Alabama vs. George Washington

Alabama and George Washington first met in 1932 and have played 3 times; Alabama leads the series 3–⁠0. Over the last 3 meetings it’s Alabama 3–⁠0, and Alabama has won the last 3.

Alabama wins
3
George Washington wins
0
Ties
0
First meeting
1932
Longest streak
3 Alabama
Current streak
3 Alabama
Last 10 meetings
Alabama 3–⁠0
Most recent
1937

The series at a glance

Every meeting by decade, colored by the winner
’0’1’2’3’4’5’6’7’8’9W–L
1930s3–⁠0
Average margin
26.7 points; 0 decided by one score (8 or fewer)
At George Washington
0–⁠3 George Washington’s record at home
Shutouts
2

Every meeting on file, as played. Ranks are the AP poll’s going in.

Coach against coach

YearsAlabamaSeriesGeorge Washington
1932–⁠1937Frank Thomas3–⁠0James Pixlee

Head-coach pairings with three or more meetings on file, the series read from Alabama’s side (Thomas 3–⁠0 against Pixlee). A season split between coaches goes to the one credited with the game.

Both programs through the years

End-of-season Elo ratings of Alabama and George Washington, 1932 on130015001700190019401960198020002020

Our Elo rating at the end of each season, a measure of how strong a team was, not a forecast; 1500 is an average FBS team.

From the newspapers

  • The The Daily Alaska empire's story of the 1935 game: GRID SCORES ON SATURDAY

    1935 · The Daily Alaska empire, Oct 7, 1935

  • The Evening star's story of the 1937 game: c. Y. TRAILS IN ALL . BUT SCRAPP|NESS Joe Ki|grow a Whitecap as Tide Sweeps to Victory Before 10000.

    1937 · Evening star, Oct 24, 1937

Public-domain newspapers from the Library of Congress’s Chronicling America, found through the American Stories dataset (Dell and Harvard, CC BY 4.0). The earliest meetings with a story on file; each game’s page has the full text.

Every game

Oct 23, 19372Alabama 19, George Washington 0at George Washington
Oct 5, 1935Alabama 39, George Washington 0at George Washington
Oct 8, 1932Alabama 28, George Washington 6at George Washington

Every game is listed as played on the field.