The 1986 Marshall Thundering Herd football team was an American football team that represented Marshall University in the Southern Conference (SoCon) during the 1986 NCAA Division I-AA football season. In its first season under head coach George Chaump, the team compiled a 6–4–1 record (3–3 against conference opponents) and played its home games at Fairfield Stadium in Huntington, West Virginia.

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Date	Opponent	Rank	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
August 30	West Virginia Tech*		Fairfield Stadium Huntington, WV	W 42–0
September 6	Morehead State*		Fairfield Stadium Huntington, WV	L 10–19
September 13	at Ohio*		Peden Stadium Athens, OH (rivalry)	W 21–7
September 20	No. 11 Eastern Kentucky*		Fairfield Stadium Huntington, WV	T 13–13
September 27	No. 3 Furman		Fairfield Stadium Huntington, WV	L 10–38	12,279	[1]
October 4	at VMI		Alumni Memorial Field Lexington, VA	W 16–9	7,000	[2]
October 18	at East Tennessee State		Memorial Center Johnson City, TN	W 34–19
October 25	Davidson		Fairfield Stadium Huntington, WV	W 63–14	12,130	[3]
November 1	Chattanooga	No. 20	Fairfield Stadium Huntington, WV	W 41–20	11,011
November 8	No. 7 Appalachian State	No. 17	Fairfield Stadium Huntington, WV	L 17–27	12,285	[4]
November 15	at Western Carolina		E. J. Whitmire Stadium Cullowhee, NC	L 20–33
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from NCAA Division I-AA Football Committee Poll released prior to the game

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