In 2000 , a bronze memorial to the 1970 plane crash that killed most of the football team was placed on the front of the stadium to the left of the main tower , and the road the stadium is on was renamed " Marshall Memorial Boulevard . " The record attendance was set on September 10 , 2010 at 41,382 in a 24 – 21 overtime loss to West Virginia University
1970 plane crash
Southern Airways Flight 932
Joan C. Edwards Stadium