When a plane crash claims the lives of members of the Marshall University football team and some of its fans, the team's new coach and his surviving players try to keep the football program alive.
Matthew McConaughey
as Jack Lengyel
Matthew Fox
as Red Dawson
Anthony Mackie
as Nate Ruffin
David Strathairn
as President Dedmon
Ian McShane
as Paul Griffen
Kate Mara
as Annie Cantrell
January Jones
as Carole Dawson
Kate Kneeland
as Ticket Taker
Wes Brown
as Chris Griffen
L. Warren Young
as Mickey Jackson
Andrew Wilson Williams
as David Lengyel
Huntley Ritter
as Randy Linden