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The 2015 Marshall Thundering Herd football team represented Marshall University in the 2015 NCAA Division I FBS football season as members of the East Division of Conference USA . They were led by sixth-year head coach John "Doc" Holliday and played their home games at Joan C. Edwards Stadium in Huntington, West Virginia . They finished the season 10–3, 6–2 in C-USA play to finish in a tie for second place in the East Division. They were invited to the St. Petersburg Bowl where they defeated UConn .
Schedule
Marshall announced their 2015 football schedule on February 2, 2015. The 2015 schedule consisted of six home and away games in the regular season. The Thundering Herd hosted CUSA foes Florida International (FIU) , North Texas , Old Dominion , and Southern Miss , and travelled to Charlotte , Florida Atlantic , Middle Tennessee , and Western Kentucky (WKU) .[ 1]
Marshall went undefeated at home but lost three road games, finishing the regular season with a 9-3 record and finishing third in the division. Marshall was invited to the St. Petersburg Bowl against the University of Connecticut which they won with a final score of 16-10.
Date Time Opponent Site TV Result Attendance 3:00 PM Purdue * FS1 W 41–3138,791
September 12 7:00 PM at Ohio * ESPN3 L 10–2125,210
September 19 3:30 PM Norfolk State * Joan C. Edwards Stadium Huntington, WV ASN W 45–724,114
September 26 3:30 PM at Kent State * ASN W 36–29 2OT 15,424
October 3 3:30 PM Old Dominion Joan C. Edwards Stadium Huntington, WV ASN W 27–718,473
7:00 PM Southern Miss Joan C. Edwards Stadium Huntington, WV CBSSN W 31–1022,763
October 17 12:00 PM at Florida Atlantic FCS W 33–1717,129
October 24 3:30 PM North Texas Joan C. Edwards Stadium Huntington, WV FSN W 30–1327,217
October 31 3:30 PM at Charlotte FSN W 34–1015,381
November 7 3:30 PM at Middle Tennessee FSN L 24–27 3OT 18,760
November 14 3:30 PM FIU Joan C. Edwards Stadium Huntington, WV FSN W 52–026,572
12:00 PM at WKU FS1 L 28–4917,687
December 26 11:00 AM vs. UConn * ESPN W 16–1014,652
Schedule source: [ 2]
Game summaries
Purdue
1
2
3
4
Total
Boilermakers
14
7
7
3
31
Thundering Herd
17
0
10
14
41
Overall record
Last meeting
Result
0–1
2012
PUR, 51–41
Ohio
1
2
3
4
Total
Thundering Herd
0
7
3
0
10
Bobcats
7
7
0
7
21
Overall record
Last meeting
Result
20–32–6
2014
MARSH, 44–14
Norfolk State
1
2
3
4
Total
Spartans
7
0
0
0
7
Thundering Herd
10
14
14
7
45
Overall record
Last meeting
Result
First meeting
Kent State
1
2
3
4 OT 2OT
Total
Thundering Herd
7
0
7
8 7 7
36
Golden Flashes
6
7
6
3 7 0
29
Overall record
Last meeting
Result
17–18
2004
MARSH, 27–17
Old Dominion
1
2
3
4
Total
Monarchs
0
0
0
7
7
Thundering Herd
7
7
7
6
27
Overall record
Last meeting
Result
1–0
2014
MARSH, 56–14
Southern Miss
1
2
3
4
Total
Golden Eagles
7
3
0
0
10
Thundering Herd
7
10
14
0
31
Overall record
Last meeting
Result
5–5
2014
MARSH, 63–17
Florida Atlantic
1
2
3
4
Total
Thundering Herd
9
14
7
3
33
Owls
3
7
7
0
17
Overall record
Last meeting
Result
2–0
2014
MARSH, 35–16
North Texas
1
2
3
4
Total
Mean Green
0
3
3
7
13
Thundering Herd
17
7
3
3
30
Overall record
Last meeting
Result
1–0
1988
MARSH, 7–0
Charlotte
1
2
3
4
Total
Thundering Herd
14
17
0
3
34
49ers
0
3
0
7
10
Overall record
Last meeting
Result
First meeting
Middle Tennessee
1
2
3
4 OT 2OT 3OT
Total
Thundering Herd
7
0
0
10 7 0 0
24
Blue Raiders
0
7
10
0 7 0 3
27
Overall record
Last meeting
Result
3–1
2014
MARSH, 49–24
Florida International
1
2
3
4
Total
Panthers
0
0
0
0
0
Thundering Herd
21
17
7
7
52
Overall record
Last meeting
Result
3–0
2014
MARSH, 45–13
Western Kentucky
1
2
3
4
Total
Thundering Herd
0
14
7
7
28
Hilltoppers
7
28
6
8
49
Overall record
Last meeting
Result
4–2
2014
WKU, 67–66
UConn (St. Petersburg Bowl)
1
2
3
4
Total
Huskies
7
0
3
0
10
Thundering Herd
7
6
0
3
16
Overall record
Last meeting
Result
First meeting
References
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