1954 George Washington

1–⁠7–⁠1 (0–⁠4–⁠1 Southern Conference).

Schedule and results

George Washington in 1954, game by game: lost at Wake Forest 0–14; lost vs. VMI 14–16; lost at Virginia 13–14; lost at No. 16 West Virginia 7–13; won at Pennsylvania 32–27; tied vs. William & Mary 13–13; lost vs. Richmond 0–7; lost vs. No. 18 Virginia Tech 13–20; lost at No. 13 Maryland 6–48+7−42Lost 0–14 at Wake Forest-14Wake ForestLost 14–16 vs. VMI-2VMILost 13–14 at Virginia-1VirginiaLost 7–13 at No. 16 West Virginia-6No. 16 West VirginiaWon 32–27 at Pennsylvania+5PennsylvaniaTied 13–13 vs. William & Mary0William & MaryLost 0–7 vs. Richmond-7RichmondLost 13–20 vs. No. 18 Virginia Tech-7No. 18 Virginia TechLost 6–48 at No. 13 Maryland-42No. 13 Maryland
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to Maryland 48–⁠6; unranked in the final AP poll; 8th in the Southern Conference.

In program history: The 21st-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 49 on file).

Record
1–⁠7–⁠1
Conference
0–⁠4–⁠1 8th in Southern Conference
AP final
Unranked
Points
98–⁠172
Coach
—
Elo
1414 −93 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
−7.7 No. 81 of 111 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—

All-Southern Conference

1 first team

First team

  • Richie GaskellEAP-1

From Wikipedia’s 1954 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1954 Southern Conference standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
West Virginia3–⁠08–⁠112
Furman2–⁠05–⁠5
Virginia Tech3–⁠0–⁠18–⁠0–⁠116
Davidson2–⁠16–⁠3
VMI4–⁠34–⁠6
Richmond2–⁠35–⁠4
William & Mary1–⁠2–⁠24–⁠4–⁠2
George Washington0–⁠4–⁠11–⁠7–⁠1
The Citadel0–⁠42–⁠8

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