De TEXAS STATE ARMADILLOS zijn vierde van onderen in het football-klassement en lijken kansloos nadat zij door een corruptieschandaal bijna waren uitgerangeerd. Dan wordt de oprechte Ed Gennero aangesteld als coach, met de opdracht een compleet nieuw team te vormen. Voor de positie van quarterback verlaat Gennero zich op Paul Blake, een 34-jarige voormalige high school football-ster die na zijn eindexamen niet verder is gekomen dan de boerderij van zijn familie. Blake gooit nog steeds als de beste, maar is hij in staat te scoren in een team met een Samoerai-aanvaller, een stuntelige vanger en een Samoaanse leider die alleen oog heeft voor de place-kicker?
Nee, helaas is Necessary Roughness nog niet beschikbaar op Netflix in Nederland.
| Directing | Stan Dragoti | Director |
| Production | Mindy Marin | Casting |
| Costume & Make-Up | Dan Moore | Costume Design |
| Editing | John Wright | Editor |
| Directing | John Hockridge | First Assistant Director |
| Camera | Zade Rosenthal | Still Photographer |
| Crew | Allan Graf | Stunt Coordinator |
| Production | Lis Kern | Associate Producer |
| Production | Mace Neufeld | Producer |
| Editing | Steve Mirkovich | Editor |
| Sound | Bill Conti | Original Music Composer |
| Art | Paul Peters | Production Design |
| Camera | Peter Stein | Director of Photography |
| Production | Hawk Koch | Executive Producer |
| Production | Robert Rehme | Producer |
| Camera | David Knox | Camera Operator |
| Production | Edwin 'Itsi' Atkins | Unit Production Manager |
| Sound | Tom Nelson | Production Sound Mixer |
| Sound | Keith Gardner | Boom Operator |
| Camera | Mark Van Loon | Camera Operator |
| Directing | H. Bud Otto | Script Supervisor |
| Directing | Joseph J. Kontra | Second Assistant Director |
| Camera | Chris Hayes | Camera Operator |
| Art | Lynn Wolverton-Parker | Set Decoration |
| Lighting | Robert Dracup | Chief Lighting Technician |
| Costume & Make-Up | Mary Ann Valdes | Hairstylist |
| Directing | Terri Martin | Second Second Assistant Director |
| Costume & Make-Up | Jeanie L. D'Iorio | Assistant Makeup Artist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Gail Freeman | Assistant Makeup Artist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Stephen M. Chudej | Costumer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Coree Lear | Makeup Artist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Janet Lucas Lawler | Costume Supervisor |
| Editing | Bob Putynkowski | Color Timer |
| Art | John Parker | Leadman |
| Editing | Kathy Virkler | Assistant Editor |
| Sound | Matthew Sawelson | Dialogue Editor |
| Sound | Ralph Osborn | Dialogue Editor |
| Sound | Bob Baron | ADR Mixer |
| Crew | Jack Bennett | Special Effects |
| Sound | Gary Lewis | Dialogue Editor |
| Sound | David Passick | Music Supervisor |
| Costume & Make-Up | Fred Lackey III | Assistant Hairstylist |
| Art | Mike Parsons | Property Master |
| Editing | Timothy Alverson | Assistant Editor |
| Sound | Adam Sawelson | Dialogue Editor |
| Sound | Tom Perry | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Sound | Joe Earle | Sound Editor |
| Sound | Sarah Monat | Foley Artist |
| Production | Allison Bauer | Casting Associate |
| Crew | Joe D. Anderson | Transportation Coordinator |
| Sound | J. Paul Huntsman | Supervising Sound Editor |
| Crew | Cotton Mather | Stunts |
| Sound | Marty Church | Foley Mixer |
| Production | Oona Villarreal | Assistant Location Manager |
| Crew | Jane E. Russell | Unit Publicist |
| Production | Amy Jill Wallace | Assistant Production Coordinator |
| Production | Rody Kent | Local Casting |
| Sound | Ken Kushnick | Music Supervisor |
| Sound | Ellen Heuer | Foley Artist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Barry Kellogg | Key Costumer |
| Sound | John Haeny | Sound Editor |
| Sound | Steve Livingston | Music Editor |
| Sound | Jeff Rosen | Foley Editor |
| Sound | Paul Massey | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Art | Robert E. Parsons | Assistant Property Master |
| Sound | Avram D. Gold | ADR Editor |
| Sound | Jonathan Klein | Foley Editor |
| Crew | Danny Carpenter | Transportation Coordinator |
| Sound | Mary Andrews | Supervising ADR Editor |
| Sound | Robin Harlan | Foley Artist |
| Crew | Jack Bennett | Special Effects |
| Crew | Danny Epper | Stunts |
| Editing | Bobby Bell | Assistant Editor |
| Sound | Pat McCormick | Dialogue Editor |
| Crew | Robert L. Davis | Transportation Captain |
| Costume & Make-Up | Nadine Reimers | Costumer |
| Editing | Wayne Wahrman | Additional Editor |
| Sound | Lee De Carlo | Scoring Mixer |
| Production | Debbie Schwab | Production Coordinator |
| Crew | Curtis Lupo | Stunts |
| Crew | Rex Pierson | Stunts |
| Camera | Bill Floyd | First Assistant Camera |
| Crew | Steve Hart | Stunts |
| Camera | Allan Westbrook | First Assistant Camera |
| Crew | Rusty McClennon | Stunts |
| Crew | Ben Scott | Stunts |
| Directing | Allan Graf | Second Unit Director |
| Crew | Eric Norris | Stunts |
| Crew | Lynette Gowrie | Stunts |
| Crew | Gary Morgan | Stunts |
| Camera | John Patrick Smith | Second Assistant Camera |
| Sound | Robert Glass | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Sound | Jack Eskew | Orchestrator |
| Production | Barbara Blanchette | Extras Casting |
| Art | E.W. Bradford | Construction Coordinator |
| Camera | Michael D. O'Shea | Second Unit Director of Photography |
| Crew | Pamela Minick | Stunts |
| Crew | Steve Buster | Stunts |
| Crew | David Rowden | Stunts |
| Crew | Gerard 'Gus' Williams | Stunts |
| Production | Janis Burklund | Location Manager |
| Editing | Theresa Repola Mohammed | Negative Cutter |
| Crew | Holly Ricker | Stunts |
| Crew | Jeff Jensen | Stunts |
| Crew | Bill McIntosh | Stunts |
| Art | Gretchen Goetz | Set Dresser |
| Crew | William Washington | Stunts |
| Crew | Dick Dial | Stunts |
| Camera | Christopher Keen | Second Assistant Camera |
| Art | Robert Alcala | Set Dresser |
| Crew | Sandy Berumen | Stunts |
| Crew | Diamond Farnsworth | Stunts |
| Crew | Randy Fife | Stunts |
| Art | Edward M. Shewmake | Set Dresser |
| Writing | Rick Natkin | Writer |
| Writing | David Fuller | Writer |
