1959 Marshall Thundering Herd football team

1959 Marshall Thundering Herd football
ConferenceMid-American Conference
Record1–8 (1–4 MAC)
Head coach
Captains
  • Jim Maddox
  • Jim O'Conner
Home stadiumFairfield Stadium
1959 Mid-American Conference football standings
Conf.Overall
TeamW L TW L T
No. 1 Bowling Green $ 6 0 09 0 0
No. 9 Ohio 4 2 07 2 0
No. 19 Miami (OH) 3 2 05 4 0
Kent State 3 3 05 3 0
Western Michigan 3 3 04 5 0
Marshall 1 4 01 8 0
Toledo 0 6 02 6 1
  • $ Conference champion
Rankings from UPI small college poll

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 college 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. The team played its home games at Fairfield Stadium in Huntington, West Virginia.