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Box office. $43.5 million [ 1 ] We Are Marshall is a 2006 American biographical sports drama film directed by McG. It depicts the aftermath of the 1970 plane crash that killed 75 people: 37 players of the Marshall University Thundering Herd football team, five coaches, two athletic trainers, the athletic director, 25 boosters, and the airplane ...
Sep 24, 2023 · In their first game on campus since a plane crash killed most members of the team, Marshall defeats Xavier 15-13 as Reggie Oliver completes a pass to Terry Gardner in the end zone on the game’s final play. The Thundering Heard would win just one more game in their comeback season, posting a record of 2-8. However, after the tragic 1970 season ...
Jun 26, 2023 · The story told in "We Are Marshall" sounds a little like the invention of a screenwriter. An airplane carrying a university football team crashes, killing nearly all of the players, most of the coaching staff and several prominent fans. The university and the close-knit surrounding community are devastated but decide to persevere.
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Feb 27, 2024 · Publish Date: 02/27/2024. Fact checked by: Simon Briffa. The film version of the story of the tragic Marshall Plane crash explores issues in only the most elementary manner, with overwrought dialogue that rarely seems believable. People don’t talk to each other in “We Are Marshall,” they make inspirational speeches.
Nov 13, 2018 · The Warner Bros. Pictures film tells the story of the Marshall University football team after a 1970 plane crash that killed all 75 people aboard, including most of the team members, staff and many fans. Here is a fact vs. fiction Q&A. Q: Did Marshall really have a difficult time recruiting players, and were they really competing with West ...
Nov 13, 2020 · The team lost its first game of the 1971 season but with a last-second touchdown, defeated Ohio’s Xavier University 15-13 in its first home game since the crash. In 2006, a major motion picture was released, We Are Marshall which chronicles the historic return of Marshall's football team.
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Miraculously, Marshall won two games that season, the first one coming on the second game of the schedule, a 15-13 win over Xavier on the last play of the game. Sadly, the film of that milestone ...
