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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/MaroonTrucker28 on 2025-01-05 23:36:35+00:00.

Original Title: TIL in a football game in 1916, Georgia Tech beat Cumberland College 222-0. Georgia Tech made 32 touchdowns, and never attempted to pass: they ran the ball on every single play. It was such a butt-whooping that the referees cut the last two quarters to 12 minutes instead of 15.

 
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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/Americano_Joe on 2024-05-04 16:22:24.

Original Title: TIL John Heisman, whom the Heisman Trophy was named for, was Georgia Tech's head coach for its 222-0 game against Cumberland and ran up the score as payback for Cumberland baseball team's thrashing Heisman's coached GA Tech baseball team 22-0 earlier in the same year.