A long slapstick chase sequence ensues, ending with Spinner and Crankcase are apprehended and Gus being airlifted to the Super Bowl and helping Andy and the Atoms win the game in the fourth quarter.
When the two criminals watch the game on TV, Gus goes wild and escapes. At the Super Bowl, Gus' handler Andy quickly realizes the mule he has is not Gus, and he and Cooper leave by helicopter to search for Gus. With the Atoms headed to the Super Bowl, Spinner and Crankcase steal Gus and replace him with an ordinary mule. Crankcase and Spinner cause the Atoms to lose two games, but the Atoms still make the playoffs. Gwynn and Wilson, realizing their deal with Cooper is backfiring, hire two incompetent criminals named Crankcase and Spinner to stop Gus from playing and make the team lose. The Atoms go on to win their next few games thanks to Gus, and move to first place in their division. After Gus is a hit in his first halftime show, Cooper and Venner decide to put him in the game as a place kicker. His secretary, Debbie, sees a story in her parents' Yugoslavian newspaper about Gus, a mule who can play football. When Cooper tells them he cannot pay his debts, the bookies give him a last chance bet: if the Atoms win the upcoming Super Bowl, all gambling debts will be forgiven, but if they do not win, Gwynn and Wilson will take ownership of the team.ĭesperate to draw in fans, team owner Hank Cooper looks for a great half time show. Team owner Hank Cooper is deeply in debt to two bookmakers named Charles Gwynn and Cal Wilson. The California Atoms are the worst team in the NFL and have not won a game in years.
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