Against the Grain (series)
- User score: 3
- Production country: United States of America
- Creator: Dave Alan Johnson , Michael Pavone
- Production companies: Magnum Productions, Warner Bros. Entertainment
- Genre: Drama, Family
- Release date: 10/1/1993
- Release date of last episode: 12/24/1993
- Series status: Canceled
- Seasons count: 1 ( List of episodes )
- Episodes count: 8
- Run time: 45 min.
Series description
Insurance salesman Ed Clemons has just taken on the task of coaching the slumping high school football team of the small, but football-crazy town of Sumpter, Texas. He is given just one season to turn the fumbling teens around, and he throws himself into the job wholeheartedly. Though his methods ruffle the feathers of the quiet little town, he manages to make some real progress with the players. The show was inspired by Buzz Bissinger's book Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, and a Dream.
