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Melissa Hasty, Director of Campus Ministry, reads the prayer at WSUs Football Memorial 70. This was the 49th annual ceremony in honor of the lives lost during the plane crash.

Wichita State survivors remember the significance of plane crash 49 years later

Marshall Sunner, Sports Editor
October 3, 2019
Freshman quarterback, Jordan Cooper, runs the ball around defenders during the first quarter of the game against the Bulldogs.

Sunner: Heartland Classic proves WSU isn’t ready for football

Marshall Sunner, Sports Editor
September 9, 2019
Eman McNeal, a senior tight end for the Bulldogs, runs the ball to the end zone while senior James Cox, a linebacker, and junior Quante Hayden, a defensive back, move to tackle. The game between the McPherson Bulldogs and the Langston Lions took place on Sept. 7 at Cessna Stadium.

College football makes rare appearance at WSU

Olivia Babin, Reporter
September 9, 2019
Where have all the flowers gone? The tear-filed eyes of this young lady at Memorial services for those killed in last weeks tragedy express the shock and emotion felt by much of the Wichita community. More than 12,000 people came to Cessna Stadium Monday night to pay tribute to those who died. Oct. 9, 1970.

From the archives: Football players, coach and dean perished when ‘Gold’ plane fell

By Mary Mitchell
October 4, 2018
File Photo of the WSU Football helmet.

What ever happened to that football helmet?

Evan Pflugradt, Sports Editor
October 3, 2018
A wreath is placed on Football Memorial 70. Family members of those who died in the plane crash on Oct. 2, 1970, place a wreath on the memorial each year to memorialize the 31 lives lost in the crash.

PHOTOS: University holds memorial service for victims of 1970 plane crash

Evan Pflugradt, Sports Editor
October 2, 2018
Members of the Wichita State community gathered Tuesday morning to mourn the 31 lives lost when a plane carrying members of the Wichita State football team crashed into a mountainside on Oct. 2, 1970. Wichita State memorializes the incident every year at Football Memorial 70.

Wichita State memorializes plane crash that left 31 dead

Evan Pflugradt, Sports Editor
October 2, 2018
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