Flowery Branch and Gainesville have met nine times on the gridiron since the Falcons football program began in 2002. Through 2008, the teams played once each season, and in 2009, the two met in the regular season to decide the region title, and in the state semifinals to decide which would advance to the state title game. Flowery Branch athletic director Shannon Benton rattled a number of the big games in the series off the top of his head; first a big comeback by Flowery Branch in 2006, and then one by Gainesville three years later.