Against the Grain
Insurance salesman Ed Clemons has just taken on the task of coaching the slumping high school football team of the small, but football-crazy town of Sumpter, Texas. He is given just one season to turn the fumbling teens around, and he throws himself into the job wholeheartedly. Though his methods ruffle the feathers of the quiet little town, he manages to make some real progress with the players.
- Metascore60
- 1993-1994
- 1 season
- Drama, Family
Insurance salesman Ed Clemons has just taken on the task of coaching the slumping high school football team of the small, but football-crazy town of Sumpter, Texas. He is given just one season to turn the fumbling teens around, and he throws himself into the job wholeheartedly. Though his methods ruffle the feathers of the quiet little town, he manages to make some real progress with the players.
Season 1 Episode Guide
8 Episodes 1993
Episode 1
Pilot
Fri, Oct 1, 1993
Ed Clemons is hired as the coach of his high school alma mater in a small town in Texas.
Episode 2
The Buck Stops... There
Fri, Oct 8, 1993
Ed Clemons discovers that the football team he is coaching has a problem of passing grades and his daughter Jill decides to pass on getting a college education.
Episode 3
Respect
Fri, Oct 15, 1993
Episode 4
The Reunion
Fri, Oct 29, 1993
A twenty year class reunion celebrating a state championship football title opens some old wounds. Ed's former girlfriend arrives which makes Maggie uneasy.
Episode 5
Don't Be a Stranger
Fri, Nov 5, 1993
Joe Willie uses a college recruiting trip to visit Jill.
Episode 6
Two Minute Drill
Fri, Nov 12, 1993
The school board plots to replace Ed as coach in the event they lose a big game and at home Ed attempts to reassign chores to allow Maggie time to study for her insurance board exams.
Episode 7
E Pluribus Unum
Fri, Dec 17, 1993
Ed Clemons takes a required class for his teaching certification and gets on the wrong side of his professor. Joe Willie stands up for an Italian exchange student interested in playing American football.
Episode 8
A House Is Not a Home
Fri, Dec 24, 1993
After inviting an elderly couple whose house was destroyed in a fire to stay at their home, Maggie and Ed discover it will be an extended visit when the insurance company won't settle their claim.