Directed by Michael Waxman Written by Peter Berg   Buzz Bissinger   Kerry Ehrin   Cast Kyle Chandler ... Eric Taylor Connie Britton ... Tami Taylor Taylor Kitsch ... Tim Riggins Jesse Plemons ... Landry Clarke Aimee Teegarden ... Julie Taylor Michael B. Jordan ... Vince Howard Jurnee Smollett ... Jess Merriweather Matt Lauria ... Luke Cafferty Zach Gilford ... Matt Saracen Alicia Witt ... Cheryl Brad Leland ... Buddy Garrity D.W. Moffett ... Joe McCoy Steve Harris ... Vernon Merriweather Jeremy Sumpter ... J.D. McCoy Dora Madison ... Becky Sproles (as Madison Burge) John Diehl ... Richard Sherman Derek Phillips ... Billy Riggins Blue Deckert ... Mac McGill Timothy F. Crowley ... Coach Crowley Drew Waters ... Wade Aikmen Aaron Spivey-Sorrells ... Coach Spivey (as Aaron L. Spivey-Sorrells) Russell DeGrazier ... Coach Stan Traub Ernest James ... Calvin Brown Angela Rawna ... Regina Little Emily Murdock ... Professor Cindy Hallahan Larry Jack Dotson ... Sheriff (as Larry Dotson) Alberto Barnes ... Student Mike Leach ... Mike Leach Uncredited Cast Tony Bottorff ... Dillon Coach Tony Steven Dziobak ... Linebacker Ashley Fourcand ... Rally Girl LeMarc Johnson ... Ty Mase Kerwick ... Panther Fan John Christian Love ... Lions Player Elysia Perez ... High School Student / Football Fan Joshua Sarrazola ... Julio Gary Teague ... Football Booster Andrea Trisdale ... Nurse Steven Walters ... Glenn Reed Michael Whitener ... Fan Daniel Zubiate ... Bar Jock Produced by Sarah Aubrey   Peter Berg   Nan Bernstein Freed   John Cameron   Bridget Carpenter   Kerry Ehrin   Ron Fitzgerald   Brian Grazer   Rolin Jones   Jason Katims   Cindy Kerber   Patrick Massett   David Nevins   Chad Savage   Karen Wacker   Michael Waxman   John Zinman   Original Music by W.G. Snuffy Walden

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