 MISC: When Lengyel runs out of the house chasing his son and sees  Marshall fans walking to the first 1971 home game against Xavier you  can see the pink and white blooms on the dogwood trees in the  background. The scene for the film was shot in April, a time when  dogwoods are in bloom in W.Va. In reality, however, the actual game  was played in the fall (September 25, 1971) a time when dogwoods are  clearly not in bloom, only the green leaves are visible.