Directed by Jonas Pate Written by Peter Berg   Buzz Bissinger   Ron Fitzgerald   Etan Frankel   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 (as Madison Burge) Grey Damon ... Hastings Ruckle Brad Leland ... Buddy Garrity Derek Phillips ... Billy Riggins Cress Williams ... Ornette Howard Lorraine Toussaint ... Bird Merriweather Barry Tubb ... Tom Cafferty Stacey Oristano ... Mindy Riggins Angela Rawna ... Regina Howard Russell DeGrazier ... Coach Stan Traub Aaron Spivey-Sorrells ... Coach Spivey (as Aaron L. Spivey-Sorrells) Cedric Neal ... Kennard Royce Jeff Rosick ... Buddy Jr. Timothy F. Crowley ... Coach Crowley Lamarcus Tinker ... Dallas Tinker Kathleen Griffith ... Margaret Cafferty Madilyn Landry ... Gracie Belle Taylor (as Madilyn Elizabeth Landry) John Charles Quary ... Andre Merriweather Josh Levi ... Darius Merriweather (as Joshua Bolden) Isaac Smith ... Caleb Merriweather Produced by Sarah Aubrey   Peter Berg   Nan Bernstein Freed   John Cameron   David Hudgins   Rolin Jones   Jason Katims   Cindy Kerber   Chad Savage   Karen Wacker   Michael Waxman   Original Music by W.G. Snuffy Walden

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