Against the Grain
1993•1 Seasons•8 Episodes•6.5•Canceled
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Insurance salesman Ed Clemons has just taken on the task of coaching the slumping high school football team of the small, but football-crazy town of Sumpter, Texas. He is given just one season to turn the fumbling teens around, and he throws himself into the job wholeheartedly. Though his methods ruffle the feathers of the quiet little town, he manages to make some real progress with the players. The show was inspired by Buzz Bissinger's book Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, and a Dream.
Creator
Michael Pavone, Dave Alan Johnson
Network
NBC
Origin
US
Cast
John Terry
Ed Clemons
Donna Bullock
Maggie Clemons
Ben Affleck
Joe Willie Clemons
Vanessa Evigan
Jenny Clemons
Stephen Tobolowsky
Niles Hardeman
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