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1968 GACA North/South Game
Aug. 9, 1968
Site: Porter Stadium in Macon
Score: South 26, North 12
Personnel
Coaches
North: George Maloof, St. Pius X
South: Paul Leroy, Thomson
North
- Charles Dudish (Avondale, QB)
- Dennis Chadwick (Decatur, QB)
- Donald Person (Carver Atlanta, HB)
- Joe Tetrault (Marietta, FB)
- Steve White (West Point, TB)
- Tom Carson (Woodward, HB)
- Mike Cawthon (Avondale, HB)
- Greg Blake (St. Pius, HB)
- Jim Tyler (Baldwin, T)
- Frank Dickson (Dalton, T)
- Rick Thomas (R.E. Lee, DB)
- Chip Wisdom (Westminster, QB)
- Harold Mote (Marietta, DB)
- Joe Dixon (HB, Carrollton)
- Bill McManus (Dalton, C)
- John Drake (Chamblee, C)
- David Beavin (St. Pius, C)
- Gary Hanson (Lakeside Atlanta, G)
- Bob Rasnick (St. Joseph, G)
- Ken Phillips (Manchester, G)
- Ralph Hudgins (Marietta, T)
- Boogie Ayers (Marietta, C)
- Larry Hayes (North Springs, T)
- John McMakin (Tucker, L)
- Ronnie Beachum (Newnan, L)
- Bob Bedford (Grady, G)
- Hoyt Nunnally (Harper, L)
- Paul Ferren (North Fulton, L)
- Tom Nash (Washington-Wilkes, L)
- Mike Cole (Decatur, E)
South
- Sammy Oates (Columbus, QB)
- Jack O’Neill (Jenkins, QB)
- Johnny Cobb (Statesboro, HB)
- Brent Cummingham (Putnam County, HB)
- Chan Beasley (Dublin, B)
- Nathaniel Coast (Tompkins, B)
- Larry Love (Groves, K)
- Daryl Johnson (Albany)
- Johnny McCarty (Thomson, P)
- Cornell Boyd (Tompkins, T)
- Wade Brantley (Butler, G)
- Kendall Keith (Jesup, G)
- Stewart Chastain (Cairo, T)
- Rob McDavid (Mark Smith, HB)
- Larry Hall (Albany, HB)
- Johnny Durst (Lyons, FB)
- Mike Rich (Dublin, TB)
- Dan Whitehurst (Cook, C)
- Charles Brantley (Irwin County, G)
- Gene Walker (Columbus, C)
- Glenn Reese (Thomason, G)
- Eddie Welch (Columbus, T)
- J.W. McKinnie (Mark Smith, G)
- Gregg Crabb (Dublin, G)
- Rex Putnal (Lanier, B)
- Bill Jordan (Columbus, E)
- Andy Knox (Thomson, E)
- Mixson Robinson (Lanier, L)
- Kenny Webb (Dublin, E)
- Jack Murphy (Moultrie, T)
Game summary
This was a huge upset. The South led 13-6 midway through the fourth. Jack O’Neill scored from the three to make it 20-6. Johnny McCarty followed that with a 41-yard interception return to make it 26-6. The North’s Charles Dudish threw 9 yards to Donald Person to make the final 26-12. The South scored first on a 7-yard run by Brent Cunningham on an option pitchout from O’Neill. The North answered on a 5-yard Dennis Chadwick run. O’Neill threw 35 yards to Nathaniel Coast for the other touchdown.