1895 Marshall Thundering Herd football team

1895 Marshall Thundering Herd football
1895 Marshall Thundering Herd football
Conference	Independent
Record	0–1–1
Head coach	None;
Home stadium	Central Field
	Seasons 1897 →

The 1895 Marshall Thundering Herd football team represented Marshall University in the 1895 college football season. In its inaugural season, the team did not have a coach, and were outscored by their opponents 0–36 in two games.^[1]

1895 Southern college football independents records
v t e	Conf			Overall
Team	W	L	T	W		L		T
Texas		–		5	–	0	–	0
LSU		–		3	–	0	–	0
Arkansas		–		1	–	0	–	0
Henry Kendall		–		1	–	0	–	0
North Carolina		–		7	–	1	–	1
VMI		–		5	–	1	–	0
West Virginia		–		5	–	1	–	0
Centre		–		4	–	1	–	1
Virginia		–		9	–	3	–	0
Wofford		–		3	–	1	–	0
Navy		–		5	–	2	–	0
Ole Miss		–		2	–	1	–	0
South Carolina		–		2	–	1	–	0
VAMC		–		4	–	2	–	0
Tulane		–		3	–	2	–	0
Tennessee		–		3	–	2	–	1
Centenary		–		1	–	1	–	0
Guilford		–		1	–	1	–	0
Kentucky State College		–		4	–	5	–	0
North Carolina A&M		–		1	–	2	–	1
Central (KY)		–		1	–	2	–	0
Wake Forest		–		0	–	0	–	1
Marshall		–		0	–	1	–	1
Delaware		–		1	–	3	–	0
Columbian		–		0	–	1	–	1
Richmond		–		0	–	5	–	1
Catholic University		–		0	–	1	–	0
Oklahoma		–		0	–	1	–	0
Furman		–		0	–	2	–	0
Mississippi A&M		–		0	–	2	–	0

Marshall would not field a team the following year, returning for the 1897 season.

Schedule edit

Date	Opponent	Site	Result
November 14	Ashland High School	Central Field Huntington, WV	L 0–36
November 28	Kingsbury High School	Central Field Huntington, WV	T 0–0
Homecoming

Game summaries edit

Ashland High School edit

Ashland at Marshall (Inaugural Game)

	1	2	Total
• Ashland	24	12	36
Marshall	0	0	0

Date: November 14
Location: Central Field • Huntington, WV

This game was the first in Marshall school history. The Ashland football team outweighed the Marshall squad by an average of 163 pounds to 135.^[2]

Kingsbury High School edit

Kingsbury at Marshall (homecoming)

	1	2	Total
Kingsbury	0	0	0
Marshall	0	0	0

Date: November 28
Location: Central Field • Huntington, WV

Kingsbury High School, from Ironton, Ohio,^[2] served as the opponents in Marshall's first ever homecoming football game.

References edit

^ "2017-18 Marshall University Football Record Book" (PDF). Marshall Thundering Herd football. Archived from the original (PDF) on April 13, 2018. Retrieved July 5, 2018.
^ ^a ^b "Marshall Football History" (PDF). Marshall Thundering Herd football. Archived from the original (PDF) on July 6, 2018. Retrieved July 5, 2018.

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[1] "2017-18 Marshall University Football Record Book" (PDF). Marshall Thundering Herd football. Archived from the original (PDF) on April 13, 2018. Retrieved July 5, 2018.

[history-2] "Marshall Football History" (PDF). Marshall Thundering Herd football. Archived from the original (PDF) on July 6, 2018. Retrieved July 5, 2018.

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