2020 Marshall Thundering Herd football | |
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C-USA East Division champion | |
C-USA Championship Game, L 13–22 vs. UAB | |
Camellia Bowl, L 10–17 vs. Buffalo | |
Conference | Conference USA |
East Division | |
Record | 7–3 (4–1 C-USA) |
Head coach |
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Offensive coordinator | Tim Cramsey (3rd season) |
Offensive scheme | Pro spread |
Defensive coordinator | Brad Lambert (2nd season) |
Co-defensive coordinator | J. C. Price (2nd season) |
Base defense | 4–2–5 |
Home stadium | Joan C. Edwards Stadium |
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Marshall xy | 4 | – | 1 | 7 | – | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Florida Atlantic | 4 | – | 2 | 5 | – | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Western Kentucky | 4 | – | 3 | 5 | – | 7 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Charlotte | 2 | – | 2 | 2 | – | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Middle Tennessee | 2 | – | 4 | 3 | – | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
FIU | 0 | – | 3 | 0 | – | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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UAB xy$ | 3 | – | 1 | 6 | – | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
UTSA | 5 | – | 2 | 7 | – | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Louisiana Tech | 4 | – | 2 | 5 | – | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
North Texas | 3 | – | 4 | 4 | – | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Rice | 2 | – | 3 | 2 | – | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Southern Miss | 2 | – | 4 | 3 | – | 7 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
UTEP | 0 | – | 4 | 3 | – | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Championship: UAB 22, Marshall 13 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 2020 Marshall Thundering Herd football team represented Marshall University in the 2020 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Thundering Herd played their home games at Joan C. Edwards Stadium in Huntington, West Virginia, and competed in the East Division of Conference USA (CUSA). They were led by eleventh-year head coach Doc Holliday.
The game against Middle Tennessee marked the 50th anniversary of the crash of Southern Airways Flight 932, which took place on November 14, 1970, and killed 75 people, 70 of whom were connected to the Marshall football program.
Listed in the order that they were released
Award | Player | Position | Year |
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The CUSA Media Days will be held virtually for the first time in conference history.[1]
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To be released
Marshall announced its 2020 football schedule on January 8, 2020.[2] The 2020 schedule originally consisted of 6 home and 6 away games in the regular season.
The Thundering Herd had games scheduled against Boise State, East Carolina, Ohio, Old Dominion, and Pittsburgh, which were canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic[3][4][5][6][7] These were partially replaced with games against Appalachian State, Eastern Kentucky, and UMass.
Date | Time | Opponent | Rank | Site | TV | Result | Attendance |
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September 5 | 1:30 p.m. | Eastern Kentucky* | ESPN | W 59–0 | 12,001 | ||
September 19 | 3:30 p.m. | No. 23 Appalachian State* |
| CBS | W 17–7 | 12,050 | |
October 10 | 7:30 p.m. | at Western Kentucky | Stadium | W 38–14 | 4,428 | ||
October 17 | 6:00 p.m. | at Louisiana Tech | CBSSN | W 35–17 | 7,140 | ||
October 24 | 2:30 p.m. | Florida Atlantic![]() | No. 22 |
| Stadium | W 20–9 | 12,002 |
November 7 | 2:30 p.m. | UMass* | No. 16 |
| ESPN+ | W 51–10 | 11,711 |
November 14 | 12:00 p.m. | Middle Tennessee | No. 16 |
| CBSSN | W 42–14 | 12,224 |
December 5 | 12:00 p.m. | Rice | No. 21 |
| ESPN+ | L 0–20 | 10,429 |
December 18 | 7:00 p.m. | UAB |
| CBSSN | L 13–22 | 8,324 | |
December 25 | 2:30 p.m. | vs. Buffalo* | ESPN | L 10–17 | 2,512 | ||
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Period | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
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Colonels | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Thundering Herd | 21 | 17 | 14 | 7 | 59 |
at Joan C. Edwards Stadium • Huntington, West Virginia
Game information |
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Statistics | EKU | MRSH |
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First downs | 7 | 34 |
Plays–yards | 47–166 | 83–627 |
Rushes–yards | 31–86 | 54–282 |
Passing yards | 80 | 345 |
Passing: comp–att–int | 10–16–1 | 22–29–0 |
Time of possession | 25:37 | 34:23 |
Team | Category | Player | Statistics |
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Eastern Kentucky | Passing | Parker McKinney | 7/10, 71 yards, 1 INT |
Rushing | Quentin Pringle | 6 carries, 39 yards | |
Receiving | Keyion Dixon | 3 receptions, 34 yards | |
Marshall | Passing | Grant Wells | 16/23, 307 yards, 4 TD |
Rushing | Knowledge McDaniel | 14 carries, 93 yards | |
Receiving | Talik Keaton | 2 receptions, 68 yards, 1 TD |
