The Marshall Thundering Herd college football team competes as part of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS), representing Marshall University in the East Division of the Sun Belt Conference (SBC). Since the establishment of the team in 1895, Marshall has appeared in 20 bowl games (officially 19).Bowl/All-Star Game Records, p. 20–21 They have accrued a record of 13–7 (officially 13–6) in their 20 bowl appearances. Their latest bowl win was a victory in the 2022 Myrtle Beach Bowl. Their most recent bowl appearance was a loss in the 2023 Frisco Bowl.

In addition to the below listed bowl games, Marshall withdrew from the 2024 Independence Bowl following a large number of players entering the NCAA transfer portal.

Bowl games +General Bowl game record attendance Former bowl game record attendance

+ Results W Win L Loss

+ List of bowl games showing bowl played in, score, date, season, opponent, stadium, location, attendance, head coach and MVP#BowlScoreDateSeasonOpponentStadiumLocationAttendanceBowl/All-Star Game Records, pp. 32–38Head coachMVP1Tangerine Bowl1947Catawba IndiansTangerine BowlOrlando (End)2Motor City Bowl1997Ole Miss RebelsSilverdomePontiac–3Motor City Bowl1998Louisville CardinalsSilverdomePontiac (QB)4Motor City Bowl1999BYU CougarsSilverdomePontiac (RB)5Motor City Bowl2000Cincinnati BearcatsSilverdomePontiac (QB)6GMAC Bowl2001East Carolina PiratesLadd–Peebles StadiumMobile (QB)7GMAC Bowl2002Louisville CardinalsLadd–Peebles StadiumMobile (QB)8Fort Worth Bowl2004Cincinnati BearcatsAmon G. Carter StadiumFort Worth–9Little Caesars Pizza Bowl2009Ohio BobcatsFord FieldDetroit (RB)10Beef 'O' Brady's Bowl2011FIU PanthersTropicana FieldSt. Petersburg (WR)11Military Bowl2013Maryland TerrapinsNavy–Marine Corps Memorial StadiumAnnapolis (QB)12Boca Raton Bowl2014Northern Illinois HuskiesFAU StadiumBoca Raton (QB)13St. Petersburg Bowl2015Connecticut HuskiesTropicana FieldSt. Petersburg (WR)14New Mexico Bowl2017Colorado State RamsDreamstyle StadiumAlbuquerqueTyre Brady (WR)Channing Hames (DL)15Gasparilla Bowl2018South Florida BullsRaymond James StadiumTampa (RB)16Gasparilla Bowl2019UCF KnightsRaymond James StadiumTampa–17Camellia Bowl2020Buffalo BullsCramton BowlMontgomery–18New Orleans Bowl2021Louisiana Ragin' CajunsCaesars SuperdomeNew Orleans–19Myrtle Beach Bowl2022Connecticut HuskiesBrooks StadiumConway (RB)20Frisco Bowl2023UTSA RoadrunnersToyota StadiumFrisco–

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