35 years ago today ...

On Sept. 25, 1971, Marshall edges Xavier 15-13 before an emotional crowd in Huntington, W.Va. It marks a comeback for head coach Jack Lengyel's Thundering Herd after a chartered plane crash kills 75 players, student-athletes, support staff and alumni on Nov. 14, 1970, en route from a game against East Carolina in Greenville, N.C.

A new Warner Brothers movie, "We Are Marshall", will premier December 22, with Matthew McConaughey (pictured here, on the right) starring as Coach Lengyel and Matthew Fox as assistant Red Dawson (left). The movie follows the team from the air disaster until the epic victory over Xavier less than nine months later. Lengyel has served as a member of the National Football Federation Board of Directors since 1990. To view the movie trailer, link to: www.http://movies.yahoo.com/feature/wearemarshall.html or http://wearemarshall-themovie.warnerbros.com/