the permian panthers played against andress high school in the state championship.
the permian panthers played against andress high school in the state championship.
who did the permian panthers play in the state championship?
andress high school
bullet::::- in 2004, the astrodome was the setting of the 1988 5a football state championship in the movie "friday night lights", between the permian panthers and the carter high cowboys.









































bullet::::- the astrodome is a playable field on mvp baseball 2005 as in the 1999 format.









































section::::awards and recognitions.









































bullet::::- on june 19, 2013, the astrodome was named to the national trust for historic preservation's annual list of america's 11 most endangered historic places as well as to its portfolio.









































bullet::::- the astrodome was added to the national register of historic places in january 2014.
astrodome
1989 saw the price of oil rise as high as $20 a barrel. yet that same year saw 46% of the nation's oil imported, the highest in twelve years. as a result, west texas continued to suffer economically. that year odessa was named the second-worst place to live in america by the "places rated almanac". meanwhile, permian was dominating on the football field. they redeemed themselves, beating midland lee 17–13. permian continued to win in the playoffs and eventually got to the state championship. among the players was quarterback stoney case who would eventually go on to play in the nfl for the arizona cardinals and baltimore ravens. before the game gary gaines told the players, "everybody in this room has paid a dear, dear price. that ought to make your effort that much more intense, that much more fanatical, because of all the hard work and sacrifice that's gone into getting you here. it ought to make you play that much harder. you represent a lot of people. we're gonna represent them well and we're gonna win this sucker!" the players then took the field. odessa had gone through a ridiculous amount of change in the 1980s going from a place where anything was possible to a place where nothing was certain and everything was finite. yet football had always been there. bissinger ends the book by saying, "it would always go on just as jerrod mcdougal had realized, because it was a way of life. the permian panthers ended the decade the same way they had begun it. two days before christmas, they became the state football champions of texas."
friday night lights: a town, a team, and a dream