Pigskin Parade is a 1936 musical comedy film which tells the story of husband and wife college football coaches who convince a backwoods player to play for their team so they can go to the big Bowl Game. It was written by William M. Conselman , Mark Kelly, Nat Perrin, Arthur Sheekman , Harry Tugend and Jack Yellen, and was directed by David Butler .
The movie stars Stuart Erwin, Patsy Kelly , Jack Haley, Betty Grable, Judy Garland (making her first appearance in a feature-length film, and also her only non-MGM film appearance until the mid-1950s)), Grady Sutton , Elisha Cook Jr. and Alan Ladd (uncredited, though he does sing).
The movie was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor (Erwin).