1948 George Washington

4–⁠6 (2–⁠4 Southern Conference).

Schedule and results

George Washington in 1948, game by game: lost vs. Wake Forest 13–27; won at Virginia Tech 13–0; lost vs. VMI 6–26; won at Virginia 20–12; lost vs. Kansas 0–12; lost vs. Maryland 0–47; lost at Lafayette 14–33; won at The Citadel 14–0; lost at Duke 0–62; won vs. Georgetown 13–7+14−62Lost 13–27 vs. Wake Forest-14Wake ForestWon 13–0 at Virginia Tech+13Virginia TechLost 6–26 vs. VMI-20VMIWon 20–12 at Virginia+8VirginiaLost 0–12 vs. Kansas-12KansasLost 0–47 vs. Maryland-47MarylandLost 14–33 at Lafayette-19LafayetteWon 14–0 at The Citadel+14The CitadelLost 0–62 at Duke-62DukeWon 13–7 vs. Georgetown+6Georgetown
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Beat Georgetown 13–⁠7; unranked in the final AP poll; tied for 10th in the Southern Conference.

In program history: The 25th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 49 on file).

Record
4–⁠6
Conference
2–⁠4 tied for 10th in Southern Conference
AP final
Unranked
Points
93–⁠226
Coach
—
Elo
1379 +8 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
−9.2 No. 84 of 117 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—

All-Southern Conference

1 second team

Second team

From Wikipedia’s 1948 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1948 Southern Conference standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
Clemson5–⁠011–⁠011
North Carolina4–⁠0–⁠19–⁠1–⁠13
VMI5–⁠16–⁠3
William & Mary5–⁠1–⁠17–⁠2–⁠217
Wake Forest5–⁠26–⁠420
Maryland4–⁠26–⁠4
Duke3–⁠2–⁠14–⁠3–⁠2
Richmond3–⁠3–⁠15–⁠3–⁠2
Washington and Lee2–⁠24–⁠6
George Washington2–⁠44–⁠6
Furman2–⁠42–⁠6–⁠1
Davidson2–⁠53–⁠5–⁠1
South Carolina1–⁠33–⁠5
NC State1–⁠4–⁠13–⁠6–⁠1
Virginia Tech0–⁠6–⁠10–⁠8–⁠1
The Citadel0–⁠52–⁠7

Ordered by conference winning percentage, then conference wins. Division splits and tiebreakers aren’t applied.