Gazelec Ajaccio picked up their first Ligue 1 win at the 11th time of asking, ending Nice's four-match winning run with a 3-1 triumph in Corsica.
Hatem Ben Arfa had inspired Nice's surge in form, taking them up to sixth in the table, but they looked bereft of ideas against Gazelec.
Though Gazelec captain Roderic Filippi could only turn Ricardo Pereira's cross into his own net 10 minutes later, he made amends in the best possible way just after the half-hour, restoring the hosts' lead with a towering header from Damjan Djokovic's corner.
Djokovic himself gave Gazelec a two-goal cushion shortly before the interval, and it proved enough to make history as Nice failed to muster a response after the break - GFC substitute Jerome Le Moigne's late red card doing little to dampen the party atmosphere as Thierry Laurey's men clambered off the foot of the table.
