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Against the Grain

IMDb 3.0 1993 β€’ 45 min β€’ DramaFamily

Director

Michael Pavone

Country

US

Plot Summary

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.

Top Cast

John Terry
John Terry Ed Clemons
Donna Bullock
Donna Bullock Maggie Clemons
Ben Affleck
Ben Affleck Joe Willie Clemons
Vanessa Evigan
Vanessa Evigan Jenny Clemons
Stephen Tobolowsky
Stephen Tobolowsky Niles Hardeman