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Friday Night Lights: A Town, a Team, and a Dream

Index Friday Night Lights: A Town, a Team, and a Dream

Friday Night Lights: A Town, a Team, and a Dream is a 1990 non-fiction book written by H. G. Bissinger. [1]

85 relations: Addison-Wesley, Afterword, Against the Grain (TV series), Andress High School, Arkansas Razorbacks football, Athletic scholarship, Austin, Texas, Baylor Bears football, Ben Affleck, Billy Bob Thornton, Blanchard, Oklahoma, Boobie Miles, Buzz Bissinger, Central High School (San Angelo, Texas), Central Time Zone, Darrell K Royal–Texas Memorial Stadium, David W. Carter High School, East Central University, Ector County Independent School District, El Paso, Texas, Forbes, Friday Night Lights (film), Friday Night Lights (TV series), Fullback (gridiron football), G.I. Bill, Gary Gaines, George H. W. Bush, Harvard University, Head coach, High school football, Hoosiers (film), Iowa, Iranian Revolution, Jessie Armstead, Judson High School, Kansas, Lamar High School (Arlington, Texas), Learjet, Linebacker, Lineman (gridiron football), Lubbock, Texas, Mexican Americans, Miami Herald, Miami Hurricanes football, Michael Dukakis, Midland High School (Midland, Texas), NBC, NCAA Division I, Nebraska Cornhuskers football, New York Giants, ..., Newsweek, Nimitz High School (Irving, Texas), Odessa College, Odessa High School, Odessa, Texas, Oklahoma Sooners football, OPEC, Permian Basin (North America), Permian High School, Playoffs, Pulitzer Prize, Quarterback, Robert E. Lee High School (Midland, Texas), Ronald Reagan, Rugby union, Sports Illustrated, Stoney Case, Sun Bowl (stadium), Tackle (gridiron football position), Tascosa High School, TCU Horned Frogs football, Texas A&M Aggies football, Texas Tech University, The Dallas Morning News, The Philadelphia Inquirer, Tight end, United States Army, University Interscholastic League, University of Texas at Austin, USC Trojans football, Valedictorian, Zanesville, Ohio, 1973 oil crisis, 1979 energy crisis, 1980s oil glut. Expand index (35 more) »

Addison-Wesley

Addison-Wesley is a publisher of textbooks and computer literature.

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Afterword

An afterword is a literary device that is often found at the end of a piece of literature.

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Against the Grain (TV series)

Against the Grain is an American drama television series that aired on NBC from October to December 1993 starring John Terry, Donna Bullock, Robyn Lively, Ben Affleck, and Vanessa Lee Evigan.

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Andress High School

Andress High School is a public high school located on the northeast side of El Paso, Texas.

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Arkansas Razorbacks football

The Arkansas Razorbacks football program represents the University of Arkansas, located in Fayetteville, Arkansas, in the sport of American football.

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Athletic scholarship

An athletic scholarship is a form of scholarship to attend a college or university or a private high school awarded to an individual based predominantly on his or her ability to play in a sport.

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Austin, Texas

Austin is the capital of the U.S. state of Texas and the seat of Travis County, with portions extending into Hays and Williamson counties.

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Baylor Bears football

The Baylor Bears football team represents Baylor University in Division I FBS college football.

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Ben Affleck

Benjamin Geza Affleck-Boldt (born August 15, 1972) is an American actor and filmmaker.

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Billy Bob Thornton

Billy Bob Thornton (born August 4, 1955) is an American actor, filmmaker, singer, songwriter, and musician.

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Blanchard, Oklahoma

Blanchard is a city in McClain and Grady counties in the U.S. state of Oklahoma.

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Boobie Miles

James Earl "Boobie" Miles, Jr. (born April 16, 1970) is a former high school football Fullback for Permian High School, and was a primary subject in the book Friday Night Lights: A Town, a Team, and a Dream by H.G. Bissinger, and the movie inspired by the book.

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Buzz Bissinger

Harry Gerard "H.

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Central High School (San Angelo, Texas)

Central High School is a public, coeducational secondary school in San Angelo, Texas.

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Central Time Zone

The North American Central Time Zone (CT) is a time zone in parts of Canada, the United States, Mexico, Central America, some Caribbean Islands, and part of the Eastern Pacific Ocean.

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Darrell K Royal–Texas Memorial Stadium

Darrell K Royal–Texas Memorial Stadium (formerly War Memorial Stadium, Memorial Stadium, and Texas Memorial Stadium), located in Austin, Texas, has been home to the University of Texas at Austin Longhorns football team since 1924.

