Continuity mistake: The chalk marks on the football disappear between shots when the coaches are discussing how they need to simplify the offense. The coach wipes the chalk board off with his hands, the grabs the football. The chalk marks are there for a while, but then he throws the ball to the assistant coach and the chalk marks are suddenly gone.
We Are Marshall (2006)
Ending / spoiler
Directed by: McG
Starring: Matthew McConaughey, Anthony Mackie, David Strathairn, Matthew Fox
Marshall wins the game against Xavier University. Jack (Matthew McConaughey) gives the ball to who he considers to be the MVP and gives it to Dedmon. Red (Matthew Fox) leaves the team at the end of the year and is never involved with football ever again. Jack leaves the team some time later and becomes coach at a Naval Academy. Marshall's victory against Xavier is one of the few games they win in the 1971 season but the team improves in the following decades. Ruffin dies in 2001. Gene Morehouse's son also becomes an announcer of Marshall games. Footage of past games is shown at the end. Annie decides to move to California without her boyfriend, Chris, who died in the plane crash. Paul Griffin sells his steel company and ends up doing tours of the 'Young Thundering Herd's locker rooms and the coach's office.
A.J.
More mistakes in We Are Marshall
Jack Lengyel: Don, are you married?
President Dedmon: Yes sir, 25 years this year.
Jack Lengyel: Now, I am going to bet... that you didn't propose over the phone.
President Dedmon: Ummm, no.
Jack Lengyel: And I'm pretty sure, that she didn't accept with a letter.
President Dedmon: Uhhhh.
Jack Lengyel: Don?
President Dedmon: Jack?
Jack Lengyel: Don?
President Dedmon: Jack?
Jack Lengyel: Don... you can do this.
Trivia: Red Dawson has a cameo as the head coach of Morehead State.
Question: Did the Morehead state game against Marshall in 1971 happen as shown in the movie? How did Morehead state score their touchdowns in the actual game?
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Answer: According to Wikipedia: "For the season opener, the team visited the Morehead State Eagles for the I-64 Rivalry. Despite losing 29-6, the [Thundering] Herd (Marshall's team nickname) managed to score late in the game with Reggie Oliver's touchdown pass to Tom Smyth, prompting a standing ovation from the crowd." I have been unable to find a play-by-play account of the Morehead State touchdowns.
Michael Albert