1932 George Washington Colonials football team

1932 George Washington Colonials football
ConferenceIndependent
Record6–2–1
Head coach
Home stadiumGriffith Stadium
Seasons
← 1931
1933 →
1932 Southern college football independents records
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Jefferson     8 0 0
Catholic University     6 1 1
South Georgia Teachers     6 2 0
Western Maryland     5 1 2
George Washington     6 2 1
Texas Mines     7 3 0
William & Mary Norfolk     6 3 1
Troy State     5 3 2
Delaware     5 4 0
Wake Forest     3 3 2
West Virginia     5 5 0
Middle Tennessee State Teachers     4 6 0
Delaware State     2 5 0
Georgetown     2 6 1
Navy     2 6 1
Oglethorpe     1 6 0
East Carolina     0 5 0

The 1932 George Washington Colonials football team was an American football team that represented George Washington University as an independent during the 1932 college football season. In its fourth season under head coach Jim Pixlee, the team compiled a 6–2–1 record and outscored opponents by a total of 149 to 76. In intersectional play, the team defeated Iowa, tied with Oklahoma, and lost to Alabama and Tulsa.[1]

When Iowa traveled to Washington, D.C., for its game with George Washington, coach Pixlee requested that Iowa withhold its two African-American players from the game and also not allow them to enter the dressing room or sit on the bench. Iowa coach Ossie Solem agreed that the two would not play but refused the other requests, stating "there isn't anyone big enough in Washington to keep me from taking all my players into the dressing room and onto the playing field."[2]

  1. ^ "1932 George Washington Colonials Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved September 2, 2019.
  2. ^ "Colonials Bar Iowa Negroes: Solem Keeps Pair on Bench". The Des Moines Register. October 29, 1932. p. 7 – via Newspapers.com.