The 1982 Marshall Thundering Herd football team was an American football team that represented Marshall University in the Southern Conference (SoCon) during the 1982 NCAA Division I-AA football season. In its fourth season under head coach Sonny Randle, the team compiled a 3–8 record (1–6 against conference opponents) and played its home games at Fairfield Stadium in Huntington, West Virginia.

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 4	Kent State*	Fairfield Stadium Huntington, WV	W 30–21	16,207	[1]
September 11	Western Michigan*	Fairfield Stadium Huntington, WV	L 0–34	17,188	[2]
September 18	at Toledo*	Glass Bowl Toledo, OH	L 9–17	31,319	[3]
October 2	Chattanooga	Fairfield Stadium Huntington, WV	L 7–17	12,224	[4]
October 8	Appalachian State	Fairfield Stadium Huntington, WV	L 13–21	9,117	[5]
October 16	at Western Carolina	E. J. Whitmire Stadium Cullowhee, NC	L 13–21	5,522	[6]
October 23	Akron*	Fairfield Stadium Huntington, WV	W 12–10	11,714	[7]
October 30	at The Citadel	Johnson Hagood Stadium Charleston, SC	L 7–24	17,850	[8]
November 6	at VMI	Alumni Memorial Field Lexington, VA	W 22–20	5,200	[9]
November 13	No. 7 Furman	Fairfield Stadium Huntington, WV	L 7–45	7,673	[10]
November 20	at East Tennessee State	Memorial Center Johnson City, TN	L 0–28	3,600	[11]
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from NCAA Division I-AA Football Committee Poll released prior to the game

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