The coronavirus and college sports: NCAA reopening plans, latest news, program cuts, more. Gallagher was selected as an academic All-American that season as well. Harry Connaughton was elected to the Georgetown University Athletic Hall of Fame in 1953. Perhaps the football team's most accomplished athlete was Al Blozis, who played for the NFL's New York Giants before being killed in action in World War II.

Connaughton anchored the line for two Georgetown's finest teams, going a combined 16-3-1 in 1925 and 1926 with wins over Pittsburgh, Syracuse, and Fordham.

As a result, it remains the smallest stadium in Division I football and has only temporary bleachers as a part of the current set-up. Morris, a former Green Beret, is the only two-time consensus All-America selection in the University's history. Blozis's great athletic accomplishments, however, came in shot put and discus. A two time team captain, Phelan was named an honorable mention selection following his senior season in 1986, where Georgetown won four of its last five to end the season at .500. Grigsby was the star player on both sides of the line in a Georgetown offensive line that scored 377 points and a defense that allowed only 21 points all season in 1927, including just a single touchdown en route to a 8-1 season. They play their home games at Cooper Field on the Georgetown University campus in Washington, D.C. Their best season in the recent era was produced in 2011 when the team, which was led by the Class of 2012, produced an 8-3 record.

As the college game became more expensive after World War II, Georgetown's program began to lose money rapidly. Moved to tackle from tight end after the 1968 season, Sutton was one of five Georgetown players honored by the NCFA in GU's last season as a club program.

He was the national indoor and outdoor shot put champion in both 1942 and 1943.

Dean Lowry was elected to the Georgetown University Athletic Hall of Fame in 2011.

He was drafted by Jim Thorpe to play for his first NFL team in 1920. He received Distinguished Economics Graduate honors and earned numerous honors in 1988, including Division III CoSIDA/GTE Academic All-America, All-America, and team captain. One of Georgetown's greatest defensive players, Morris anchored a Georgetown line that helped the Hoyas finish 10th in the balloting for the Lambert Bowl in 1974. Like other sports teams from Georgetown, the team is named the Hoyas, which derives from the chant, Hoya Saxa. Named to the Walter Camp All-America team his junior season, Johnny (The Great) Gilroy led the nation in rushing and punt returns, scored 20 touchdowns in 1916, threw for 10 more, and once scored six touchdowns and 11 PAT's in a single game. Club, 28–6", "Georgetown Football History Chapter 9: The Return To Division I", "Georgetown football hopes to complete astounding turnaround, win Patriot League", "Georgetown football receives Patriot League honors", "Howard 14, Georgetown, D.C. 11 – NCAA Football – CBSSports.com Live GameCenter", "Why was Howard playing at UNLV anyway?

Finished fourth nationally for the Buck Buchanan Award (outstanding defensive player). [9] The series has Georgetown leading 2–1–0 following their 2011 victory.

Georgetown has played football at various on-campus intramural fields.