The 2018 Marshall Thundering Herd football team represented Marshall University in the 2018 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Thundering Herd played their home games at the Joan C. Edwards Stadium in Huntington, West Virginia, and competed in the East Division of Conference USA (C-USA). They were led by ninth-year head coach Doc Holliday. They finished the season 9–4, 6–2 in C-USA play to finish in a tie for second place in the East Division. They were invited to the Gasparilla Bowl where they defeated South Florida.
Preseason
Award watch lists Listed in the order that they were released Rimington TrophyLevi BrownCJRFred Biletnikoff AwardTyre BradyWRSRButkus AwardJuwon YoungLBJRJim Thorpe AwardMalik GantSJRBronko Nagurski TrophyRyan BeeDLJROutland TrophyRyan BeeDLJRPaul Hornung AwardKeion DavisRB/KRJRWuerffel TrophyChase HancockLBSRJohnny Unitas Golden Arm AwardAlex ThomsonQBJR
Preseason All-CUSA team Conference USA released their preseason all-CUSA team on July 16, 2018, with the Thundering Herd having five players selected.
Offense
Levi Brown – OL
Tyre Brady – WR
Defense
Chase Hancock – LB
Malik Gant – DB
Special teams
Matt Beardall – LS
Preseason media poll Conference USA released their preseason media poll on July 17, 2018, with the Thundering Herd predicted to finish in second place in the East Division.
Schedule Marshall announced its 2018 football schedule on January 23, 2018. The 2018 schedule consisted of 6 home and away games in the regular season. The Thundering Herd would host CUSA foes Middle Tennessee, Florida Atlantic, Charlotte, and UTSA, and would travel to Western Kentucky (WKU), Old Dominion, Southern Miss, and FIU.
The Thundering Herd would host two of the four non-conference opponents, Eastern Kentucky of the Ohio Valley Conference at the FCS level and NC State of the Atlantic Coast Conference, and would travel to Miami of Ohio of the Mid-American Conference and South Carolina of the Southeastern Conference.
Schedule source:
Game summaries
At Miami (OH)
Eastern Kentucky
NC State
At Western Kentucky
Middle Tennessee
At Old Dominion
Florida Atlantic
At Southern Miss
Charlotte
UTSA
At FIU
At Virginia Tech
At South Florida (Gasparilla Bowl)
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