The 2005 Marshall Thundering Herd football team represented

Marshall University Marshall University is a public university, public research university in Huntington, West Virginia, United States. It was founded in 1837 and is named after John Marshall, the fourth Chief Justice of the United States, chief justice of the Uni ...

in the

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. Marshall was led by first-year head coach

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and played their home games at

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. This marked the Herd's inaugural season as a member of

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and the C-USA East Division after spending the previous 8 seasons as a member of the

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Schedule

References

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Marshall Thundering Herd football seasons

Marshall Thundering Herd football The Marshall Thundering Herd football team is an intercollegiate varsity sports program of Marshall University. The team represents the university as a member of the Sun Belt Conference East Division of the National Collegiate Athletic Associat ...

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