1958 Marshall Thundering Herd football team

The 1958 Marshall Thundering Herd football team was an American football team that represented Marshall University in the Mid-American Conference (MAC) during the 1958 NCAA College Division football season. In its sixth season under head coach Herb Royer, the team compiled a 3–6 record (1–5 against conference opponents), finished in seventh place out of seven teams in the MAC, and was outscored by a total of 165 to 111. Vernon Howell and Sonny Sirianni were the team captains.[1] The team played its home games at Fairfield Stadium in Huntington, West Virginia.

1958 Marshall Thundering Herd football
ConferenceMid-American Conference
Record3–6 (1–5 MAC)
Head coach
CaptainVernon Howell, Sonny Sirianni
Home stadiumFairfield Stadium
1958 Mid-American Conference football standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
No. 2 Miami (OH) $ 5 0 06 3 0
Kent State 5 1 07 2 0
No. 14 Bowling Green 4 2 07 2 0
Ohio 2 4 05 4 0
Western Michigan 2 4 04 5 0
Toledo 1 4 04 5 0
Marshall 1 5 03 6 0
  • $ Conference champion
Rankings from UPI small college poll

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 20at West Virginia State*Institute, WVW 9–0
September 27at Morehead State*Morehead, KYW 30–16
October 4Western MichiganL 24–30
October 11Toledo
  • Fairfield Stadium
  • Huntington, WV
W 35–12
October 18at No. T–20 Kent StateL 0–246,000[2]
October 25at OhioL 0–224,000[3]
November 1Xavier*dagger
  • Fairfield Stadium
  • Huntington, WV
L 6–14
November 8 No. 3 Miami (OH)
  • Fairfield Stadium
  • Huntington, WV
L 0–26
November 15at No. 12 Bowling GreenBowling Green, OHL 7–212,100[4]
  • *Non-conference game
  • daggerHomecoming
  • Rankings from UPI Poll released prior to the game

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