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