1927 Marshall Thundering Herd football team

1927 Marshall Thundering Herd football
ConferenceWest Virginia Athletic Conference
Record5–3–1 (4–1 WVAC)
Head coach
CaptainRalph Young
Home stadiumCentral Field
1927 West Virginia Athletic Conference football standings
Conf.Overall
TeamW L TW L T
West Liberty State $ 4 0 06 1 1
Marshall 4 1 05 3 1
Davis & Elkins 3 1 05 5 0
West Virginia Wesleyan 3 1 03 6 1
Salem 4 2 05 2 0
Glenville State 4 2 24 2 2
Potomac State 2 2 02 3 1
Broaddus 2 3 12 5 1
Shepherd 0 3 04 3 0
Fairmont State 0 4 30 5 3
New River State 0 6 00 6 0
West Virginia * 2 0 02 4 3
Concord * 2 1 06 3 1
Morris Harvey * 1 2 03 4 1
  • $ Conference champion
  • * – Did not qualify for conference standings
    Ties did not count in conference standings.

The 1927 Marshall Thundering Herd football team was an American football team that represented Marshall College (now Marshall University) in the West Virginia Athletic Conference during the 1927 college football season. In its third season under head coach Charles Tallman, the team compiled a 5–3–1 record, 4–1 against conference opponents, and outscored opponents by a total of 194 to 75.