The 12th Man

A teenage drifter finds an opportunity to turn his life around when he joins a high-school football program with a hard-nosed coach.

How ABC's Monday Night Football, a live broadcast of the National Football League, came to be.

American football coach Chuck Dichter has worked wonders with the Buffalo Bills, and is even confident to crown his career with a Super Bowl victory, but before the play-offs, an oyster food poisoning wipes out his first team for a month. Dan Heller, an insurance salesman and former college quarterback, who was hired, reluctantly.

When the all-star player of the local high school football team collapses during practice, all eyes turn to the storied head coach. Instead of mollifying the situation, the coach tries to maintain the team's winning streak. The town turns against him, leading to a lawsuit from the player's mother.

Cut from his NFL football team, a man starts bonding with his young daughter and encourages her to play soccer.

Against the backdrop of high-school football and track, two brothers in a small Southern town face escalating problems with two different worldviews, straining--but ultimately strengthening--the bonds of brotherhood.