<Li> Since 1982 , the UIL Class 5A ( now 6A ) football playoffs have had six rounds ( though a second , parallel playoff bracket of five rounds was added in 1990 , later also expanded to six rounds in 2006 ) , so while Permian played Dallas Carter in the fifth round , it was a semi-final and not a final . In the Texas playoffs , a team from North or Western Texas always plays a team from the Houston area or Southern Texas in the final , so the Carter vs Permian final was not possible . The real - life final featured Carter versus Converse Judson ( which defeated Permian in the 1995 state championship ) . The Carter - Permian game was played in front of 10,000 people in a heavy downpour at The University of Texas at Austin 's Memorial Stadium , not in front of 55,000 in the Astrodome in Houston . While the game in the movie was a high - scoring affair ( 34 - 28 ) , the real score was 14 - 9 in favor of Carter . In real life , Permian held a 9 - 7 lead for most of the game and Carter made the dramatic fourth quarter comeback to win . On the last play of the game , Winchell threw the ball incomplete , rather than running it himself close to the goal line . </Li>
<Li> Since 1982 , the UIL Class 5A ( now 6A ) football playoffs have had six rounds ( though a second , parallel playoff bracket of five rounds was added in 1990 , later also expanded to six rounds in 2006 ) , so while Permian played Dallas Carter in the fifth round , it was a semi-final and not a final . In the Texas playoffs , a team from North or Western Texas always plays a team from the Houston area or Southern Texas in the final , so the Carter vs Permian final was not possible . The real - life final featured Carter versus Converse Judson ( which defeated Permian in the 1995 state championship ) . The Carter - Permian game was played in front of 10,000 people in a heavy downpour at The University of Texas at Austin 's Memorial Stadium , not in front of 55,000 in the Astrodome in Houston . While the game in the movie was a high - scoring affair ( 34 - 28 ) , the real score was 14 - 9 in favor of Carter . In real life , Permian held a 9 - 7 lead for most of the game and Carter made the dramatic fourth quarter comeback to win . On the last play of the game , Winchell threw the ball incomplete , rather than running it himself close to the goal line . </Li>
who did the permian panthers play in the state championship
who did the permian panthers play in the state championship
Carter
Carter