The Marshall Thundering Herd college football team competes as part of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS), representing Marshall University in the East Division of the Sun Belt Conference (SBC). Since the establishment of the team in 1895, Marshall has appeared in 20 bowl games (officially 19). They have accrued a record of 13–7 (officially 13–6) in their 20 bowl appearances. Their latest bowl win was a victory in the 2022 Myrtle Beach Bowl . Their most recent bowl appearance was a loss in the 2023 Frisco Bowl .
In addition to the below listed bowl games, Marshall withdrew from the 2024 Independence Bowl following a large number of players entering the NCAA transfer portal .
Bowl games
General
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Bowl game record attendance
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Former bowl game record attendance
List of bowl games showing bowl played in, score, date, season, opponent, stadium, location, attendance, head coach and MVP
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Bowl
Score
Date
Season
Opponent
Stadium
Location
Attendance
Head coach
MVP
1
Tangerine Bowl
L 0–7
January 1, 1948
1947
Catawba Indians
Tangerine Bowl
Orlando
9,000
Cam Henderson
Don Gibson (End)
2
Motor City Bowl
L 31–34
December 26, 1997
1997
Ole Miss Rebels
Silverdome
Pontiac
43,340
Bob Pruett
–
3
Motor City Bowl
W 48–29
December 23, 1998
1998
Louisville Cardinals
Silverdome
Pontiac
38,016
Bob Pruett
Chad Pennington (QB)
4
Motor City Bowl
W 21–3
December 27, 1999
1999
BYU Cougars
Silverdome
Pontiac
52,449
Bob Pruett
Doug Chapman (RB)
5
Motor City Bowl
W 25–14
December 27, 2000
2000
Cincinnati Bearcats
Silverdome
Pontiac
52,911
Bob Pruett
Byron Leftwich (QB)
6
GMAC Bowl
W 64–61
December 19, 2001
2001
East Carolina Pirates
Ladd–Peebles Stadium
Mobile
40,139
Bob Pruett
Byron Leftwich (QB)
7
GMAC Bowl
W 38–15
December 18, 2002
2002
Louisville Cardinals
Ladd–Peebles Stadium
Mobile
40,646
Bob Pruett
Byron Leftwich (QB)
8
Fort Worth Bowl
L 14–32
December 23, 2004
2004
Cincinnati Bearcats
Amon G. Carter Stadium
Fort Worth
27,902
Bob Pruett
–
9
Little Caesars Pizza Bowl
W 21–17
December 26, 2009
2009
Ohio Bobcats
Ford Field
Detroit
30,331
Rick Minter
Martin Ward (RB)
10
Beef 'O' Brady's Bowl
W 20–10
December 20, 2011
2011
FIU Panthers
Tropicana Field
St. Petersburg
20,072
Doc Holliday
Aaron Dobson (WR)
11
Military Bowl
W 31–20
December 27, 2013
2013
Maryland Terrapins
Navy–Marine Corps Memorial Stadium
Annapolis
30,163
Doc Holliday
Rakeem Cato (QB)
12
Boca Raton Bowl
W 52–23
December 23, 2014
2014
Northern Illinois Huskies
FAU Stadium
Boca Raton
29,419
Doc Holliday
Rakeem Cato (QB)
13
St. Petersburg Bowl
W 16–10
December 26, 2015
2015
Connecticut Huskies
Tropicana Field
St. Petersburg
14,652
Doc Holliday
Deandre Reaves (WR)
14
New Mexico Bowl
W 31–28
December 16, 2017
2017
Colorado State Rams
Dreamstyle Stadium
Albuquerque
26,087
Doc Holliday
Tyre Brady (WR) Channing Hames (DL)
15
Gasparilla Bowl
W 38–20
December 20, 2018
2018
South Florida Bulls
Raymond James Stadium
Tampa
14,135
Doc Holliday
Keion Davis (RB)
16
Gasparilla Bowl
L 25–48
December 23, 2019
2019
UCF Knights
Raymond James Stadium
Tampa
28,987
Doc Holliday
–
17
Camellia Bowl
L 10–17
December 25, 2020
2020
Buffalo Bulls
Cramton Bowl
Montgomery
2,512
Doc Holliday
–
18
New Orleans Bowl
L 21–36
December 18, 2021
2021
Louisiana Ragin' Cajuns
Caesars Superdome
New Orleans
21,642
Charles Huff
–
19
Myrtle Beach Bowl
W 28–14
December 19, 2022
2022
Connecticut Huskies
Brooks Stadium
Conway
12,023
Charles Huff
Rasheen Ali (RB)
20
Frisco Bowl
L 17–35
December 19, 2023
2023
UTSA Roadrunners
Toyota Stadium
Frisco
11,215
Charles Huff
–
Notes
Statistics correct as of 2022–23 NCAA football bowl games .
Results are sortable first by whether the result was a Marshall win, loss or tie and then second by the margin of victory.
Links to the season article for the Marshall team that competed in the bowl for that year.
Links to the season article for the opponent that Marshall competed against in the bowl for that year when available or to their general page when unavailable.
The Tangerine Bowl was unsanctioned by the NCAA until 1968. As such, the 1948 appearance in the game is not included in the official NCAA bowl listing for Marshall.
References
Bowl/All-Star Game Records, p. 20–21
Salerno, Cameron (December 14, 2024). "Marshall opts out of Independence Bowl vs. Army amid transfer portal exodus, per reports" . cbssports.com . CBS Sports . Retrieved December 14, 2024.
Bowl/All-Star Game Records, pp. 32–38
Bowl/All-Star Game Records, p. 128
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