The Dragons won the toss and chose to receive the ball and protect the north end zone. The kickoff sailed out of the end zone and QB Brian Hall brought the offense to the line, first and ten on the 20 yard line. The first play of the season was a dive up the middle by FB Cody McMeans for 5 yards. Two more running plays netted four yards and the Dragons were faced with fourth and one on their own 29 yard line. Jr HB Noel Moyes followed FB McMeans and HB Jordan Pedron on a double power off left tackle for 3 yards and a first down. The Dragons continued to drive and found itself facing a third down and three at their own 44. QB Brian Hall ran option left keeper behind Matt Fields and Nash Jackson, ran over the safety and with excellent downfield blocking by TE Grant Hall and Noel Moyes, was finally brought down at the Gallatin 9 yard line. A motion penalty on the next play set the Dragons back 5 yards to the 14 yard line. A perfect pull block by Andrew White enabled HB Noel Moyes to follow T Scott Eller and TE Grant Hall off the left side down to the Green Wave 2.5 yard line. The Green Wave defense dug in for a goal line stand and Pedron carried the ball off right tackle to the 1.5 yard line. On fourth and goal, the Dragons called on Moyes to follow Pedron and McMeans off left tackle and into the end zone …..with the big men, Matt Fields – Scott Eller – Nash Jackson – Garrison Smith moving the entrenched Green Wave defense. With 5:46 remaining in the first quarter, Senior K Brett Caldwell’s PAT was good and the Dragons led 7 – 0 on their initial drive of the season .

Brett Caldwell’s kickoff was returned 28 yards to the 38 yard line where outstanding special teams tackle by Vincent Pirani and Jason Smith stopped the Gallatin kick returner cold. After a series of plays in which the Dragons defense was handling the Green Wave offense, Gallatin was faced with fourth down and less than a yard at the Collierville 40 yard line. Running a single power option left , the Gallatin QB and RB jammed each other in the backfield resulting in a fumble. In a play that the Dragon defense stuffed, the Gallatin QB picked up his own fumble and broke loose on a 40 yard broken play run for a touchdown. The PAT was good and the score was tied, 7 - 7 , with 1:42 remaining in the opening quarter.

Brian Hall received the ensuing kickoff at the Dragon three and carried it to the 32 yard line for a 29 yard return. Following a dead ball penalty, the Dragons started with first and fifteen at their own 27 yard line. The Dragons moved the ball to the 45 yard line and on the last play of the first quarter Hall hit senior WR Taylor Walker for a thirteen yard gain down to the Gallatin 42. Next, excellent pass protection enabled Hall to find WR Jonathon Abel for ten more yards, down to the 27. With consistent blocking by seniors Jordan Whitten, Andrew White, Nash Jackson, and Scott Eller, the Dragons moved the ball to the Green Wave 8 yard line where the drive stalled. A 25 yard field goal attempt narrowly missed and though dominated by the Dragons on the drive, the Green Wave remained tied with the Dragons, 7 – 7.

The Green Wave took over on the 20 yard line and could only manage to move the ball to the 48 yard line where on third and six, junior DB Jason Smith smashed the Gallatin receiver on a sure first down pass play, thus forcing Gallatin to punt. The Dragons took over first and ten at their own 9 yard line following the punt out of bounds. Brian Hall ran option left and followed FB Cody McMeans through the hole, broke free and raced down the visitor’s sideline for an apparent 91 yard TD run. Inexplicably and questionably, Hall was called for offensive face masking and the play was called back. The ball was placed on the Dragon 29 yard line as the penalty was from the spot of the supposed foul. A dead ball penalty moved the ball back an additional 5 yards and on second and15 from the 24 yard line, Hall spotted a streaking Jordan Pedron who was leveled with a “no choice but knock the receiver down” play by the safety at the Gallatin 35 yard line on a potential TD pass play. With the penalty, it was Dragon ball on their own 48, first and ten and junior QB Jason Smith came in to run the offense. Smith coolly moved the offense and gained a first down to the Gallatin 41 where he turned the offense back over to Brian Hall. The Gallatin defense held and senior Brock Merryman’s punt found its way into the end zone, setting up Gallatin with first down on their own 20 yard line. The Dragon defense held and forced the Green Wave to punt. The first half ended on a pass completion to senior WR Taylor Walker for a pick up of 8 yards. The Dragons clearly dominated the first half yet were not able to put the points on the board. Halftime: Collierville 7 Gallatin 7.

Brett Caldwell’s second half kickoff sailed 5 yards into the end zone setting Gallatin up on their 20 with first and ten. On the second play from scrimmage, the Green Wave QB ran option right keeper and broke into the Dragon secondary on an apparent 71 yard TD scamper. Only a determined and outstanding tackle by DB Brock Merryman at the Collierville 19 yd line saved the TD. The Dragon defense then rose to the occasion. First a two yard loss led by Andrew White and Kevin McDonel, then a high/low tag-team stop by Scott Eller and Casey Shockey and finally a pass play stopped for one yard gain by Shockey and Jonathon Abel forced Gallatin to play for field position by pooch punting from the Collierville 35 yard line.

With first and ten at the 14, the Dragon offensive line opened up a huge hole and FB Cody McMeans rambled 32 yards to the 50. On third down, Brian Hall passed to TE Grant Hall for a 10 yard gain to the Green Wave 35. A few plays later, an illegal chop block by the Dragons moved the ball back to the 44 where Brock Merryman punted to the Gallatin 10 yard line. Primarily running and passing out of a shotgun set, the Green Wave moved the ball to midfield. On the ninth play of the drive, apparently Casey Shockey and the rest of the defense said “enough is enough”. Shockey broke through the line and hit the Gallatin QB just as he released the football setting up a perfect interception by safety Layne Maynard who returned the interception to the 50.

A holding call negated a 22 yard run by Brian Hall and moved the ball back to the Collierville 42 where the offense could not find its rhythm. Merryman’s punt hit a Gallatin player’s helmet at the 30 yard line and bounced out of bounds at the 40…a likely net gain for Gallatin of at least 20 yards. Again out of the shotgun, the Green Wave QB ran option right with a perfect downfield pitch to his trailing back who rambled 26 yards before an outstanding hustle play by LB Andrew White caused a fumble which White found convenient to recover himself at the Collierville 34 yard line. Additionally, defensive tackle Ben Huff had hustled downfield and was involved in the “secondary” tackle on the running back which enabled White to grab the fumble. It appeared the Dragons were going to take control of the game but on the next offensive series the Dragons fumbled back to the Green Wave at the Collierville 44. Five plays later, the Green Wave punched it into the end zone for a touchdown. PAT was good and with 9:25 left left in the game, Gallatin led 14 – 7.