1920 Marshall Thundering Herd football team

The 1920 Marshall Thundering Herd football team represented Marshall College (now Marshall University) in the 1920 college football season. Marshall posted a winless 0–8 record, being outscored by its opposition 0–247. Home games were played on a campus field called "Central Field" which is presently Campus Commons.

1920 Marshall Thundering Herd football
Conference	Independent
Record	0–8
Head coach	Herbert Cramer (1st season)
Captain	Frank Crist
Home stadium	Central Field

1920 Southern college football independents records

	Conf.							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
Talladega			–					?	–	0	–	0
Trinity (NC)			–					4	–	0	–	1
Abilene Christian			–					4	–	0	–	1
North Texas State Normal			–					7	–	1	–	0
Presbyterian			–					5	–	1	–	1
Middle Tennessee State Normal			–					4	–	1	–	0
Navy			–					6	–	2	–	0
Spring Hill			–					6	–	2	–	0
Birmingham–Southern			–					6	–	3	–	0
Mississippi Normal			–					4	–	2	–	1
Southwest Texas State			–					4	–	2	–	1
East Tennessee State Normal			–					3	–	2	–	0
West Virginia			–					5	–	4	–	1
Oglethorpe			–					4	–	4	–	1
Delaware			–					3	–	5	–	1
Stetson			–					2	–	4	–	0
Texas Mines			–					2	–	4	–	0
Marion			–					2	–	5	–	0
Wake Forest			–					2	–	7	–	0
Sam Houston Normal			–					1	–	4	–	2
Western Kentucky State Normal			–					0	–	1	–	0
West Tennessee State Normal			–					0	–	5	–	0
Marshall			–					0	–	8	–	0

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result
October 2	at Army	The Plain West Point, NY	L 0–38
October 9	Wesleyan	Central Field Huntington, WV	L 0–13
October 16	at Ohio	Athens, OH (rivalry)	L 0–55
October 23	Davis & Elkins	Central Field Huntington, WV	L 0–16
November 6	Ironton YMCA	Central Field Huntington, WV	L 0–13
November 13	Rio Grande	Central Field Huntington, WV	L 0–28
November 20	Muskingum	Central Field Huntington, WV	L 0–37
November 25	Morris Harvey	Central Field Huntington, WV	L 0–47
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