1912 Marshall Thundering Herd football team

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1912 Marshall Thundering Herd football
Conference	Independent
Record	3–4
Head coach	Boyd Chambers (4th season)
Captain	Fred Ollom
Home stadium	Central Field
Seasons ← 1911 1913 →

1912 Southern college football independents records
v t e	Conf			Overall
Team	W	L	T	W		L		T
Middle Tennessee State Normal		–		1	–	0	–	0
Texas		–		7	–	1	–	0
VMI		–		7	–	1	–	0
Maryland		–		6	–	1	–	1
Oklahoma A&M		–		6	–	2	–	0
Livingstone		–		3	–	1	–	1
Louisville		–		3	–	1	–	0
Mississippi Normal		–		2	–	1	–	0
South Carolina		–		5	–	2	–	1
Navy		–		6	–	3	–	0
West Virginia		–		6	–	3	–	0
Spring Hill		–		4	–	2	–	0
Oklahoma		–		5	–	4	–	0
Rice		–		3	–	2	–	0
Chattanooga		–		4	–	4	–	0
Southwest Texas State		–		3	–	3	–	2
Davidson		–		3	–	4	–	0
Marshall		–		3	–	4	–	0
Southwestern Louisiana Industrial		–		3	–	4	–	0
Tennessee Docs		–		3	–	4	–	0
Arkansas		–		4	–	6	–	0
Baylor		–		3	–	5	–	0
Catholic University		–		3	–	5	–	0
Louisiana Industrial		–		1	–	2	–	1
West Tennessee State Normal		–		1	–	2	–	1
Wake Forest		–		2	–	6	–	0
Kendall		–		1	–	4	–	0
Delaware		–		1	–	6	–	1
Biddle		–		0	–	1	–	0

The 1912 Marshall Thundering Herd football team represented Marshall College (now Marshall University) in the 1912 college football season. Marshall posted a 3–4 record, outscoring its opposition 197–94. Home games were played on a campus field called "Central Field" which is presently Campus Commons.^[1]^[2]

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Source
September 28	Ironton High School	Central Field Huntington, WV	W 46–0
October 5	at Kentucky State College	Stoll Field Lexington, KY	L 6–13	^[3]
October 19	Transylvania	Central Field Huntington, WV	W 87–0
October 26	Marietta	Central Field Huntington, WV	L 0–14
November 9	Wheeling STAATS	Central Field Huntington, WV	L 6–8
November 16	at West Virginia Wesleyan	Buckhannon, WV	L 0–59
November 28	Muskingum	Central Field Huntington, WV	W 52–0
Homecoming

References

^ "2008 Marshall Football Guide" (PDF). Marshall University. 2008. p. 183. Archived from the original (PDF) on February 22, 2022. Retrieved January 6, 2021.
^ "1912 Marshall Thundering Herd Schedule". Herdzone.com. HerdZone. Retrieved January 6, 2021.
^ "State University team beats Marshall College". The Courier-Journal. October 6, 1912. Retrieved May 18, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.

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Venues	Central Field (1895–1927) Fairfield Stadium (1928–1990) Joan C. Edwards Stadium (1991–present)
Bowls & rivalries	Bowl games Appalachian State East Carolina Ohio: Battle for the Bell West Virginia: Friends of Coal Bowl
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