The trophy is named after John W. Heisman, a former Georgia Tech head coach whose teams dominated offensively for the better part of two decades in the early 20th century.

The Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets, led by legendary coach John Heisman, routed Cumberland College 222-0 in the most lopsided game in college football history on Oct. 7, 1916.

Starting in the 1950s and running up through the 2010s, here are the AJC panel’s picks for the top Yellow Jackets football players in each decade.

The trophy is named after John W. Heisman, a former Georgia Tech head coach whose teams dominated offensively for the better part of two decades in the early 20th century.

The Heisman Trophy is named after John Heisman, whose standout coaching career included 15 years at Tech, where his team was a scoring powerhouse and tallied 33 consecutive wins.

"Coach John Heisman at Georgia Tech said 'No, we're not going to accept that,'" Hatcher said. "You're going to have to come to Atlanta and play this game or we're going to file a lawsuit from ...

In 1907, Georgia Tech − coached by John Heisman, for whom the Heisman trophy is named − suffered an unprecedented, 54-0 blowout at the hands of Vanderbilt at Dudley Field.

That is a shame for a game that has featured such prominent names as John Heisman — of Heisman Trophy fame — who coached on both sides of the aisle in this series. Georgia Tech still plays ...

Heisman won the 1916 and 1917 national championships at Georgia Tech. Heisman was described as an innovator of the game. He was born in Cleveland, Ohio on Oct. 23, 1869.

ATLANTA — The Georgia Tech athletics department is mourning the loss of legendary former director of athletics, Dr. Homer Rice. Rice died Monday, June 10, at the age of 97. He was the Yellow ...