MARSHALL FOOTBALL HISTORY DATABASE
 
 
NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS (0)
All Time Football Record: 530-508-47 (.510)

CONFERENCE CHAMPIONSHIPS (12)

1925 West Virginia Intercollegiate Ath. Conf. Champions
1928 West Virginia Intercollegiate Ath. Conf. Champions
1931 West Virginia Intercollegiate Ath. Conf. Champions
1937 Buckeye Intercollegiate Ath. Assoc. Champions
1988 Southern Conference Co-Champions
1994 Southern Conference Champions
1996 Southern Conference Champions
1997 Mid-American Conference Champions
1998 Mid-American Conference Champions
1999 Mid-American Conference Champions
2000 Mid-American Conference Champions
2002 Mid-American Conference Champions

DIVISION CHAMPIONS (6)
1997 Mid-American Conference East Division Champions
1998 Mid-American Conference East Division Champions
1999 Mid-American Conference East Division Champions
2000 Mid-American Conference East Division Champions
2001 Mid-American Conference East Division Champions
2002 Mid-American Conference East Division Champions

NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS
1992 NCAA Division I-AA National Champions
1996 NCAA Division I-AA National Champions

 

CONFERENCE AFFILIATIONS
1895-1912: Independent
1913-1932: West Virginia Athletic Association
1933-1938: Buckeye Intercollegiate Athletic Association
1939-1947: Independent
1948-1952: Ohio Valley Conference
1953-1968: Mid-American Athletic Conference
1969-1975: Independent
1976-1996: Southern Conference
1997-2004: Mid-American Conference
2005-Current: Conference USA

No Team: 1896, 1918, 1943-1945

CLASSIFICATIONS
1937-1950: NJCAA
1951-1961: College Division (Small College)
1962-1972: University Division (Major College)
1973-1977: Division I
1978-1981: Division I-A
1982-1996: Division I-AA
1997-Current: Division I-A
BOWL GAMES (6-2)
SEASON BOWL OPPONENT RESULT SCORE
2009 Little Caesars Pizza Ohio W 21-17
2004 Fort Worth Cincinnati L 14-32
2002 GMAC Louisville W 38-15
2001 GMAC East Carolina W 64-61
2000 Motor City Cincinnati W 25-14
1999 Motor City Brigham Young W 21-3
1998 Motor City Louisville W 48-29
1997 Motor City Mississippi L 31-34
COACHES
COACH
YEARS
#YEARS
GAMES
WON
LOST
TIED
PCT.
No Coach
1895-1907
7
23
10
7
6
.565
George Ford
1902-1903
2
12
8
1
3
.792
Alfred McCary
1904-1906
3
20
11
5
4
.650
W.G. Vinal
1908
1
6
0
6
0
.000
Boyd B. Chambers
1909-1916
8
62
32
26
4
.548
Carl Shipley
1917
1
9
1
7
1
.167
Archer Reilly
1919
1
8
8
0
0
1.000
Herbert Cramer
1920
1
8
0
8
0
.000
Kemper Shelton
1921-1922
2
17
10
6
1
.618
Harrison Briggs
1923
1
8
1
7
0
.125
Russel Meredith
1924
1
8
4
4
0
.500
Charles C. "Trusty" Tallman
1925-1928
4
38
22
9
7
.671
Johnny Maulbetsch
1929-1930
2
18
8
8
2
.500
Tom Dandelet
1931-1934
4
36
18
16
2
.528
Cam Henderson
1935-1949
12
119
68
46
5
.592
Pete Pedersen
1950-1952
3
32
9
20
3
.328
Herb Royer
1953-1958
6
54
21
31
2
.407
Charlie Snyder
1959-1967
9
89
28
58
3
.331
Perry L. Moss
1968
1
10
0
9
1
.050
Rick Tolley
1969-1970
2
19
6
13
0
.316
Jack Lengyel
1971-1974
4
42
9
33
0
.214
Frank Ellwood
1975-1978
4
44
10
34
0
.227
Sonny Randle
1979-1983
5
55
12
42
1
.227
Stan Parrish
1984-1985
2
22
13
8
1
.614
George Chaump
1986-1989
4
50
33
16
1
.670
Jim Donnan
1990-1995
6
85
64
21
0
.753
Bob Pruett
1996-2004
9
117
94
23
0
.803
Mark Snyder
2005-2009
5
59
22
37
0
.373
Rick Minter
2009
1
1
1
0
0
1.000
John "Doc" Holliday
2010-Current
1
12
5
7
0
.417
Totals
111
1085
530
508
47
.510
INDIVIDUAL RECORDS (through 2009 season)
STATISTIC CAREER SEASON GAME
PASSING Chad Pennington
13,143 (1995-99)		 Tony Petersen
4,902 (1987)		 Byron Leftwich
566 (East Carolina 2001)
RUSHING Chris Parker
5,924 (1992-95)		 Chris Parker
1,833 (1995)		 Ron Darby
262 (Western Carolina 1988)
RECEIVING YARDS Mike Barber
4,242 (1985-88)		 Randy Moss
1,802 (1997)		 Randy Moss
288 (Delaware 1996)
RECEPTIONS Josh Davis
306 (2001-04)		 Mike Barber
106 (1987)		 David Foye - 15 (Kent State 2000)
Denero Marriott - 15 (East Carolina 2001)
Josh Davis - 15 (Akron 2004)
SCORING Chris Parker
418 (1992-95)		 Randy Moss
174 (1996)		 Doug Freutal
38 (Greenbrier Military Academy 1919)
INTERCEPTIONS Reggie Giles
19 (1985-88)		 Mark Snyder
10 (1987)		  
TACKLES Roger Johnson
548 (1991-94)		 John Spellacy
189 (1987)		  
SACKS
(Division I)		 B.J. Cohen
51 (1994-97)		 Cecil Fletcher
17 (1987)