1919 Marshall Thundering Herd football team

1919 Marshall Thundering Herd football
Conference	Independent
Record	8–0
Head coach	Arch Reilly (1st season)
Captain	Hugh Davisson
Home stadium	Central Field

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
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

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

Date	Opponent	Site	Result
October 4	Morris Harvey	Central Field Huntington, WV	W 76–0
October 11	at Broaddus	Alderson, WV	W 27–0
October 18	Greenbrier Military Academy	Central Field Huntington, WV	W 65–0
October 25	at Davis & Elkins	Elkins, WV	W 33–0
November 7	at Transylvania	Thomas Field Lexington, KY	W 20–0
November 15	at Greenbrier Military Academy	Lewisburg, WV	W 29–7
November 22	Muskingum	Central Field Huntington, WV	W 19–6
November 27	Kentucky Wesleyan	Central Field Huntington, WV	W 33–0
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