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          While Thomasville has dominated this series for many years, It was not always that way. Clarke County won nine of the first twelve meetings between the two schools but has found little success since that time. Thomasville won fifteen games in a row between 1979-1993 and eleven of the past thirteen games.

          That has not stopped Clarke County from getting a few upsets over the years. In 1932 a 4-3-1 the Bulldogs managed a 12-12 tie with the Tigers to hand them the only blemish on an otherwise perfect season. In 2002, once again the Bulldogs (4-5) upset Thomasville 2013 to hand them a season ending loss.

          The teams first played in 1917 when they met three times in that initial season. The Bulldogs took two of the three games a the series was born. They have played almost every season since with a few gaps here and there. All told, they have met a total of 101 times making this one of the oldest rivalries in the state.

          The game has come to be known as the Backyard Brawl since the schools are only thirteen miles apart on Hwy. 43.



Total Meetings:  101
Series Record:  Thomasville leads 64-29-8
Home Record: Thomasville: 27-7-1
                        Clarke County: 11-22-2
First Meeting:  1917, Thomasville 0, Clarke County, 28
Last Meeting:  10/23/2015, Thomasville 27, Clarke County, 14
Longest Winning Streak:  Thomasville 15 (1979-1993), Clarke County 5 (1919-1924)
Biggest Wins:  Thomasville 48-0 (2010), Clarke County 50-7 (1996)

Biggest Upsets:  1932 - Clarke County (4-3-1) tied Thomasville (8-0-1) 12-12
                          2002 - Clarke County (4-5) upset Thomasville (8-1) 20-13



Thomasville vs. Clarke County
2015 Thomasville 27-14 Clarke County
2014 Clarke County 14-9 Thomasville
2013 Thomasville 42-13 Clarke County
2012 Thomasville 35-7 Clarke County
2011 Thomasville 22-7 Clarke County
2010 Thomasville 48-0 Clarke County
2009 Thomasville 38-7 Clarke County
2008 Thomasville 14-13 Clarke County
2007 Clarke County 13-2 Thomasville
2006 Thomasville 26-6 Clarke County
2005 Thomasville 41-7 Clarke County
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2004 Thomasville 30-0 Clarke County
2003 Thomasville 28-0 Clarke County
2002 Clarke County 20-13 Thomasville
2001 Thomasville 26-22 Clarke County
2000 Thomasville 10-6 Clarke County
1999 Clarke County 17-3 Thomasville
1998 Clarke County 22-21 Thomasville
1997 Thomasville 21-15 Clarke County
1996 Clarke County 50-7 Thomasville
1995 Clarke County 33-7 Thomasville
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1994 Clarke County 18-6 Thomasville
1993 Thomasville 7-6 Clarke County
1992 Thomasville 29-12 Clarke County
1991 Thomasville 32-7 Clarke County
1990 Thomasville 44-22 Clarke County
1989 Thomasville 41-6 Clarke County
1988 Thomasville 52-8 Clarke County
1987 Thomasville 28-13 Clarke County
1986 Thomasville 40-20 Clarke County
1985 Thomasville 40-12 Clarke County
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1984 Thomasville 29-15 Clarke County
1983 Thomasville 41-0 Clarke County
1982 Thomasville 28-7 Clarke County
1981 Thomasville 33-16 Clarke County
1980 Thomasville 14-0 Clarke County
1979 Thomasville 26-6 Clarke County
1978 Clarke County 27-19 Thomasville
1977 Clarke County 8-7 Thomasville
1976 Thomasville 19-14 Clarke County
1975 Thomasville 13-0 Clarke County
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1974 Clarke County 28-0 Thomasville
1973 Clarke County 10-6 Thomasville
1972 Thomasville 22-20 Clarke County
1971 Thomasville 21-12 Clarke County
1970 Thomasville 28-8 Clarke County
1969 Thomasville 12-8 Clarke County
1968 Thomasville 19-12 Clarke County
1967 Thomasville 13-12 Clarke County
1966 Thomasville 19-0 Clarke County
1965 Thomasville 20-0 Clarke County
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1964 Thomasville 29-7 Clarke County
1963 Thomasville 19-0 Clarke County
1962 Thomasville 6-2 Clarke County
1961 Thomasville 26-0 Clarke County
1960 Clarke County 19-7 Thomasville
1959 Clarke County 7-7 Thomasville
1958 Clarke County 27-7 Thomasville
1957 Clarke County 13-7 Thomasville
1956 Clarke County 12-0 Thomasville
1955 Thomasville 6-0 Clarke County
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1954 Thomasville 20-13 Clarke County
1953 Thomasville 20-0 Clarke County
1952 Thomasville 18-0 Clarke County
1951 Thomasville 32-12 Clarke County
1950 Clarke County 13-13 Thomasville
1949 Thomasville 31-0 Clarke County
1948 Clarke County 6-6 Thomasville
1947 Clarke County 7-0 Thomasville
1946 Thomasville 27-0 Clarke County
1945 Clarke County 7-0 Thomasville
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1944 Clarke County 13-7 Thomasville
1944 Thomasville 12-6 Clarke County
1942 Thomasville 6-0 Clarke County
1942 Thomasville 20-0 Clarke County
1941 Clarke County 6-6 Thomasville
1940 Clarke County 13-13 Thomasville
1939 Clarke County 33-0 Thomasville
1938 Thomasville 13-7 Clarke County
1937 Thomasville 7-0 Clarke County
1936 Thomasville 7-2 Clarke County
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1934 Thomasville 2-0 Clarke County
1933 Thomasville 20-0 Clarke County
1932 Clarke County 12-12 Thomasville
1931 Thomasville 24-0 Clarke County
1930 Clarke County 6-0 Thomasville
1930 Clarke County 0-0 Thomasville
1929 # Thomasville 20-0 Clarke County
1927 Thomasville 6-0 Clarke County
1926 Clarke County 6-0 Thomasville
1925 Clarke County 6-6 Thomasville
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1924 Clarke County 7-0 Thomasville
1922 Clarke County 26-0 Thomasville
1922 Clarke County 35-0 Thomasville
1920 Clarke County 39-0 Thomasville
1919 Clarke County 14-6 Thomasville
1919 Thomasville 18-13 Clarke County
1918 Clarke County 25-0 Thomasville
1917 Clarke County 13-0 Thomasville
1917 Thomasville 7-6 Clarke County
1917 Clarke County 28-0 Thomasville

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David Parker
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