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American college football season
The 1961 Marshall Thundering Herd football team was an American football team that represented Marshall University in the Mid-American Conference (MAC) during the 1961 NCAA College Division football season. In its third season under head coach Charlie Snyder, the team compiled a 2–7–1 record (1–4 against conference opponents), finished in sixth place out of seven teams in the MAC, and was outscored by a total of 183 to 62. Ralph May and Rucker Wickline were the team captains.[1] The team played its home games at Fairfield Stadium in Huntington, West Virginia.
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Date | Opponent | Site | Result | Attendance | Source |
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September 16 | VMI* | | L 6–33 | 8,000 |
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September 23 | Bowling Green | - Fairfield Stadium
- Huntington, WV
| L 0–40 | 6,500 |
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September 30 | at Louisville* | | L 7–32 | 3,100–3,126 | [2]
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October 7 | at Toledo | | L 6–33 | 7,800 | [3]
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October 14 | Kent State | - Fairfield Stadium
- Huntington, WV
| W 14–8 | |
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October 21 | Morehead State* | - Fairfield Stadium
- Huntington, WV
| T 0–0 | |
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October 28 | at Western Michigan | | L 0–20 | 10,500 | [4]
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November 4 | Ohio | - Fairfield Stadium
- Huntington, WV (rivalry)
| L 7–14 | |
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November 11 | at Xavier* | | L 2–3 | | [5]
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November 18 | vs. Eastern Kentucky* | Ashland, KY | W 20–0 | |
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- *Non-conference game
- Homecoming
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