1930 Marshall Thundering Herd football team

The 1930 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 1930 college football season. In its second season under head coach John Maulbetsch, the team compiled a 3–5–1 record, 3–0–1 against conference opponents, and was outscored by a total of 130 to 111.^[1] Tom Stark was the team captain.^[2]

1930 Marshall Thundering Herd football
Conference	West Virginia Athletic Conference
Record	3–5–1 (3–0–1 WVAC)
Head coach	John Maulbetsch (2nd season)
Captain	Tom Stark
Home stadium	Fairfield Stadium
Seasons ← 1929 1931 →

1930 West Virginia Athletic Conference football standings

v t e	Conf.							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
West Liberty State $	4	–	0	–	0			5	–	3	–	1
West Virginia Wesleyan	3	–	0	–	2			4	–	5	–	2
Marshall	3	–	0	–	1			3	–	5	–	1
Glenville State	5	–	1	–	1			5	–	1	–	2
New River State	3	–	1	–	1			5	–	2	–	1
Potomac State	2	–	1	–	1			4	–	3	–	1
Broaddus	2	–	2	–	3			2	–	4	–	3
Morris Harvey	1	–	3	–	2			2	–	5	–	2
Salem	1	–	5	–	1			2	–	6	–	1
Concord	0	–	3	–	1			1	–	5	–	2
Fairmont State	0	–	4	–	1			0	–	5	–	2
Davis & Elkins *	1	–	0	–	0			6	–	4	–	1
Shepherd *	1	–	1	–	0			2	–	3	–	1
Bethany (WV) *	0	–	2	–	0			0	–	8	–	0
Morehead State *	0	–	3	–	0			2	–	6	–	0
$ – Conference champion * – Did not qualify for conference standings Ties did not count in conference standings.

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 27	at Ohio Wesleyan*	Selby Field Delaware, OH	L 6–26		[3]
October 4	Morris Harvey	Fairfield Stadium Huntington, WV	W 7–0
October 11	at Penn State*	New Beaver Field State College, PA	L 0–65	5,000	[4]
October 18	Bethany (WV)	Fairfield Stadium Huntington, WV	W 37–0		[5]
October 25	vs. Emory and Henry*	Bluefield, WV	L 0–13		[6]
November 1	Wittenberg*	Fairfield Stadium Huntington, WV	L 0–7		[7]
November 7	at Fairmont State	Fairmont, WV	W 43–0
November 15	Louisville*	Fairfield Stadium Huntington, WV	L 12–13		[8]
November 27	West Virginia Wesleyan	Fairfield Stadium Huntington, WV	T 6–6
*Non-conference game Homecoming