Let $p$ be an odd prime. We construct a $p$-group $P$ of nilpotency class two, rank seven and exponent $p$, such that $\text{Aut}(P)$ induces $N_{\text{GL}(7,p)}(G_{2}(p))=Z(\text{GL}(7,p))G_{2}(p)$ on the Frattini quotient $P/\unicode[STIX]{x1D6F7}(P)$. The constructed group $P$ is the smallest $p$-group with these properties, having order $p^{14}$, and when $p=3$ our construction gives two nonisomorphic $p$-groups. To show that $P$ satisfies the specified properties, we study the action of $G_{2}(q)$ on the octonion algebra over $\mathbb{F}_{q}$, for each power $q$ of $p$, and explore the reducibility of the exterior square of each irreducible seven-dimensional $\mathbb{F}_{q}[G_{2}(q)]$-module.

Inspired by a construction by Bump, Friedberg, and Ginzburg of a two-variable integral representation on $\text{GS}{{\text{p}}_{4}}$ for the product of the standard and spin $L$-functions, we give two similar multivariate integral representations. The first is a three-variable Rankin-Selberg integral for cusp forms on $\text{PG}{{\text{L}}_{4}}$ representing the product of the $L$-functions attached to the three fundamental representations of the Langlands $L$-group $\text{S}{{\text{L}}_{\text{4}}}\left( \text{C} \right)$. The second integral, which is closely related, is a two-variable Rankin-Selberg integral for cusp forms on $\text{PGU}\left( 2,\,2 \right)$ representing the product of the degree $8$ standard $L$-function and the degree $6$ exterior square $L$-function.