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1915 Marshall Thundering Herd football team

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1915 Marshall Thundering Herd football
ConferenceIndependent
Record1–7
Head coach
CaptainBradley Workman
Home stadiumCentral Field
Seasons
← 1914
1916 →
1915 Southern college football independents records
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Georgia Tech     7 0 1
Ouachita Baptist     7 1 0
Dallas     6 1 0
Spring Hill     6 1 0
North Texas State Normal     5 1 1
Sam Houston Normal     5 1 1
West Virginia     5 1 1
Jonesboro Aggies     4 1 1
Johns Hopkins     6 2 0
VMI     6 2 1
Southwestern Louisiana Industrial     5 2 1
Delaware     6 3 0
Maryland     6 3 0
Louisiana Normal College     4 2 0
Southwest Texas State     5 3 2
Davidson     4 3 1
Mississippi Normal     4 3 0
West Tennessee State Normal     4 3 0
Guilford     1 1 0
Middle Tennessee State Normal     3 3 1
Presbyterian     4 4 0
Henderson-Brown     3 4 1
TCU     4 5 0
Wake Forest     3 4 0
Navy     3 5 1
Western Kentucky State Normal     1 4 2
Louisville     1 5 1
Marshall     1 7 0

The 1915 Marshall Thundering Herd football team represented Marshall College (now Marshall University) in the 1915 college football season. Marshall posted a 1–7 record, being outscored by its opposition 80–244. Home games were played on a campus field called "Central Field" which is presently Campus Commons.[1][2]

Schedule

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DateOpponentSiteResultSource
October 2at Denison Granville, OHL 0–52
October 9at Washington and Lee
L 0–27[3]
October 16Marietta
L 0–20
October 22at Central University
L 6–10[4]
October 30Otterbein
  • Central Field
  • Huntington, WV
L 0–18
November 6West Virginia
  • Central Field
  • Huntington, WV (rivalry)
L 6–92[5]
November 20at Ohio Athens, OHL 7–18[6]
November 24Kentucky Wesleyandagger
  • Central Field
  • Huntington, WV
W 61–7
  • daggerHomecoming

References

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  1. ^ "2008 Marshall Football Guide" (PDF). Marshall University. 2008. p. 183. Archived from the original (PDF) on February 22, 2022. Retrieved January 4, 2021.
  2. ^ "1915 Marshall Thundering Herd Schedule". Herdzone.com. HerdZone. Retrieved January 4, 2021.
  3. ^ "Puts up hard battle against the Generals". The Baltimore Sun. October 10, 1915. Retrieved July 5, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ^ "Centre wins contest by straight football". The Courier-Journal. October 23, 1915. Retrieved June 1, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ^ "West Virginia runs up big score on Marshall". The Sunday Telegram. November 7, 1915. Retrieved July 21, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. ^ "On The First Play". The Cincinnati Enquirer. Cincinnati, Ohio. November 21, 1915. p. 19. Retrieved October 17, 2021 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.