2021 Marshall Thundering Herd football team

The 2021 Marshall Thundering Herd football team will represent Marshall University during the 2021 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Thundering Herd will play their home games at the Joan C. Edwards Stadium in Huntington, West Virginia, and will compete in the East Division of Conference USA (CUSA). The team will be coached by first-year head coach Charles Huff.

2021 Marshall Thundering Herd football
Conference	Conference USA
	East Division
2021 record	0–0 (0–0 C-USA)
Head coach	Charles Huff (1st season)
Offensive coordinator	Tim Cramsey (4th season)
Defensive coordinator	Lance Guidry (1st season)
Home stadium	Joan C. Edwards Stadium (Capacity: 38,227)

2021 Conference USA football standings
	Conf							Overall
Team		W		L					W		L
East Division
Charlotte		0	–	0					0	–	0
Florida Atlantic		0	–	0					0	–	0
FIU		0	–	0					0	–	0
Marshall		0	–	0					0	–	0
Middle Tennessee		0	–	0					0	–	0
Old Dominion		0	–	0					0	–	0
Western Kentucky		0	–	0					0	–	0
West Division
Louisiana Tech		0	–	0					0	–	0
North Texas		0	–	0					0	–	0
Rice		0	–	0					0	–	0
Southern Miss		0	–	0					0	–	0
UAB		0	–	0					0	–	0
UTEP		0	–	0					0	–	0
UTSA		0	–	0					0	–	0
Championship: December 4, 2021
$ – Conference champion x – Division champion/co-champions y – Championship game participant As of February 2, 2021; Rankings from AP Rankings.

Previous season

The Thundering Herd finished the 2020 regular season 7–3 and 4–1 in C–USA play to finish in first in the East Division. They competed in the conference championship game and the Camellia Bowl, which the team lost to both to end the season.[1] On January 4, 2021, coach Doc Holliday, announced that his contract with Marshall had not been renewed and that he was out as head coach.[2]

Schedule

Marshall announced its 2021 football schedule on January 27, 2021.[3][4] The 2021 schedule consisted of 6 home and 6 away games in the regular season.

Date	Opponent	Site	Result
September 4	at Navy*	Navy–Marine Corps Memorial Stadium Annapolis, MD
September 11	North Carolina Central*	Joan C. Edwards Stadium Huntington, WV
September 18	East Carolina*	Joan C. Edwards Stadium Huntington, WV (rivalry)
September 25	at Appalachian State*	Kidd Brewer Stadium Boone, NC
October 2	at Middle Tennessee	Johnny "Red" Floyd Stadium Murfreesboro, TN
October 9	Old Dominion	Joan C. Edwards Stadium Huntington, WV
October 16	at North Texas	Apogee Stadium Denton, TX
October 30	FIU	Joan C. Edwards Stadium Huntington, WV
November 6	at Florida Atlantic	FAU Stadium Boca Raton, FL
November 13	UAB	Joan C. Edwards Stadium Huntington, WV
November 20	at Charlotte	Jerry Richardson Stadium Charlotte, NC
November 27	Western Kentucky	Joan C. Edwards Stadium Huntington, WV
*Non-conference game Rankings from AP Poll and CFP Rankings released prior to game

Schedule Source:[3][5]

References

1. Taylor, Grant (December 26, 2020). "Marshall football: Herd's season ends with disappointment, uncertainty". West Virginia Gazette Mail. Retrieved 31 January 2021.
2. Adam Rittenberg (January 4, 2021). "Doc Holliday out as Marshall Thundering Herd coach after 11 seasons". espn.com. Retrieved 31 January 2021.
3. Siegel, Jake (January 27, 2021). "Marshall Football releases 2021 schedule". WOWKTV. Retrieved 31 January 2021.
4. "UThundering Herd Opens with Navy for 2021 Football Season". Marshall University Department of Athletics. January 27, 2021. Retrieved January 31, 2021.
5. "2021 Marshall Thundering Herd Football Schedule". FBSchedule. Retrieved January 31, 2021.