In Urbania, Ohio, snobby
ex-football star Kevin O'Shea conducts try-outs for the town's
Peewee football team, the Urbania Cowboys, which will compete for a
chance at the state Peewee football playoffs. Kevin slights his
younger brother Danny O'Shea by rejecting Danny's daughter Becky
"Icebox" O'Shea, who is a good player. Kevin rejected her simply
because she's a girl. Becky and some of her friends, boys who were
also rejected, get the idea to start up their own team, to be
coached by Danny. After Kevin tries to put a stop to that plan,
Danny gets Kevin to agree to a game to decide which team will
represent Urbania, because each town is allowed only one team.
Danny and Becky scour the town in search of willing players, and
they gather a crew of kids who have limited skills and no team
spirit. They luck out when Becky discovers Junior Floyd expertly
passing rolls of toilet paper right into a shopping cart at the
supermarket, as though he's passing a football. With Becky and
Junior on board, the new team, the Giants, has a chance to make a
good showing, and they begin their training. But low morale
continually threatens to break up the team. A chance visit by
former NFL football coach John Madden and four NFL football stars
-- Steve Entman, Bruce Smith, Emmitt Smith, and Tim Brown -- leaves
the team with several tips on how to create an advantage. Becky
develops a crush on Junior Floyd, and she's jealous when her
cheerleader cousin Debbie flirts with Junior. Becky decides to
compete for Junior on equal terms, so she puts on make-up and a
cheerleader outfit, joining the cheerleaders and abandoning the
team. But the Cowboys will be coming into the game with a vicious
new player named Spike Hammersmith. Will Becky be there for the
team if they need her?
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