1973 Marshall Thundering Herd football team
{{short description|American college football season}}
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{{Infobox college sports team season
| year = 1973
| team = Marshall Thundering Herd
| sport = football
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| conference = Independent
| record = 4–7
| head_coach = Jack Lengyel
| hc_year = 3rd
| captain = Jack Crabtree
| stadium = Fairfield Stadium
}}
{{1973 NCAA Division I independents football records}}
The 1973 Marshall Thundering Herd football team was an American football team that represented Marshall University as an independent during the 1973 NCAA Division I football season. In its third season under head coach Jack Lengyel, the team compiled a 4–7 record and was outscored by a total of 288 to 212.{{cite web|title=2008 Marshall Football Guide|publisher=Marshall University|year=2018|access-date=August 25, 2020|page=186|url=https://s3.amazonaws.com/herdzone.com/documents/2018/6/13/08_fb_guide_6.pdf|archive-date=February 22, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220222191902/https://s3.amazonaws.com/herdzone.com/documents/2018/6/13/08_fb_guide_6.pdf|url-status=dead}}{{cite web|title=1973 Marshall Thundering Herd Schedule and Results|publisher=Sports Reference LLC|work=SR/College Football|access-date=August 25, 2020|url=https://www.sports-reference.com/cfb/schools/marshall/1973-schedule.html}} The team played its home games at Fairfield Stadium in Huntington, West Virginia.
Schedule
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September 15|7:35 p.m.||{{cfb link|year=1973|team=Morehead State Eagles|title=Morehead State}}|Fairfield Stadium|Huntington, WV|W 24-17|16,500|
|September 21|11:15 p.m.|at|UNLV|Las Vegas Stadium|Whitney, NV|L 9-31|9,186|
|September 29|7:30 p.m.||Xavier|Fairfield Stadium|Huntington, WV|L 28-30|13,500|{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-cincinnati-enquirer-xavier-nips-herd/124928201/|work=The Cincinnati Enquirer|title=Xavier nips Herd, 30–28|date=September 30, 1973|accessdate=May 18, 2023|via=Newspapers.com}}
|October 6|1:30 p.m.|at|Miami (OH)|Miami Field|Oxford, OH|L 6-31|10,200|{{cite news|title=Miami Raids Herd, 31-6|newspaper=The Cincinnati Enquirer|author=David Fuselier|date=October 7, 1973|page=5C|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/92553484/miami-raids-herd-31-6/|via=Newspapers.com}}
|October 13||at|Northern Illinois|Huskie Stadium|DeKalb, IL|W 39-36|7,500|
|October 20|1:30 p.m.|at|Western Michigan|Waldo Stadium|Kalamazoo, MI|L 7-21|21,750|
|October 27|1:30 p.m.||Bowling Green
|November 3|1:30 p.m.|at|Kent State|Dix Stadium|Kent, OH|L 3-35|9,004|{{cite news|title=Flashes Awaken To Rip Marshall|newspaper=Akron Beacon Journal|author=Ray Yannucci|date=November 4, 1973|page=C1, C5|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/92152927/flashes-awaken-to-rip-marshall/|via=Newspapers.com}}
|November 10|1:30 p.m.||Toledo|Fairfield Stadium|Huntington, WV|W 17-14||
|November 17|1:30 p.m.||{{cfb link|year=1973|team=Dayton Flyers|title=Dayton}}|Fairfield Stadium|Huntington, WV|W 37-14|9,630|
|November 22|11:05 a.m.||Ohio|Fairfield Stadium|Huntington, WV (rivalry)|L 21-35|12,551|
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{{cite web |author= |title=1973-74 Marshall Thundering Herd; Schedule/Results |url=https://stats.ncaa.org/teams/363874 |publisher=National Collegiate Athletic Association |access-date=April 26, 2025 }}
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