James Dean has an uncredited part as a 'Football Spectator' in this film.
Several Loyola-Marymount football players played in the football scenes.
The external scenes at the college were shot at Pomona College. The building where John Wayne calls to Donna Reed at he end of the film is the Hall of Music at Pomona.
The football game scenes were filmed at the Polo Grounds in New York, which at the time was the home field of the NFL's New York Giants.