The Gainesville Red Elephants were able to hold Salem scoreless until the final five seconds of a 49-6 blowout win on Friday night in Conyers. Deshaun Watson and Michael Byrd fueled the Gainesville (6-1, 5-0 Region 8-AAAAA) offense in the first half with Byrd scoring one of his two touchdowns a 6-yard run with 5:04 left in the first quarter. Rodney Lackey opened the scoring for Gainesville with 9:58 left in the first, and the Red Elephants continued the charge until Salem scored their only points of the game with 5.5 seconds left to play.