The 1983 Marshall Thundering Herd football team was an American football team that represented Marshall University in the Southern Conference (SoCon) during the 1983 NCAA Division I-AA football season. In its fifth season under head coach Sonny Randle, the team compiled a 4–7 record (3–4 against conference opponents) and played its home games at Fairfield Stadium in Huntington, West Virginia.

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 3	at Eastern Michigan*	Rynearson Stadium Ypsilanti, MI	L 3–7		[1]
September 10	Illinois State*	Fairfield Stadium Huntington, WV	L 3–27	12,800	[2]
September 17	at Morehead State*	Jayne Stadium Morehead, KY	W 35–0	9,100	[3]
September 24	at No. 5 Furman	Paladin Stadium Greenville, SC	L 7–33	8,514	[4]
October 1	Western Carolina	Fairfield Stadium Huntington, WV	L 7–21	10,200	[5]
October 8	East Tennessee State	Fairfield Stadium Huntington, WV	W 13–10	7,889	[6]
October 22	at Chattanooga	Chamberlain Field Chattanooga, TN	L 16–23	7,122	[7]
October 29	The Citadel	Fairfield Stadium Huntington, WV	W 26–10	8,788	[8]
November 5	William & Mary*	Fairfield Stadium Huntington, WV	L 24–48	8,808	[9]
November 12	at Appalachian State	Conrad Stadium Boone, NC	L 19–28	8,112	[10]
November 19	VMI	Fairfield Stadium Huntington, WV	W 56–7	6,808	[11]
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from NCAA Division I-AA Football Committee Poll released prior to the game

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