1988 Marshall Thundering Herd football team

The 1988 Marshall Thundering Herd football team represented Marshall University as a member of the Southern Conference (SoCon) during the 1988 NCAA Division I-AA football season. Led by third-year head coach George Chaump, the Thundering Herd compiled an overall record of 11–2 with a mark of 6–1 in conference play, sharing the SoCon title with Furman. Marshall advanced to the NCAA Division I-AA Championship playoffs, where they beat North Texas in the first round before losing to Furman in the quarterfinals.

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Rank	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 3	at Morehead State*	No. 10	Jayne Stadium Morehead, KY	W 30–17
September 10	Ohio*	No. 10	Fairfield Stadium Huntington, WV (rivalry)	W 31–14
September 17	No. T–3 Eastern Kentucky*	No. 10	Fairfield Stadium Huntington, WV	W 34–32		[1]
September 24	at VMI	No. 3	Alumni Memorial Field Lexington, VA	W 24–20	6,750	[2]
October 8	No. 11 Furman	No. 4	Fairfield Stadium Huntington, WV	W 24–10	19,371	[3]
October 15	at East Tennessee State	No. 4	Memorial Center Johnson City, TN	W 50–14
October 22	Chattanooga	No. 3	Fairfield Stadium Huntington, WV	W 38–7	13,298
October 29	No. 11 Appalachian State	No. 2	Fairfield Stadium Huntington, WV	W 30–27	16,447	[4]
November 5	at No. 19 The Citadel	No. 1	Johnson Hagood Stadium Charleston, SC	L 3–20
November 12	at Western Carolina	No. 6	E. J. Whitmire Stadium Cullowhee, NC	W 52–45
November 19	at Youngstown State*	No. 7	Stambaugh Stadium Youngstown, OH	W 38–15
November 26	No. 10 North Texas*	No. 6	Fairfield Stadium Huntington, WV (NCAA Division I-AA First Round)	W 7–0	15,086	[5]
December 3	No. 4 Furman	No. 6	Fairfield Stadium Huntington, WV (NCAA Division I-AA Quarterfinal)	L 9–13	16,829	[6]
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from NCAA Division I-AA Football Committee Poll released prior to the game

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