1951 Marshall Thundering Herd football team

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1951 Marshall Thundering Herd football
ConferenceOhio Valley Conference
1951 record5–4–1 (4–2 OVC)
Head coach
Home stadiumFairfield Stadium
Seasons
← 1950
1952 →
1951 Ohio Valley Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Murray State $ 5 1 0 8 1 0
Eastern Kentucky 4 2 0 7 3 0
Marshall 4 2 0 5 5 1
Evansville 3 3 0 5 5 0
Tennessee Tech 3 3 0 5 5 1
Western Kentucky 2 4 0 4 5 0
Morehead State 0 6 0 1 7 0
  • $ – Conference champion

The 1951 Marshall Thundering Herd football team was an American football team that represented Marshall University in the Ohio Valley Conference (OVC) during the 1951 college football season. In its second season under head coach Pete Pederson, the team compiled a 5–4–1 record (4–2 against conference opponents) and outscored opponents by a total of 206 to 176.[1] The team played its home games at Fairfield Stadium in Huntington, West Virginia.

Schedule[]

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 22Morehead StateW 21–6
September 29at Eastern KentuckyRichmond, KYL 6–13
October 6Western Kentucky
  • Fairfield Stadium
  • Huntington, WV
W 35–21
October 13Murray State
  • Fairfield Stadium
  • Huntington, WV
L 13–287,000[2]
October 20at Toledo*L 14–32
October 27at Morris Harvey*Charleston, WVW 19–0
November 3at Tennessee TechCookeville, TNW 20–13
November 10Evansville
  • Fairfield Stadium
  • Huntington, WV
W 52–13
November 17Dayton*dagger
  • Fairfield Stadium
  • Huntington, WV
L 13–37
November 22Ohio*
  • Fairfield Stadium
  • Huntington, WV
T 13–13
  • *Non-conference game
  • daggerHomecoming

References[]

  1. ^ "2008 Marshall Football Guide" (PDF). Marshall University. 2018. p. 185. Retrieved August 25, 2020.
  2. ^ "Murray Socks Marshall". The Paducah Sun-Democrat. Paducah, Kentucky. October 14, 1951. p. 15. Retrieved December 31, 2021 – via Newspapers.com open access.
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