In its inaugural season, the team did not have a coach, and were outscored by their opponents 0–36 in two games.
[1] Marshall would not field a team the following year, returning for the 1897 season.
The Ashland football team outweighed the Marshall squad by an average of 163 pounds to 135.
[2] Kingsbury High School, from Ironton, Ohio,[2] served as the opponents in Marshall's first ever homecoming football game.
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