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Conference | Southern Conference |
Record | 4–7 (3–4 SoCon) |
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Captain | Game captains |
Home stadium | Fairfield Stadium |
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No. 2 Furman $^ | 6 | – | 0 | – | 1 | 10 | – | 2 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
No. 9 Western Carolina ^ | 5 | – | 0 | – | 1 | 11 | – | 3 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chattanooga | 5 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 7 | – | 4 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Appalachian State | 4 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 6 | – | 5 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Marshall | 3 | – | 4 | – | 0 | 4 | – | 7 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
VMI | 1 | – | 5 | – | 0 | 2 | – | 9 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
The Citadel | 1 | – | 6 | – | 0 | 3 | – | 8 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
East Tennessee State | 1 | – | 6 | – | 0 | 3 | – | 8 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 1983 Marshall Thundering Herd football team was an American football team that represented Marshall University in the Southern Conference (SoCon) during the 1983 NCAA Division I-AA football season. In its fifth season under head coach Sonny Randle, the team compiled a 4–7 record (3–4 against conference opponents) and played its home games at Fairfield Stadium in Huntington, West Virginia.
Schedule
[edit]Date | Opponent | Site | Result | Attendance | Source | ||
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September 3 | at Eastern Michigan* | L 3–7 | [1] | ||||
September 10 | Illinois State* | L 3–27 | 12,800 | [2] | |||
September 17 | at Morehead State* | W 35–0 | 9,100 | [3] | |||
September 24 | at No. 5 Furman | L 7–33 | 8,514 | [4] | |||
October 1 | Western Carolina![]() |
| L 7–21 | 10,200 | [5] | ||
October 8 | East Tennessee State |
| W 13–10 | 7,889 | [6] | ||
October 22 | at Chattanooga | L 16–23 | 7,122 | [7] | |||
October 29 | The Citadel |
| W 26–10 | 8,788 | [8] | ||
November 5 | William & Mary* |
| L 24–48 | 8,808 | [9] | ||
November 12 | at Appalachian State | L 19–28 | 8,112 | [10] | |||
November 19 | VMI |
| W 56–7 | 6,808 | [11] | ||
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References
[edit]- ^ "Eastern Michigan topples Marshall". The Pantagraph. September 4, 1983. Retrieved March 23, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "ISU runs past Marshall". The Pantagraph. September 11, 1983. Retrieved March 23, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Marshall's thundering herd crushes Morehead State 35–0". The Courier-Journal. September 18, 1983. Retrieved March 23, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Furman does precision work in 31–7 victory over Marshall". The Greenville News. September 25, 1983. Retrieved November 30, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Gilbert, Williams lead WCU victory". Greensboro News & Record. October 2, 1983. Retrieved March 23, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Marshall 13, E. Tennessee State 10". The State. October 9, 1983. Retrieved March 23, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Tennessee–Chattanooga defeats Marshall 23–16". The Courier-Journal. October 23, 1983. Retrieved March 23, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Herd's 2nd-half thunder guns down Citadel 26–10". The State. October 20, 1983. Retrieved March 23, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "W&M pounds Herd". Daily Press. November 6, 1983. Retrieved March 23, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Apps outlast Marshall". The State. November 13, 1983. Retrieved December 2, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Marshall 56, Virginia Military 7". The Charlotte Observer. November 20, 1983. Retrieved February 4, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "2008 Marshall Football Guide" (PDF). Marshall University. 2008. p. 186. Archived from the original (PDF) on February 22, 2022. Retrieved December 29, 2020.
- ^ "1983 Marshall Thundering Herd Schedule". Herdzone.com. HerdZone. Retrieved December 29, 2020.