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2011 Marshall Thundering Herd football team

American college football season

Field	Value
year	2011
team	Marshall Thundering Herd
sport	football
image	Marshall Thundering Herd logo.svg
image_size	150
conference	Conference USA
division	East
short_conf	C-USA
record	7–6
conf_record	5–3
head_coach	Doc Holliday
hc_year	2nd
off_coach	Bill Legg
oc_year	2nd
cooff_coach1	Tony Petersen
cooc1_year	2nd
def_coach	Chris Rippon
dc_year	2nd
off_scheme	Spread
def_scheme	[3–4](3-4-defense)
stadium	Joan C. Edwards Stadium
champion	Beef 'O' Brady's Bowl champion
bowl	[Beef 'O' Brady's Bowl](2011-beef-o-brady-s-bowl)
bowl_result	W 20–10 vs. [FIU](2011-fiu-golden-panthers-football-team)

The 2011 Marshall Thundering Herd football team represented Marshall University in the 2011 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Thundering Herd were led by second-year head coach Doc Holliday and played their home games at Joan C. Edwards Stadium. They are a member of the East Division of Conference USA. They finished the season 7–6, 5–3 in C-USA to finish in second place in the East Division. They were invited to the Beef 'O' Brady's Bowl where they defeated FIU 20–10.

Previous season

In the 2010 season under first year head coach Doc Holliday, the Thundering Herd finished with an overall record of 5–7 and 4–4 within Conference USA. After starting the season 1–6, Marshall won four of the last five games. They missed playing in a bowl game for the first time since 2008.

Schedule

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Game summaries

West Virginia

The Herd again fell to The Mountaineers in a game that was delayed a total of 4 hours, 22 minutes and called with 14:36 left in the 4th quarter. Following 3rd a quarter Tavon Austin kickoff return for a TD that gave the Mountaineers a 27–13 lead with 5 minutes to play in the 3rd quarter the game experienced a lightning delay that lasted 3 hours, 6 minutes. Once resuming play a Vernard Roberts 1 Yd Run extended the WVU lead to 34–13 early in the 4th quarter, after which the game was once again delayed for lightning. It was ultimately agreed to by both teams to end the game.

Southern Miss

Ohio

Virginia Tech

Louisville

Central Florida

Rice

Houston

UAB

Tulsa

Marshall and Tulsa last met in 2008 at Huntington in a game won by Tulsa 38–35. Marshall is 0–2 all time against Tulsa.

Memphis

Marshall and Memphis last met in 2010 at Huntington in a game won by Marshall 28–13. Marshall is 4–2 all time against Memphis. This year's game will be played on a Thursday.

East Carolina

Marshall and East Carolina last met in 2010 at Greenville in a game won by East Carolina 37–10. Marshall is 3–9 all time against ECU. Because both teams are 5–6, the winner of the matchup will receive bowl eligibility, while the loser will not.

FIU (Beef 'O' Brady's Bowl)

Marshall has a 6–2 record in bowl games, with the last one at the 2009 Little Caesars Pizza Bowl defeating Ohio, 21–17. Defensively, Marshall is tied for fifth nationally in tackles for loss (95), and is tied for 15th in fumbles recovered (14). Nationally, Vinny Curry is tied for third with six forced fumbles and is also second on in tackles for loss (21) and is sixth in sacks (11.0). George Carpenter has three fumble recoveries which places him tie for 12th place.

References

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