Vicky L. Neal
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3rd and Goal

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Logline
Against all odds, the first female quarterback drafted into the NFL battles prejudices, the loss of a loved one, and self-doubt as she leads her longtime losing team in the quest for a playoff berth.
Synopsis
Jenna Ramey has lived and breathed football since she was born. She earns the starting quarterback position on her college team and leads them to a grueling bowl game win her senior year. While some of the men on her team will be picked up by the NFL, she is forced to realize there is no opening for her. She will need to coach if she wants to stay around the game.

Dave Wallace, owner of the Cincinnati Bengals, is willing to do anything to draw attention to his team. He follows Jenna’s football career and makes a daring decision - to draft her, but only as a media magnet. He never wants her to actually play because he feels she isn’t capable. Jenna has no idea of his true motives when she is picked up in the draft and sets off to train with her new team.

At training camp, she meets Coach Stanton, her head coach. He is against her presence and all of the problems it causes but his hands are tied. The team’s veteran QB, a 40-year-old Jonathan Hadley, hates the idea that a girl could take his spot. The only one who is initially accepting of her presence is fellow QB Todd Mannix. While he was drafted at the position, he prefers to play wide receiver and is very good at it.

At the first pre-season game, Stanton gives Jenna a chance and she bombs on the field. Now unsure that she has what it takes, her confidence takes a massive hit. She hangs out with Todd off the field and a romance blooms. As Stanton spends more time with Jenna, he starts to like her. She even talks him into moving Todd into a receiver position.

The team starts to adore Jenna, except for Jonathan. Then he receives a letter from his high school sweetheart before she dies of cancer, informing him that she had his baby after he went off to college, and Jenna is their child. Jonathan finally tells Jenna, upsetting her whole world after recently losing her dad at the season opener. In time, she starts to accept Jonathan, as none of what happened was his fault.

With Jenna at the helm, Cincinnati starts winning some of their games and takes a wild card berth. In the big game, Jenna shares the helm with Jonathan, the game to be decided by a Cincinnati field goal attempt. Although they miss and Jenna is injured while holding for the kicker, the team realizes they need Jenna as much as she needs them.

Contest Placements


2004 Writesafe 5th Place Winner
2005 Red Inkworks Finalist
2005 Open Door Contest Second Round Finalist
2005 Page International Quarter Finalist
2005 20/20 First Round Winner
2005 Filmmakers International Top 100
2005 Scriptapalooza Quarter Finalist
2005 Scriptpartnership Monthly Winner
2005 Open Door Contest 3rd Place Winner
2005 WriteMovies.com Finalist

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2005 Austin Second Round
2005 Writer’s Network Quarter Finalist
2005 RedInkworks Finalist
2005 Get Initiative 3rd Place
2006 Split Screenplay 15th Place Winner
2006 Austin Second Round

2006 Open Door Contest Semi-finalist
2006 writemovies.com Semi-finalist
2006 Filmmakers International Honorable Mention
2007 PAGE International Quarter-finalist
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  • Home
  • Feature Screenplays
    • Action/Adventure >
      • Cruise Into Terror
      • Deadly Reflections
      • Hikyrus
      • The Road to Atlantis
      • The Royal Bodyguard
    • Comedy >
      • Behind the Magic 8-Ball
      • Demetri the Committed
      • Her Fathers' Blessings
      • Mother of the Year
      • Out of Mind
      • Saving Stewart
      • The Bouquet
      • The Dorm Chronicles
      • The Pact
    • Drama >
      • A False Reality
      • A Lost Love
      • A Striking Similarity
      • Contorted
      • Drumming in the Dark
      • Reliving the Past
      • The Central Heist
      • The Riveter
      • The Road to Somewhere
    • Family >
      • 3rd and Goal
      • A Hobo For Christmas
      • Al E. Gator
      • Emma's Reprieve
      • Losing Harry
      • Playing the Field
    • Fantasy >
      • Faraway Kingdom
      • The Chosen One
    • Horror >
      • A Deadly Fate
      • Carnage in Tara Woods
      • Deadly Hike
      • Dead Walking
      • Don't Let the Bedbugs Bite
      • Don't Look in the Vents
      • Dweller of Darkness
      • Eraser Man
      • Finnigan Farm
      • Hungered
      • Killer Trails
      • Manneskin
      • Massacre at Oak Hills Penitentiary
      • Phantom Bus 39
      • Project Z
      • Slashed
      • Terror in the Hills
      • The House on Blood River
      • Voracious
      • When Darkness Falls
    • Romance >
      • Christmas Delivery
      • Dear Santa
    • Sci-fi >
      • Replicate
      • The Law of One: Revolution
      • The Lone Crusader
    • Thriller >
      • Abducted - A Pet Sitter's Story
      • A Midwife's Deception
      • An Eye For an Eye
      • Black Widow Society
      • Captive in Their Basement
      • Coerced
      • Daddy's Little Girl
      • Dead At Sea
      • Deadbeat Dad
      • Deadly Birth Father
      • Deadly Doc
      • Deadly Mom Obsession
      • Deadly Reconnection
      • Demented Ex
      • Devious Daughter
      • Fatal Obsession
      • Foster Mom Nightmare
      • Holiday Nightmare
      • Immoral
      • Inmate Seduction
      • Killer Cousin
      • Killer Down Below
      • Memorphilia
      • My Daughter's Cyber Bully
      • My Killer Next Door Neighbor
      • Nanny Obsession
      • Pet Sitter Abduction
      • Pet Sitter Nightmare
      • Psycho Teacher
      • Senior Nightmare
      • Seven Sins `til Sunday
      • Sinister Senior
      • Sinister Sister
      • Substitute Creeper
      • Suicide Hotline
      • Surrogate Grandma
      • Their Daughter's Killer Replacement
      • The Other Daughter
      • The Seeker
      • Trapped at Home
      • Twisted Sister
      • Wasteland
      • Wrong Number
    • Western >
      • Sins of the Father
  • Completed Films
  • Short Scripts
  • My Books
  • Contest Placements
  • Under Option
  • Guest Screenwriters