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The athletic teams that collectively represent The Marshall University in Huntington are known as “The Marshall Thundering Herd”. The teams compete in Conference USA, which are members of the NCAA Division I.
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About Marshall University Thundering Herd
The name of the team derived from a Zane Gray novel that was released in the year 1925. The team was originally known as “The Indians”. The official colors that were previously Black and Blue were replaced by the colors Green and White in the year 1903.
During the era of the 1990's, Marshall posted the highest winning percentage of any NCAA Division I program, winning 114 games and losing just 25. The team won the Division I-AA national championships in the years 1992 and 1996 before moving to I-A in the year 1997.
Under the guidance of their head coach and alumni Bobby Pruett, the team made an ultimate return to Division I-A thereby returning to the Mid-American Conference. Led by quarterback Chad Pennington and All-American wide receiver Randy Moss, Marshall won the MAC championship in the year 1997
Marshall and East Carolina matched-up in one of the greatest bowl games in the year 2001 at the GMAC Bowl in Mobile, Alabama, a 64-61 double overtime win by the Herd over the Pirates of Conference USA.
East Carolina University and The University of Central Florida have been the biggest rivals of the team in Conference USA so far; while it's biggest rivalries are with Ohio University, Morehead State University and West Virginia University.
A plane crash occurred in the year 1970 that killed all 75 passengers on board that also included 37 members of this team. The event and its aftermath were depicted in the year 2006 Warner Brothers motion picture, 'We Are Marshall’, starring Matthew McConaughey and Matthew Fox.
