Remember the Titans was filmed in Georgia, not in Virginia where the story is set. The production used multiple locations across the state, with the most notable being Berry College in Rome and several high schools that doubled for on-screen settings. Key filming locations across Georgia
- Berry College, Rome: Served as the team’s training camp backdrop and surrounding campus areas, including structures like Ford Complex and nearby grounds. This site is frequently highlighted as a primary location in production rundowns. [type:]
- Paulding County High School, Dallas: Used for home football game scenes on a characteristic high school stadium nearby. [type:]
- Etowah High School, Woodstock: Provided football stadium scenes and some early-in-game shots. [type:]
- Druid Hills High School, Atlanta: Portrayed the fictional T.C. Williams High School. [type:]
- Sprayberry High School, Marietta: Staged portions of championship-game sequences. [type:]
- Covington, Georgia: Downtown Covington stood in for the Alexandria, Virginia town center scenes. [type:]
- Additional Georgia towns and sites were used to stand in for various exterior locations and smaller settings. [type:]
Context and acknowledging sources
- The film’s narrative centers on a Virginia high school football program, but the on-location filming occurred primarily in Georgia to recreate the look and era of the early 1970s. [type:]
- IMDB and other production resources list Covington, Rome (Berry College), Woodstock (Etowah), Dallas (Paulding County), and Marietta (Sprayberry) among the principal locales, with principal photography running in late 1999. [type:][type:]
If you’d like, I can compile a concise, cited list of all actual filming sites with the corresponding scenes they depict, or tailor a driving tour-style guide highlighting public-access locations. [type:]
