American college football season
The 1985 Marshall Thundering Herd football team was an American football team that represented Marshall University in the Southern Conference (SoCon) during the 1985 NCAA Division I-AA football season. In its second season under head coach Stan Parrish, the team compiled a 7–3–1 record (3–3–1 against conference opponents) and played its home games at Fairfield Stadium in Huntington, West Virginia.
Date | Opponent | Rank | Site | Result | Attendance | Source |
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August 31 | West Virginia Tech* | | | W 30–0 | 17,455 |
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September 7 | at Morehead State* | | | W 27–10 | 9,500 |
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September 14 | Ohio* | | - Fairfield Stadium
- Huntington, WV (rivalry)
| W 31–7 | 17,511 |
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September 21 | at Eastern Kentucky* | | | W 13–7 | 14,200 |
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September 28 | The Citadel | No. 3 | - Fairfield Stadium
- Huntington, WV
| W 17–14 | 17,527 |
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October 5 | No. 12 Western Carolina | No. 3 | - Fairfield Stadium
- Huntington, WV
| T 10–10 | 17,357 |
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October 12 | at No. 9 Furman | No. 7 | | L 3–34 | 11,072 | [1]
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October 19 | VMI![dagger](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/37/Dagger-14-plain.png) | No. 16 | - Fairfield Stadium
- Huntington, WV
| W 21–16 | 17,815 | [2]
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November 2 | at Chattanooga | No. 11 | | L 7–38 | 8,369 |
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November 9 | East Tennessee State | | - Fairfield Stadium
- Huntington, WV
| W 34–21 | 16,240 |
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November 16 | at Appalachian State | No. 20 | | L 0–40 | 8,355 | [3]
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