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Career51since 1936
Peak792014
Last 563seasons
#119 nationally · 3-3 (0-2 conf)
Résumé #110
Schedule so far #119
Margin ±5 pts (tightens with games)
Marshall Thundering Herd
Sun Belt · Huntington, WV · Joan C. Edwards Stadium · Head coach Tony Gibson
Rival
Old Dominion · also Middle Tennessee
Building rivalry
10-1 all time (11 meetings since 2014)
Marshall leads
Last: won 48-24 (2025) · Marshall has won 8 straight
Holds it
program traits are earned from history
0national titles
0Heisman
1AP top-10
0All-Americans
26NFL picks
44.2%win pct
History since 1936 · football since 1959. Every season →
Chemistry
52
59Foundation
44Gel
gel counts 45% so far
at its usual level
early · #95 of 138
HC year2
Ret. starters50%
QB yrs w/ OC2
| Season | Record | Conference | AP final | Season rank | Rating | Head coach |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026in progress | 3-3 | Sun Belt | — | #119 | 52 | Tony Gibson |
| 2025 | 5-7 | Sun Belt | — | #93 | 58 | Tony Gibson |
| 2024 | 10-3 | Sun Belt | — | #55 | 69 | Charles Huff |
| 2023 | 6-7 | Sun Belt | — | #98 | 56 | Charles Huff |
| 2022 | 9-4 | Sun Belt | — | #65 | 65 | Charles Huff |
| 2021 | 7-6 | Conference USA | — | #55 | 69 | Charles Huff |
| 2020 | 7-3 | Conference USA | — | #29 | 69 | Doc Holliday |
| 2019 | 8-5 | Conference USA | — | #81 | 60 | Doc Holliday |
| 2018 | 9-4 | Conference USA | — | #72 | 63 | Doc Holliday |
| 2017 | 8-5 | Conference USA | — | #76 | 62 | Doc Holliday |
| 2016 | 3-9 | Conference USA | — | #122 | 40 | Doc Holliday |
| 2015 | 10-3 | Conference USA | — | #73 | 64 | Doc Holliday |
| 2014 | 13-1 | Conference USA | #23 | #19 | 79 | Doc Holliday |
| 2013 | 10-4 | Conference USA | — | #53 | 68 | Doc Holliday |
| 2012 | 5-7 | Conference USA | — | #98 | 54 | Doc Holliday |
| 2011 | 7-6 | Conference USA | — | #93 | 56 | Doc Holliday |
| 2010 | 5-7 | Conference USA | — | #99 | 52 | Doc Holliday |
| 2009 | 7-6 | Conference USA | — | #81 | 59 | Mark Snyder |
| 2008 | 4-8 | Conference USA | — | #97 | 54 | Mark Snyder |
| 2007 | 3-9 | Conference USA | — | #90 | 54 | Mark Snyder |
| 2006 | 5-7 | Conference USA | — | #87 | 56 | Mark Snyder |
| 2005 | 4-7 | Conference USA | — | #100 | 53 | Mark Snyder |
| 2004 | 6-6 | Mid-American | — | #77 | 60 | Bob Pruett |
| 2003 | 8-4 | Mid-American | — | #52 | 66 | Bob Pruett |
| 2002 | 11-2 | Mid-American | — | #62 | 64 | Bob Pruett |
| 2001 | 11-2 | Mid-American | — | #38 | 72 | Bob Pruett |
| 2000 | 8-5 | Mid-American | — | #71 | 62 | Bob Pruett |
| 1999 | 13-0 | Mid-American | #10 | #15 | 79 | Bob Pruett |
| 1998 | 12-1 | Mid-American | — | #52 | 65 | Bob Pruett |
| 1997 | 10-3 | Mid-American | — | #22 | 75 | Bob Pruett |
| 1981 | 2-9 | Southern | — | #120 | 21 | Sonny Randle |
| 1980 | 2-8-1 | Southern | — | #120 | 33 | Sonny Randle |
| 1979 | 1-10 | Southern | — | #122 | 30 | Sonny Randle |
| 1978 | 1-10 | Southern | — | #121 | 32 | Frank Ellwood |
| 1977 | 2-9 | Southern | — | #120 | 31 | Frank Ellwood |
| 1976 | 4-7 | FBS Independents | — | #112 | 36 | Frank Ellwood |
| 1975 | 2-9 | FBS Independents | — | #111 | 34 | Frank Ellwood |
| 1974 | 1-10 | FBS Independents | — | #110 | 30 | Jack Lengyel |
| 1973 | 4-7 | FBS Independents | — | #95 | 50 | Jack Lengyel |
| 1972 | 2-8 | FBS Independents | — | #104 | 23 | Jack Lengyel |
| 1971 | 2-8 | FBS Independents | — | #103 | 30 | Jack Lengyel |
| 1970 | 3-6 | FBS Independents | — | #99 | 43 | Rick Tolley |
| 1969 | 3-7 | FBS Independents | — | #94 | 51 | Rick Tolley |
| 1968 | 0-9-1 | Mid-American | — | #104 | 17 | Perry Moss |
| 1967 | 0-10 | Mid-American | — | #103 | 22 | Charlie Snyder |
| 1966 | 2-8 | Mid-American | — | #99 | 42 | Charlie Snyder |
| 1965 | 5-5 | Mid-American | — | #98 | 46 | Charlie Snyder |
| 1964 | 7-3 | Mid-American | — | #94 | 52 | Charlie Snyder |
| 1963 | 5-4-1 | Mid-American | — | #96 | 49 | Charlie Snyder |
| 1962 | 4-6 | Mid-American | — | #98 | 39 | Charlie Snyder |
| 1961 | 0-2 | Mid-American | — | — | — | |
| 1960 | 0-1 | Mid-American | — | — | — | |
| 1959 | 0-1 | Mid-American | — | — | — |
★ = a national title the school claims. Seasons before 1936 (the first AP poll) are the early era: shown in gray and rated on the same yardstick, but the all-time pool and program totals that matter most start in 1936.