Question: is friday night lights based on a true story

Answer: Yes, Friday Night Lights: A Town, a Team, and a Dream is a 1990 non-fiction book written by H.G. Bissinger. The book follows the story of the 1988 Permian High School Panthers football team from Odessa, Texas, as they made a run towards the Texas state championship. While originally intended to be a Hoosiers-type chronicle of high school sports that holds together a small town, the final book ended up being critical about life in the town of Odessa. It was later adapted for television and film.