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David W. Carter High School

David Wendel Carter High School (commonly referred to as Dallas Carter) is a public high school located in the Oak Cliff area of Dallas, Texas (USA).

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East Central University

East Central University (ECU or East Central) is a public, co-educational teaching university in Ada, in the south central region of Oklahoma.

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Ector County Independent School District

Ector County Independent School District (ECISD) is a public school district based in Odessa, Texas (USA).

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El Paso, Texas

El Paso (from Spanish, "the pass") is a city in and the seat of El Paso County, Texas, United States.

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Forbes

Forbes is an American business magazine.

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Friday Night Lights (film)

Friday Night Lights is a 2004 American sports drama film, directed by Peter Berg.

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Friday Night Lights (TV series)

Friday Night Lights is an American drama television series about a high school football team in the fictional town of Dillon, Texas.

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Fullback (gridiron football)

A fullback (FB) is a position in the offensive backfield in American and Canadian football, and is one of the two running back positions along with the halfback.

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G.I. Bill

The Serviceman's Readjustment Act of 1944, also known as the G.I. Bill, was a law that provided a range of benefits for returning World War II veterans (commonly referred to as G.I.s).

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Gary Gaines

Gary Gaines (born May 4, 1949) is a former American football coach.

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George H. W. Bush

George Herbert Walker Bush (born June 12, 1924) is an American politician who served as the 41st President of the United States from 1989 to 1993.

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Harvard University

Harvard University is a private Ivy League research university in Cambridge, Massachusetts.

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Head coach

A head coach, senior coach, or manager is a professional at training and developing athletes.

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High school football

High school football is gridiron football played by high school teams in the United States and Canada.

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Hoosiers (film)

Hoosiers is a 1986 sports film written by Angelo Pizzo and directed by David Anspaugh in his feature directorial debut.

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Iowa

Iowa is a U.S. state in the Midwestern United States, bordered by the Mississippi River to the east and the Missouri and Big Sioux rivers to the west.

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Iranian Revolution

The Iranian Revolution (Enqelāb-e Iran; also known as the Islamic Revolution or the 1979 Revolution), Iran Chamber.

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Jessie Armstead

Jessie Willard Armstead (born October 26, 1970) is a former American football linebacker in the National Football League (NFL) who played for eleven seasons with the New York Giants and the Washington Redskins between 1993 and 2003.

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Judson High School

Judson High School is a public, co-educational secondary school in Converse, Texas, United States, fifteen miles northeast of downtown San Antonio, Texas.

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Kansas

Kansas is a U.S. state in the Midwestern United States.

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Lamar High School (Arlington, Texas)

Mirabeau B. Lamar High School is a secondary school in Arlington, Texas.

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Learjet

Learjet is a Canadian owned, American aerospace manufacturer of business jets for civilian and military use based in Wichita, Kansas.

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Linebacker

A linebacker (LB or backer) is a playing position in American football and Canadian football.

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Lineman (gridiron football)

In gridiron football, a lineman is a player who specializes in play at the line of scrimmage.

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Lubbock, Texas

Lubbock is a city in and the county seat of Lubbock County, Texas, United States.

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Mexican Americans

Mexican Americans (mexicoamericanos or estadounidenses de origen mexicano) are Americans of full or partial Mexican descent.

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Miami Herald

The Miami Herald is a daily newspaper owned by the McClatchy Company and headquartered in Doral, Florida, a city in western Miami-Dade County and the Miami metropolitan area, several miles west of downtown Miami.

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Miami Hurricanes football

The Miami Hurricanes football team represents the University of Miami in the sport of American football.

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Michael Dukakis

Michael Stanley Dukakis (born November 3, 1933) is a retired American politician who served as the 65th Governor of Massachusetts, from 1975 to 1979 and again from 1983 to 1991.

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Midland High School (Midland, Texas)

Midland High School (officially Midland Senior High School) is a public high school located in Midland, Texas and is part of Midland Independent School District.

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NBC

The National Broadcasting Company (NBC) is an American English language commercial broadcast television network that is a flagship property of NBCUniversal, a subsidiary of Comcast.

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NCAA Division I

NCAA Division I (D-I) is the highest level of intercollegiate athletics sanctioned by the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) in the United States.

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Nebraska Cornhuskers football

The Nebraska Cornhuskers football team represents the University of Nebraska–Lincoln.

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New York Giants

The New York Giants are a professional American football team based in the New York metropolitan area.

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Newsweek

Newsweek is an American weekly magazine founded in 1933.

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Nimitz High School (Irving, Texas)

Chester W. Nimitz High School is a public high school in the Irving Independent School District, Irving, Texas.

