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NBC
Oct 1, 1993

NBC
Oct 1, 1993

Against the Grain

Summary Ed Clemons is now an insurance salesman in Sumpter, Texas. He was once the town quarterback for this football obsessed community. The Sumpter Mustangs are in a slump and need something to bring life back to the team. Ed Clemons is hired as coach, with one year to turn the team around.Thankfully Ed's wife, Maggie, steps in to take over th...

Directed By: Steve Miner

Written By: Dave Alan Johnson, Michael Pavone

NBC
Oct 1, 1993

NBC
Oct 1, 1993

Against the Grain

S1 • Episode 1

Pilot

Air Date: Oct 1, 1993

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Summary Ed Clemons is now an insurance salesman in Sumpter, Texas. He was once the town quarterback for this football obsessed community. The Sumpter Mustangs are in a slump and need something to bring life back to the team. Ed Clemons is hired as coach, with one year to turn the team around.Thankfully Ed's wife, Maggie, steps in to take over th...

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Episode 1 • Oct 1, 1993

Ed Clemons is hired as the coach of his high school alma mater in a small town in Texas.

Episode 2 • Oct 8, 1993

The Buck Stops... There

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 • Oct 15, 1993

Episode 4 • 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 • Nov 5, 1993

Don't Be a Stranger

Joe Willie uses a college recruiting trip to visit Jill.

Episode 6 • Nov 12, 1993

Two Minute Drill

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 • Dec 17, 1993

E Pluribus Unum

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 • Dec 24, 1993

A House Is Not a Home

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.

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