The 1959 Marshall Thundering Herd football team was an American football team that represented Marshall University in the Mid-American Conference (MAC) during the 1959 NCAA College Division football season. In its first season under head coach Charlie Snyder, the team compiled a 1–8 record (1–4 against conference opponents), finished in sixth place out of seven teams in the MAC, and was outscored by a total of 343 to 72. Jim Maddox and Jim O'Conner were the team captains. ^[1] The team played its home games at Fairfield Stadium in Huntington, West Virginia.

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 19	VMI*	Fairfield Stadium Huntington, WV	L 0–46	7,500
September 26	Bowling Green	Fairfield Stadium Huntington, WV	L 7–51	4,000	[2]
October 3	Western Michigan	Fairfield Stadium Huntington, WV	L 0–51	10,000	[3]
October 10	at Toledo	Glass Bowl Toledo, OH	W 20–13	1,000	[4]
October 17	at No. 19 Kent State	Memorial Stadium Kent, OH	L 7–46
October 24	at No. 2. Delaware*	Delaware Stadium Newark, DE	L 6–30	8,700	[5]
October 31	at Louisville*	Cardinal Stadium Louisville, KY	L 6–48	2,592	[6]
November 7	No. 11 Ohio	Fairfield Stadium Huntington, WV ( rivalry)	L 14–21	6,000	[7]
November 21	at No. T–11 Buffalo*	Rotary Field Buffalo, NY	L 12–37
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from UPI Poll released prior to the game

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