![]() This feel-good Disney film is a bit pat and simplistic (and the assistant coach's football-crazy daughter is downright irritating), but Washington gives the shallow starring role his usual strong effort, Patton is excellent as the passed-over assistant coach, and the scenes between the "boys" are especially memorable. An extra complication involves the white team captain, who is badly injured in an auto accident before the state championship game. Boone's job is not just to win games, but really to make a cohesive team of black and white teenaged boys who are restive and suspicious of one another. The school board hires Boone over longtime white coach Bill Yoast (Patton) mostly as a gesture, not expecting him to succeed and planning to fire him at the first opportunity. ![]() Williams High School football team, the "Titans," in Alexandria, Virginia shortly after the school has been racially integrated in 1971. ![]() Herman Boone (Washington) is appointed head coach of the T.C. ![]()
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