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Gainesville Red Elephants
Gainesville High School

830 Century Place    Gainesville, GA
Stadium: Bobby Gruhn Field
Colors: Red, White & Black
Coach: Josh Niblett
Overall Record Progress      100% Complete
 
  

 

Team Home Summary Coaches Games by Year Opponents Playoffs  

Team History
 First known team:  1905
 Source: Georgia Football Historians
 All Scores Complete
 All Season Records Complete
 
Championships
National Championships
State Playoff Championships
1922, 2012
State Mythical Championships
 
 
Team Records
 Overall Record 785-353-25
 Winning Pct. 69%
 State Playoff Titles 2
 State Mythical Titles 0
 Home Record 456-153-13
 Away Record 319-185-12
 
By The Numbers
 Seasons 119
 Winning Seasons (#2) 88
 Losing Seasons (#2)17
 Most Wins in A Season 15 (2022)
 Most Loses in A Season 9 (2018)
 10 Win Seasons 30
 Most Points Scored in a Game 93 (1925)
 Most Points Scored in a Season 680 (2012)
 Most Points Allowed in a Game 63 (2011)
 Most Points Allowed in a Season 337 (1999)
 Largest Margin of Victory 93 (1925)
 Largest Margin of Defeat 51 (1913)
 Most Points Both Teams in a Game 112 (2007)
 Last Shutout 11/3/2023
 Last Time Shutout 2018
 Shutouts All-Time 307
 Been Shutout All-Time 108
 
Streaks
 Longest Win 31 (1922-1926)
 Longest Losing 10 (1997-1998)
 
Playoff Records
 Overall Record 51-43
 Appearances 45
 1st Round 25-16
 2nd Round 10-4
 3rd Round 6-4
 Semi-Finals 8-12
 Finals 2-7
 
By the Decade
 2020-29  38-12
 2010-19  80-44
 2000-09  95-28
 1990-99 45-57
 1980-89 93-33
 1970-79 96-23-4
 1960-69 76-38-3
 1950-59 71-30-2
 
Next Game
 2023 Season is over.
 
2023 Season
 8/18  vs. Marist    34   26   W  
 8/25  @ Mountain View    34   21   W  
 9/1  vs. Coconut Creek    30   22   W  
 9/8  @ Clarke Central    24   7   W  
 9/15  vs. Apalachee   *  70   6   W  
 9/22   OPEN 
 9/29  vs. Lanier   *  35   0   W  
 10/13  @ Habersham Central   *  49   7   W  
 10/20  vs. Shiloh   *  55   0   W  
 10/27  @ North Forsyth   *  41   14   W  
 11/3  @ Jackson County   *  28   0   W  
 Playoffs 
 11/10  vs. South Paulding    46   27   W  
 11/17  vs. Blessed Trinity    35   12   W  
 11/24  vs. Woodward Academy    17   20   L  
 
2023 Season Totals
  Record12-1
  Scoring498-162
  Region Record6-0
  Home Record7-1
  Away Record5-0
 
Longest Running Rivalry
 Gainesville & Athens have played 53 games.
Gainesville has won 28 games.
Athens has won 23 games.
with 2 tie games.
 
Record when scoring..... (since 2000)
 Scoring  Record 
 less than 10 1-33
 10 or more 212-51
 20 or more  203-26
 30 or more 160-8
 40 or more 115-1
 
Record when allowing..... (since 2000)
 Points Allowed  Record 
 less than 10 103-1
 10 or more 110-83
 20 or more 55-72
 30 or more 9-43
 40 or more 3-22
 
Border Wars
 vs. Out-of-State Teams1 - 2 - 1
 
  
 
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NOTES:
(1) If 'First Year' is unknown we assume a year based upon research.
(2) Winning and losing seasons counted only if team plays at least 5 games.