2019 Marshall Thundering Herd football team

The 2019 Marshall Thundering Herd football team represented Marshall University in the 2019 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Thundering Herd played their home games at Joan C. Edwards Stadium in Huntington, West Virginia, and competed in the East Division of Conference USA (CUSA). They were led by tenth-year head coach Doc Holliday. They lost to UCF in Gasparilla bowl.

2019 Marshall Thundering Herd football
Gasparilla Bowl, L 25–48 vs. UCF
Conference	Conference USA
Division	East Division
Record	8–5 (6–2 C-USA)
Head coach	Doc Holliday (10th season)
Offensive coordinator	Tim Cramsey (2nd season)
Offensive scheme	Pro spread
Co-defensive coordinators	J. C. Price (1st season) Brad Lambert (1st season)
Base defense	4–2–5
Home stadium	Joan C. Edwards Stadium
Seasons ← 2018 2020 →

2019 Conference USA football standings

v t e	Conf.							Overall
Team		W		L					W		L
East Division
Florida Atlantic xy$		7	–	1					11	–	3
Marshall		6	–	2					8	–	5
Western Kentucky		6	–	2					9	–	4
Charlotte		5	–	3					7	–	6
Middle Tennessee		3	–	5					4	–	8
FIU		3	–	5					6	–	7
Old Dominion		0	–	8					1	–	11
West Division
Louisiana Tech x		6	–	2					10	–	3
UAB xy		6	–	2					9	–	5
Southern Miss		5	–	3					7	–	6
North Texas		3	–	5					4	–	8
UTSA		3	–	5					4	–	8
Rice		3	–	5					3	–	9
UTEP		0	–	8					1	–	11
Championship: Florida Atlantic 49, UAB 6
$ – Conference champion x – Division champion/co-champions y – Championship game participant

Preseason

CUSA media poll

Conference USA released their preseason media poll on July 16, 2019, with the Thundering Herd predicted to finish in first place in the East Division.^[1]

Schedule

Marshall announced its 2019 football schedule on January 10, 2019.^[2] The 2019 schedule consists of 7 home and 5 away games in the regular season.

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
August 31	6:30 p.m.	VMI*	Joan C. Edwards Stadium Huntington, WV	Stadium	W 56–17	23,875
September 6	9:00 p.m.	at No. 24 Boise State*	Albertsons Stadium Boise, ID	ESPN2	L 7–14	31,951
September 14	6:30 p.m.	Ohio*	Joan C. Edwards Stadium Huntington, WV (Battle for the Bell)	Stadium Facebook	W 33–31	27,323
September 28	5:00 p.m.	Cincinnati*	Joan C. Edwards Stadium Huntington, WV	CBSSN Facebook	L 14–52	32,192
October 5	3:30 p.m.	at Middle Tennessee	Johnny "Red" Floyd Stadium Murfreesboro, TN	CBSSN Facebook	L 13–24	15,023
October 12	2:30 p.m.	Old Dominion	Joan C. Edwards Stadium Huntington, WV	Stadium	W 31–17	18,351
October 18	6:30 p.m.	at Florida Atlantic	FAU Stadium Boca Raton, FL	CBSSN	W 36–31	15,138
October 26	2:30 p.m.	Western Kentucky	Joan C. Edwards Stadium Huntington, WV (Moonshine Throwdown)	Stadium Facebook	W 26–23	22,099
November 2	3:30 p.m.	at Rice	Rice Stadium Houston, TX	Stadium Facebook	W 20–7	17,385
November 15	7:00 p.m.	Louisiana Tech	Joan C. Edwards Stadium Huntington, WV	CBSSN	W 31–10	19,893
November 23	3:30 p.m.	at Charlotte	Jerry Richardson Stadium Charlotte, NC	Stadium Facebook	L 13–24	10,526
November 30	12:00 p.m.	FIU	Joan C. Edwards Stadium Huntington, WV	CBSSN	W 30–27 OT	18,596
December 23	2:30 p.m.	vs. UCF*	Raymond James Stadium Tampa, FL (Gasparilla Bowl)	ESPN	L 25–48	28,987
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from AP Poll and CFP Rankings after November 5 released prior to game All times are in Eastern time

Schedule Source:^[3]

Game summaries

VMI

See also: 2019 VMI Keydets football team

	1	2	3	4	Total
Keydets	0	7	0	10	17
Thundering Herd	14	21	14	7	56

At Boise State

See also: 2019 Boise State Broncos football team

	1	2	3	4	Total
Thundering Herd	7	0	0	0	7
No. 24 Broncos	0	7	7	0	14

Ohio

See also: 2019 Ohio Bobcats football team and Battle for the Bell (Marshall–Ohio)

	1	2	3	4	Total
Bobcats	3	14	7	7	31
Thundering Herd	10	17	0	6	33

Cincinnati

See also: 2019 Cincinnati Bearcats football team

	1	2	3	4	Total
Bearcats	14	14	17	7	52
Thundering Herd	0	0	0	14	14

At Middle Tennessee

See also: 2019 Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders football team

	1	2	3	4	Total
Thundering Herd	7	6	0	0	13
Blue Raiders	10	7	0	7	24

Old Dominion

See also: 2019 Old Dominion Monarchs football team

	1	2	3	4	Total
Monarchs	0	10	7	0	17
Thundering Herd	7	10	7	7	31

At Florida Atlantic

See also: 2019 Florida Atlantic Owls football team

	1	2	3	4	Total
Thundering Herd	10	7	5	14	36
Owls	14	3	0	14	31

Western Kentucky

See also: 2019 Western Kentucky Hilltoppers football team

	1	2	3	4	Total
Hilltoppers	0	7	6	10	23
Thundering Herd	14	6	3	3	26

At Rice

See also: 2019 Rice Owls football team

	1	2	3	4	Total
Thundering Herd	3	14	3	0	20
Owls	0	7	0	0	7

Louisiana Tech

See also: 2019 Louisiana Tech Bulldogs football team

	1	2	3	4	Total
Bulldogs	7	0	3	0	10
Thundering Herd	0	17	7	7	31

At Charlotte

See also: 2019 Charlotte 49ers football team

	1	2	3	4	Total
Thundering Herd	7	3	3	0	13
49ers	0	7	3	14	24

FIU

See also: 2019 FIU Panthers football team

	1	2	3	4	OT	Total
Panthers	0	7	0	17	3	27
Thundering Herd	0	10	7	7	6	30

Vs. UCF (Gasparilla Bowl)

See also: 2019 UCF Knights football team and 2019 Gasparilla Bowl

	1	2	3	4	Total
Thundering Herd	0	7	18	3	28
Knights	21	3	21	0	45

Players drafted into the NFL

See also: 2020 NFL draft

Round	Pick	Player	Position	NFL Club
5	159	Justin Rohrwasser	K	New England Patriots
7	243	Chris Jackson	S	Tennessee Titans