Het verhaal gaat over het footballseizoen in 1988 van de Odessa (Texas) Permian High Panthers, een high school footballteam. De strijd en de hoop van een financieel geruïneerd stadje wiens hoop gevestigd is op het footballteam in de wedstrijden van vrijdagnacht worden in de film gevolgd.
Nee, helaas is Friday Night Lights nog niet beschikbaar op Netflix in Nederland.
| Directing | Peter Berg | Director |
| Writing | David Aaron Cohen | Screenplay |
| Editing | David Rosenbloom | Editor |
| Editing | Susan Rash | Editor |
| Editing | Colby Parker, Jr. | Editor |
| Editing | Gabrielle Fasulo | Editor |
| Production | Janet Hirshenson | Casting |
| Art | Sharon Seymour | Production Design |
| Art | Peter Borck | Art Direction |
| Art | Carla Curry | Set Decoration |
| Costume & Make-Up | Susan Matheson | Costume Design |
| Production | Jim Whitaker | Executive Producer |
| Production | David Hudgins | Co-Executive Producer |
| Production | Brian Grazer | Producer |
| Production | Robert Graf | Co-Producer |
| Production | David Bernardi | Associate Producer |
| Production | Sarah Aubrey | Associate Producer |
| Camera | Tobias A. Schliessler | Director of Photography |
| Writing | Peter Berg | Screenplay |
| Writing | Buzz Bissinger | Novel |
| Directing | Allan Graf | Second Unit Director |
| Production | Jane Jenkins | Casting |
| Production | John Cameron | Executive Producer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Melizah Anguiano Wheat | Hairstylist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Charles Yusko | Hairstylist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Roxie Hodenfield | Hair Department Head |
| Costume & Make-Up | Charmaine Richards | Hairstylist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Lynne K. Eagan | Makeup Artist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Joani Yarbrough | Hairstylist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Melissa Forney | Key Hair Stylist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Chelsea Carpenter | Hairstylist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Troy Breeding | Makeup Department Head |
| Production | Karen Ruth Getchell | Production Supervisor |
| Sound | Brian Reitzell | Music Supervisor |
| Sound | Chris Tergesen | Music Supervisor |
| Sound | Adam Milo Smalley | Music Editor |
| Sound | Bryan Lawson | Music Editor |
| Directing | Gina Grande | Script Supervisor |
| Crew | Allan Graf | Stunt Coordinator |
| Crew | Julie Krystina | Stunt Coordinator |
| Crew | Emmet Kane | Special Effects Coordinator |
| Camera | Ralph Nelson Jr. | Still Photographer |
| Camera | David Luckenbach | Steadicam Operator |
| Camera | Chris Moseley | Camera Operator |
| Sound | Craig Henighan | Supervising Sound Editor |
| Sound | Joel Shryack | Supervising Sound Editor |
| Sound | Gregory King | Supervising Sound Editor |
| Costume & Make-Up | Dana Kay Hart | Costume Supervisor |
| Editing | Richmond Riedel | First Assistant Editor |
| Sound | Darren King | Dialogue Editor |
| Sound | Robert Grieve | ADR Editor |
| Sound | Rick Kline | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Sound | Gregory King | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Sound | Eric Harwood | Sound Recordist |
