When the Texas Southern Armadillos football team is disqualified for cheating and poor grades, the University is forced to pick from a team that actually goes to school. Will they even win a single game?
Unfortunately the movie Necessary Roughness is not yet available on HBO Max.
| Directing | Stan Dragoti | Director |
| Writing | Rick Natkin | Writer |
| Writing | David Fuller | Writer |
| Production | Mindy Marin | Casting |
| Costume & Make-Up | Dan Moore | Costume Design |
| Sound | Bill Conti | Original Music Composer |
| Editing | John Wright | Editor |
| Editing | Steve Mirkovich | Editor |
| Art | Paul Peters | Production Design |
| Camera | Peter Stein | Director of Photography |
| Production | Hawk Koch | Executive Producer |
| Production | Mace Neufeld | Producer |
| Production | Robert Rehme | Producer |
| Crew | Allan Graf | Stunt Coordinator |
| Production | Edwin 'Itsi' Atkins | Unit Production Manager |
| Directing | John Hockridge | First Assistant Director |
| Directing | Joseph J. Kontra | Second Assistant Director |
| Production | Lis Kern | Associate Producer |
| Art | Lynn Wolverton-Parker | Set Decoration |
| Camera | Mark Van Loon | Camera Operator |
| Camera | David Knox | Camera Operator |
| Camera | Chris Hayes | Camera Operator |
| Camera | Zade Rosenthal | Still Photographer |
| Sound | Keith Gardner | Boom Operator |
| Sound | Tom Nelson | Production Sound Mixer |
| Directing | H. Bud Otto | Script Supervisor |
| Lighting | Robert Dracup | Chief Lighting Technician |
| Costume & Make-Up | Coree Lear | Makeup Artist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Mary Ann Valdes | Hairstylist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Gail Freeman | Assistant Makeup Artist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Jeanie L. D'Iorio | Assistant Makeup Artist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Fred Lackey III | Assistant Hairstylist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Barry Kellogg | Key Costumer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Janet Lucas Lawler | Costume Supervisor |
| Costume & Make-Up | Stephen M. Chudej | Costumer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Nadine Reimers | Costumer |
| Directing | Terri Martin | Second Second Assistant Director |
| Art | Mike Parsons | Property Master |
| Art | Robert E. Parsons | Assistant Property Master |
| Editing | Wayne Wahrman | Additional Editor |
| Art | John Parker | Leadman |
| Editing | Timothy Alverson | Assistant Editor |
| Editing | Kathy Virkler | Assistant Editor |
| Editing | Bobby Bell | Assistant Editor |
| Sound | J. Paul Huntsman | Supervising Sound Editor |
| Sound | Joe Earle | Sound Editor |
| Sound | John Haeny | Sound Editor |
| Sound | Mary Andrews | Supervising ADR Editor |
| Sound | Avram D. Gold | ADR Editor |
| Sound | Jonathan Klein | Foley Editor |
| Sound | Jeff Rosen | Foley Editor |
| Sound | Adam Sawelson | Dialogue Editor |
| Sound | Matthew Sawelson | Dialogue Editor |
| Sound | Gary Lewis | Dialogue Editor |
| Sound | Pat McCormick | Dialogue Editor |
| Sound | Ralph Osborn | Dialogue Editor |
| Sound | Ken Kushnick | Music Supervisor |
| Sound | David Passick | Music Supervisor |
| Sound | Steve Livingston | Music Editor |
| Sound | Bob Baron | ADR Mixer |
| Sound | Marty Church | Foley Mixer |
| Sound | Robin Harlan | Foley Artist |
| Sound | Ellen Heuer | Foley Artist |
| Sound | Sarah Monat | Foley Artist |
| Sound | Paul Massey | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Sound | Robert Glass | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Sound | Tom Perry | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Sound | Lee De Carlo | Scoring Mixer |
| Sound | Jack Eskew | Orchestrator |
| Production | Janis Burklund | Location Manager |
| Production | Oona Villarreal | Assistant Location Manager |
| Crew | Jane E. Russell | Unit Publicist |
| Production | Debbie Schwab | Production Coordinator |
| Production | Amy Jill Wallace | Assistant Production Coordinator |
| Production | Barbara Blanchette | Extras Casting |
| Production | Allison Bauer | Casting Associate |
| Art | E.W. Bradford | Construction Coordinator |
| Crew | Danny Carpenter | Transportation Coordinator |
| Crew | Joe D. Anderson | Transportation Coordinator |
| Crew | Robert L. Davis | Transportation Captain |
| Editing | Theresa Repola Mohammed | Negative Cutter |
| Editing | Bob Putynkowski | Color Timer |
| Crew | Jack Bennett | Special Effects |
| Crew | Jack 'Deuce' Bennett II | Special Effects |
| Production | Rody Kent | Local Casting |
| Directing | Allan Graf | Second Unit Director |
| Camera | Michael D. O'Shea | Second Unit Director of Photography |
| Crew | Curtis Lupo | Stunts |
| Crew | Holly Ricker | Stunts |
| Crew | Randy Fife | Stunts |
| Crew | Lynette Gowrie | Stunts |
| Crew | Sandy Berumen | Stunts |
| Crew | Danny Epper | Stunts |
| Crew | Pamela Minick | Stunts |
| Crew | Steve Buster | Stunts |
| Crew | Rusty McClennon | Stunts |
| Crew | David Rowden | Stunts |
| Crew | Eric Norris | Stunts |
| Crew | Jeff Jensen | Stunts |
| Crew | Cotton Mather | Stunts |
| Crew | Gary Morgan | Stunts |
| Crew | William Washington | Stunts |
| Crew | Ben Scott | Stunts |
| Crew | Gus Williams | Stunts |
| Crew | Diamond Farnsworth | Stunts |
| Crew | Steve Hart | Stunts |
| Crew | Dick Dial | Stunts |
| Crew | Rex Pierson | Stunts |
| Crew | Bill McIntosh | Stunts |
| Camera | Allan Westbrook | First Assistant Camera |
| Camera | Bill Floyd | First Assistant Camera |
| Camera | John Patrick Smith | Second Assistant Camera |
| Camera | Christopher Keen | Second Assistant Camera |
| Art | Robert Alcala | Set Dresser |
| Art | Gretchen Goetz | Set Dresser |
| Art | Edward M. Shewmake | Set Dresser |
