Post by ohstatefan on Aug 25, 2014 11:28:12 GMT -5
128-0 is not the record for the biggest blowout in college football, in fact it's not even the biggest blowout that season.
Also in 1916, Georgia Tech beat Cumberland 222-0.
Supposedly Cumberland had canceled it's football program that year, but could not back out of the game without incurring a $3,000 penalty.
John Heisman was the football coach at Georgia Tech that year, and he was also the baseball coach too. In baseball, Cumberland had beaten Tech 22-0 that year, allegedly using pros in the game, so that might explain why Heisman wanted to run up the score.
128-0 is not the record for the biggest blowout in college football, in fact it's not even the biggest blowout that season.
Also in 1916, Georgia Tech beat Cumberland 222-0.
Supposedly Cumberland had canceled it's football program that year, but could not back out of the game without incurring a $3,000 penalty.
John Heisman was the football coach at Georgia Tech that year, and he was also the baseball coach too. In baseball, Cumberland had beaten Tech 22-0 that year, allegedly using pros in the game, so that might explain why Heisman wanted to run up the score.
Post by victor2111 on Aug 25, 2014 16:17:16 GMT -5
An Atlanta man and Georgia Tech graduate won the bidding for a most prized piece of college football and school history – what is believed to be the game ball from Tech’s 222-0 win over Cumberland in 1916. His plans for the ball will undoubtedly please Yellow Jackets fans.
“It’s not mine,” said Ryan Schneider, a 46-year-old patent attorney. “It’s for the school.”
Schneider claimed the ball with a bid of $40,388, the 19th bid in the 19-day online auction conducted by SCP Auctions. It squashed the previous high for a football in the auction house’s online records, a football autographed by the 1966 Green Bay Packers, winners of the first Super Bowl, which went for $26,046.
