Blue Chip Blues
Coach - S6 - E19
The Screaming Eagles try to recruit the nations top QB. The players father roomed with Haden in college. After a one on one conversation with the blue chips QB, the player admits he only plays ball to please his eager father whose own football dreams were crushed by an injury. Haden convinces to give the young perspective time to decide his own life direction.
Coach: Season 6 - 27 Episode s
6x1 - Baby on Board?
September 14, 1993
Hayden is rattled as he tries to nurse his new team to victory, even as Christine announces she wants to have a baby.
6x2 - Belly of the Beast
September 21, 1993
Hayden stands up in court for Luther's defendant dog Quincy, who bit the MSU bandleader; Christine dozes during Hayden's advances.
6x3 - Nice Job If You Can Get It
September 28, 1993
Hayden's overactive ego has him convinced that Christine's success is not her own doing.
6x4 - The Luck Stops Here
October 5, 1993
Luther and Hayden have vastly different views on the reasons for the team's success.
6x5 - If She Can Make It There...
October 12, 1993
Kelly's desire to work in New York upsets Hayden.
6x6 - Uneasy Riders
October 26, 1993
Hayden and Dauber buy motorcycles.
6x7 - Piece O' Cake
November 2, 1993
Luther, feeling a bit lonely, befriends a boy (Smollett) in need of a father
6x8 - Running on Empty
November 9, 1993
Christine gingerly suggests that she and Hayden visit a fertility clinic.
6x9 - It Came from New York
November 16, 1993
Kelly, having taken a bite out of the Big Apple, comes home for Thanksgiving a changed woman -- one that Hayden doesn't particularly like.
6x10 - The Playbook
November 30, 1993
The playbook falls into enemy hands on the eve of Hayden's biggest game.
6x11 - The Pioneer Bowl
December 7, 1993
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.
6x12 - Christmas of the Van Damned
December 14, 1993
Luther makes a nuisance of himself after tracing his family tree and learning of a large group of Van Dams living in the area.
6x13 - The Babywreckers
January 4, 1994
Hayden is rattled when he and Christine agree to watch an infant for the weekend.
6x14 - Coach for a Day (1)
January 11, 1994
Luther is offered the job of head football coach at nearby small Aberdeen college.
6x15 - Coach for a Day (2)
January 18, 1994
Luther is embarrassed to confess his new job: managing a miniature golf course.
6x16 - My Cup Runneth Over
February 8, 1994
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.
6x17 - Like Father, Like Daughter
February 15, 1994
Kelly can't attend when Hayden goes to New York to receive the Coach of the Year award.
6x18 - The Devil in Mrs. Burleigh
February 22, 1994
While Howard and Hayden are away at a conference, Shirley confides in Christine that she's become attracted to another man.
6x19 - Blue Chip Blues
March 1, 1994
The Screaming Eagles try to recruit the nations top QB. The players father roomed with Haden in college. After a one on one conversation with the blue chips QB, the player admits he only plays ball to please his eager father whose own football dreams were crushed by an injury. Haden convinces to give the young perspective time to decide his own life direction.
6x20 - The Stand-In
March 8, 1994
Fed up with trying to increase his fertility, Hayden looks into getting a sperm donor -- quarterback Troy Aikman.
6x21 - Something Old, Something New
March 22, 1994
An old girlfriend's visit rekindles Dauber's feelings and jeopardizes his relationship with Judy.
6x22 - One of the Guys
April 5, 1994
Christine goes fishing with the guys and catches the biggest fish.
6x23 - My Best Friend's Girl
May 3, 1994
Hayden and Christine have lukewarm reactions to Luther's outrageously uninhibited date.
6x24 - Goodbye, Mr. Putts
May 10, 1994
In this episode Judy and three of the other woman's coaches challenge Hayden, Dauber, Howard and Luther to a game of golf with the winner getting the best athletic parking spots. The only problem for the guys is that Luther is a terrible player, after some argument Hayden finally relents to give Luther a shot against the woman. The men are poised to win on a put by Hayden, but he misses.
6x25 - Head Like a Wheel
May 17, 1994
On his 49th birthday, Hayden wants to drive a race car.
6x26 - Retrospective (1)
May 24, 1994
This is an unusual greatest moments episode. The format is an interview with Hayden about his life and work at Minnesota State. In the first of this two part series Mary Hart interviews Hayden about the beginnings of his relationship with Christine. Another unusual part of this episode is its absence of a laugh track, leaving the jokes to push themselves.
6x27 - Retrospective (2)
May 24, 1994
In this second of the two-part interview with Mary Hart, the show explores Hayden's relationships with the other significant people in his life (i.e. Luther, Dauber, Howard, and his daughter). This two-part series is essentially a greatest moments episode from the first six seasons.