Rivalry Game by the Numbers:Sand Mountain Super Bowl- No.10 Plainview vs Sylvania

Rivalry Game by the Numbers:Sand Mountain Super Bowl- No.10 Plainview vs Sylvania

Story By Heath Hambrick

1— There has been one overtime game. 1977 Plainview won 13-7. 

4— The have been four meetings were both schools were ranked. 1994: #3 Sylvania vs #6 Plainview, 1996: #1 Sylvania vs #6 Plainview, 1999: #2 Plainview vs #7 Sylvania, and 2017: #6 Plainview vs #7 Sylvania. 

8— Plainview’s longest winning streak 1967-1974.

9— Sylvania’s longest winning streak 1958-1966.

40-27—- All Time Series Record.

41— The largest margin of victory in any game was 41 points in 1958. Sylvania won 48-7. 

49— Is the most points score by any team. Has been done three times. 1991, 2004, 2021.

80— Most points combined in one game. 2021 Sylvania won 49-31.

1958—- The teams have played every season since 1958. 

1992—- First Meeting ever between the two winningest coaches in DeKalb County History. Paul Benefield vs Dale Pruitt. Benefield won 3-out-5 meetings in the game. 

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