Overview

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.

Cast

John Terry, Donna Bullock, Ben Affleck, Vanessa Evigan, Stephen Tobolowsky, Jeanine Jackson, Tim Griffin, Cheryl Felicia Rhoads

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What is "Against the Grain" about?

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.

When was "Against the Grain" released?

Against the Grain was released in 1993.

Who stars in "Against the Grain"?

The cast includes John Terry, Donna Bullock, Ben Affleck, Vanessa Evigan.

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