1974 Marshall Thundering Herd football team

{{short description|American college football season}}

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{{Infobox college sports team season

| year = 1974

| team = Marshall Thundering Herd

| sport = football

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| conference = Independent

| record = 1–10

| head_coach = Jack Lengyel

| hc_year = 4th

| captain = Allen Meadows

| captain2 = Jesse Smith

| stadium = Fairfield Stadium

}}

{{1974 NCAA Division I independents football records}}

The 1974 Marshall Thundering Herd football team was an American football team that represented Marshall University as an independent during the 1974 NCAA Division I football season. In its fourth and final season under head coach Jack Lengyel, the team compiled a 1–10 record and was outscored by a total of 291 to 110. Allen Meadows and Jesse Smith were the team captains.{{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=1974 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/1974-schedule.html}} The team played its home games at Fairfield Stadium in Huntington, West Virginia.