George Washington vs. Richmond

George Washington and Richmond first met in 1942 and have played 13 times; Richmond leads the series 8–⁠5. Over the last 10 meetings it’s Richmond 7–⁠3, and Richmond has won the last 2.

George Washington wins
5
Richmond wins
8
Ties
0
First meeting
1942
Longest streak
3 Richmond
Current streak
2 Richmond
Last 10 meetings
Richmond 7–⁠3
Most recent
1962

The series at a glance

Every meeting by decade, colored by the winner
’0’1’2’3’4’5’6’7’8’9W–L
1940s1–⁠0
1950s3–⁠6
1960s1–⁠2
Average margin
14.7 points; 6 decided by one score (8 or fewer)
At George Washington
4–⁠4 George Washington’s record at home
At Richmond
4–⁠1 Richmond’s record at home
Shutouts
5

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

Games that tell the story

  1. George Washington’s biggest win1953: George Washington 35, Richmond 7by 28 points
  2. Richmond’s biggest win1959: Richmond 26, George Washington 0by 26 points
  3. Upset1951: Richmond 20, George Washington 19Richmond had a 16% chance, by our ratings before kickoff
  4. Upset1958: Richmond 26, George Washington 6Richmond had a 32% chance, by our ratings before kickoff

Both programs through the years

End-of-season Elo ratings of George Washington and Richmond, 1942 on13001500170019451950195519601965

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 1942 game

    1942 · Evening star, Oct 4, 1942

  • The Evening star's story of the 1959 game: Richmond Blanks CIV, ESQ, in Muddy Battle

    1959 · Evening star, Washington, D.C., Nov 8, 1959

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 2, 1962Richmond 17, George Washington 14at George Washington
Oct 14, 1961Richmond 16, George Washington 15at Richmond
Nov 4, 1960George Washington 16, Richmond 0at George Washington
Nov 7, 1959Richmond 26, George Washington 0at Richmond
Oct 17, 1958Richmond 26, George Washington 6at George Washington
Nov 9, 1957Richmond 13, George Washington 6at Richmond
Nov 9, 1956George Washington 32, Richmond 6at George Washington
Nov 12, 1955Richmond 7, George Washington 0at Richmond
Oct 29, 1954Richmond 7, George Washington 0at George Washington
Nov 21, 1953George Washington 35, Richmond 7at George Washington
Nov 22, 1952George Washington 29, Richmond 7at Richmond
Nov 30, 1951Richmond 20, George Washington 19at George Washington
Oct 3, 1942George Washington 27, Richmond 0at George Washington

Every game is listed as played on the field.