1978 Marshall Thundering Herd football team

The 1978 Marshall Thundering Herd football team was an American football team that represented Marshall University in the Southern Conference (SoCon) during the 1978 NCAA Division I-A football season. In its fourth season under head coach Frank Ellwood, the team compiled a 1–10 record (0–5 against conference opponents) and was outscored by a total of 292 to 113.^[1][2] The team played its home games at Fairfield Stadium in Huntington, West Virginia.

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 9	at Toledo*	Glass Bowl Toledo, OH	W 17–0		[3]
September 16	Appalachian State	Fairfield Stadium Huntington, WV	L 7–28	15,768	[4]
September 23	Chattanooga	Fairfield Stadium Huntington, WV	L 23–27		[5]
September 30	at Western Carolina	E. J. Whitmire Stadium Cullowhee, NC	L 14–21	7,645	[6]
October 7	at The Citadel	Johnson Hagood Stadium Charleston, SC	L 0–41	14,100	[7]
October 14	Miami (OH)*	Fairfield Stadium Huntington, WV	L 3–29	12,221	[8]
October 21	at Kent State*	Dix Stadium Kent, OH	L 17–20	5,418	[9]
October 28	Furman	Fairfield Stadium Huntington, WV	L 12–42		[10]
November 4	Western Michigan*	Fairfield Stadium Huntington, WV	L 6–24	10,000	[11]
November 11	at Southern Illinois*	McAndrew Stadium Carbondale, IL	L 14–15	7,110	[12]
November 18	at East Carolina*	Ficklen Memorial Stadium Greenville, NC (rivalry)	L 0–45	22,450	[13]
*Non-conference game Homecoming

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