Directed by Patrick R. Norris Written by Peter Berg   Buzz Bissinger   Rolin Jones   Cast Kyle Chandler ... Eric Taylor Connie Britton ... Tami Taylor Aimee Teegarden ... Julie Taylor Michael B. Jordan ... Vince Howard Jurnee Smollett ... Jess Merriweather Matt Lauria ... Luke Cafferty Dora Madison ... Becky Sproles (credit only) (as Madison Burge) Grey Damon ... Hastings Ruckle Brad Leland ... Buddy Garrity Derek Phillips ... Billy Riggins Cress Williams ... Ornette Howard Gil McKinney ... Derek Bishop Russell DeGrazier ... Coach Stan Traub Aaron Spivey-Sorrells ... Coach Spivey (as Aaron L. Spivey-Sorrells) Jeff Rosick ... Buddy Jr. Lynn Blackburn ... Laurel Sachs Lawrence Varnado ... Mo Hall Brently Heilbron ... Hotel Manager Timothy F. Crowley ... Coach Crowley Lamarcus Tinker ... Dallas Tinker Natalie Dickinson ... Alison Bishop Todd Allen ... Karl Gage Aisha Schliessler ... Kim (as Aisha Jau) Lewis Johnson ... Newspaper Reporter Joshua D. Moody ... Player #1 Isaiah Prince ... Player #2 Victor Diaz ... TV Reporter Paul Wright ... Poet Cary Herins (as Paul Mitchell Wright) Madilyn Landry ... Gracie Belle Taylor (as Madilyn Elizabeth Landry) Jenevieve Norris ... South King Cheerleader Billy Schott ... Referee Jonathon Palafox ... South King Lineman Michael Miller ... South King Kicker Jonathan Joss ... Owney Colin Herlihy ... Mascot Jonathan Shaffer ... Guy at Party Patrick Massett ... Willie Gault Uncredited Cast Sarah Kate Allsup ... Lion High School Student Dani Bell ... Rally Girl Jamie Buckley ... South King Fan Steve Cauley ... East Dillon faculty Randy Coy ... Panther Booster Randy Frank ... Fan Mike Gassaway ... TMU Asst. Head Coach S.A. Sebastian Gnolfo ... Moonshine Dude Ryan Hancock ... Churchgoer / Driver Skye Polchert ... Lipstick moonshine girl James P. Rice ... Passed-out Moonshine Dude Lupe Trejo ... Moonshine Dude Produced by Sarah Aubrey   Peter Berg   Nan Bernstein Freed   John Cameron   David Hudgins   Jason Katims   Cindy Kerber   Chad Savage   Karen Wacker   Michael Waxman   Original Music by W.G. Snuffy Walden

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