- While attending a high-school reunion, Ralph discovers that the wife of a famous pro football player is held hostage to ensure her husband will throw the big game.
- Bill (Robert Culp) is watching football, gushing over the QB Price Cobb (Stephen Shortridge). Ralph (William Katt) mentions that he knows Price, but Bill doesn't believe him. Ralph shows Bill his class reunion notice, which includes Price's phone number.
Bill gets a call from his peer, and they set off to chase down bad guys. Ralph stops the escaping car, and they return to his place an take a call from Price, who invites them to his practice. Ralph wants to rent a limo to impress his high school buddies.
Price is visited by mob muscle, who tells him he has to throw the game. Bill, Pam (Connie Sellecca) and Ralph arrive at the practice. Bill is awestruck, and Price invites Bill to the reunion. Ralph kicks a football, and the coaches (Dick Butkus and Claude Earl Jones) are impressed. Bill spots Price talking to a gambler, and Ralph flies off to investigate. A helicopter almost hits him, and he loses the car.
That afternon, Bill arrives in a purple limo to take Pam and Ralph to the reunion. Ralph is met by an old girlfriend, and Pam is jealous. Ralph's friends are more interested in Pam, and Ralph's story about helping Price pass algebra gets little attention. Bill gets mistaken for a substitute teacher, and when Price arrives, he confronts Price, who shoves him and leaves. Bill comandeers the purple limo and gives chase while Ralph looks for a place to change.
Ralph chases Price down and stops his car from going over the edge of a cliff. He sees Price's wife Wendy being held hostage, but can't see where she's being held. Ralph, Pam and Bill go to Price's house during the game, and Ralph scrys Wendy Cobb (Heather Lowe). Pam gets inside posing as the Red Cross, and Bill and Ralph bust in and corral the bad guys.
Ralph flies back to the stadium and tells Price that Wendy is ok. He puts Price's uniform on and goes into the game as the QB, making key plays to win the game. Price honors Ralph as a friend on TV.
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