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The '''1916 Cumberland vs. Georgia Tech football game, commonly referred to as the triple 2s game, ''' was played on October 7, 1916, between the [[Cumberland Phoenix football|Cumberland College Bulldogs]] and the [[Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets football|Georgia Tech Engineers]] on the Engineers' home field of Grant Field in [[Atlanta]]. Georgia Tech defeated the Bulldogs 222–0 for the most lopsided score in the history of college [[American football]].<ref name="nyt">{{cite news| work=[[The New York Times]]| url=https://www.nytimes.com/2006/10/07/sports/ncaafootball/07tech.html |access-date=18 May 2015 |date=2006-10-07| title=In 1916, a Blowout for the Ages| last=Litsky| first=Frank}}</ref><ref name="dropped">{{cite book| title=You Dropped It, You Pick It Up| publisher=Ed's Publishing Company| location=Baton Rouge, Louisiana| last=Paul| first=Jim| isbn=99934-0-444-6| year=1983}}</ref>
Cumberland had disbanded its football program the previous year but was still obligated to play this game against Georgia Tech. The Engineers' [[head coach]], [[John Heisman]], had been the coach of Georgia Tech's baseball team when it was defeated 22–0 by the Bulldogs earlier in 1916, and was looking to avenge that game. Heisman insisted that the Bulldogs fulfill their obligations to play the game and threatened legal action if Cumberland backed out. Cumberland tasked [[George E. Allen]], its baseball captain, to assemble a football team for the game; he recruited his [[Fraternity|fraternity brothers]] and students from Cumberland's [[law school]] to play in Atlanta.
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