Professor and referee Todd Jensen is video taped in bed with Darla, a young student hired by a gambling gang. He calls games to favor their bets, but when he wants to marry her she turns to Detective Dymond for help. The gamblers fear their exposure and a clever hi man, Angelo, is sent to kill her. Dymond uses her to set a trap for the dangerous killer while news of fixed football games creates a media blitz. During the fury of player and fan demands to correct scores of games officiated by Jensen, Angelo escapes Dymond’s trap.