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Ratliff Stadium is a stadium in Odessa, Texas. It is primarily used for American football , and is the home field for the city's two public high schools, Odessa and Permian High Schools . The stadium opened in 1982 and holds 17,931 people (capacity was reduced from the original 19,302 people when additional handicapped seating and ...
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.
Ratliff Stadium was depicted as the location for Permian football practices. In reality, the team practiced mostly on campus, and the stadium, used by both Permian and Odessa, was on the outskirts of town in a fairly unpopulated area about three miles (five km) away from the Permian High campus.
Oct. 15—Permian's strong second half performance ended up making the difference in the Panthers' 50-26 win against crosstown rivals Odessa High last Friday at Ratliff Stadium. After building a ...
After 365 days of waiting, it returns as Permian hosts Midland Legacy at 7 p.m. Friday at Ratliff Stadium in another edition of the Panthers-Rebels' rivalry. Permian (7-0 overall, 2-0 in District ...
Sep. 17—It may have been a stressful second half but the Permian football team managed to hold off a highly-talented Abilene High squad in last week's 42-37 nondistrict win at Ratliff Stadium.
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 ...
Nov. 10—The Permian football team advanced past the bi-district round with a 26-13 win over El Paso Pebble Hills Friday at Ratliff Stadium. The Panthers (7-4) won their third straight game and ...