Period | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
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No. 23 Mountaineers | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
Thundering Herd | 7 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 17 |
at Joan C. Edwards Stadium • Huntington, West Virginia
Game information |
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Statistics | APP | MRSH |
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First downs | 26 | 22 |
Plays–yards | 72–364 | 70–379 |
Rushes–yards | 33–96 | 45–216 |
Passing yards | 268 | 163 |
Passing: comp–att–int | 22–39–1 | 11–25–1 |
Time of possession | 28:01 | 31:59 |
Team | Category | Player | Statistics |
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App State | Passing | Zac Thomas | 22/38, 268 yards, 1 TD, 1 INT |
Rushing | Camerun Peoples | 12 carries, 57 yards | |
Receiving | Thomas Hennigan | 5 receptions, 88 yards | |
Marshall | Passing | Grant Wells | 11/25, 163 yards, 1 INT |
Rushing | Brenden Knox | 28 carries, 138 yards, 1 TD | |
Receiving | Xavier Gaines | 2 receptions, 68 yards |
Period | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
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Thundering Herd | 14 | 14 | 10 | 0 | 38 |
Hilltoppers | 0 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 14 |
at Houchens Industries–L. T. Smith Stadium • Bowling Green, Kentucky
Game information |
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Statistics | MRSH | WKU |
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First downs | 17 | 15 |
Plays–yards | 61–344 | 64–294 |
Rushes–yards | 40–182 | 25–85 |
Passing yards | 162 | 209 |
Passing: comp–att–int | 16–22–0 | 21–39–0 |
Time of possession | 34:41 | 25:19 |
Team | Category | Player | Statistics |
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Marshall | Passing | Grant Wells | 16/22, 162 yards |
Rushing | Brenden Knox | 15 carries, 107 yards, 3 TD | |
Receiving | Broc Thompson | 4 receptions, 94 yards | |
WKU | Passing | Kevaris Thomas | 9/18, 148 yards, 1 TD |
Rushing | Kevaris Thomas | 7 carries, 30 yards, 1 TD | |
Receiving | Xavier Lane | 4 receptions, 74 yards |
Period | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
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Thundering Herd | 7 | 7 | 14 | 7 | 35 |
Bulldogs | 0 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 17 |
at Joe Aillet Stadium • Ruston, Louisiana
Game information |
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Statistics | MRSH | LT |
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First downs | 25 | 17 |
Plays–yards | 71–402 | 58–267 |
Rushes–yards | 47–175 | 24–7 |
Passing yards | 227 | 260 |
Passing: comp–att–int | 19–24–1 | 26–34–1 |
Time of possession | 35:11 | 24:29 |
Team | Category | Player | Statistics |
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Marshall | Passing | Grant Wells | 19/24, 227 yards, 2 TD, 1 INT |
Rushing | Brenden Knox | 32 carries, 125 yards, 2 TD | |
Receiving | Artie Henry | 3 receptions, 72 yards, 1 TD | |
La Tech | Passing | Luke Anthony | 18/25, 180 yards, 1 TD, 1 INT |
Rushing | Israel Tucker | 4 carries, 20 yards | |
Receiving | Adrian Hardy | 9 receptions, 102 yards, 1 TD |
See also: 2020 Florida Atlantic Owls football team |
Period | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
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Owls | 0 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 9 |
No. 22 Thundering Herd | 7 | 0 | 10 | 3 | 20 |
at Joan C. Edwards Stadium • Huntington, West Virginia
Game information |
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Statistics | FAU | MRSH |
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First downs | 17 | 19 |
Plays–yards | 68–234 | 64–385 |
Rushes–yards | 37–86 | 30–134 |
Passing yards | 148 | 251 |
Passing: comp–att–int | 18–30–1 | 18–31–2 |
Time of possession | 33:12 | 26:48 |
Team | Category | Player | Statistics |
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FAU | Passing | Nick Tronti | 18/30, 148 yards, 1 INT |
Rushing | Malcolm Davidson | 8 carries, 62 yards, 1 TD | |
Receiving | Jordan Merrell | 5 receptions, 48 yards | |
Marshall | Passing | Grant Wells | 18/31, 251 yards, 2 TD, 2 INT |
Rushing | Brenden Knox | 25 carries, 101 yards | |
Receiving | Corey Gammage | 6 receptions, 79 yards |
See also: 2020 UMass Minutemen football team |
Period | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
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Minutemen | 7 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
No. 16 Thundering Herd | 14 | 17 | 13 | 7 | 51 |
Game information |
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Statistics | MASS | MRSH |
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First downs | 12 | 33 |
Plays–yards | 55–190 | 73–495 |
Rushes–yards | 29–41 | 41–267 |
Passing yards | 149 | 228 |
Passing: comp–att–int | 17–26–0 | 21–32–0 |
Time of possession | 26:53 | 33:07 |
Team | Category | Player | Statistics |
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UMass | Passing | Will Koch | 12/18, 99 yards, 1 TD |
Rushing | Ellis Merriweather | 10 carries, 31 yards | |
