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1960 George Washington

5–⁠3–⁠1 (4–⁠2 Southern Conference), coached by William Elias.

Schedule and results

George Washington in 1960, game by game: lost at Florida 7–30; won vs. The Citadel 19–14; lost at William & Mary 9–19; lost vs. VMI 10–34; tied at Boston University 0–0; won at Air Force 20–6; won vs. Richmond 16–0; won vs. Virginia Tech 21–8; won at West Virginia 26–0+26−24Lost 7–30 at Florida-23FloridaWon 19–14 vs. The Citadel+5The CitadelLost 9–19 at William & Mary-10William & MaryLost 10–34 vs. VMI-24VMITied 0–0 at Boston University0Boston Universi…Won 20–6 at Air Force+14Air ForceWon 16–0 vs. Richmond+16RichmondWon 21–8 vs. Virginia Tech+13Virginia TechWon 26–0 at West Virginia+26West Virginia
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 17atFloridaL 7–⁠3019%
Sep 24vsThe CitadelW 19–⁠1437%
Oct 1atWilliam & MaryL 9–⁠1933%
Oct 7vsVMIL 10–⁠3423%
Oct 15atBoston UniversityT 0–⁠028%
Oct 29atAir ForceW 20–⁠621%
Nov 4vsRichmondW 16–⁠058%
Nov 11vsVirginia TechW 21–⁠839%
Nov 19atWest VirginiaW 26–⁠055%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Beat West Virginia 26–⁠0; unranked in the final AP poll; tied for 2nd in the Southern Conference.

In program history: The 11th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 49 on file).

Record
5–⁠3–⁠1
Conference
4–⁠2 tied for 2nd in Southern Conference
AP final
Unranked
Points
128–⁠111
Coach
William Elias
Elo
1466 +123 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
−4.1 No. 69 of 113 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—

All-Southern Conference

1 first team

First team

  • Andy GuidaEAP-1

From Wikipedia’s 1960 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1960 Southern Conference standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
VMI4–⁠17–⁠2–⁠1
The Citadel4–⁠28–⁠2–⁠1
George Washington4–⁠25–⁠3–⁠1
Virginia Tech4–⁠26–⁠4
Furman2–⁠25–⁠4–⁠1
Richmond3–⁠4–⁠13–⁠6–⁠1
Davidson1–⁠33–⁠5
William & Mary1–⁠52–⁠8
West Virginia0–⁠2–⁠10–⁠8–⁠2

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