1980 Marshall Thundering Herd football team

1980 Marshall Thundering Herd football
ConferenceSouthern Conference
Record2–8–1 (0–5–1 SoCon)
Head coach
CaptainGame captains
Home stadiumFairfield Stadium
1980 Southern Conference football standings
Conf. Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Furman $ 7 0 0 9 1 1
Chattanooga 5 2 0 8 3 0
Appalachian State 4 2 1 6 4 1
The Citadel 3 2 0 7 4 0
Western Carolina 2 4 1 3 7 1
VMI 1 4 1 3 7 1
East Tennessee State 1 4 0 2 9 0
Marshall 0 5 1 2 8 1
Davidson 0 0 0 5 5 0
  • $ – Conference champion
  • This conference was a hybrid of I-A and I-AA programs. Davidson was classified as I-AA. The rest of the teams were I-A.

The 1980 Marshall Thundering Herd football team was an American football team that represented Marshall University in the Southern Conference (SoCon) during the 1980 NCAA Division I-A football season. In its second season under head coach Sonny Randle, the team compiled a 2–8–1 record (0–5–1 against conference opponents) and was outscored by a total of 245 to 127. The team played its home games at Fairfield Stadium in Huntington, West Virginia.