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 | Gabrielle Fasulo | Editor |
| Art | Peter Borck | Art Direction |
| Production | David Bernardi | Associate Producer |
| Editing | Susan Rash | Editor |
| Production | Janet Hirshenson | Casting |
| Production | Sarah Aubrey | Associate Producer |
| Editing | Colby Parker, Jr. | Editor |
| Art | Sharon Seymour | Production Design |
| Art | Carla Curry | Set Decoration |
| Production | Jim Whitaker | Executive Producer |
| Production | David Hudgins | Co-Executive Producer |
| Production | Robert Graf | Co-Producer |
| Editing | David Rosenbloom | Editor |
| Costume & Make-Up | Susan Matheson | Costume Design |
| Production | Brian Grazer | Producer |
| Writing | Buzz Bissinger | Novel |
| Writing | Peter Berg | Screenplay |
| Camera | Tobias A. Schliessler | Director of Photography |
| Directing | Allan Graf | Second Unit Director |
| Production | Jane Jenkins | Casting |
| Production | John Cameron | Executive Producer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Charles Yusko | Hairstylist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Roxie Hodenfield | Hair Department Head |
| Costume & Make-Up | Troy Breeding | Makeup Department Head |
| Sound | Adam Milo Smalley | Music Editor |
| Editing | Richmond Riedel | First Assistant Editor |
| Costume & Make-Up | Joani Yarbrough | Hairstylist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Melissa Forney | Key Hair Stylist |
| Crew | Allan Graf | Stunt Coordinator |
| Crew | Julie Krystina | Stunt Coordinator |
| Costume & Make-Up | Dana Kay Hart | Costume Supervisor |
| Sound | Brian Reitzell | Music Supervisor |
| Camera | Ralph Nelson Jr. | Still Photographer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Melizah Anguiano Wheat | Hairstylist |
| Production | Karen Ruth Getchell | Production Supervisor |
| Sound | Joel Shryack | Supervising Sound Editor |
| Sound | Chris Tergesen | Music Supervisor |
| Sound | Bryan Lawson | Music Editor |
| Directing | Gina Grande | Script Supervisor |
| Camera | David Luckenbach | Steadicam Operator |
| Camera | Chris Moseley | Camera Operator |
| Sound | Craig Henighan | Supervising Sound Editor |
| Costume & Make-Up | Charmaine Richards | Hairstylist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Lynne K. Eagan | Makeup Artist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Chelsea Carpenter | Hairstylist |
| Crew | Emmet Kane | Special Effects Coordinator |
| Sound | Gregory King | Supervising Sound Editor |
| Sound | Eric Harwood | Sound Recordist |
| Sound | Darren King | Dialogue Editor |
| Sound | Rick Kline | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Sound | Gregory King | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Sound | Robert Grieve | ADR Editor |
