1919 Marshall Thundering Herd football team

1919 Marshall Thundering Herd football
ConferenceIndependent
Record8–0
Head coach
CaptainHugh Davisson
Home stadiumCentral Field
1919 Southern college football independents records
Conf. Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
  –   8 – 0 – 0
Southern College   –   5 – 0 – 0
Middle Tennessee State Normal   –   4 – 0 – 0
Phillips   –   10 – 0 – 1
Navy   –   7 – 1 – 0
West Virginia   –   8 – 2 – 0
Mississippi Normal   –   4 – 1 – 2
Presbyterian   –   4 – 3 – 2
North Texas State Normal   –   5 – 3 – 0
Birmingham–Southern   –   4 – 3 – 0
Abilene Christian   –   2 – 2 – 0
Southwest Texas State   –   4 – 4 – 0
Spring Hill   –   3 – 3 – 1
Stetson   –   4 – 4 – 0
West Tennessee State Normal   –   3 – 4 – 0
Chattanooga   –   3 – 5 – 1
Southwestern Louisiana Industrial   –   2 – 4 – 2
Marion   –   3 – 6 – 0
Texas Mines   –   2 – 4 – 0
Delaware   –   2 – 5 – 1
Oglethorpe   –   2 – 6 – 1
Wake Forest   –   2 – 6 – 0
Sam Houston Normal   –   0 – 7 – 0

The 1919 Marshall Thundering Herd football team represented Marshall University in the 1919 college football season. In the first season resuming football after not fielding a team in 1918 due to World War I, Marshall posted an undefeated 8–0 record, outscoring its opposition 302–13. Home games were played on a campus field called "Central Field" which is presently Campus Commons.

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResult
October 4Morris Harvey
W 76–0
October 11at BroaddusAlderson, WVW 27–0
October 18Greenbrier Military Academy
  • Central Field
  • Huntington, WV
W 65–0
October 25at Davis & ElkinsElkins, WVW 33–0
November 7at Transylvania
W 20–0
November 15at Greenbrier Military AcademyLewisburg, WVW 29–7
November 22Muskingum
  • Central Field
  • Huntington, WV
W 19–6
November 27Kentucky Wesleyandagger
  • Central Field
  • Huntington, WV
W 33–0
  • daggerHomecoming

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