home stadium	Central Field
Seasons ← 1926 1928 →

1927 West Virginia Athletic Conference football standings

v t e	Conf.							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
West Liberty State $	4	–	0	–	0			6	–	1	–	1
Marshall	4	–	1	–	0			5	–	3	–	1
Davis & Elkins	3	–	1	–	0			5	–	5	–	0
West Virginia Wesleyan	3	–	1	–	0			3	–	6	–	1
Salem	4	–	2	–	0			5	–	2	–	0
Glenville State	4	–	2	–	2			4	–	2	–	2
Potomac State	2	–	2	–	0			2	–	3	–	1
Broaddus	2	–	3	–	1			2	–	5	–	1
Shepherd	0	–	3	–	0			4	–	3	–	0
Fairmont State	0	–	4	–	3			0	–	5	–	3
New River State	0	–	6	–	0			0	–	6	–	0
West Virginia *	2	–	0	–	0			2	–	4	–	3
Concord *	2	–	1	–	0			6	–	3	–	1
Morris Harvey *	1	–	2	–	0			3	–	4	–	1
$ – Conference champion * – Did not qualify for conference standings Ties did not count in conference standings.

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result
September 24	Broaddus	Central Field Huntington, WV	W 33–6
October 1	at John Carroll*	University Heights, OH	T 6–6
October 8	Concord	Central Field Huntington, WV	W 18–6
October 14	at Ohio Wesleyan*	Delaware, OH	L 0–7
October 22	Louisville*	Central Field Huntington, WV	W 37–6
October 29	at Canisius*	Buffalo, NY	L 0–19
November 3	at New River State	Montgomery, WV	W 65–0
November 12	Fairmont State	Central Field Huntington, WV	W 35–6
November 24	West Virginia Wesleyan	Central Field Huntington, WV	L 0–19
*Non-conference game Homecoming

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