In 1970, following almost two decades of losing football seasons, the town of Blytheville, Arkansas decided to hire a new coach. But the Athletic Director warned 'You may not be tough enough to handle him.' A normal AAAA High School has over 100 players, but this new coach ran off most of them. The ones that were left weren't the fastest, nor the strongest. In fact, their starting center was legally blind. And the starting safety weighed 118 pounds. With just a few dozen players, they were put on one of the toughest regimens that any high school team had ever known. They were still small, but suprisingly strong and extremely well-coached. The result: A perfect 10-0 season in 1973. Then disaster struck: A player has an aneurism on the field during two-a-days. Many of the parents ripped their boys from the team, fearing it was the coach's fault. Then, one-by-one, the starting players were taken out with season-ending injuries. So the school board fired the coach. He left town in ...

Starring:

Larry Wright , Charles Akin , Gordon Akin , Jacob Alley , Earnest Bogard , Gary Briley , Brad Coalter , Aiden Combs , Colin Combs , Dennis Davis , Don Davis , Randy Davis , Robert Graham , Joe T. Griffin , Bob Hall

Genre:

Documentary, Biography, History, Sport