Gate City Fans, what is your worst loss in history, did Harlan come close?

[Guest lookoutmountain]

I can't believe the score when I saw it. I can never ever remember a Gate City team losing by a 41 point margin. This team you guys played must be one heck of a team this year. I wish you guys the best with your season, but I'm serious about my question. Have you guys ever been beat by 41 points in the last 40-41 years since the great early 70's teams?

[thundercloud 179]

I can't believe the score when I saw it. I can never ever remember a Gate City team losing by a 41 point margin. This team you guys played must be one heck of a team this year. I wish you guys the best with your season, but I'm serious about my question. Have you guys ever been beat by 41 points in the last 40-41 years since the great early 70's teams?

 

http://www.swvasports.com/content/Football/Schedules/Gate_City.htm

[ThomasDenton 79]

Don't remember the exact score, but in the late 80s John Battle shut out GC with a pretty big score (thinking JSB scored 40 or more, but I don't remember). That same year though, GC shut out Battle in the playoffs 26-0 to get revenge.

[Bigrhsfan 884]

http://www.swvasports.com/content/Football/Schedules/Gate_City.htm

 

 

I just noticed that on that schedule you posted that Gate City's nickname is of course The Blue "Devils" but what is funny about that is it has the enrollment at " 666 " ! Can't get a better nickname than that with that enrollment....lol

[Deleted Account 5,203]

http://www.swvasports.com/content/Football/Schedules/Gate_City.htm

 

Pretty sure we'd need to look past 2001...

[Beamerball 566]

2006...against J.I. Burton

Edited September 4, 2011 by Beamerball

[Beamerball 566]

For a home defeat of such, you'd probably have to go to a site that goes back farther. Richlands came close though in '06....

 

This site has all the past GC records....

http://web.scott.k12.va.us/gchs/gchsfootball/default.htm

[GMan 3,569]

1952 Clintwood 62 Gate City 6

1948 Greenville 59 Gate City 6

2007 Gretna 52 Gate City 0

1979 Narrows 48 Gate City 0

2006 J.I. Burton 51 Gate City 7

[Deleted Account 5,203]

1952 Clintwood 62 Gate City 6

1948 Greenville 59 Gate City 6

2007 Gretna 52 Gate City 0

1979 Narrows 48 Gate City 0

2006 J.I. Burton 51 Gate City 7

 

As I figured. Though it is hard to believe that Gate City has put up such stinkers so recently.

[Beamerball 566]

Also a 47-0 defeat to Appalachia in '56 and 56-6 to Southhampton in '78. The Southhampton, Gretna, and Narrows games were in the playoffs (Gretna and Southampton championship games), and the years pre-56 were in the Shoemaker High era.

 

Anyone know if any of the others were home games?

[gcdevils47 10]

I can't believe the score when I saw it. I can never ever remember a Gate City team losing by a 41 point margin. This team you guys played must be one heck of a team this year. I wish you guys the best with your season, but I'm serious about my question. Have you guys ever been beat by 41 points in the last 40-41 years since the great early 70's teams?

 

Oh yes. that one wasn't even close. haha

[Beamerball 566]

I seen a lot were picking GC in the pick 'em and I figured most thought it was Harlan when instead it was Harlan County. Harlan is the smaller city school, Harlan County is the newer larger consolidated school, enrollment-wise between 1200-1300.

[ThomasDenton 79]

I seen a lot were picking GC in the pick 'em and I figured most thought it was Harlan when instead it was Harlan County. Harlan is the smaller city school, Harlan County is the newer larger consolidated school, enrollment-wise between 1200-1300.

 

I always get the two confused, lol. I didn't know HC was a consolidated school. When was the school formed exactly?

[Beamerball 566]

Opened in 2008...consolidated from Cawood, Evarts, and Cumberland.

[gcdevils47 10]

And to anyone that was wondering, yes they are good and yes they love their football and yes they play just like Gate City only they have College sized kids. Ridiculously good team

[LegendatLegion 109]

...defeat ever at Legion field, the only one close was the defeat to PV a few years back. In 2006 the game against JIB (at Norton) was the blowout where Tyler Parks and several others were hurt it was the last game of the year and pretty sure the score was ran up intentionally.

Harlan Co. did not run the score up, they could've scored a couple more td's. I know they could've blocked GC's last punt. This and the Southhampton 78, and Martinsville 75 games are the 3 worst defeats i have ever witnessed.

I was at the Narrows game and the Gretna game in 07, GC had 8 turnovers against Gretna yet moved the ball at will. Narrows stopped GC at the one, and then went on to win handily.

The other three games, GC was never in the game. Southhampton is still one of the best teams i have ever seen, Martinsville had Dennis Mahan fastest back i have ever seen.

I am personally interested to see how the kids respond after this, all the other games were season ending games, either in the playoffs or at the end of a losing season.

It will be a gut check for the GC program for 2011