Sports books made into films: American Football (NFL, College, & High School Football)
Films based on books set in the world of American Football (NFL, College Football, and High School Football).
| No. | level | Film | Date | Director | Country | Source Work | Author | Date | Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | College Football | Navy Blue and Gold | 1937 | Sam Wood |  United States
| Navy Blue and Gold | George Bruce | 1937 | Novel |
| 2 | NFL | Paper Lion | 1968 | Alex March | United States
| Paper Lion | George Plimpton | 1967 | Nonfiction |
| 3 | NFL | Brian's Song | 1971 | Buzz Kulik | United States
| I am Third | Gale Sayers and Al Silverman | 1970 | Autobiography |
| 4 | NFL | Semi-Tough | 1977 | Michael Ritchie | United States
| Semi-Tough | Dan Jenkins | 1969 | Novel |
| 5 | NFL | North Dallas Forty | 1979 | Ted Kotcheff | United States
| North Dallas Forty | Peter Gent | 1973 | Novel |
| 6 | NFL | Fighting Back | 1980 | Robert Lieberman | United States
| Fighting Back: The Story of Rocky Bleier | Rocky Bleier | 1975 | Autobiography |
| 7 | College Football | Everybody's All-American | 1988 | Taylor Hackford | United States
| Everybody's All-American | Frank Deford | 1981 | Autobiography |
| 8 | NFL | Monday Night Mayhem | 2002 | Ernest R. Dickerson | United States
| Monday Night Mayhem: The Inside Story of ABC's Monday Night Football | Bill Carter & Marc Gunther | 1988 | Nonfiction |
| 9 | High School Football | Friday Night Lights | 2004 | Peter Berg | United States
| Friday Night Lights: A Town, a Team, and a Dream | H. G. Bissinger | 1990 | Nonfiction |
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