<P> On the evening of November 14 , 1970 , Southern Airways Flight 932 , a McDonnell Douglas DC - 9 chartered by Marshall University to transport the Thundering Herd football team back to Huntington , West Virginia following their 17 -- 14 defeat to the East Carolina University Pirates , clips trees on a ridge just one mile short of the runway at Tri-State Airport in Ceredo , West Virginia , and crashes into a nearby gully , killing all 75 people on board . </P>
<P> On the evening of November 14 , 1970 , Southern Airways Flight 932 , a McDonnell Douglas DC - 9 chartered by Marshall University to transport the Thundering Herd football team back to Huntington , West Virginia following their 17 -- 14 defeat to the East Carolina University Pirates , clips trees on a ridge just one mile short of the runway at Tri-State Airport in Ceredo , West Virginia , and crashes into a nearby gully , killing all 75 people on board . </P>
where does the movie we are marshall take place
where does the movie we are marshall take place
Marshall University Huntington , West Virginia
Marshall University Huntington , West Virginia