Directed by Jason Katims Written by Peter Berg   Buzz Bissinger   Kerry Ehrin   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 Scott Porter ... Jason Street Kim Dickens ... Shelby Saracen Jeremy Sumpter ... J.D. McCoy D.W. Moffett ... Joe McCoy Kevin Rankin ... Herc Brad Leland ... Buddy Garrity Janine Turner ... Katie McCoy Zach Roerig ... Cash Derek Phillips ... Billy Riggins Sinqua Walls ... Jamarcus Blue Deckert ... Mac McGill Louanne Stephens ... Grandma Saracen Tamara Jolaine ... Erin Joey Oglesby ... Guy Raston Timothy F. Crowley ... Coach Crowley (as Tim Crowley) Aaron Spivey-Sorrells ... Coach Spivey Drew Waters ... Wade Aikmen Preston Flagg ... Daryl Cindy Creekmore ... Missy Aubrey Jeffery Da'Shade Johnson ... The Guy (as Jeffrey Johnson) Sydney Barrosse ... Bank Officer Karl Anderson ... Dano David Cowgill ... Slammin' Sammy Emily Troedson ... Rodeo Attendee Uncredited Cast Eric Alfio ... Panther Football Player #84 Stacy Lynn Austin ... Cheerleader Nathan Bayless ... Flag Runner Kimberly Lynn Campbell ... Stadium Fan / Kimberly Chris Caulier ... Football Player Tiasha Colton ... Office Worker James Crowell ... E.R. Patient Archie Fields ... Panther Football Player Michael Muenchow Rivera ... Panther Football Player #35 / Jock Mackenzie Reed ... Cheerleader James P. Rice ... Football Fan / Cougars' Locker Room Guard Brighton Sharbino ... Emotional Fan Saxon Sharbino ... Emotional Fan Anthony Solomon ... Charles Melanie Stovall ... Cheerleader Jordan Strassner ... Cheerleader Gary Teague ... Dillon Panther Football Booster 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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