Marshall Thundering Herd football
Football team of Marshall University
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| 2025 | J.J. Roberts debuts in the NFL with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers as an undrafted player. |
| 2025 | Tony Gibson becomes the latest head coach of the Marshall Thundering Herd football program |
| 2024 | Mike Green was named an All-American for Marshall Thundering Herd football. |
| 2024 | The day after winning the Sun Belt Conference Championship, Coach Huff accepted the Head Coaching job at Southern Miss after his 4-year contract at Marshall was not renewed. |
| 2024 | Huff guided Marshall to its first Sun Belt East Division crown and first Sun Belt Conference Championship, defeating Louisiana Ragin' Cajuns 31-3 in Lafayette, Louisiana. This made Marshall the first FBS school to win a title for three different conferences and achieved their first ten-win season since 2015. |
| 2024 | Marshall withdrew from the Independence Bowl due to a large number of players entering the NCAA transfer portal. |
| December 2024 | Tony Gibson was hired as the head coach of the Marshall Thundering Herd football team. |
| 2023 | Marshall extended their partnership with Nike and BSN Sports as the official provider of athletic apparel, footwear, and equipment in a multi-year deal. |
| 2023 | Marshall achieved their first win over Virginia Tech Hokies since 1940, winning 24-17 in Huntington. |
| December 2023 | Marshall Thundering Herd played in the Frisco Bowl, which resulted in a loss. |
| September 9 2023 | Marshall travels to Greenville for game against East Carolina. |
| 2022 | Huff won his first bowl game, defeating UConn Huskies 28-14 in the Myrtle Beach Bowl and finishing the year 9-4. |
| December 2022 | Marshall Thundering Herd won the Myrtle Beach Bowl, marking their most recent bowl game victory. |
| September 10 2022 | Huff led Marshall to their second all-time victory over a top-10 opponent, defeating No. 8 Notre Dame Fighting Irish 26-21 at Notre Dame Stadium. |
| June 2022 | Marshall officially joined the Sun Belt conference. |
| 2021 | Rasheen Ali was named an All-American for Marshall Thundering Herd football. |
| 2021 | A notable altercation occurs at Kidd Brewer Stadium, where Mountaineer supporters taunt Marshall players on their way to the locker room, drawing national media attention. |
| 2021 | Marshall Thundering Herd lost the New Orleans Bowl to Louisiana Ragin' Cajuns with a score of 21-36 at Caesars Superdome in New Orleans |
| 2021 | Charles Huff takes over as head coach, continuing the program's coaching legacy |
| September 11 2021 | Marshall hosts East Carolina at Joan C. Edwards Stadium in Huntington, West Virginia. |
| January 2021 | Doc Holliday's contract is not extended by Marshall University. |
| 2020 | Marshall and Appalachian State resume their annual football rivalry. |
| 2020 | The football program introduced new Nike home uniforms with a traditional striping pattern across helmets, jerseys, and pants, and implemented a new double-outline varsity jersey number font on all jerseys. |
| 2020 | Marshall competed in the division championship but lost to UAB with a score of 13-22. |
| 2020 | Marshall starts the season 7-0 and reaches No. 15 in the Associated Press ranking, wins the Conference USA East Division title, but loses the Conference USA Championship game to the University of Alabama at Birmingham. Doc Holliday is named Conference USA Coach of the Year. |
| 2020 | Marshall Thundering Herd lost the Camellia Bowl to Buffalo Bulls with a score of 10-17 at Cramton Bowl in Montgomery |
| September 5 2020 | Planned game at Dowdy-Ficklen Stadium cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic. |
| 2019 | Marshall released new home (black) and away (white) jerseys with three pants options (black, white, and kelly green). The black and kelly green jerseys featured the stylized 'The Herd' alternate logo on the front. |
| 2019 | Marshall Thundering Herd lost the Gasparilla Bowl to UCF Knights with a score of 25-48 at Raymond James Stadium in Tampa |
| 2018 | Randy Moss is inducted into the Professional Football Hall of Fame, becoming the second Marshall player to receive this honor. |
| 2018 | Marshall Thundering Herd won the Gasparilla Bowl against South Florida Bulls with a score of 38-20 at Raymond James Stadium in Tampa |
| 2017 | Marshall won the New Mexico Bowl against Colorado State with a score of 31-28. |
| 2015 | The six-year series contract between Marshall and Ohio University expired. |
| 2015 | Marshall won the St. Petersburg Bowl against Connecticut with a score of 16-10. |
| 2015 | Doc Holliday leads Marshall to their first victory over a Big Ten school by beating Purdue Boilermakers, finishing with a 10-3 season and winning the St. Petersburg Bowl. |
| 2014 | Marshall won the division championship by defeating Louisiana Tech with a score of 26-23. |
| 2014 | Marshall has an exceptional season with a 13-1 record, winning the conference East Division championship and defeating Northern Illinois Huskies 52-23 in the Boca Raton Bowl. |
| April 3 2014 | Both Marshall and East Carolina announce plans for home and home series in 2020 and 2021. |
| 2013 | Marshall defeats East Carolina in their last conference match-up as members of Conference USA. |
| 2013 | Marshall won the C-USA East division championship but lost to Rice with a score of 24-41 under head coach Doc Holliday. |
| 2013 | Doc Holliday leads Marshall to a 10-4 season, culminating in a victory in the Military Bowl. |
| 2012 | Tyler Williams was named an All-American for Marshall Thundering Herd football. |
| 2012 | Omar Brown debuts in the NFL with the Baltimore Ravens and wins Super Bowl XLVII. |
| 2011 | Under Doc Holliday, Marshall won the Beef 'O' Brady's Bowl against FIU with a score of 20-10. |
| 2010 | Marshall resumed the regularly scheduled series with Ohio University after the previous hiatus. |
| 2010 | Doc Holliday begins his tenure as head coach, leading the team for a decade until 2020 |
| 2010 | Albert McClellan debuts in the NFL with the Baltimore Ravens and wins Super Bowl XLVII and LIII. |
| September 10 2010 | Marshall played its in-state rival West Virginia Mountaineers at home, setting a stadium record attendance of 41,382 spectators. |
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