Marshall 2024 Football Schedule, Record, Results

Published 8:51 am Saturday, August 10, 2024

The Marshall Thundering Herd will begin their 2024 college football schedule on August 31, versus Stony Brook of the FCS. See below for more.

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2024 Marshall Game and TV Schedule

Opponent Date/Time Score/Tickets TV Channel
Stony Brook (FCS) August 31 | 5:00 PM ET Get tickets for this game at StubHub ESPN+ (Watch this game on ESPN+)
@ Virginia Tech September 7 | 4:30 PM ET Get tickets for this game at StubHub The CW
@ Ohio State September 21 | 1:00 PM ET Get tickets for this game at StubHub TBA
Western Michigan September 28 | 1:00 PM ET Get tickets for this game at StubHub TBA
Appalachian State October 5 | 1:00 PM ET Get tickets for this game at StubHub TBA
@ Georgia Southern October 12 | 6:00 PM ET Get tickets for this game at StubHub ESPN Networks (Watch this game on Fubo (Regional restrictions may apply)
Georgia State October 17 | 8:00 PM ET Get tickets for this game at StubHub ESPN2 (Watch this game on Fubo (Regional restrictions may apply)
Louisiana-Monroe November 2 | 1:00 PM ET Get tickets for this game at StubHub TBA
@ Southern Miss November 9 | 1:00 PM ET Get tickets for this game at StubHub TBA
Coastal Carolina November 16 | 1:00 PM ET Get tickets for this game at StubHub TBA
@ Old Dominion November 23 | 1:00 PM ET Get tickets for this game at StubHub TBA
@ James Madison November 30 | 1:00 PM ET Get tickets for this game at StubHub TBA

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Marshall 2024 Strength of Schedule

  • In terms of toughness, based on their opponents’ combined win total last season, the Thundering Herd will be playing the 67th-ranked schedule this year.
  • In terms of toughness — and using its opponents’ projected win total this season — Marshall will be facing the 93rd-ranked schedule this year.
  • Using their Sun Belt opponents’ combined win total last year, the Thundering Herd will be playing the 77th-ranked conference schedule in terms of difficulty.
  • Marshall has eight games this season against teams that finished above .500 in 2023. That schedule includes two teams that had nine or more victories and two squads with less than four wins last year.
  • The Thundering Herd have eight teams who made a bowl game last year on their schedule in 2024.

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Marshall Stat Insights (2023)

  • The Thundering Herd totaled 358.5 yards per game on offense last season, which ranked them 87th in FBS. On the other side of the ball, they ranked 63rd, surrendering 376.8 yards per game.
  • With 28.7 points allowed per game on defense, which ranked 41st-worst in FBS last season, Marshall was forced to lean on its 103rd-ranked offense (22.8 points per contest) to keep it in games.
  • The Thundering Herd totaled 226.2 passing yards per game on offense last season (62nd in FBS), and they ranked 61st on the other side of the ball with 221 passing yards allowed per game.
  • Marshall compiled 132.3 rushing yards per game on offense (95th in FBS) last season, and it ranked 78th defensively with 155.8 rushing yards allowed per game.
  • While the Thundering Herd ranked 12th-worst in FBS in third-down conversion rate at 30.9% last season, it was a different situation on the other side of the ball, as they ranked 19th-best (32.4% third-down percentage allowed).
  • Marshall forced 18 total turnovers (58th in FBS) last season and turned it over 29 times (131st in FBS) for a turnover margin of -11, the sixth-worst in college football.

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