This is the story of the characters and circumstances surrounding
the wildest college football game ever played: Georgia Tech's 222-0
victory over little Cumberland University on Oct. 7, 1916, in
Atlanta. Cumberland dropped football after a disastrous 1915 season
in which it was outscored by an aggregate 276-0 in five games. But
Cumberland beat the Georgia Tech baseball team 22-0 by illegally
using a half dozen professional players. Coach John Heisman, who
coached the Tech baseball and football teams, discovered that
Cumberland had not formally cancelled its contract to play Tech in
football in 1916. Heisman, looking for revenge, insisted the game
be played or Cumberland would have to pay Tech a $3,000 forfeit fee
(a huge sum at the time). Cumberland wanted to avoid the costly
forfeiture fee so it told the school's young sports team's
managers, George Allen, to somehow come up with a team to play
Tech. Allen's adventures in putting together a bunch of misfits and
finding a coach result in some hilarious moments. The game itself
also included numerous humorous situations.
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