The blue devils lost a tough one on a very wet night on the road at Stephens County in overtime 23-17. The biggest difference of the night was the 4 turnovers committed by the blue devils on the night as the blue devils moved the ball up and down the field but turnovers ended several long drives. Offensively the blue devils finished the night with 323 overall yards and 20 first downs. The blue devils rushed for 222 yards on the night all without leading rusher Valdon Cooper, who was hurt on the first series of the night and never returned. QB Hunter Blackmon finished 10 for 17 passing on the night for 101 yards. Leading the way for the blue devils offensively on the night was freshman RB Tyshon Dye, who finished the night with 8 carries for 64 yards and 2 receptions for 20 yards but had 1 lost fumble on the night. RB Trez Haley finished the night with 52 yards on 14 carries for 1 TD while QB Hunter Blackmon finished the night with 12 carries for 43 yards and threw for 107 yards but had 1 lost fumble as well. Other ball carriers for the blue devils were Austin Jones, who had 4 carries for 39 yards, FB DJ Lewis, who had 5 carries for 12 yards and 2 lost fumbles, and FB Blundy Gaines, who had 1 carry for 7 yards. The blue devils threw to several receivers on the night but leading the way was TE Taj Letman, who made several big catches and finished the night with 4 receptions for 40 yards. Other receivers on the night were Tyshon Dye with 2 receptions for 20 yards, Z-Back Austin Jones, who had 1 reception for 19 yards, TE Keldric Rambert, who had 1 reception for 11 yards, and FB Blundy Gaines, who had 1 for 9 yards.

Defensively, the blue devils were again led by Freshman LB Tyshon Dye, who finished the night with 20 tackles (6 solo & 14 assists). DE Taylor Smith finished the night with 11 tackles (2 solo & 9 assists) and FS Trez Haley had 10 tackles (6 solo & 4 assists) to lead the blue devils defense. The defense allowed Stephens Co. 211 total yards on the night but held the Indians to only 51 yards in the second half. Stephens Co. had only 8 first downs on the night.

The blue devils found themselves down 17-0 but never quit and fought back making a great comeback in the 4^th quarter rolling off 17 unanswered points tying the game at 17-17 with 40 seconds left in the game on an unbelievable Omar Vargas 50 yard field goal. The game then went into overtime where each team received the ball at the 15 yard line. The blue devils had the ball first and unfortunately lost the ball again on another turnover thus failing to put any points on the board on their possession. Stephens Co. then started at the 15 yard line and scored a touchdown to defeat the blue devils 23-17 in overtime. This brought the blue devils record to 7-2 on the year and a big show down in the Granite Bowl this Friday night against rival Hart Co. where the two teams will be playing for 2^nd place in the region and the opportunity to host a playoff game.