George Washington Colonials football

[2] The team's home field in the final six seasons was District of Columbia Stadium, shared with the Washington Redskins of the National Football League.

[5] In the 1930s and 1940s, GW gained nationwide media attention and scheduled top competition, starting with Alabama in 1932.

After college, he became a two-time All-NFL player for the New York Giants and was eventually inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame.

The lone defeat came against West Virginia, when reserve quarterback Alex Szuch's passing led the Mountaineers to victory, 14–0.

[9] The season's performance resulted in the team being invited to play in the 1957 Sun Bowl in El Paso, TX to face the host school, Texas Western (now known as UTEP).

He recalled, however, that, "When I was a freshman, we played Army and I remember the varsity coming home and half of them wore casts.

"[12] The final George Washington football game to date came on Thanksgiving Day, November 24, 1966, when the team lost to Villanova, 16–7.

[15] GW decided to use the football program's funding to build a new field house for the basketball team.

A former GW player, Harry Ledford, believed that most people were unwilling to commute into Washington, D.C., which did not have metrorail at the time, on Friday nights to D.C. Stadium (later RFK), was perceived as an unsafe area.

Additionally, Maryland and Virginia were nationally competitive teams that drew potential suburban spectators away from GW.