List of Marshall Thundering Herd bowl games explained

The Marshall Thundering Herd college football team competes as part of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS), representing the Marshall University in the East Division of the Sun Belt Conference (SBC). Since the establishment of the team in 1895, Marshall has appeared in 19 bowl games (officially 18).[1] The latest bowl win occurred on December 19, 2022, when Marshall defeated UConn 28–14 in the 2022 Myrtle Beach Bowl. The victory in that game brought the Herd's overall bowl record to thirteen wins and six losses (13–6).[2]

Key

General
Bowl game record attendance
Former bowl game record attendance
Results
WWin
LLoss

Bowl games

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BowlScoreDateSeasonOpponentStadiumLocationAttendance[3] Head coachMVP
1Tangerine Bowl1947Catawba IndiansTangerine BowlOrlando (End)
2Motor City Bowl1997Ole Miss RebelsSilverdomePontiac -
3Motor City Bowl1998Louisville CardinalsSilverdomePontiac (QB)
4Motor City Bowl1999BYU CougarsSilverdomePontiac (RB)
5Motor City Bowl2000Cincinnati BearcatsSilverdomePontiac (QB)
6GMAC Bowl2001East Carolina PiratesLadd–Peebles StadiumMobile (QB)
7GMAC Bowl2002Louisville CardinalsLadd–Peebles StadiumMobile (QB)
8Fort Worth Bowl2004Cincinnati BearcatsAmon G. Carter StadiumFort Worth -
9Little Caesars Pizza Bowl2009Ohio BobcatsFord FieldDetroit (RB)
10Beef 'O' Brady's Bowl2011FIU PanthersTropicana FieldSt. Petersburg (WR)
11Military Bowl2013Maryland TerrapinsNavy–Marine Corps Memorial StadiumAnnapolis (QB)
12Boca Raton Bowl2014Northern Illinois HuskiesFAU StadiumBoca Raton (QB)
13St. Petersburg Bowl2015Connecticut HuskiesTropicana FieldSt. Petersburg (WR)
14New Mexico Bowl2017Colorado State RamsDreamstyle StadiumAlbuquerque

Notes and References

  1. Bowl/All-Star Game Records, p. 20–21
  2. Web site: Marshall Bowl History . College Football Data Warehouse . May 18, 2012 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20120926140736/http://cfbdatawarehouse.com/data/div_ia/conferenceusa/marshall/bowl_history.php . September 26, 2012 .
  3. Bowl/All-Star Game Records, pp. 32–38

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