George Washington vs. Vanderbilt

George Washington and Vanderbilt first met in 1934 and have played 3 times; Vanderbilt leads the series 3–⁠0. Over the last 3 meetings it’s Vanderbilt 3–⁠0, and Vanderbilt has won the last 3.

George Washington wins
0
Vanderbilt wins
3
Ties
0
First meeting
1934
Longest streak
3 Vanderbilt
Current streak
3 Vanderbilt
Last 10 meetings
Vanderbilt 3–⁠0
Most recent
1964

The series at a glance

Every meeting by decade, colored by the winner
’0’1’2’3’4’5’6’7’8’9W–L
1930s0–⁠1
1960s0–⁠2
Average margin
15.3 points; 1 decided by one score (8 or fewer)
At George Washington
0–⁠2 George Washington’s record at home
At Vanderbilt
1–⁠0 Vanderbilt’s record at home
Shutouts
2

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

Both programs through the years

End-of-season Elo ratings of George Washington and Vanderbilt, 1934 on1300150017001935194019451950195519601965

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 1934 game: BETTER BLOCKING |SCOL0NIALS' AIM Team Also Would Perfect Handling of Foot Ball Be. fore L. S. U. Game.

    1934 · Evening star, Nov 5, 1934

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 17, 1964Vanderbilt 14, George Washington 0at George Washington
Nov 23, 1963Vanderbilt 31, George Washington 0at Vanderbilt
Nov 3, 1934Vanderbilt 7, George Washington 6at George Washington

Every game is listed as played on the field.