The 1984 Marshall Thundering Herd football team was an American football team that represented Marshall University in the Southern Conference (SoCon) during the 1984 NCAA Division I-AA football season. In its first season under head coach Stan Parrish, the team compiled a 6–5 record (2–4 against conference opponents) and played its home games at Fairfield Stadium in Huntington, West Virginia. It marked the Thundering Herd's first winning season since 1964.
| 1984 Marshall Thundering Herd football | |
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| Conference | Southern Conference |
| Record | 6–5 (2–4 SoCon) |
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| Captain | Rob Bowers, Tony Lellie |
| Home stadium | Fairfield Stadium |
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| Team | W | L | T | W | L | T | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 17 Chattanooga $^ | 5 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 6 | – | 5 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 14 Western Carolina | 5 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 8 | – | 3 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| The Citadel | 4 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 7 | – | 4 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 16 Furman | 3 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 8 | – | 3 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| East Tennessee State | 2 | – | 4 | – | 0 | 6 | – | 5 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Marshall | 2 | – | 4 | – | 0 | 6 | – | 5 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Appalachian State | 2 | – | 5 | – | 0 | 4 | – | 7 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| VMI | 1 | – | 4 | – | 0 | 1 | – | 9 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Schedule
edit| Date | Opponent | Site | Result | Attendance | Source | ||
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| September 1 | West Virginia Tech* | W 33–10 | |||||
| September 8 | Morehead State* |
| W 40–6 | ||||
| September 15 | Eastern Michigan* |
| W 24–17 | ||||
| September 22 | No. 1 Furman |
| L 28–38 | 18,065 | [1] | ||
| September 29 | at Western Michigan* | L 7–42 | |||||
| October 13 | Appalachian State |
| W 35–7 | 14,529 | [2] | ||
| October 20 | at The Citadel | L 17–28 | 17,150 | ||||
| October 27 | Chattanooga |
| L 13–17 | 12,211 | |||
| November 3 | Western Carolina |
| L 0–30 | ||||
| November 10 | at Illinois State* | W 10–3 | |||||
| November 17 | at East Tennessee State | W 31–28 | |||||
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References
edit- ^ "Paladins edge Herd". The Charlotte Observer. September 23, 1984. Retrieved September 18, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Herd Thunders over Apps". The Charlotte Observer. October 14, 1984. Retrieved December 2, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "2008 Marshall Football Guide" (PDF). Marshall University. 2008. p. 187. Archived from the original (PDF) on February 22, 2022. Retrieved December 29, 2020.
- ^ "1984 Marshall Thundering Herd Schedule". Herdzone.com. HerdZone. Retrieved December 29, 2020.
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