Underdogs (2013 American film)


Underdogs is a 2013 football sports drama film directed by Doug Dearth. The film is loosely based on true events which occurred in and around Canton, Ohio.

Plot

Bobby Burkett is a promising quarterback for a struggling high-school football team. Vince DeAntonio is a former college football offensive coordinator, who abruptly resigned five years earlier, and has now become coach at the high school. The coach realizes the team needs more depth, and recruits several unlikely new players. Over the course of the season, Bobby falls for Renee a cheerleader at a rival high school, who also is the love interest of the rival school's quarterback. Bobby's father, is an inventor who works for the rival quarterback's father. The inventor gets sued by his employer over the intellectual property rights to a new space heater design, and must struggle to keep his invention. The employer's company is also planning to move manufacturing to Mexico, eliminating jobs in the community. The story climaxes in a charity football game between the rival teams, which serves as a rallying point for the inventor's family, the school, and the community.

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