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Trivia: School with record for consecutive season-opening victories

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By Todd Holcomb
Updated Aug 21, 2019

Which school holds the record for the most consecutive opening-game victories, winning all 30 from 1972 to 2001: Commerce, Dalton, Marist, Mary Persons, Lincoln County or Valdosta? (Answer Thursday)

Answer to Tuesday's question: Champ Bailey of Charlton County in August became the eighth former Georgia high school football player to enter the Pro Football Hall of Fame. The others were Ray Guy (Thomson), Fran Tarkenton (Athens), Shannon Sharpe (Glennville), Richard Dent (Murphy), Rayfield Wright (Fairmount), Mel Blount (Vidalia Industrial) and Jim Parker (Ballard-Hudson).

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