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George Washington vs. Georgetown

George Washington and Georgetown have 13 meetings on file, the first in 1903; Georgetown leads the series 9–⁠3–⁠1 in the games on file. Over the last 10 meetings it’s Georgetown 6–⁠3, and George Washington has won the last 3.

George Washington wins
3
Georgetown wins
9
Ties
1
Earliest on file
1903
Longest streak
9 Georgetown
Current streak
3 George Washington
Last 10 meetings
Georgetown 6–⁠3
Most recent
1950

The series at a glance

’0’1’2’3’4’5’6’7’8’9W–L
1900s0–⁠3
1910s0–⁠1
1930s0–⁠1
1940s2–⁠4–⁠1
1950s1–⁠0
Average margin
18.6 points; 5 decided by one score (8 or fewer)
At George Washington
2–⁠4–⁠1 George Washington’s record at home
At Georgetown
5–⁠1 Georgetown’s record at home
Shutouts
6

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

Games that tell the story

  1. George Washington’s biggest win1949: George Washington 28, Georgetown 7by 21 points
  2. Georgetown’s biggest win1904: Georgetown 62, George Washington 0by 62 points
  3. Upset1949: George Washington 28, Georgetown 7George Washington had a 28% chance, by our ratings before kickoff

Both programs through the years

End-of-season Elo ratings of George Washington and Georgetown, 1903 on130015001700191019201930194019501960

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 Evening star's story of the 1904 game: . lineup was as follows: SHOWED UNDER. Georgetown Overwhelmed the George Washington Team.

    1904 · Evening star, Washington, D.C., Nov 21, 1904

  • The Evening star's story of the 1905 game: GEORGETOWN WINS THE FIRST GAME Bruising Contest With George Washington Univer- sity Witnessed by 1900 Persons-Dutcher's Head Cut But He Pluckly Resumed Play-Bocock's law Broken-Half Dozen Scrimmages

    1905 · Evening star, Washington, D.C., Nov 26, 1905

  • The Evening star's story of the 1939 game: Lone Break Game Gets Georgetown Victory Over George Washington Win, Lose or Draw A Fellow Named MeIIendeck Was MISSING

    1939 · Evening star, Oct 29, 1939

  • The The Wilmington morning star's story of the 1940 game: Gridiron Graphics

    1940 · The Wilmington morning star, North Carolina, Nov 24, 1940

  • The Evening star's story of the 1950 game: 5000 Brave Weather To Watch CoIoniaIs Beat Hoyas, 7-6

    1950 · Evening star, Nov 26, 1950

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

Nov 25, 1950George Washington 7, Georgetown 6at George Washington
Nov 19, 1949George Washington 28, Georgetown 7at Georgetown
Nov 20, 1948George Washington 13, Georgetown 7at George Washington
Nov 22, 1947George Washington 0, Georgetown 0at George Washington
Nov 2, 1946Georgetown 18, George Washington 6at George Washington
Nov 21, 1942Georgetown 21, George Washington 0at Georgetown
Oct 18, 1941Georgetown 25, George Washington 0at George Washington
Nov 23, 19409Georgetown 8, George Washington 0at George Washington
Oct 28, 1939Georgetown 7, George Washington 0at Georgetown
Dec 2, 1916Georgetown 47, George Washington 7at Georgetown
Nov 25, 1905Georgetown 12, George Washington 6at Georgetown
Nov 19, 1904Georgetown 62, George Washington 0at George Washington
Nov 14, 1903Georgetown 33, George Washington 0at Georgetown

Every game is listed as played on the field.