Necessary Roughness is a 1991 American sports comedy film about a struggling college football team that has to rebuild with a group of misfits after a scandal. The film was inspired by the real ...

The plot of “Necessary Roughness,” now shooting in Texas, sounds suspiciously similar. There were familiar gridiron faces in “The Longest Yard,” and there will be more in “Necessary ...

Stars Scott Bakula and Kathy Ireland share memories from the making of "Necessary Roughness" as 1991 football comedy turns 30.

“Necessary Roughness” has a number of very good lines scattered throughout the film, so it’s often very funny. Unfortunately, the rest of the time it just plows along. Scott Bakul… ...

Today’s sports movie is the 1991 football comedy classic Necessary Roughness, starring Scott Bakula, Kathy Ireland and Sinbad.

Kathy Ireland is thrilled for Vanderbilt kicker Sarah Fuller, who made history on Saturday when she became the first woman to play in a Power Five.

"Necessary Roughness," no relation to the 1991 college football film, follows a fictionalized Dannenfelser as in-house therapist for the New York Hawks football team.

Stars Scott Bakula and Kathy Ireland share memories from the making of "Necessary Roughness" as 1991 football comedy turns 30.