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Odessa College

Odessa College, informally referred to as OC, is a public two-year junior college based in Odessa, Texas, United States serving the people of Ector County and the Permian Basin.

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Odessa High School

Odessa High School (OHS) is a public high school located in Odessa, Texas, United States.

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Odessa, Texas

Odessa is a city in and the county seat of Ector County, Texas, United States.

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Oklahoma Sooners football

The Oklahoma Sooners football program is a college football team that represents the University of Oklahoma (variously "Oklahoma" or "OU").

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OPEC

The Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC,, or OPEP in several other languages) is an intergovernmental organization of nations, founded in 1960 in Baghdad by the first five members (Iran, Iraq, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, and Venezuela), and headquartered since 1965 in Vienna, Austria.

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Permian Basin (North America)

The Permian Basin gives its name to a large oil and natural gas producing area, part of the Mid-Continent Oil Producing Area.

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Permian High School

Permian High School is a public high school located in Odessa, Texas and is one of three high schools in the Ector County Independent School District.

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Playoffs

The playoffs, play-offs, postseason and/or finals of a sports league are a competition played after the regular season by the top competitors to determine the league champion or a similar accolade.

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Pulitzer Prize

The Pulitzer Prize is an award for achievements in newspaper, magazine and online journalism, literature, and musical composition in the United States.

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Quarterback

A quarterback (commonly abbreviated "QB") is a position in American and Canadian football.

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Robert E. Lee High School (Midland, Texas)

Robert E. Lee High School, also known as Midland Lee, is a public, co-educational secondary school in Midland, Texas.

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Ronald Reagan

Ronald Wilson Reagan (February 6, 1911 – June 5, 2004) was an American politician and actor who served as the 40th President of the United States from 1981 to 1989.

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Rugby union

Rugby union, commonly known in most of the world as rugby, is a contact team sport which originated in England in the first half of the 19th century.

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Sports Illustrated

Sports Illustrated is an American sports magazine owned by Meredith Corporation.

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Stoney Case

Stoney Jarrod Case (born July 7, 1972 in Odessa, Texas) is a former quarterback for three teams in the National Football League and three teams in the Arena Football League.

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Sun Bowl (stadium)

The Sun Bowl is an outdoor football stadium in the southwestern United States, on the campus of the University of Texas at El Paso.

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Tackle (gridiron football position)

Tackle is a playing position in American and Canadian football.

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Tascosa High School

Tascosa High School is a public high school located in Amarillo, Texas (USA) and classified as a 6A school by the UIL.

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TCU Horned Frogs football

The TCU Horned Frogs football team is the intercollegiate football team of Texas Christian University (TCU).

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Texas A&M Aggies football

The Texas A&M Aggies football program represents Texas A&M University in the sport of American football.

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Texas Tech University

Texas Tech University, often referred to as Texas Tech, Tech, or TTU, is a public research university in Lubbock, Texas.

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The Dallas Morning News

The Dallas Morning News is a daily newspaper serving the Dallas–Fort Worth area of Texas, with an average of 271,900 daily subscribers.

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The Philadelphia Inquirer

The Philadelphia Inquirer is a morning daily newspaper that serves the Philadelphia metropolitan area of the United States.

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Tight end

The tight end (TE) is a position in American football, arena football, and formerly Canadian football, on the offense.

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United States Army

The United States Army (USA) is the land warfare service branch of the United States Armed Forces.

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University Interscholastic League

The University Interscholastic League (UIL) is an organization that creates rules for and administers almost all athletic, music, and academic contests for public primary and secondary schools in the American state of Texas.

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University of Texas at Austin

The University of Texas at Austin (UT, UT Austin, or Texas) is a public research university and the flagship institution of the University of Texas System.

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USC Trojans football

The USC Trojans football program, established in 1888, represents the University of Southern California in college football.

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Valedictorian

Valedictorian is an academic title of success used in the United States, Canada, Central America, and the Philippines for the student who delivers the closing or farewell statement at a graduation ceremony (called a valediction).

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Zanesville, Ohio

Zanesville is a city in and the county seat of Muskingum County, Ohio, United States.

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1973 oil crisis

The 1973 oil crisis began in October 1973 when the members of the Organization of Arab Petroleum Exporting Countries proclaimed an oil embargo.

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1979 energy crisis

The 1979 (or second) oil crisis or oil shock occurred in the world due to decreased oil output in the wake of the Iranian Revolution.

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1980s oil glut

The 1980s oil glut was a serious surplus of crude oil caused by falling demand following the 1970s energy crisis.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Friday_Night_Lights:_A_Town,_a_Team,_and_a_Dream

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