1948 George Washington Colonials football team

The 1948 George Washington Colonials football team was an American football team that represented George Washington University as part of the Southern Conference during the 1948 college football season. In their first season under head coach Bo Rowland, the team compiled a 4–6 record (2–4 in the SoCon).^[1]

1948 George Washington Colonials football
Conference	Southern Conference
Record	4–6 (2–4 SoCon)
Head coach	Bo Rowland (1st season)
Home stadium	Griffith Stadium
Seasons ← 1947 1949 →

1948 Southern Conference football standings

v t e	Conf.							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
No. 11 Clemson $	5	–	0	–	0			11	–	0	–	0
No. 3 North Carolina	4	–	0	–	1			9	–	1	–	1
VMI	5	–	1	–	0			6	–	3	–	0
No. 17 William & Mary	5	–	1	–	1			7	–	2	–	2
No. 20 Wake Forest	5	–	2	–	0			6	–	4	–	0
Maryland	4	–	2	–	0			6	–	4	–	0
Duke	3	–	2	–	1			4	–	3	–	2
Richmond	3	–	3	–	1			5	–	3	–	2
Washington and Lee	2	–	2	–	0			4	–	6	–	0
Furman	2	–	4	–	0			2	–	6	–	1
George Washington	2	–	4	–	0			4	–	6	–	0
Davidson	2	–	5	–	0			3	–	5	–	1
South Carolina	1	–	3	–	0			3	–	5	–	0
NC State	1	–	4	–	1			3	–	6	–	1
VPI	0	–	6	–	1			0	–	8	–	1
The Citadel	0	–	5	–	0			2	–	7	–	0
$ – Conference champion Rankings from AP Poll

George Washington was ranked at No. 124 in the final Litkenhous Difference by Score System ratings for 1948.^[2]

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 18	3:00 p.m.	at Wake Forest	Groves Stadium Wake Forest, NC	L 13–27	10,000	[3][4]
September 25		at VPI	Miles Stadium Blacksburg, VA	W 13–0	11,000	[5]
October 2		VMI	Griffith Stadium Washington, DC	L 26–6		[6]
October 9		at Virginia*	Scott Stadium Charlottesville, VA	W 20–12	17,000	[7]
October 15		Kansas*	Griffith Stadium Washington, DC	L 0–12	13,814	[8]
October 23		Maryland	Griffith Stadium Washington, DC	L 0–47	16,034	[9]
October 30		at Lafayette*	Fisher Field Easton, PA	L 14–33	13,000	[10]
November 6		at The Citadel	Johnson Hagood Stadium Charleston, SC	W 14–0	8,000	[11]
November 13		at Duke	Duke Stadium Durham, NC	L 0–62	12,000	[12]
November 20		Georgetown*	Griffith Stadium Washington, DC	W 13–7	11,828	[13]
*Non-conference game