In 1989, the Buffalo Bills were a talented team full of big personalities, including future Hall-of-Famers Jim Kelly, Bruce Smith, Thurman Thomas and Andre Reed. Dysfunction and infighting ran as deep as the talent in their locker room, but the team known as “The Bickering Bills” would soon transform themselves into an elite force. From 1990 through 1993, the Bills went on an unprecedented run of AFC Championship victories, appearing in a record four straight Super Bowls. But what’s been remembered most is how those Super Bowl appearances played out, with the Bills losing all four. Along the way though, the Bills took part in some of the defining NFL moments of the era. Theirs is a heartbreaking tale, yet one that ultimately proves Jim Kelly and the Bills to be among the most perseverant group of players in NFL lore.
운영상의 부정으로 해체되었던 텍사스 주립대 미식 축구팀은 그 후, 대쪽같은 코치 철학의 소유자로 유명한 제네로(Coach Gennero: 헥터 엘리존도 분)를 초빙, 팀을 재창단한다. 팀의 구성원들은, 매경기를 전투처럼 여기고 덤비는 풀백, 헬멧은 여자들이나 하는 것으로 아는 하프백, 센터에 반한 여자 킥커 등 학생 신분의 아마츄어 선수들로 그들의 형편없는 실력에 남감해진 코치는 과거 무적의 쿼터백으로 활약했던 블레이크(Paul Blake: 스콧 바쿨라 분)를 영입키로 한다. 34세의 나이로 아직 풋볼에 미련이 남아있던 블레이크는 옛 스승의 요청을 혼쾌히 수락, 새롭게 선수생활을 시작한다.
The daughter of a star quarterback is falsely accused of drug smuggling while visiting a small Caribbean island. After his attempts to get her out of jail fail, his coach and teammates show up in full football gear and armed to the teeth, ready to free her by any means necessary.