1957 Marshall Thundering Herd football team

The 1957 Marshall Thundering Herd football team was an American football team that represented Marshall University in the Mid-American Conference (MAC) during the 1957 college football season. In its fifth season under head coach Herb Royer, the team compiled a 6–3 record (4–2 against conference opponents), finished in third place out of seven teams in the MAC, and outscored opponents by a total of 120 to 112. Jim Simpson and Herb Hess were the team captains.^[1] The team played its home games at Fairfield Stadium in Huntington, West Virginia.

Date	Opponent	Site	Result
September 21	West Virginia State*	Fairfield Stadium Huntington, WV	W 12–7
September 28	Morehead State*	Fairfield Stadium Huntington, WV	W 21–0
October 5	at Western Michigan	Waldo Stadium Kalamazoo, MI	W 12–7
October 12	at Toledo	Glass Bowl Toledo, OH	W 14–7
October 19	Kent State	Fairfield Stadium Huntington, WV	W 7–6
October 26	Ohio	Fairfield Stadium Huntington, WV (rivalry)	W 34–28
November 2	at Xavier*	Xavier Stadium Cincinnati, OH	L 0–18
November 9	at Miami (OH)	Miami Field Oxford, OH	L 13–25
November 16	Bowling Green	Fairfield Stadium Huntington, WV	L 7–14
*Non-conference game Homecoming

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