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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

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Bowl game record attendance
Former bowl game record attendance
Results
W Win
L Loss

List of bowl games showing bowl played in, score, date, season, opponent, stadium, location, attendance, head coach and MVP
# 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

  1. Statistics correct as of 2022–23 NCAA football bowl games.
  2. Results are sortable first by whether the result was a Marshall win, loss or tie and then second by the margin of victory.
  3. Links to the season article for the Marshall team that competed in the bowl for that year.
  4. 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.
  5. 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

  1. Bowl/All-Star Game Records, p. 20–21
  2. 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.
  3. Bowl/All-Star Game Records, pp. 32–38
  4. Bowl/All-Star Game Records, p. 128
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