Marshall Thundering Herd football
| Marshall Thundering Herd football | |||
|---|---|---|---|
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| First season | 1895; 131 years ago | ||
| Athletic director | Gerald Harrison | ||
| Head coach | Tony Gibson 1st season, 5–7 (.417) | ||
| Location | Huntington, West Virginia | ||
| Stadium | Joan C. Edwards Stadium (capacity: 30,475) | ||
| Field | James F. Edwards Field | ||
| NCAA division | Division I FBS | ||
| Conference | Sun Belt | ||
| Division | East | ||
| Colors | Kelly green and white | ||
| All-time record | 643–581–47 (.524) | ||
| Bowl record | 13–7 (.650) | ||
| NCAA Division I FCS championships | |||
| 1992, 1996 | |||
| Conference championships | |||
| WVIAC: 1925, 1928, 1931 Buckeye: 1937 SoCon: 1988, 1994, 1996 MAC: 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2002 C-USA: 2014 SBC: 2024 | |||
| Conference division championships | |||
| MAC East: 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002 C-USA East: 2013, 2014, 2020 SBC East: 2024 | |||
| Consensus All-Americans | 1 | ||
| Rivalries | App State (rivalry) East Carolina (rivalry) Ohio (rivalry) West Virginia (rivalry) | ||
| Fight song | Sons of Marshall | ||
| Mascot | Marco the Bison | ||
| Marching band | Marching Thunder | ||
| Outfitter | Nike | ||
| Website | HerdZone.com | ||
The Marshall Thundering Herd football team is an intercollegiate varsity sports program of Marshall University. The team represents the university as a member of the Sun Belt Conference East Division of the National Collegiate Athletic Association, playing at the NCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision level.
Marshall plays at Joan C. Edwards Stadium, which seats 38,227 and is expandable to 55,000. At the end of the 2024 football season, Marshall had a 192–45 record at Joan C. Edwards Stadium for a winning percentage of .810. The stadium opened in 1991 as Marshall University Stadium with a crowd of 33,116 for a 24–23 win over New Hampshire. On September 10, 2010, Marshall played the in-state rival West Virginia Mountaineers in Huntington in front of a record crowd of 41,382. Joan C. Edwards Stadium is one of two Division I stadiums named for a woman. The playing field is named James F. Edwards Field after Joan Edwards' husband, who was a businessman and philanthropist.