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High school football has long been extremely popular in Texas. 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.
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.
Permian High School and its football team, the Permian Panthers, had a substantial, rich history of winning in Texas' 4A and 5A divisions, [a] having won championships in 1965, 1972, 1980, and 1984. Bissinger moved his family to Odessa and spent the entire 1988 football season with the Permian Panther players, their families, their coaches, and ...
Nov. 10—The Permian football team advanced past the bi-district round with a 26-13 win over El Paso Pebble Hills Friday at Ratliff Stadium. The Panthers (7-4) won their third straight game and ...
Aug. 30—The Permian Panthers survived a low-scoring contest in a 13-10 victory against Plano High Friday on a rain-soaked field at Ratliff Stadium. With the win, the Panthers got their first win ...
Oct. 22—For most Permian supporters, the biggest rivalry game of the year is this week. After 365 days of waiting, it returns as Permian hosts Midland Legacy at 7 p.m. Friday at Ratliff Stadium ...
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.
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 ...