Receiving | Taylor Edwards | 1 reception, 37 yards | |
Marshall | Passing | Grant Wells | 21/30, 228 yards, 3 TD |
Rushing | Brenden Knox | 14 carries, 118 yards, 2 TD | |
Receiving | Artie Henry | 5 receptions, 71 yards |
Period | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
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Blue Raiders | 0 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 14 |
No. 16 Thundering Herd | 7 | 14 | 21 | 0 | 42 |
at Joan C. Edwards Stadium • Huntington, West Virginia
Game information |
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Statistics | MTSU | MRSH |
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First downs | 18 | 26 |
Plays–yards | 68–303 | 75–520 |
Rushes–yards | 23–56 | 38–184 |
Passing yards | 247 | 336 |
Passing: comp–att–int | 30–45–0 | 25–37–0 |
Time of possession | 24:46 | 35:14 |
Team | Category | Player | Statistics |
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Middle Tennessee | Passing | Asher O'Hara | 29/44, 241 yards, 1 TD |
Rushing | Asher O'Hara | 11 carries, 39 yards, 1 TD | |
Receiving | Jarrin Pierce | 9 receptions, 90 yards, 1 TD | |
Marshall | Passing | Grant Wells | 25/37, 336 yards, 5 TD |
Rushing | Brenden Knox | 16 carries, 70 yards | |
Receiving | Willie Johnson | 8 receptions, 137 yards, 2 TD |
See also: 2020 Rice Owls football team |
Period | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
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Owls | 7 | 3 | 10 | 0 | 20 |
No. 21 Thundering Herd | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
at Joan C. Edwards Stadium • Huntington, West Virginia
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Statistics | RICE | MRSH |
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First downs | 17 | 19 |
Plays–yards | 63–213 | 63–245 |
Rushes–yards | 46–127 | 28–80 |
Passing yards | 86 | 165 |
Passing: comp–att–int | 10–14–0 | 18–35–5 |
Time of possession | 36:26 | 23:34 |
Team | Category | Player | Statistics |
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Rice | Passing | JoVoni Johnson | 10/14, 86 yards |
Rushing | Ari Broussard | 19 carries, 62 yards | |
Receiving | Jake Bailey | 7 receptions, 57 yards | |
Marshall | Passing | Grant Wells | 18/35, 165 yards, 5 INT |
Rushing | Brenden Knox | 20 carries, 76 yards | |
Receiving | Talik Keaton | 7 receptions, 48 yards |
See also: 2020 UAB Blazers football team and 2020 Conference USA Football Championship Game |
Period | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
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Blazers | 3 | 6 | 0 | 13 | 22 |
Thundering Herd | 0 | 0 | 7 | 6 | 13 |
at Joan C. Edwards Stadium • Huntington, West Virginia
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Statistics | UAB | MRSH |
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First downs | 21 | 10 |
Plays–yards | 74–468 | 51–268 |
Rushes–yards | 52–216 | 27–130 |
Passing yards | 252 | 138 |
Passing: comp–att–int | 12–22–0 | 8–24–1 |
Time of possession | 41:26 | 18:34 |
Team | Category | Player | Statistics |
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UAB | Passing | Tyler Johnston III | 12/22, 252 yards, 2 TD |
Rushing | Spencer Brown | 30 carries, 149 yards | |
Receiving | Trea Shropshire | 5 receptions, 180 yards, TD | |
Marshall | Passing | Grant Wells | 8/23, 138 yards, 2 TD |
Rushing | Brenden Knox | 17 carries, 67 yards | |
Receiving | Xavier Gaines | 1 reception, 70 yards, TD |
See also: 2020 Buffalo Bulls football team and 2020 Camellia Bowl |
Period | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
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Thundering Herd | 0 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 10 |
Bulls | 0 | 10 | 0 | 7 | 17 |
at Cramton Bowl • Montgomery, Alabama
Game information |
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Statistics | MRSH | UB |
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First downs | 16 | 21 |
Plays–yards | 59–248 | 70–295 |
Rushes–yards | 37–134 | 43–155 |
Passing yards | 114 | 140 |
Passing: comp–att–int | 13–22–0 | 16–27–1 |
Time of possession | 24:33 | 35:27 |
Team | Category | Player | Statistics |
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Marshall | Passing | Grant Wells | 13/20, 114 yards |
Rushing | Sheldon Evans | 18 carries, 79 yards | |
Receiving | Corey Gammage | 6 receptions, 88 yards | |
Buffalo | Passing | Kyle Vantrease | 16/27, 140 yards, 1 INT |
Rushing | Kevin Marks | 35 carries, 138 yards, 1 TD | |
Receiving | Jovany Ruiz | 7 receptions, 61 yards |
Further information: 2020 NCAA Division I FBS football rankings |
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Poll | Pre | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | Final |
AP | — | —* | RV | 25 | RV | RV | RV | 22 | 19 | 16 | 16 | 15 T | 17 | 15 | RV | RV | RV | RV |
Coaches | — | —* | RV | RV | RV | RV | RV | 25 | 18 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 16 | 15 | RV | RV | RV | RV |
CFP | Not released | 21 | 21 | —* | Not released |
See also: 2021 NFL Draft |
Round | Pick | Player | Position | NFL Club |
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4 | 138 | Josh Ball | OT | Dallas Cowboys |