Marshall·Conference USA

2020 — The 2020 Season

Marshall's 2020 season (7-3) is a middle chapter: table-stakes progress, no crown in the ledger, the program still writing the book.

Record 7-3
Final result Bowl season Lost the Camellia Bowl
AP final #15 post-bowls
SP+ -2.1 last-week
Era —
The shape of the season · week by week, cumulative W-L below
W vs East Ken 59-0 W vs App Sta 17-7 W @ West Ken 38-14 W @ Loui Tec 35-17 W vs Flor Atl 20-9 W vs Massac 51-10 W vs Midd Ten 42-14 L vs Rice 0-20 L vs UAB 13-22 L @ Buffalo 10-17 Bowl

Who carried it

Season leaders, 2020.

Defining moments
The statement

The 2020 season's largest margin: Marshall 59, Eastern Kentucky 0. A 59-point win — the year's high-water mark.

The setback

The season's deepest loss: Marshall 0, Rice 20. A 20-point margin the season is remembered by.

The postseason

The season's last act: Marshall fell to Buffalo 10-17 in the postseason.

"We Are Marshall"
— Marshall fanbase voice · 2020· synthesized
What it meant

2020 is a middle chapter for Marshall — neither a crown year nor a crisis. It is the kind of season that fills the ledger between the named ones and gives the arc its shape.