The 2016 Marshall Thundering Herd football team represented Marshall University in the 2016 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Thundering Herd played their home games at the Joan C. Edwards Stadium in Huntington, West Virginia, and competed in the East Division of Conference USA (CâÂÂUSA). They were led by seventh-year head coach Doc Holliday. They finished the season 3âÂÂ9, 2âÂÂ6 in C-USA play to finish in a tie for sixth place in the East Division.
Marshall announced its 2016 football schedule on February 4, 2016. The 2016 schedule consisted of 7 home and 5 away games in the regular season. The Thundering Herd would host CâÂÂUSA foes Charlotte, Florida Atlantic, Middle Tennessee, and Western Kentucky (WKU), and would travel to Florida International (FIU), North Texas, Old Dominion, and Southern Miss.
The team played four nonâÂÂconference games, three home games against Akron from the Mid-American Conference (MAC), Louisville from the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC), and Morgan State from the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference, and traveled to Pittsburgh from the ACC.