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Game pressure gives Hayden a facial tic before a national telecast.

Hayden pressures Kelly to date his star player, whom she finds very attractive -- until he tells her he is gay.

Luther and Hayden have vastly different views on the reasons for the team's success.

Convinced that Hayden deliberately sold him a broken-down truck, Luther reports Hayden to a TV consumer reporter.

Hayden consoles a wealthy alumnus' widow to secure a substantial donation.

On the day of the Pioneer Bowl, an accident puts Luther in the hospital with a concussion -- but the team wins the National Championship anyway.

Cash-poor Hayden buys Christine's engagement ring from a cut-rate jeweler/dentist.

When Hayden secretly recruits a top quarterback, Christine blabs to a sportscaster.

On his first trip to Las Vegas, athletic director Howard wants to sow some wild oats.

Whiny, well-meaning Stuart nearly drives Hayden to murder on a ski trip with Christine and Kelly.

Hayden seeks Luther's companionship while Christine works on the weekend, and while she is away nearly destroys her apartment.

Hayden loses Luther's prized bird while the assistant coach vacations.

Hayden's enthusiasm for fund-raising threatens Luther's romance with wealthy widow Mrs. Rizzendough.

Hayden impresses Judy's parents when he saves their pet poodle.

Hayden gets jealous when the university president woos a basketball coach from Boston with promises of grandiose perks.

Hayden tries to discourage a scrawny, unpopular student who wants to try out for the football team, and Christine schools him in the art of gaining popularity.

Christine persuades Luther to have lunch with the reconciling best friend who stole his girl 37 years ago.

An opposing player is badly hurt after Hayden encourages rough play.

Hayden feuds with the girls' basketball coach, Dauber's new flame.

Luther complains to Hayden about the lack of recognition for his contribution to the team's success -- then must face the media when the team loses.

Hayden and Luther get stranded out of town the night Hayden is to escort Christine to an awards banquet in her honor.

Christine fixes Luther up with a friend.

Hayden detests Kelly's new boyfriend.

Hayden is tempted by an offer to coach a professional team, but fears that its eccentric owner would make all the big decisions herself.

Hayden receives an oddball inheritance from an acquaintance.

Hayden reluctantly allows archrival Watkins to sit in on his poker night.

Anti-fun Riley Pringle of the Conduct Committee joins Hayden in supervising Dauber's season-ending party.

When Hayden refuses to accompany Christine to the opera, she asks her old flame, and a predictably jealous Hayden follows them in disguise.

When Hayden objects to Kelly spending all her time in Wisconsin with her new family, Kelly forces her father to meet her in-laws.

When Hayden discovers Christine's salary dwarfs his own, he decides to make extra cash as a spokesperson for an athletic supporter company.

Hayden feels threatened when Christine dates another.

Hayden believes the new president of Minnesota State is a woman with whom he once had a fling.

Hayden tries to restrain his jealousy over Christine's on-air romance with her new co-star in the coffee commercial.

Christine wants all her belongings out of Hayden's house, and Luther might move in next door.

When Hayden has to miss a game because of a bad tooth, Luther must coach via phone instructions from him.

A losing streak makes Hayden unpleasant company for Christine.

Dateless for a charity ball, Hayden flashes back four years to when he first met Christine, at the same affair.

Hayden meets his idols at a conference, but his dreams of swimming with the big fishes drown in a sea of anonymity.

Hayden suspends Luther for 30 days for gambling when he bets against the team and wins a steak at the Touchdown Club; but Luther think he has been fired, and takes another job.

Hayden's plans for an evening of dinner and dancing go awry when Christine resists leaving their baby at home.

Hayden is rattled when he and Christine agree to watch an infant for the weekend.

The playbook falls into enemy hands on the eve of Hayden's biggest game.

Although Hayden needs a victory in his last game for a winning season, he may be forced to bench his star player for skipping practice.

Hayden's photograph appears on the cover of Sports Illustrated after his team is ranked in the top 20.

Hayden forsakes football with the guys to meet Christine's antique-dealer friend.

Even at a victory party, and with Elaine trying to seduce him, Hayden remains depressed over his breakup with Christine.

When Hayden passes on the chance to write a memoir of his failures with the Breakers, Luther makes a play for writing it himself -- without Hayden's involvement -- then discovers the topic is living with losing.

When Luther's pet monkey bites Hayden, he, Howard and the rest of the coaching staff are quarantined for fear of an outbreak of some kind of "lethal monkey virus."

Hayden rallies support for the team after Doris decides to move the Breakers to Los Angeles.

Hayden and Christine go on a Caribbean cruise to get away from it all, but can't seem to steer clear of a wealthy eccentric, who makes a surprising offer.

Hayden hires an image consultant who sets out to make him a superstar.

Hayden blames Christine for his sexist attitude toward an attractive co-worker.

Luther and Ruthanne try to help each other shed bad habits.

