The Marshall Thundering Herd will play Stony Brook (FCS) on August 31, their opening game of the 2024 college football schedule — keep scrolling for the full slate.

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2024 Marshall Game and TV Schedule

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Marshall 2024 Strength of Schedule

• The Thundering Herd will face the 67th-ranked schedule in college football, based on their opponents’ combined win total last year (70).
• According to its opponents’ projected win total this season, Marshall will be playing the 93rd-ranked schedule in terms of difficulty.
• The Thundering Herd are facing the 77th-ranked conference schedule this season (based on their Sun Belt opponents’ combined win total last year).
• Marshall’s schedule includes eight games against teams with winning records in 2023 (two against teams with nine or more wins and two against squads that notched three or fewer wins).
• The Thundering Herd will clash with eight teams in 2024 who played in a bowl game in 2023.

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Marshall Stat Insights (2023)

• The Thundering Herd compiled 358.5 yards per game on offense last season, which ranked them 87th in FBS. On defense, they ranked 63rd, surrendering 376.8 yards per contest.
• Despite having a bottom-25 scoring defense that ranked 41st-worst in FBS last season (28.7 points allowed per game), Marshall played better on the other side of the ball, ranking 103rd in FBS by averaging 22.8 points per game.
• Offensively, the Thundering Herd ranked 62nd in FBS with 226.2 passing yards per game last season. Meanwhile, they ranked 61st in passing yards allowed per contest (221).
• Marshall averaged 132.3 rushing yards per game on offense (95th in FBS) last season, and it ranked 78th on the other side of the ball with 155.8 rushing yards allowed per game.
• While the Thundering Herd ranked 12th-worst in FBS in third-down percentage at 30.9% last season, it was a different story on the other side of the ball, as they ranked 19th-best (32.4% third-down percentage allowed).
• With 18 forced turnovers (58th in FBS) against 29 turnovers committed (131st in FBS), Marshall’s -11 turnover margin was the sixth-worst in college football last season.

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