Hayden plans a victory party for an anticipated award.

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

Hayden is pleased when Kelly volunteers to fill in for his vacationing secretary.

Hayden, ecstatic about his team being ranked top-20 for the first time, meets Christine's mother, then is shattered when his star player Bo is hurt and put on the injured list.

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

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

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

Hayden promises to stay with a bedridden Christine, rather than attend a long-awaited team victory celebration.

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

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.

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

Irritable over his breakup with Christine, Hayden attends a self-help group.

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

Grinch Hayden's ex-wife unexpectedly shows up at his holiday party with a gift idea that will make all his Christmases merry: she helps him decide to reunite with Christine.

When Dauber finally graduates after eight years, Hayden promotes him to full-time coach, and their relationship changes.

Hayden concocts a wild tale to keep a promised $10 million donation from going to the basketball department instead.

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

When Luther's old friend steals his girlfriend again, Hayden and Peter try to spare Luther's feelings by hiding the fact.

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.

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

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

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

Hayden reunites Luther and his long-lost father.

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

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

Hayden tries to console Kelly, who would rather tell it to Christine.

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

Hayden grudgingly agrees to go house hunting with Christine, then buys a house without consulting her.

Hayden receives an oddball inheritance from an acquaintance.

Hayden and Luther spend an excruciating trip snowbound in a cramped train compartment after Luther trades in their plane tickets following a dream about an air crash.

Hayden regrets his honesty when he tells Christine he hates her friend.

The call of the loon forebodes more than Hayden expected when he agrees to speak at Burleigh's Fraternal Order of the Loon.

Hayden is beaten before he plays his first bowl game when he learns the opposing coach is his former mentor.

Hayden halts pre-game hoopla after a star player is injured in a bizarre limo accident.

Hayden vies with Watkins for a benefactor's favor and her donations by leading an exercise class for seniors.

Hayden reveals secrets about his ex-wife Beth when her new fiancé asks him for advice.

A careless comment results in a food fight when Dauber moves into Luther's apartment building.

When an arrogant chauvinist millionaire insults his girlfriend in public, Hayden and Christine come to her defense.

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

Christine sells Hayden's Johnny Unitas-autographed football shoes; Luther catches the biggest pike in the lake only to lose it.

A network job offer poses Christine a dilemma: to stay in Minnesota with Hayden or move to New York.

Hayden and Christine have conflicting commitments when a network premiere party is scheduled the same night as Hayden's sports banquet, at which he hopes to receive the coveted Curly O'Brien award. Out of the confusion arise a pair of resolutions: Christine decides to stay in Minnesota, while Hayden decides to move to New York to be with Christine.

The stress of a long-distance relationship troubles Hayden; Luther and Dauber refinish Hayden's game-room floor. Finally the Hayden-Christine problem is resolved when she loses her network job and returns to Minnesota.

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

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

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

Johnny Unitas, Dick Butkus and Bubba Smith upset Luther when they host Hayden's bachelor party.

Christine's plans for a perfect wedding go from bad to worse after Luther sets her wedding dress on fire.

Hayden and Christine marry in her childhood home.

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

Hayden's and Dauber's gifts to the women in their lives accidentally get switched -- and Judy thinks Dauber is proposing to her when she unwraps Christine's ring.

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

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

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

Hayden and Christine impulsively decide to get married while spending the weekend with Luther in Las Vegas.

Hayden and Christine are driven crazy when Howard and Shirley decide to become their best friends.

One of Hayden's former football players is forced into early retirement because of a surprising medical problem, despite his very real knee injuries; the real reason is cancer.

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

Judy threatens to quit coaching at Minnesota State when Hayden plays one last practical joke on her during an important ceremony.

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

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.

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

Hayden's overactive ego has him convinced that Christine's success is not her own doing.

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

Kelly's desire to work in New York upsets Hayden.

Kelly, having taken a bite out of the Big Apple, comes home for Thanksgiving a changed woman -- one that Hayden doesn't particularly like.

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

Kelly can't attend when Hayden goes to New York to receive the Coach of the Year award.

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.

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

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

Christine goes fishing with the guys and catches the biggest fish.

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

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.

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.

Hayden is offered a position at an unnamed pro team. He goes to New York to interview for the job. After first finding out about the offer, he doesn't tell Dauber or Luther. Finally he does and everyone becomes excited about a future in the NFL. Unfortunately Hayden is not offered the job. The show ends with Christine and Hayden discussing their unrelenting ambition that leaves them restless in Minnesota.

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

In this Dauber centered episode, Judy returns from Romania after a trip with the woman's basketball team. Dauber is exited to see her, as it's the longest time they've ever been apart (one month). When Judy arrives, she tells Dauber that she had an affair with a Romanian man named Andre. Judy doesn't feels she can spend her life with Dauber, she breaks their two-year engagement.

Luther spends more time with Ruthanne and less with Hayden.

Hayden and Christine have a major marital blowup over her seeming ""impregnability"" and the consequent mechanical nature of their recent love life. Luther gets into an unbelievable car deal with an elderly woman.

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

Carter gives Bill Jennings an audition tape of one of his beautiful broadcasting students. Carter intends to replace Christine with a young female host to "freshen up the show." Carter's plan backfires as Jennings decides to replace him instead of Christine. In the midst of Hayden's celebration on Carter's firing, Carter shows up to beg Christine to help him get his job back. Christine agrees and the next morning talks with the Jennings to help Carter. In the midst of the meeting Carter bursts into the meeting and with Christine's aid he gets his job back.

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

Hayden refuses to go quietly when Christine insists that he head off his snoring problem with a trip to a sleep therapy clinic.

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

The Breakers' prospect for winning games seem bleak until Hayden's star quarterback from Minnesota State shows an interest in joining the team.

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

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.

Luther gets a shot at impressing Doris's high-class friends when he claims to be an expert hunter.