This is the same team that beat the Permian Panthers in the movie Friday Night Lights.
During the scene where Charles S. Dutton' s character "Coach James" is on the school bus with the the bus driver, the bus driver is portrayed by the real life Coach Freddie James.
This is the Last role for Charles S. Dutton, Before his Retirement from Acting.
Shot in and around Dallas during summer of 2014
Director of Photography built a stabilized rickshaw from which he would be pulled along the field by grips to capture the action. Unfortunately most of this footage was discarded in favor of archival footage of the actual games.