The 1978 Marshall Thundering Herd football team was an American football team that represented Marshall University in the Southern Conference (SoCon) during the 1978 NCAA Division I-A football season. In its fourth season under head coach Frank Ellwood, the team compiled a 1–10 record (0–5 against conference opponents) and was outscored by a total of 292 to 113.^[1][2] The team played its home games at Fairfield Stadium in Huntington, West Virginia.

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 9	at Toledo*	Glass Bowl Toledo, OH	W 17–0		[3]
September 16	Appalachian State	Fairfield Stadium Huntington, WV	L 7–28	15,768	[4]
September 23	Chattanooga	Fairfield Stadium Huntington, WV	L 23–27		[5]
September 30	at Western Carolina	E. J. Whitmire Stadium Cullowhee, NC	L 14–21	7,645	[6]
October 7	at The Citadel	Johnson Hagood Stadium Charleston, SC	L 0–41	14,100	[7]
October 14	Miami (OH)*	Fairfield Stadium Huntington, WV	L 3–29	12,221	[8]
October 21	at Kent State*	Dix Stadium Kent, OH	L 17–20	5,418	[9]
October 28	Furman	Fairfield Stadium Huntington, WV	L 12–42		[10]
November 4	Western Michigan*	Fairfield Stadium Huntington, WV	L 6–24	10,000	[11]
November 11	at Southern Illinois*	McAndrew Stadium Carbondale, IL	L 14–15	7,110	[12]
November 18	at East Carolina*	Ficklen Memorial Stadium Greenville, NC (rivalry)	L 0–45	22,450	[13]
*Non-conference game Homecoming