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The story of Permian High School's 1988 Permian Panthers team and its run towards the state championship was the subject of the best-selling book Friday Night Lights, published in 1990. A movie based on the book was made in 2004 and the NBC television network aired a TV series loosely based on the school and book.
Gary Gaines (May 4, 1949 – August 22, 2022) was an American football coach. Gaines was the head coach of the 1988 Permian High School football team, which was the focus of Buzz Bissinger's book Friday Night Lights: A Town, a Team, and a Dream and the 2004 motion picture Friday Night Lights starring Billy Bob Thornton.
Miles was a key figure in Friday Night Lights: A Town, a Team, and a Dream, a 1990 book by H. G. Bissinger that followed the story of the 1988 Permian High Panthers football team as they made a run towards the Texas state championship. In 2002, Sports Illustrated named Friday Night Lights the fourth-greatest book ever written about sports.
The WIAA football state-championship games will wrap up the fall sports season this weekend, kicking off at Camp Randall Stadium in Madison on Thursday morning. Here's how to watch: Wisconsin high ...
Gary Gaines' 1988 team at Permian was the subject of the "Friday Night Lights" book and movie. Skip to main content. 24/7 Help. For premium support please call: 800-290-4726 more ...
The main difference this time, though, was that the Permian football team used a strong fourth quarter to come out on top. The Panthers avenged last year's loss to the Odessa High Bronchos with a ...
Some sequences during the state playoffs showed highlights from high school football games in Texas. In one of those highlights, NFL Pro Bowl cornerback Aqib Talib can be seen. Ty Law played a wide receiver for Dallas Carter, the team Permian played in the film's state championship game. He wore jersey #2, his last name was Graf, and he caught ...
Oct. 15—Permian's strong second half performance ended up making the difference in the Panthers' 50-26 win against crosstown rivals Odessa High last Friday at Ratliff Stadium. After building a ...