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American college football season
The 1959 Marshall Thundering Herd football team was an American football team that represented Marshall University in the Mid-American Conference (MAC) during the 1959 NCAA College Division football season. In its first season under head coach Charlie Snyder, the team compiled a 1–8 record (1–4 against conference opponents), finished in sixth place out of seven teams in the MAC, and was outscored by a total of 343 to 72. Jim Maddox and Jim O'Conner were the team captains.[1] The team played its home games at Fairfield Stadium in Huntington, West Virginia.
Schedule
Date | Opponent | Site | Result | Attendance | Source |
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September 19 | VMI* | | L 0–46 | 7,500 |
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September 26 | Bowling Green | - Fairfield Stadium
- Huntington, WV
| L 7–51 | 4,000 | [2]
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October 3 | Western Michigan | - Fairfield Stadium
- Huntington, WV
| L 0–51 | 10,000 | [3]
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October 10 | at Toledo | | W 20–13 | 1,000 | [4]
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October 17 | at No. 19 Kent State | | L 7–46 | |
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October 24 | at No. 2. Delaware* | | L 6–30 | 8,700 | [5]
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October 31 | at Louisville* | | L 6–48 | 2,592 | [6]
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November 7 | No. 11 Ohio | - Fairfield Stadium
- Huntington, WV (rivalry)
| L 14–21 | 6,000 | [7]
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November 21 | at No. T–11 Buffalo* | | L 12–37 | |
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- *Non-conference game
- Homecoming
- Rankings from UPI Poll released prior to the game
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