List of Marshall Thundering Herd bowl games

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

Results
WWin
LLoss

Bowl games

List of bowl games showing bowl played in, score, date, season, opponent, stadium, location, attendance, head coach and MVP[A 1]
#BowlScore[A 2]DateSeason[A 3]Opponent[A 4]StadiumLocationAttendance[3]Head coachMVP
1Tangerine Bowl[A 5]L 0–7January 1, 19481947Catawba IndiansTangerine BowlOrlando9,000Cam HendersonDon Gibson (End)
2Motor City BowlL 31–34December 26, 19971997Ole Miss RebelsSilverdomePontiac43,340Bob Pruett
3Motor City BowlW 48–29December 23, 19981998Louisville CardinalsSilverdomePontiac38,016Bob PruettChad Pennington (QB)
4Motor City BowlW 21–3December 27, 19991999BYU CougarsSilverdomePontiac52,449Bob PruettDoug Chapman (RB)
5Motor City BowlW 25–14December 27, 20002000Cincinnati BearcatsSilverdomePontiac52,911Bob PruettByron Leftwich (QB)
6GMAC BowlW 64–61December 19, 20012001East Carolina PiratesLadd–Peebles StadiumMobile40,139Bob PruettByron Leftwich (QB)
7GMAC BowlW 38–15December 18, 20022002Louisville CardinalsLadd–Peebles StadiumMobile40,646Bob PruettByron Leftwich (QB)
8Fort Worth BowlL 14–32December 23, 20042004Cincinnati BearcatsAmon G. Carter StadiumFort Worth27,902Bob Pruett
9Little Caesars Pizza BowlW 21–17December 26, 20092009Ohio BobcatsFord FieldDetroit30,331Rick MinterMartin Ward (RB)
10Beef 'O' Brady's BowlW 20–10December 20, 20112011FIU PanthersTropicana FieldSt. Petersburg20,072Doc HollidayAaron Dobson (WR)
11Military BowlW 31–20December 27, 20132013Maryland TerrapinsNavy–Marine Corps Memorial StadiumAnnapolis30,163Doc HollidayRakeem Cato (QB)
12Boca Raton BowlW 52–23December 23, 20142014Northern Illinois HuskiesFAU StadiumBoca Raton29,419Doc HollidayRakeem Cato (QB)
13St. Petersburg BowlW 16–10December 26, 20152015Connecticut HuskiesTropicana FieldSt. Petersburg14,652Doc HollidayDeandre Reaves (WR)
14New Mexico BowlW 31–28December 16, 20172017Colorado State RamsDreamstyle StadiumAlbuquerque26,087Doc HollidayTyre Brady (WR)
Channing Hames (DL)
15Gasparilla BowlW 38–20December 20, 20182018South Florida BullsRaymond James StadiumTampa14,135Doc HollidayKeion Davis (RB)
16Gasparilla BowlL 25–48December 23, 20192019UCF KnightsRaymond James StadiumTampa28,987Doc Holliday
17Camellia BowlL 10–17December 25, 20202020Buffalo BullsCramton BowlMontgomery2,512Doc Holliday
18New Orleans BowlL 21–36December 18, 20212021Louisiana Ragin' CajunsCaesars SuperdomeNew Orleans21,642Charles Huff
19Myrtle Beach BowlW 28–14December 19, 20222022Connecticut HuskiesBrooks StadiumConway12,023Charles HuffRasheen Ali (RB)
20Frisco BowlL 17–35December 19, 20232023UTSA RoadrunnersToyota StadiumFrisco11,215Charles HuffJoshua Cephus (WR)
Kam Alexander (CB)

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