Lanier and Peach County lost in the first round Friday after 10-0 regular seasons. While it is no consolation, they are certainly not alone. It has happened 135 times since 1948 that a team has gone unbeaten and untied in the regular season, only to lose its first playoff game, according to the Georgia High School Football Historians Association. Here are those that have suffered that fate since 1996, when the state playoffs were expanded to 32 teams in each classification. Teams in parentheses are their opponents.
2014 Lanier (Sequoyah)
2014 Peach Co. (Appling Co.)
2012 Lassiter (Brookwood)
2011 Statesboro (Thomas Co. Central)
2010 Northside-W.R. (Whitewater)
2010 Lovejoy (Glynn Academy)
2010 Swainsboro (Brooks Co.)
2009 McEachern (Brookwood)
2008 Evans (Mt. Zion-Jones.)
2008 Jackson (Thomson)
2007 North Cobb (Peachtree Ridge)
2006 Fitzgerald (Bleckley Co.)
2006 ECI (Hawkinsville)
2005 Carrollton (M.L. King)
2005 Creekside (Upson-Lee)
2005 Jefferson Co. (Mary Persons)
2005 Tucker (SW DeKalb)
2004 McNair (Gainesville)
2004 North Clayton (NW Whitfield)
2003 Sandy Creek (Bainbridge)
2002 Lamar Co. (Albany)
2001 Camden Co. (Riverdale)
2001 Shaw (Crisp Co.)
2001 Tucker (Sequoyah)
2000 Pebblebrook (Washington)
1998 East Coweta (Houston Co.)
1998 Irwin Co. (Crawford Co.)
1998 Stephens Co. (Clarkston)
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