Necessary Roughness (1991)

Directed by

Stan Dragoti

Genre

comedy film, American football film

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 44m

Rated

PG-13

Rating

5.5 of 10 from 138 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A college football team loses its players and coaches due to a scandal. A new coach and a group of misfits try to turn the team around and win games.

light-heartedunderdogcomedicupliftingslapsticksports-themedbreezy90s vibe

What happens

Necessary Roughness is a 1991 American sports comedy film directed by Stan Dragoti. The film stars Scott Bakula, Héctor Elizondo, Robert Loggia, and Harley Jane Kozak. Co-stars include Larry Miller, Sinbad, Jason Bateman, Kathy Ireland, Rob Schneider, and Fred Dalton Thompson. The film touches on an up-and-coming season at the (then) fictional higher learning institution of Texas State University and its football team nicknamed the Fighting Armadillos. (At the time the film was made, there was no Texas State University, but in 2003, Southwest Texas State University changed its name to Texas State University, nicknamed the Bobcats, which coincidentally was the "season opener" opponent of the fictional Texas State Armadillos.) The once-powerful Armadillos are forced to start the season with a host of new coaches and players after the previous staff and all but one player, Charlie Banks, are banned following a scandal. This predicament is based on the "death penalty" handed out to the Southern Methodist University football team for violations very similar to the ones found at the fictional Texas State. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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