Screaming Eagles is the story of two brothers and their quest for the Rhode Island State Football Championship. Jack Bowden is the star linebacker and Captain of the team.He is a celebrity at Sacred Heart High School and is returning for his senior season. His brother, Sam, is only a freshman and doesn't even want to play football. However, because Sam is a football Einstein, Jack encourages Sam to go out for the team. While Jack dates the self-absorbed head cheerleader, Wendy Thompson, he must decide to continue to indulge himself with Wendy or move on to another girl, Jenna Witherspoon. Jenna is a girl that his friends and family find much more desirable. Sam, on the other hand, is repeatedly bullied by the team's starting quarterback and must find a way to overcome his adversary.