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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 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.
Permian played Dallas Jesuit in Odessa during the regular season in 1988, winning 48–2. Jesuit's only points came on a missed- PAT return, which was a rule instituted that year (the defensive conversion was not allowed in high school football under National Federation of State High School Associations rules, but Texas plays by NCAA rules).
Oct. 7—Editor's note: This is the fourth in a series of look backs at the previous 65 years of the crosstown rivalry between Odessa High and Permian. The Odessa American will be looking back at ...
The Odessa American will be looking back at five different games from each decade. This one is a look back at the 1980s. 1980- Permian 14, Odessa High 14 The headline in the Odessa American said ...
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 ...
Ratliff Stadium is a stadium in Odessa, Texas. It is primarily used for American football , and is the home field for the city's two public high schools, Odessa and Permian High Schools . The stadium opened in 1982 and holds 17,931 people (capacity was reduced from the original 19,302 people when additional handicapped seating and ...
This one is a look back at the 1960s (including the 1959 contest). 1959- Odessa High 14, Permian 6 In the very first edition of the crosstown rivalry, Odessa High ...