<Tr> <Th> Budget </Th> <Td> $65 million </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Box office </Th> <Td> $43.5 million </Td> </Tr> <P> We Are Marshall is a 2006 American historical drama biopic film directed by McG . It depicts the aftermath of the 1970 plane crash that killed 75 people: 37 football players on the Marshall University Thundering Herd football team, along with five coaches, two athletic trainers, the athletic director, 25 boosters, and a crew of five . </P> <P> Matthew McConaughey stars as head coach Jack Lengyel, with Matthew Fox as assistant coach William "Red" Dawson, David Strathairn as university president Donald Dedmon, and Robert Patrick as ill - fated Marshall head coach Rick Tolley . Then - governor of Georgia Sonny Perdue has a cameo role as an East Carolina University football coach . </P>

Football team that died in plane crash in a movie