Topic: R-H: More than just a game

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Herd to take field tonight to honor victims of plane crash that killed 75

By Gary Fauber
Assistant Sports Editor

Tulsa football coach Bill Blankenship knows all about what this date means to Marshall. What it means to the university, to the community and to the Thundering Herd fans.

Blankenship doesn’t need to see the No. 75 that will adorn the left side of every Marshall helmet on the field at H.A. Chapman Stadium tonight to understand what this game represents.

For the first time in 43 years, the Thundering Herd will play a road game on this date. On this night in 1970, 75 lives were lost as Marshall’s plane crashed as it was returning from North Carolina, where the Herd had lost to East Carolina mere hours before. Everyone on board — coaches, players, support staff and flight crew — was killed in what remains the worst air tragedy in American sports history.

Link: http://www.register-herald.com/collegesports/x1168884545/More-than-just-a-game