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1950 George Washington

5–⁠4 (4–⁠3 Southern Conference).

Schedule and results

George Washington in 1950, game by game: lost at Virginia 0–19; won vs. VMI 15–12; won vs. West Virginia 21–14; won vs. Virginia Tech 42–7; lost at No. 19 Wake Forest 7–13; lost vs. South Carolina 20–34; lost at No. 16 Maryland 7–23; won at Furman 34–7; won vs. Georgetown 7–6+35−19Lost 0–19 at Virginia-19VirginiaWon 15–12 vs. VMI+3VMIWon 21–14 vs. West Virginia+7West VirginiaWon 42–7 vs. Virginia Tech+35Virginia TechLost 7–13 at No. 19 Wake Forest-6No. 19 Wake ForestLost 20–34 vs. South Carolina-14South CarolinaLost 7–23 at No. 16 Maryland-16No. 16 MarylandWon 34–7 at Furman+27FurmanWon 7–6 vs. Georgetown+1Georgetown
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 23atVirginiaL 0–⁠1929%
Sep 30vsVMIW 15–⁠1252%
Oct 6vsWest VirginiaW 21–⁠1460%
Oct 13vsVirginia TechW 42–⁠778%
Oct 21at19Wake ForestL 7–⁠1326%
Oct 27vsSouth CarolinaL 20–⁠3454%
Nov 4at16MarylandL 7–⁠2318%
Nov 11atFurmanW 34–⁠755%
Nov 25vsGeorgetownW 7–⁠664%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Beat Georgetown 7–⁠6; unranked in the final AP poll; 8th in the Southern Conference.

In program history: The 9th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 49 on file).

Record
5–⁠4
Conference
4–⁠3 8th in Southern Conference
AP final
Unranked
Points
153–⁠135
Coach
—
Elo
1469 +14 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
−3.5 No. 80 of 120 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—

All-Southern Conference

1 second team

Second team

From Wikipedia’s 1950 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1950 Southern Conference standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
Washington and Lee6–⁠08–⁠318
Clemson3–⁠0–⁠19–⁠0–⁠110
VMI5–⁠16–⁠4
Wake Forest6–⁠1–⁠16–⁠1–⁠2
Maryland4–⁠1–⁠17–⁠2–⁠1
Duke5–⁠27–⁠3
North Carolina3–⁠2–⁠13–⁠5–⁠2
George Washington4–⁠35–⁠4
NC State4–⁠4–⁠15–⁠4–⁠1
William & Mary3–⁠34–⁠7
The Citadel2–⁠34–⁠6
South Carolina2–⁠4–⁠13–⁠4–⁠2
Furman2–⁠42–⁠8–⁠1
West Virginia1–⁠32–⁠8
Davidson1–⁠53–⁠6
Richmond1–⁠82–⁠8
Virginia Tech0–⁠80–⁠10

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