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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.
Marshall Thundering Herd. School History. Seasons: 48 (1962 to 2024) Record (W-L-T): 265-287-3. Conferences: Sun Belt, CUSA, Southern, Ind, MAC. Conf. Championships: 6. Bowl Record: 19 Bowls, 13-6, .684 W-L% (Major Bowls)
The Thundering Herd fielded their first team in 1895. [2] They have played 123 seasons of football, compiling a record of 628–571–47 [3] and winning 13 conference championships (12 outright).
On the evening of November 14, 1970, the Thundering Herd football team, along with coaches and fans, were returning home to Huntington from Kinston, North Carolina. The team had just lost a game 17–14 against the East Carolina University Pirates at Ficklen Stadium in Greenville, North Carolina.
On November 14, 1970, a chartered Southern Airlines plane, transporting the players, coaches, wives, boosters and officials from a Southern Conference game against East Carolina, crashed...
On January 5, 1965, over 85 percent of the Marshall students picked Thundering Herd above the others and chose the buffalo as the official mascot and green and white as the official school colors.
Football Record Book (PDF) Current Player Career Stats (PDF) Year-by-Year Stats Since 2000 (PDF) All-Time Roster (Through 2023) Yearly Archives. Multimedia. Joan C. Edwards Stadium.
