2017 Marshall Thundering Herd football team

2017 Marshall Thundering Herd football
2017 Marshall Thundering Herd football
New Mexico Bowl champion
New Mexico Bowl, W 31–28 vs. Colorado State
Conference	Conference USA
	East Division
Record	8–5 (4–4 C-USA)
Head coach	Doc Holliday (8th season);
Offensive coordinator	Bill Legg (8th season)
Offensive scheme	Spread
Defensive coordinator	Chuck Heater (5th season)
Base defense	3–4
Home stadium	Joan C. Edwards Stadium
	Seasons ← 2016 2018 →

2017 Conference USA football standings
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Team	W		L	W		L
East Division
Florida Atlantic x$	8	–	0	11	–	3
FIU	5	–	3	8	–	5
Marshall	4	–	4	8	–	5
Western Kentucky	4	–	4	6	–	7
Middle Tennessee	4	–	4	7	–	6
Old Dominion	3	–	5	5	–	7
Charlotte	1	–	7	1	–	11
West Division
North Texas x	7	–	1	9	–	5
UAB	6	–	2	8	–	5
Southern Miss	6	–	2	8	–	5
Louisiana Tech	4	–	4	7	–	6
UTSA	3	–	5	6	–	5
Rice	1	–	7	1	–	11
UTEP	0	–	8	0	–	12

Championship: Florida Atlantic 41, North Texas 17
$ – Conference champion x – Division champion/co-champions Rankings from AP Poll

The 2017 Marshall Thundering Herd football team represented Marshall University in the 2017 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 eighth-year head coach Doc Holliday. They finished the season 8–5, 4–4 in C-USA play to finish in a three-way tie for third place in the East Division. They were invited to the New Mexico Bowl where they defeated Colorado State.

Schedule[edit]

Marshall announced its 2017 football schedule on January 26, 2017. The 2017 schedule consists of 6 home and away games in the regular season. The Thundering Herd will host CUSA foes FIU, Old Dominion, Southern Miss, and Western Kentucky (WKU), and will travel to Charlotte, Florida Atlantic, Middle Tennessee, and UTSA.^[1]

The Thundering Herd will host two of the four non-conference opponents, Kent State and Miami of Ohio, both from the Mid-American Conference and travel to Cincinnati of the American Athletic Conference and NC State of the Atlantic Coast Conference.

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 2	6:30 p.m.	Miami (OH)*	Joan C. Edwards Stadium Huntington, WV	Stadium	W 31–26	22,463
September 9	6:00 p.m.	at NC State*	Carter–Finley Stadium Raleigh, NC	ACCN Extra	L 20–37	57,430
September 16	6:30 p.m.	Kent State*	Joan C. Edwards Stadium Huntington, WV	CUSA.TV/WCHS/WVAH	W 21–0	24,044
September 30	7:00 p.m.	at Cincinnati*	Nippert Stadium Cincinnati, OH	ESPN3	W 38–21	35,736
October 7	6:00 p.m.	at Charlotte	Jerry Richardson Stadium Charlotte, NC	WQCW	W 14–3	10,584
October 14	2:30 p.m.	Old Dominion	Joan C. Edwards Stadium Huntington, WV	ESPN3	W 35–3	26,097
October 20	7:00 p.m.	at Middle Tennessee	Johnny "Red" Floyd Stadium Murfreesboro, TN	ESPN2	W 38–10	13,412
October 28	2:30 p.m.	FIU	Joan C. Edwards Stadium Huntington, WV	Stadium	L 30–41	19,966
November 3	6:00 p.m.	at Florida Atlantic	FAU Stadium Boca Raton, FL	CBSSN	L 25–30	15,880
November 11	6:30 p.m.	Western Kentucky	Joan C. Edwards Stadium Huntington, WV	beIN	W 30–23	19,516
November 18	7:00 p.m.	at UTSA	Alamodome San Antonio, TX	Stadium	L 7–9	20,148
November 25	2:30 p.m.	Southern Miss	Joan C. Edwards Stadium Huntington, WV	Stadium	L 27–28	18,361
December 16	4:30 p.m.	vs. Colorado State*	Dreamstyle Stadium Albuquerque, NM (New Mexico Bowl)	ESPN	W 31–28	26,087
*Non-conference game Homecoming All times are in Eastern time

Schedule Source:^[2]

	1	2	3	4	Total
RedHawks	3	10	7	6	26
Thundering Herd	7	14	7	3	31

	1	2	3	4	Total
Thundering Herd	10	10	0	0	20
Wolfpack	3	20	7	7	37

	1	2	3	4	Total
Golden Flashes	0	0	0	0	0
Thundering Herd	0	7	0	14	21

	1	2	3	4	Total
Thundering Herd	7	17	7	7	38
Bearcats	0	0	7	14	21

	1	2	3	4	Total
Thundering Herd	7	0	7	0	14
49ers	0	0	3	0	3

	1	2	3	4	Total
Monarchs	0	3	0	0	3
Thundering Herd	0	7	7	21	35

	1	2	3	4	Total
Thundering Herd	7	24	0	7	38
Blue Raiders	3	7	0	0	10

	1	2	3	4	Total
Panthers	14	14	7	6	41
Thundering Herd	0	7	7	16	30

	1	2	3	4	Total
Thundering Herd	0	3	13	9	25
Owls	13	3	7	7	30

	1	2	3	4	Total
Hilltoppers	7	0	3	13	23
Thundering Herd	0	13	17	0	30

	1	2	3	4	Total
Thundering Herd	0	0	0	7	7
Roadrunners	3	3	0	3	9

	1	2	3	4	Total
Golden Eagles	0	14	7	7	28
Thundering Herd	0	14	7	6	27

	1	2	3	4	Total
Thundering Herd	0	21	10	0	31
Rams	0	14	0	14	28

^ "NC State, Cincinnati Highlight 2017 @HerdFB Schedule" (Press release). Marshall University Department of Athletics. January 26, 2017. Archived from the original on February 2, 2017. Retrieved January 27, 2017.
^ "2017 Marshall Thundering Herd Football Schedule". FB Schedules. Retrieved January 27, 2017.

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