1895 Marshall Thundering Herd football team

1895 Marshall Thundering Herd football
1895 Marshall Thundering Herd football
Conference	Independent
1895 record	0–1–1
Head coach	None;
Home stadium	Central Field
	Seasons 1897 →

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]

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

Schedule[]

Date	Opponent	Site	Result
November 14	Ashland High School	Central Field Huntington, WV	L 0–36
November 28	Kingsbury High School	Central Field Huntington, WV	T 0–0
Homecoming

Game summaries[]

Ashland High School[]

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	2	Total
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[]

^ "2017-18 Marshall University Football Record Book" (PDF). Marshall Thundering Herd football. Retrieved July 5, 2018.
^ ^a ^b "Marshall Football History" (PDF). Marshall Thundering Herd football. Retrieved July 5, 2018.

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[1] "2017-18 Marshall University Football Record Book" (PDF). Marshall Thundering Herd football. Retrieved July 5, 2018.

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Venues	Central Field (1895–1927) Fairfield Stadium (1928–1990) Joan C. Edwards Stadium (1991–present)
Bowls & rivalries	Bowl games East Carolina Ohio: Battle for the Bell West Virginia: Friends of Coal Bowl
Culture & lore	Marco the Bison "Sons of Marshall" Marching Thunder Southern Airways Flight 932 Marshall University: Ashes to Glory We Are Marshall
People	Head coaches NFL draftees Statistical leaders
Seasons	1895 1896 1897 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943–1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021
National championship seasons in bold

1895 Southern college football independents records
v t	Conf			Overall
Team	W	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
Centenary		–		1	–	1	–	0
Wake Forest		–		0	–	0	–	1
Marshall		–		0	–	1	–	1
Columbian		–		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