Credited as being the first "sports" movie produced.
Harold Lloyd was 31 when he shot this movie. He had always wanted to make a football movie but never had the opportunity. When this film was in development, he thought it would be a bad idea to have him in it, because he was too old.
This movie was shot in sequence, which was rare for a Harold Lloyd movie. Lloyd usually thought up comic setpieces and based his stories around them. In this instance he felt it was a more character-driven story and he would have to get into the character by shooting it in order.
Harold Lloyd originally began production with the football scenes, filming at the Rose Bowl in Pasadena, CA. However, he couldn't achieve the right tone for these final scenes, and he decided to start over again and shoot the film in sequence.
The football scenes were shot at Memorial Stadium in Berkeley, CA, between the first and second quarters of the East-West game of 1924-25. The stadium had just completed construction the year before.