Synopsis

In almost any other year, the 1988 Carter High School team from Dallas would be remembered as one of the greatest in Texas football history—a squad boasting twenty-eight players who earned college scholarships, eight of whom went on to professional careers. Battling racial prejudice and a grades controversy, not to mention the shadow cast by another team destined for book and film fame (Odessa Permian), Carter secured the state championship. However, their triumph was shattered when six players