1970 Marshall Thundering Herd football team

1970 Marshall Thundering Herd football
Conference	Independent
Record	3–6
Head coach	Rick Tolley (2nd season)
Offensive coordinator	Jim Moss
Defensive coordinator	William "Red" Dawson (3rd season)
Captain	Dave Griffith
Home stadium	Fairfield Stadium
Seasons ← 1969 1971 →

1970 NCAA University Division independents football records
v t e	Conf			Overall
Team	W	L	T	W		L		T
No. 2 Notre Dame		–		10	–	1	–	0
Villanova		–		9	–	2	–	0
No. 16 Air Force		–		9	–	3	–	0
No. 13 Georgia Tech		–		9	–	3	–	0
Boston College		–		8	–	2	–	0
No. 19 Houston		–		8	–	3	–	0
West Virginia		–		8	–	3	–	0
No. 17 Tulane		–		8	–	4	–	0
No. 18 Penn State		–		7	–	3	–	0
West Texas State		–		7	–	3	–	0
Cincinnati		–		7	–	4	–	0
Florida State		–		7	–	4	–	0
Virginia Tech		–		5	–	6	–	0
Syracuse		–		6	–	4	–	0
Dayton		–		5	–	4	–	1
Pittsburgh		–		5	–	5	–	0
Rutgers		–		5	–	5	–	0
Utah State		–		5	–	5	–	0
Colgate		–		5	–	6	–	0
Southern Miss		–		5	–	6	–	0
New Mexico State		–		4	–	6	–	0
Miami (FL)		–		3	–	8	–	0
Northern Illinois		–		3	–	7	–	0
Marshall		–		3	–	6	–	0
Buffalo		–		2	–	9	–	0
Navy		–		2	–	9	–	0
Army		–		1	–	9	–	1
Xavier		–		1	–	9	–	0
Holy Cross		–		0	–	10	–	1

Rankings from AP Poll

Memorial at Spring Hill Cemetery in Huntington, West Virginia to the victims of the 1970 plane crash.

The 1970 Marshall Thundering Herd football team was an American football team that represented Marshall University as an independent during the 1970 NCAA University Division football season. In its second season under head coach Rick Tolley, the team compiled a 3–6 record and was outscored by a total of 202 to 138.^[1] The team played its home games at Fairfield Stadium in Huntington, West Virginia.

On November 14, Southern Airways Flight 932, which was chartered by the school to fly the Thundering Herd football team, coaches, and fans to Kinston, North Carolina for a game against the East Carolina Pirates and back to Huntington, crashed on approach to Tri-State Airport after clipping trees just west of the runway and impacting nose-first into a hollow. All 75 people on board died. 37 of them were members of the football team. It was the worst single air tragedy in NCAA sports history. The tragedy was depicted in the movie We Are Marshall (2006) and the documentary film Marshall University: Ashes to Glory (2000).

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Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 19	Morehead State	Fairfield Stadium Huntington, WV	W 17–7
September 26	at Toledo	Glass Bowl Toledo, OH	L 3–52
October 3	at Xavier	Corcoran Stadium Cincinnati, OH	W 31–14	6,535	^[2]
October 10	Miami (OH)	Fairfield Stadium Huntington, WV	L 12–19
October 17	Louisville	Fairfield Stadium Huntington, WV	L 14–16
October 24	Western Michigan	Fairfield Stadium Huntington, WV	L 3–34
October 31	at Bowling Green	Doyt Perry Stadium Bowling Green, OH	L 24–26
November 7	Kent State	Fairfield Stadium Huntington, WV	W 20–17
November 14	at East Carolina	Ficklen Stadium Greenville, NC (rivalry)	L 14–17	8,711	^[3]
November 21	at Ohio	Peden Stadium Athens, OH	Cancelled		^[4]^[5]

Roster

1970 Marshall Thundering Herd football team roster

Players

Coaches

Offense

Pos.	#	Name	Class
QB	`12`	Bob Harris	Jr
QB	`14`	Ted Shoebridge	Jr
QB	`20`	Rick Lech	Jr
RB	`22`	Art Harris	So
RB/KR	`25`	Kevin Gilmore	Sr
RB	`30`	Dickie Carter	Sr
TE	`35`	Barry Nash	So
OL	`50`	Rick Dardinger	Sr
OL	`51`	Jim Adams	Sr
OL	`52`	Mike Swartley	So
OL	`53`	Wes Hickman	Jr
OL	`54`	Jim Sly	Jr
C	`55`	Dennis Foley	So
C	`59`	Allen Skeens	So
G	`60`	Tom Howard	Jr
OL	`61`	Mark Andrews	Jr
OL	`63`	Jack Crabtree	So
G	`67`	Mike Blake	So
OT	`71`	Bob Patterson	Jr
OT	`73`	Jon Calvin	So
OT	`76`	David DeBord	Sr
WR	`80`	Dennis Blevins	Jr
WR	`82`	Jack Repasy	Jr
WR	`86`	John Young	So
TE	`87`	Freddy Wilson	So

Defense

Pos.	#	Name	Class
DB	`21`	Felix Jordan	So
DB	`25`	Nate Ruffin	Jr
DB	`27`	Roger Childers	So
DL	`31`	Willie Bluford	Jr
RB	`33`	Joe Hood	So
LB	`34`	Art Shannon	Jr
LB	`35`	Dave Cyrus	Sr
DB	`40`	Larry Sanders	Jr
DB	`41`	Bobby Hill	So
DB	`42`	Tony Barile	So
DB	`43`	Stuart Cottrell	So
DB	`44`	Richard Taglang	Jr
DB	`45`	Gary Morgan	So
LB	`56`	Jerry Stainback	Sr
DL	`62`	Tom Zborill	Jr
DL	`64`	Greg Finn	Jr
DL	`65`	Tom Brown	Sr
LB	`68`	Larry Brown	Sr
DL	`70`	Ed Deeds	Jr
DL	`72`	Fred Gaudet	Jr
DL	`74`	Paul Oden	So
DL	`75`	Robert Van Horn	So
DL	`77`	Eddie Carter	So
DL	`79`	David Withers	So
LB	`81`	Dave Griffith	Sr
LB	`83`	Scotty Reese	Jr
DE	`84`	Pete Naputano	Jr
DE	`85`	Roger Vanover	Jr
DE	`88`	Al Saylor	So

Special teams

Pos.	#	Name	Class
PK/P	`23`	Marcelo Lajterman	So
P	`32`	Richard Brautigan	So

Head coach

Coordinators/assistant coaches

Legend

(C) Team captain
(S) Suspended
(I) Ineligible

Injured
Redshirt

Coaching staff

Rick Tolley – Head coach
Jim Moss – Offensive coordinator
Red Dawson – Defensive coordinator
Deke Brackett – Kicking Game
Al Carelli, Jr. – Offensive line
Mickey Jackson – Backfield
Carl Kokor – Defensive line
Frank Loria – Defensive backs

References

^ "2008 Marshall Football Guide" (PDF). Marshall University. 2018. p. 186. Archived from the original (PDF) on February 22, 2022. Retrieved August 25, 2020.
^ "Herd's comeback crushes victory bid by XU, 31–14". The Cincinnati Enquirer. October 4, 1970. Retrieved May 3, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "Marshall beaten by Pirates, 17–14". The News and Observer. November 15, 1970. Retrieved March 2, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "Marshall vs Ohio". Special Collections.
^ "Memories of Marshall; ex-player says shock of crash never ends". The Blade.

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