A dim witted, scrawny fellow from the country finds college full of bullies that trick him into various painful situations with the dean. His wife mistakes him for a prize athlete, and he's put on the football team. The big game includes unusual things like a mud hole on the field and a wasp nest substituting for the ball.
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Johnny Arthur as Horace Hayseed
Wallace Lupino as College Football Captain
John Wayne as Opposing Football Player
Al Thompson as College President
Norman Taurog Director
United States 10 April 1927
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