Directed by David Boyd Written by Peter Berg   Buzz Bissinger   Liz Heldens   Cast Kyle Chandler ... Eric Taylor Connie Britton ... Tami Taylor Zach Gilford ... Matt Saracen Minka Kelly ... Lyla Garrity Taylor Kitsch ... Tim Riggins Adrianne Palicki ... Tyra Collette Jesse Plemons ... Landry Clarke Aimee Teegarden ... Julie Taylor Jeremy Sumpter ... J.D. McCoy D.W. Moffett ... Joe McCoy Janine Turner ... Katie McCoy Brad Leland ... Buddy Garrity Dana Wheeler-Nicholson ... Angela Collette Derek Phillips ... Billy Riggins Anthony Solomon ... Charles Preston Flagg ... Daryl Drew Waters ... Wade Aikmen Stephanie Hunt ... Devin Corrigan Timothy F. Crowley ... Coach Crowley (as Tim Crowley) Whitney Hoy ... Madison Balman Caleb Landry Jones ... Jimmy Adler (as Caleb Jones) Craig Kotfas ... Al Andrew Sensenig ... Russell Flaherty Mark Duke Dalton ... Skeevy Cowboy Susan Roberts ... Judge Jordan Strassner ... Rachel Billy Schott ... Referee David Cowgill ... Slammin' Sammy Emily Troedson ... Bar Patron Uncredited Cast Eric Alfio ... Panther Football Player #84 Nathan Bayless ... Flag Runner Tony Bottorff ... Dillon Coach #3 Chris Caulier ... Football Player Archie Fields ... Panther Football Player Gary Jerome ... Press Reg Andrew Jacobi Jeter ... Student Archer McKnight ... John Michael Muenchow Rivera ... Panther Football Player #35 / Jock Jeremy James Douglas Norton ... Buckley Bison Bar Patron Stacey Oristano ... Mindy Collette Mackenzie Reed ... Cheerleader James P. Rice ... Football Fan Robin Lee Walper ... Football Fan / Player's Mother Jeff Whitaker ... Panther Play #9 Heath Young ... Football fan Produced by Sarah Aubrey   Peter Berg   Nan Bernstein Freed   John Cameron   Brian Grazer   David Hudgins   Jason Katims   Cindy Kerber   David Nevins   Jeffrey Reiner   Chad Savage   Karen Wacker   Original Music by W.G. Snuffy Walden

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