1895 Marshall Thundering Herd football team

The 1895 Marshall Thundering Herd football team represented Marshall University in the 1895 college football season. In its inaugural season, the team did not have a coach, and were outscored by their opponents 0–36 in two games.[1]

1895 Marshall Thundering Herd football
ConferenceIndependent
1895 record0–1–1
Head coach
  • None
Home stadiumCentral Field
1895 Southern college football independents records
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
Texas      5 0 0
LSU      3 0 0
Arkansas      1 0 0
Henry Kendall      1 0 0
North Carolina      7 1 1
VMI      5 1 0
West Virginia      5 1 0
Centre      4 1 1
Wofford      3 1 0
Virginia      9 3 0
Navy      5 2 0
VAMC      4 2 0
Ole Miss      2 1 0
South Carolina      2 1 0
Tennessee      3 2 1
Tulane      3 2 0
Kentucky State      4 5 0
North Carolina A&M      1 2 1
Delaware      1 3 0
Wake Forest      0 0 1
Marshall      0 1 1
Catholic University      0 1 0
Oklahoma      0 1 0
Furman      0 2 0
Mississippi A&M      0 2 0
Richmond      0 5 1

Marshall would not field a team the following year, returning for the 1897 season.

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResult
November 14 Ashland High School L 0–36
November 28 Kingsbury High School
  • Central Field
  • Huntington, WV
T 0–0
  • Homecoming

Game summaries

Ashland High School

Ashland at Marshall (Inaugural Game)
1 2Total
Ashland 24 12 36
Marshall 0 0 0
  • Date: November 14
  • Location: Central Field • Huntington, WV

This game was the first in Marshall school history. The Ashland football team outweighed the Marshall squad by an average of 163 pounds to 135.[2]

Kingsbury High School

Kingsbury at Marshall (Homecoming)
1 2Total
Kingsbury 0 0 0
Marshall 0 0 0
  • Date: November 28
  • Location: Central Field • Huntington, WV

Kingsbury High School, from Ironton, Ohio,[2] served as the opponents in Marshall's first ever homecoming football game.

References

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