A football scout tries to get a legendary runner back into the game.
When Rusty Walker, a scout from the Chicago Packers professional football team, hears of the legendary prowess of Harry Lynn, a player from the backwoods of Montana, he treks West to sign the quarterback to his team. He runs into difficulty, however, when Harry, afraid that his sweetheart, Maizie Williams, will marry local boy Handsome Sam, refuses to leave Montana unless Maizie goes with him. Maizie finally consents to accompany Harry to Chicago, and Harry leaves his job as a clerk in Maizie's grocery store for the promise of fame on the field. After proving his prowess on the field by doing difficult training exercises in a fur coat, the cowboy quarterback becomes the sensation of the Packers. When Maizie begins to interfere with the team's routine, Rusty tells Harry that he has learned that Handsome Sam is on his way to Chicago. Harry agrees to have Maizie sent back to Montana. Concerned that Harry have another woman to keep him company, the Packer management fixes him up with femme fatale Evelyn Corey, and Harry quickly falls in love with her. Though Harry decides against mailing a letter informing Maizie of his plans to marry Evelyn, his roommate, Steve Adams, finds the letter and mails it for him. Later, when Harry discovers Evelyn in Rusty's arms, she announces her plans to marry Rusty. Harry returns to his room, learns that Steve has mailed the letter and rushes to the airport to intercept it before it goes out. He fails and goes to a gambling house to drink away his sorrows. Not realizing he was gambling for keeps, Harry finds himself out five thousand dollars. When the gambling racketeers try to make Harry settle his debt by fixing the next Packers game, he becomes outraged. A fight breaks out and Harry is jailed. Steve summons Maizie back to Chicago, who arrives with Handsome Sam. Because Handsome Sam has forgotten to give her Harry's letter, Maizie is oblivious to his affair with Evelyn and pays Harry's bail. Needing to redeem himself and repay Maizie's money, Harry begs the coach to play him during the last minutes of the Packers' game against the Ramblers, despite his signed agreement with the racketeers that he not play. The coach sends in his star, who rescues the the Packers from near defeat. Just before Handsome Sam hands Harry's letter to Maizie, Harry grabs it and orders the team to tackle it and run, thus preventing Maizie from ever knowing that his love for her had waivered.