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Against the Grain

TV·1993–1993·1 season, 8 episodes·NBC·Drama, Family·45m·Created by Michael Pavone, Dave Alan Johnson

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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 TerryJohn TerryEd ClemonsDonna BullockDonna BullockMaggie ClemonsBen AffleckBen AffleckJoe Willie ClemonsVanessa EviganVanessa EviganJenny ClemonsStephen TobolowskyStephen TobolowskyNiles Hardeman

Episodes by season

Season018Episodes1993Aired—Season avg
  1. S01E01PilotOctober 1, 1993—
  2. S01E02The Buck Stops ... ThereOctober 8, 1993—
  3. S01E03RespectOctober 15, 1993—
  4. S01E04The ReunionOctober 29, 1993—
  5. S01E05Don't Be a StrangerNovember 5, 1993—
  6. S01E06Two-Minute DrillNovember 12, 1993—
  7. S01E07E Pluribus UnimDecember 17, 1993—
  8. S01E08A House is Not a HomeDecember 24, 1993—

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