1916 Georgia facts

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In 1916 the Georgia Tech football team defeated Cumberland 222-0 under coach John Heisman who, when the game ended, had his team run drills and scrimmage each other for another 30 minutes.

The most lopsided game of college football was in 1916, when Georgia Tech defeated Cumberland College 222-0.

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1. In 1916 six men traveled across the frigid waters of the Scotia Sea aboard a lifeboat. They left Elephant Island and two weeks later landed in South Georgia.

2. The highest score in a college football game was 222-0. I was set in 1916 by the powerhouse Georgia Tech against Cumberland College. Also, Georgia Tech's coach was John Heisman, whom the Heisman trophy is named after.

3. The highest scoring College Football game was a total shutout that occurred on October 7th, 1916, between the Georgia Tech Engineers and the Cumberland Bulldogs resulting in a lopsided 222-0.

4. The reason why in 1916 Georgia Tech def. Cumberland College 222-0 in football, was because Cumberland College hired ineligible players (such as minor league players) to beat Georgia Tech 22-0 in baseball earlier that year.

5. The highest scoring football game of all time was a game between Georgia Tech and Cumberland in 1916. The final score was 222-0 Georgia tech, who's team was being lead by John Heisman. When asked to shorten the game out of mercy, Heisman gave them 5 less minutes.

6. In a game played in Atlanta in 1916, John Heisman's Georgia Tech squad defeated the Cumberland College Bulldogs, 222–0, in the most one-sided college football game ever played. Heisman's running up the score...was revenge against Cumberland's baseball team for running up the score earlier.

7. On October 7th, 1916, Georgia Tech beat Cumberland College 222-0. This was the most lopsided victory in the history of college and professional football and one of the most lopsided victories in all major sports history. Georgia Tech averaged over 42 points every quarter.

8. On this day in 1916, Georgia Tech won a college football game 222-0

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