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Six Georgia teams allowing less than a touchdown per game

Lowndes was off last week and remains the state leader, giving up 3.9 points per game.

Touchdowns have been hard to come by for Lowndes opponents this season, as the Vikings leads the state in scoring defense by allowing just 3.9 points per game, including four shutouts. (Jack Leo/AJC 2025)

By Todd Holcomb

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Class 7A Lowndes, which was off last week, remains the state leader in fewest points allowed per game, giving up an average of 3.9.

The Vikings have allowed just 27 points in their seven games, four of which were shutout victories.

Lowndes is one of six teams in the state allowing fewer than 7 points per game. The others are Cartersville (4.4), Appling County (4.7), Sandy Creek (5.4), Commerce (5.9) and Screven County (6.7). Another team, Holy Innocents’, is giving up 7.0 per game.

Here are the top 12 teams in each classification giving up the fewest points per game.

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Class 7A

3.9 — Lowndes
7.6 — Buford
12.1 — Carrollton
14.3 — McEachern
14.4 — North Paulding
15.6 — North Gwinnett
17.1 — Brookwood
18.0 — Newton
18.4 — Peachtree Ridge
18.6 — Denmark
18.9 — North Cobb
18.9 — Harrison

Class 6A

9.6 — Clarke Central
10.0 — Heritage (Conyers)
10.0 — Hughes
10.4 — Creekside
10.7 — Coffee
11.1 — Woodward Academy
11.3 — Thomas County Central
11.6 — Sequoyah
13.6 — Gainesville
13.9 — Shiloh
14.7 — Lassiter
14.7 — Creekview

Class 5A

4.4 — Cartersville
7.6 — Mays
8.7 — Marist
9.0 — Jefferson
9.5 — Ola
10.7 — Tucker
11.0 — North Oconee
12.4 — Ware County
13.1 — Southwest DeKalb
13.7 — Jonesboro
13.8 — Blessed Trinity
13.9 — LaGrange

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Class 4A

5.4 — Sandy Creek
10.9 — Westover
12.4 — Troup
12.7 — Monroe Area
12.8 — Stephenson
13.4 — Cherokee Bluff
14.1 — Cairo
15.0 — Hampton
15.3 — Adairsville
17.1 — West Laurens
17.1 — Dougherty
17.9 — Northwest Whitfield
17.9 — Peach County

Class 3A

4.7 — Appling County
9.9 — Toombs County
11.9 — KIPP Atlanta Collegiate
14.0 — Northeast
14.9 — Pierce County
16.0 — Lamar County
16.0 — South Atlanta
16.4 — Murray County
17.9 — Rockmart
18.3 — Hart County
18.4 — Burke County
19.3 — Miller Grove

Class 2A

5.9 — Commerce
6.7 — Screven County
8.9 — Jeff Davis
10.7 — Heard County
11.9 — Model
12.3 — Bremen
13.4 — Dublin
14.5 — Bleckley County
15.1 — Fitzgerald
15.7 — Putnam County
18.0 — Social Circle
19.0 — Jasper County

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Class A

8.1 — Charlton County
10.1 — Johnson County
11.1 — Washington-Wilkes
12.0 — Taylor County
13.0 — Baconton Charter
13.1 — Macon County
13.3 — Randolph-Clay
13.7 — Clinch County
14.1 — Treutlen
14.3 — Lake Oconee Academy
14.3 — B.E.S.T. Academy
14.9 — Schley County

Class 4A-2A Private

7.0 — Holy Innocents’
10.0 — Prince Avenue Christian
11.4 — Calvary Day
16.1 — Westminster
17.4 — Lovett
19.5 — Mount Vernon
19.6 — Providence Christian
20.7 — King’s Ridge Christian
20.9 — Savannah Christian
21.0 — North Cobb Christian
21.4 — Mt. Bethel Christian
23.1 — Darlington

GIAA

8.9 — John Milledge Academy
10.3 — Stratford Academy
11.5 — Windsor Academy
12.9 — Athens Christian
12.9 — Briarwood Academy
13.6 — Bulloch Academy
14.0 — Edmund Burke Academy
14.8 — Strong Rock Christian
15.4 — Valwood
15.4 — First Presbyterian
16.2 — Thomas Jefferson
17.4 — Flint River Academy