The Georgia Dome will be the site for Georgia high school football games for the last time this weekend with the eight state-championship games. The Dome will make way next season for the Mercedes-Benz Stadium, new home of the Atlanta Falcons.
The first regular-season football game ever played in the Dome was a high school contest between Brookwood and McEachern on Sept. 5, 1992.
There have been 167 schools to play at least once game in the Dome since then. State finalists Rome and Fellowship Christian will add to that list this weekend.
Here are the schools that have played in the Dome in those 25 years with their number of appearances. Most of their games have been in the Corky Kell Classic and the state semifinals and finals.
They are ranked by appearances.
Source: Georgia High School Football Historians Association
28 - Brookwood (15-13)
23 - McEachern (12-11)
16 - Parkview (13-3)
15 - Walton (5-10)
14 - Buford (12-2)
14 - Camden County (9-5)
12 - Colquitt County (5-7)
11 - Thomas County Central (8-3)
11 - Starr's Mill (3-8)
9 - Carrollton (4-5)
9 - Washington County (4-5)
9 - Marist (2-7)
8 - Lincoln County (5-3)
8 - Clinch County (5-3)
8 - North Gwinnett (4-4)
8 - Tucker (3-5)
7 - Valdosta (5-2)
7 - Charlton County (5-2)
7 - Northside (Warner Robins) (5-2)
7 - Grayson (5-2)
7 - Warner Robins (4-3)
7 - Dacula (3-4)
7 - Calhoun (3-4)
7 - Southwest DeKalb (2-5)
6 - Peach County (5-1)
6 - Kell (5-1)
6 - Norcross (4-2)
6 - Washington (4-2)
6 - Roswell (3-3)
6 - Peachtree Ridge (3-3)
6 - Chattahoochee (1-5)
5 - Statesboro (5-0)
5 - Lowndes (4-1)
5 - Mays (4-1)
5 - Lovett (3-2)
5 - LaGrange (3-2)
5 - Carver (Atlanta) (3-2)
5 - Cairo (2-3)
4 - Sandy Creek (4-0)
4 - Americus (3-1)
4 - Hawkinsville (3-1)
4 - Newnan (2-2)
4 - Early County (2-2)
4 - Greater Atlanta Christian (2-2)
4 - Cartersville (2-2)
4 - Shaw (2-2)
4 - Creekside (2-2)
4 - East Coweta (2-2)
4 - Dublin (2-2)
4 - Harrison (1-3)
4 - Stephenson (1-3)
4 - St. Pius X (1-3)
4 - Westside (Macon) (0-4)
3 - Lassiter (2-1)
3 - Dougherty (2-1)
3 - Carver (Columbus) (2-1)
3 - Emanuel County Institute (2-1)
3 - Eagle's Landing Christian (2-1)
3 - Elbert County (1-2)
3 - Manchester (1-2)
3 - Westminster (Atlanta) (1-2)
3 - Irwin County (1-2)
3 - Commerce (1-2)
3 - Fitzgerald (1-2)
3 - Bowdon (1-2)
3 - Gainesville (1-2)
3 - Ware County (1-2)
3 - M.L. King (1-2)
3 - Grady (1-2)
3 - Savannah Christian (1-2)
3 - Douglass (1-2)
3 - Lovejoy (1-2)
3 - Cook (0-3)
3 - North Atlanta (0-3)
2 - Macon County (2-0)
2 - Burke County (2-0)
2 - Washington-Wilkes (2-0)
2 - Wilcox County (2-0)
2 - Etowah (2-0)
2 - Mill Creek (2-0)
2 - Dunwoody (1-1)
2 - Upson-Lee (1-1)
2 - Brooks County (1-1)
2 - Dalton (1-1)
2 - Tift County (1-1)
2 - Mount Zion (Jonesboro) (1-1)
2 - Cedartown (1-1)
2 - Oconee County (1-1)
2 - Dooly County (1-1)
2 - McNair (1-1)
2 - Griffin (1-1)
2 - Cherokee (1-1)
2 - Aquinas (1-1)
2 - Troup (0-2)
2 - Clarke Central (0-2)
2 - Crawford County (0-2)
2 - Pepperell (0-2)
2 - Metter (0-2)
2 - Laney (0-2)
2 - Athens Academy (0-2)
2 - Therrell (0-2)
2 - Archer (0-2)
1 - Cedar Shoals (1-0)
1 - Marietta (1-0)
1 - North Cobb (1-0)
1 - Wheeler (1-0)
1 - Lakeside (Atlanta) (1-0)
1 - Putnam County (1-0)
1 - Darlington (1-0)
1 - Brunswick (1-0)
1 - Hart County (1-0)
1 - Swainsboro (1-0)
1 - Screven County (1-0)
1 - Thomson (1-0)
1 - Wesleyan (1-0)
1 - South Gwinnett (1-0)
1 - Lithonia (1-0)
1 - Jefferson (1-0)
1 - Marion County (1-0)
1 - Mount Paran Christian (1-0)
1 - Benedictine (1-0)
1 - Allatoona (1-0)
1 - Pace Academy (1-0)
1 - KIPP Atlanta Collegiate (1-0)
1 - Central (Talbotton) (0-1)
1 - Crisp County (0-1)
1 - Pope (0-1)
1 - Sequoyah (0-1)
1 - Clarkston (0-1)
1 - Mary Persons (0-1)
1 - Taylor County (0-1)
1 - Riverdale (0-1)
1 - Appling County (0-1)
1 - Miller County (0-1)
1 - Jackson (0-1)
1 - McIntosh County Academy (0-1)
1 - North Forsyth (0-1)
1 - Collins Hill (0-1)
1 - Paulding County (0-1)
1 - Vidalia (0-1)
1 - Trion (0-1)
1 - Spalding (0-1)
1 - Decatur (0-1)
1 - Salem (0-1)
1 - Towers (0-1)
1 - Cedar Grove (0-1)
1 - Americus-Sumter (0-1)
1 - Baldwin (0-1)
1 - Greene County (0-1)
1 - Johnson County (0-1)
1 - East Paulding (0-1)
1 - Chamblee (0-1)
1 - North Hall (0-1)
1 - Flowery Branch (0-1)
1 - Riverwood (0-1)
1 - South Atlanta (0-1)
1 - Druid Hills (0-1)
1 - Morrow (0-1)
1 - Drew (0-1)
1 - Central Gwinnett (0-1)
1 - Landmark Christian (0-1)
1 - Prince Avenue Christian (0-1)
1 - Ridgeland (0-1)
1 - Calvary Day (0-1)
1 - Lamar County (0-1)
1 - Blessed Trinity (0-1)
1 - Glynn Academy (0-1)
*0 - Rome (0-0)
*0- Fellowship Christian (0-0)
*Will play their first Georgia Dome games this weekend.
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