George Washington Colonials football

George Washington Colonials
First season	1881
Last season	1966
Seating capacity	54,000 (D.C. Stadium) also Griffith Stadium
Field surface	Natural grass
Location	Washington, D.C.
Conference	Southern Conference
Past conferences	South Atlantic Intercollegiate Athletic Association (1907–1910)
All-time record	217–252–37 (.465)
Bowl record	1–0 (1.000)
Colors	Buff and Blue
Rivals	Georgetown Maryland West Virginia Virginia Tech Virginia

The George Washington Colonials football team represented The George Washington University of Washington D.C. in National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) major college-level football competition from 1881 to 1966. The team's home field in the final seasons was D.C. Stadium (now RFK), shared with the Washington Redskins of the National Football League.

The Colonials were most successful between the 1930s and 1950s, when they regularly played top-level competition. George Washington made one bowl game appearance, at the end of the 1956 season at the Sun Bowl in El Paso, Texas; the Colonials shut out host Texas Western (now UTEP) 13–0 on New Year's Day. The football program was discontinued after the 1966 season due to a number of factors, including the team's lack of an on-campus stadium and football support facilities.

The earliest recorded football games at Columbian University (as the school was known until 1904) were five contests against Gallaudet and Episcopal High School between 1881 and 1883. On November 8, 1890, football resumed when Columbian defeated a Washington-based club, Kalorama AC, 10–0. The team played off and on until 1920. That season was not a successful one for George Washington, which finished 1–6–1, including a defeat at the hands of West Virginia, 81–0, and West Virginia Wesleyan, 101–7. H. Watson "Maud" Crum became the head football and basketball coach in 1924. He was the first to remain in that position with the "Hatchetites" for more than four years.

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