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Overall Rank: 14959

Average Rating: 2.3/4

# of Ratings: 30

Theatrical Release Date: 09/27/1991

Language: English

Genre: Comedy, Sport

MPAA Rating: PG-13

Director: Stan Dragoti

Actors: Scott Bakula, Hector Elizondo, Robert Loggia, Harley Jane Kozak, Sinbad, Larry Miller

Plot: Sanctions force the Texas State University Fightin' Armadillos to lose nearly their entire football team and, without the aid of scholarships, must recruit through their student body. A 34-year-old quarterback, a female soccer star/kicker, a well-muscled science teacher help fill out the 17-person roster - but can they pull it together to make it through the season? -- Chris Kavan

Yojimbo - wrote on 06/05/2012

A fairly run of the mill sports movie with all the cliches in place, but Bakula and Elizondo are always very watchable.

Chris Kavan - wrote on 03/16/2012

Won't win points for originality (how many times have we seen underdog/misfit teams go the distance and win the big game) though this does star an older crowd. If you like sports comedies, you can do worse, so worth checking out if you're a fan of that particular genre, anyway.

Alaine - wrote on 12/16/2011

Not a great movie, but one to watch if you like football...which I do. Old quarterback goes to college that's rebuilding its football team, falls in love with a prof, gives the team some pride. I've seen this several times and always enjoyed it.

The M.O.W.
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This one is not a touchdown, not a fumble either

The M.O.W. - wrote on 08/01/2008

"Paul Blake" (Scott Backula) was a star player on his high school football team with a million-dollar throwing arm. He had a promising college football future until he gave it all up to run the family farm after the death of his father.

Now 34, he gets his chance to play college ball when he is asked to attend Texas State, which has a team that has been destroyed by numerous scandals over the last season that eliminated all but one student (Jason Bateman) from the team.

Now the coaches (Robert Loggia and Hector Elizondo) and "Blake" have to bring the teammates together to turn the team's luck around, while trying to keep TSU's "Dean Elias" (Larry Miller), who tries everything he can to destroy the team since he doesn't even want the sport a part of his school.

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