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The story of Permian High School's 1988 Permian Panthers team and its run towards the state championship was the subject of the best-selling book Friday Night Lights, published in 1990. A movie based on the book was made in 2004 and the NBC television network aired a TV series loosely based on the school and book.
Permian High School and its football team, the Permian Panthers, had a substantial, rich history of winning in Texas' 4A and 5A divisions, [a] having won championships in 1965, 1972, 1980, and 1984. Bissinger moved his family to Odessa and spent the entire 1988 football season with the Permian Panther players, their families, their coaches, and ...
James Earl "Boobie" Miles Jr. (born April 16, 1970) [1] is an American former high school football running back for Permian High School in Odessa, Texas.He was a primary subject in the book Friday Night Lights: A Town, a Team, and a Dream by Buzz Bissinger, and the movie inspired by the book.
The victory extended Permian's undefeated run to 28 games but the Panthers would get knocked out of the playoffs the following week by Lewisville. 1982- Permian 14, Odessa High 10 It was the first ...
This one is a look back at the 1960s (including the 1959 contest). 1959- Odessa High 14, Permian 6 In the very first edition of the crosstown rivalry, Odessa High ...
Nov. 7—It wasn't easy at times, but the Permian football team did what it has done for seven consecutive seasons and that's make the state playoffs. Going into last week's chaotic District 2-6A ...
Permian played Dallas Jesuit in Odessa during the regular season in 1988, winning 48–2. Jesuit's only points came on a missed-PAT return, which was a rule instituted that year (the defensive conversion was not allowed in high school football under National Federation of State High School Associations rules, but Texas plays by NCAA rules ...
Sep. 9—The Permian football team lost three regular-season games in 2021. The Panthers have avenged one of those defeats with a victory against Abilene High on opening night of the 2022 season.