"Oil City" is the story of a high school football team set against the very real backdrop of the steel industry's demise. After the death of his father, Danny Talbot's dreams of escaping small-town life are realer than ever. Enter his grandfather, football coach Keith Talbot, whose need to win eclipses his notion of family. Along with his hardworking mother, Connie, stubborn bar-owning uncle, Lyle, the object of his affection, Molly, and his eccentric best friend, Zeke, Danny might not only unite a town but heal himself in the process.