Bessie and Winston "Slug" Winters are married coaches whose mission is to whip their college football team into shape. Just in time, they discover a hillbilly farmhand and his sister. The hillbilly farmhand's ability to throw melons enables him to become their star passing ace.

Stuart Erwin
as Amos Dodd

Patsy Kelly
as Bessie Winters

Jack Haley
as Slug Winters

Johnny Downs
as Chip Carson

Betty Grable
as Laura Watson

Arline Judge
as Sally Saxon

Dixie Dunbar
as Ginger Jones

Judy Garland
as Sairy Dodd

Tony Martin
as Tommy Barker

James V. Kern
as The Yacht Club Boys