A letter from a European prospect inspires Hayden to go on an international recruiting trip -- to a country that's under martial law.

Hayden tries to befriend former Dallas Cowboys coach Jimmy Johnson -- but his efforts go to the dogs when Johnson's Super Bowl ring is eaten by Luther's dog.

Against Hayden's advice, Christine attends a bachelorette party thrown by Ruthanne and gets into trouble.

Hayden attempts to recruit Tyler Roberts, the country's top high-school football player from Note Dame.

Hayden stands up in court for Luther's defendant dog Quincy, who bit the MSU bandleader; Christine dozes during Hayden's advances.

Kelly and Dauber decide to keep their relationship a secret from Hayden, but fate throws a monkey wrench into their plans.

An old girlfriend's visit rekindles Dauber's feelings and jeopardizes his relationship with Judy.

Hayden regrets sponsoring Luther's harebrained investment in ""Turtle World"" when he learns that the animals featured in the attraction are dying in captivity.

Just before a big bowl game, a rumor breaks out that Hayden may be taking a job in the pros.

Hayden's team plays in the Patriot Bowl under horrendous conditions.

Hayden kicks himself for agreeing to coach at a football "fantasy camp," but Luther and Dauber can't wait to have their team go up against his in the final game.

Hayden tries to convince Christine that she does not need a face-lift to improve her chances in a job search.

Hayden loses his appetite when Christine invites soon-to-be-fired player Matt Luba over for dinner.

Luther reveals his true opinion of Christine following a close brush with death.

Hayden is thrilled when Kelly receives a large check from her ex-husband, until he learns her plans for the money.

Hayden is rattled as he tries to nurse his new team to victory, even as Christine announces she wants to have a baby.

Hayden and Dauber buy motorcycles.

Hayden begins wearing a special device to increase his sperm count. As a Valentine's gift he goes on Christine's TV show, where his special device leaks on camera.

When Hayden's daughter Kelly brings home new boyfriend Peter, Hayden is appalled to learn that Peter is the same age as Hayden.

Hayden and Christine decide to try adoption but learn that their ages may complicate the process; a new secretary puts Luther and Dawber under her spell.

While Hayden waffles over helping Howard search for a new job, the coaches see a window of opportunity for scoring their first win of the season.

The father of the unborn baby whom Hayden and Christine plan to adopt comes back into Julie's life.

Hayden must confront his inept gardener when all the plants in the yard start to die; but when Hayden fires him, he gets a chilly reception from Luther, who thinks the daffy worker deserved a second chance.

When Luther burns himself at Hayden's barbecue, he skewers his host with a multimillion-dollar lawsuit for negligence.

In this very special episode which analogizes nine years of relationships between friends and family, Dauber believes he is contacted by aliens, and he considers leaving the Breakers, Orlando and Earth.

Howard and Shirley give Timothy a doll, but Luther feels the boy should have more masculine influences.

Hayden hires Kelly's roommate to act as his daughter when Kelly refuses to attend his Father of the Year banquet.

After a one-night stand with Hayden's 60-year-old secretary, Luther is too ashamed to face her the next morning.

Luther begins questioning the relationship when his romance with Lorraine heats up.

Christine gingerly suggests that she and Hayden visit a fertility clinic.

Hayden and Christine have lukewarm reactions to Luther's outrageously uninhibited date.

Hayden unwittingly splits Kelly and Stuart when he reluctantly accepts a dinner invitation and enjoys the floor show supplied by the bickering couple.

Luther spends more time with Ruthanne and less with Hayden.

Hayden and Christine's third attempt to get married includes plans for a wedding in the woods in a church that's due for demolition.

Fed up with trying to increase his fertility, Hayden looks into getting a sperm donor -- quarterback Troy Aikman.

Hayden and Luther try to iron out their differences over Luther's relationship with Doris. Meanwhile, in spite of the team's losing season, the coaching staff perks up.

Hayden's insecurity gets the better of him when an obnoxious mother boasts that her baby girl -- who's just a few days older than Tim -- can already walk and talk. So the coach tries to bring Tim up to speed.

Hayden wins his first football game of the year and proposes to Christine on his new live television show.

Howard's wife Shirley comes to work in the athletic department as his temporary secretary and drives him crazy; Luther and Dauber fight to keep their favorite cereal alive.

Hayden is set to star in a coffee commercial with Christine, but his part is recast; Luther decides to write a screenplay.

Luther is offered the job of head football coach at nearby small Aberdeen college.

Luther is embarrassed to confess his new job: managing a miniature golf course.

A Valentine's Day dinner gives three couples heartburn when Hayden's efforts to fix up a lovelorn Dauber entirely miss their mark.

Christine needs to cheer up Hayden after a doctor connects his diminished sex drive to "male menopause."

Dauber turns a deaf ear to Hayden's advice while choosing a new car, and winds up with a model that he can't afford.