1981 Marshall Thundering Herd football team

1981 Marshall Thundering Herd football
ConferenceSouthern Conference
Record2–9 (1–5 SoCon)
Head coach
CaptainGame captains
Home stadiumFairfield Stadium
1981 Southern Conference football standings
Conf. Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Furman $ 5 2 0 8 3 0
VMI 3 1 1 6 3 1
East Tennessee State 4 2 0 6 5 0
Chattanooga 3 2 1 7 3 1
The Citadel 3 2 1 7 3 1
Western Carolina 3 4 0 4 7 0
Appalachian State 1 5 1 3 7 1
Marshall 1 5 0 2 9 0
Davidson 0 0 0 4 6 0
  • $ – Conference champion
  • This conference was a hybrid of I-AA and I-A programs. Davidson was classified as I-AA. The rest of the teams were I-A.

The 1981 Marshall Thundering Herd football team was an American football team that represented Marshall University in the Southern Conference (SoCon) during the 1981 NCAA Division I-A football season. In its third season under head coach Sonny Randle, the team compiled a 2–9 record (1–5 against conference opponents) and was outscored by a total of 284 to 94. The team played its home games at Fairfield Stadium in Huntington, West Virginia.