Unbelievable Blowouts in Sports History

TLDR This episode explores some of the most lopsided victories and losses in the history of sports, including a football game where Georgia Tech defeated Cumberland College 222 to 0, the biggest blowout in NFL history, and a club football match where A.S. Demia defeated S.O. LaMaren 149 to 0.

Timestamped Summary

00:00 This episode explores some of the most lopsided victories and losses in the history of sports.
01:26 This episode explores legendary losses in sports that are so astonishing it's hard to even figure out how it was physically possible.
02:42 In 1916, Georgia Tech defeated Cumberland College in a football game by a score of 222 to nothing, which was likely a revenge for Cumberland beating Georgia Tech in a baseball game earlier that year.
04:04 Georgia Tech defeated Cumberland College in a football game by a score of 222 to nothing, with Cumberland having negative 28 yards of offense and 15 turnovers, while Georgia Tech scored 32 touchdowns and didn't attempt a single pass.
05:21 Cumberland College used a pyramid defense formation to block a kick, resulting in a player suffering a horrible injury, and the biggest blowout in NFL history occurred in the 1940 NFL Championship game when the Chicago Bears defeated the Washington Redskins 73 to nothing.
06:44 In a 2002 club football match in Madagascar, A.S. Demia defeated S.O. LaMaren 149 to nothing after LaMaren protested the officiating by scoring own goals for the entire game.
08:09 In 2009, the girls team from Covenant School of Dallas defeated Dallas Academy 100 to nothing, a blowout that made national news and resulted in the firing of the winning team's coach.
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