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1919 Marshall Thundering Herd football team

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1919 Marshall Thundering Herd football
ConferenceIndependent
Record8–0
Head coach
CaptainHugh Davisson
Home stadiumCentral Field
Seasons
← 1917
1920 →
1919 Southern college football independents records
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Marshall     8 0 0
Florida Southern     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
Southwest Texas State     4 4 0
Spring Hill     3 3 1
Abilene Christian     2 2 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

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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

References

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