Marshall·Conference USA

2021 — The 2021 Season

Marshall's 2021 season (7-6) is a middle chapter: table-stakes progress, no crown in the ledger, the program still writing the book.

Record 7-6
Final result Bowl season Lost the New Orleans Bowl
AP final — post-bowls
SP+ -0.9 last-week
Era —
The shape of the season · week by week, cumulative W-L below
W @ Navy 49-7 W vs Nort Cen 44-10 L vs East Car 38-42 L @ App Sta 30-31 L @ Midd Ten 28-34 W vs Old Dom 20-13 W @ Nort Tex 49-21 W vs Flor Int 38-0 W @ Flor Atl 28-13 L vs UAB 14-21 W @ Charlo 49-28 L vs West Ken 21-53 L vs Louisi 21-36 Bowl

Who carried it

Season leaders, 2021.

Defining moments
The statement

The 2021 season's largest margin: Marshall 49, Navy 7. A 42-point win — the year's high-water mark.

The setback

The season's deepest loss: Marshall 21, Western Kentucky 53. A 32-point margin the season is remembered by.

The postseason

The season's last act: Marshall fell to Louisiana 21-36 in the postseason.

"We Are Marshall"
— Marshall fanbase voice · 2021· synthesized
What it meant

2021 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.