The 1959 Marshall Thundering Herd football team was an American football team that represented Marshall University in the Mid-American Conference (MAC) during the 1959 college football season.
In its first season under head coach Charlie Snyder, the team compiled a 1–8 record (1–4 against conference opponents), finished in sixth place out of seven teams in the MAC, and was outscored by a total of 343 to 72.
Jim Maddox and Jim O'Conner were the team captains.
[1] The team played its home games at Fairfield Stadium in Huntington, West Virginia.
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