1950 Marshall Thundering Herd football team

1950 Marshall Thundering Herd football
Conference	Ohio Valley Conference
Record	2–8 (2–4 OVC)
Head coach	Pete Pederson (1st season)
Captain	Earl Sang
Home stadium	Fairfield Stadium

1950 Ohio Valley Conference football standings

	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
Murray State $	5	–	0	–	1			7	–	2	–	1
Western Kentucky	3	–	1	–	2			6	–	2	–	2
Eastern Kentucky	4	–	2	–	0			6	–	4	–	0
Morehead State	3	–	3	–	0			4	–	4	–	0
Marshall	2	–	4	–	0			2	–	8	–	0
Evansville	1	–	4	–	1			3	–	6	–	1
Tennessee Tech	1	–	5	–	0			4	–	7	–	0
$ – Conference champion

The 1950 Marshall Thundering Herd football team was an American football team that represented Marshall University in the Ohio Valley Conference (OVC) during the 1950 college football season. In its first season under head coach Pete Pederson, the team compiled a 2–8 record (1–4 against conference opponents) and was outscored by a total of 249 to 107. Earl Sang was the team captain. The team played its home games at Fairfield Stadium in Huntington, West Virginia.

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result
September 23	Morehead State		L 6–51
September 30	Eastern Kentucky		L 0–34
October 7	at Western Kentucky		W 47–13
October 14	at Murray State		L 0–14
October 21	Youngstown State		L 13–28
October 28	John Carroll		L 2–39
November 4	Tennessee Tech		W 13–0
November 11	at Evansville		L 14–21
November 18	at Dayton		L 6–35
November 23	at Ohio		L 6–14
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