![]() Here are 19 of them, stacked up against other figures from 102 other Rose Bowls dating back to 1902.ġ,141 yards of total offense between Penn State and USC, the second most in a Rose Bowl ever. It was packed with emotional twists and turns, Saquon Barkley jukes, and Sam Darnold bullet passes.īut the game was so good and so loaded with offense that the numbers were bound to be astonishing, and they definitely are. NFL footage © NFL Productions LLC.Numbers cannot tell the full story of the 2017 Rose Bowl, which I think was the best game (so far) of this college football season. All other NFL-related trademarks are trademarks of the National Football League. NFL and the NFL shield design are registered trademarks of the National Football League.The team names, logos and uniform designs are registered trademarks of the teams indicated. Neither team made a first down: Tech scored on every possession and seldom needed more than two or three plays to score. The second half was shortened to 15 minutes (Heisman's one concession to the overmatched opponent, apparently). Tech led 63-0 after one quarter, 126-0 at halftime and 180-0 at the end of three quarters. Cumberland showed up with 13 players three members of the team missed the train after a layover in Nashville, about a 30-minute train ride from Cumberland's campus in Lebanon, Tenn. Instead, Cumberland - which received a $500 guarantee for playing - decided to go ahead with the game. Tech officials said they would call off the game - if Cumberland paid a $3,000 cancellation fee. ![]() Cumberland had decided not to field a team in 1916, but there nevertheless was a signed contract for a game. ![]() John Heisman was Tech's coach, and there's no question he ran up the score on a vastly overmatched team. ![]() 7, 1916.īuzz: This is one of the most famous games in college football history because of Georgia Tech's 222-0 victory. Record: 222 points, by Georgia Tech over Cumberland (Tenn.) on Oct. ![]()
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