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Maryland Football Team History

Maryland Terrapins

University of Maryland
College Park, MD
Founded: 1856
Stadium: Byrd Stadium
Capacity: 48,055
Colors: Black, Gold, Red & White
Coach: Mike Locksley
Conference: Big 10-

Maryland

Team Timeline
First Team: 1888
1895 - Did not field a team.
1911 - Charley Donnelly coached the Aggies in their first eight games, compiling a 2-4-2 record; Curley Byrd took over as coach for the final two games, both victories.
1952 - The Southern Conference sanctioned Maryland for accepting a bowl bid the previous season. The Terrapins were disallowed from playing any conference opponents.
2015 - Randy Edsall was fired after starting the season 2-4. Offensive coordinator Mike Locksley was promoted to interim head coach for the remainder of the season.

Championships
National Championships
1953
Conference Championships
1937, 1951, 1953, 1955, 1974, 1975, 1976 1983, 1984, 1985, 2001
Division Championships

Team Records
Overall Record	683-629-42
Winning Pct.	52%
Vacated Wins	0
Forfeit Games	0
Adjusted Record	683-629-42
Winning Pct.	52%
National Championships	1
Conference Titles	0
Division Titles	0
Conference Record	238-255-4
All American Players
NFL Players (#2)
Home Record	396-252-21
Away Record	271-359-18

By The Numbers
Seasons	132
Winning Seasons (#1)	73
Losing Seasons (#1)	58
Most Wins in A Season	11 (2002)
Most Loses in A Season	10 (2011)
10 Win Seasons	7
Most Points Scored in a Game	80 (9/24/1927)
Most Points Scored in a Season	451 (2002)
Most Points Allowed in a Game	76 (10/25/1913)
Most Points Allowed in a Season	479 (1993)
Largest Margin of Victory	80 (9/24/1927)
Largest Margin of Defeat	76 (10/25/1913)
Most Points Both Teams in a Game	103 (11/17/2018)
Last Shutout	11/26/2022
Last Time Shutout	11/12/2022
Shutouts All-Time	231
Been Shutout All-Time	190

Streaks
Longest Win	19 (11/18/1950-11/1/1952)
Longest Losing	16 (11/5/1966-10/5/1968)

Bowl Records
Overall Record	14-14-2
Rose	0-0-0
Cotton	0-1-0
Orange	0-3-0
Fiesta	0-0-0
Sugar	1-0-0

By the Decade
2020-29	30-24
2010-19	50-74
2000-09	71-52
1990-99	38-72
1980-89	63-49-3
1970-79	69-45-2
1960-69	40-59
1950-59	67-31-3
1940-49	48-40-6
1930-39	55-45-3
1920-29	46-40-10

Next Game
11/23/2024 (Sat) vs. Iowa in a Conference Game
Last Time: Maryland lost 14-51 in 2021.
All-Time:
Maryland vs. Iowa	1-3-0	25.0%

2024 Season

Sat., Aug. 31	vs. Connecticut	50-7 W
Sat., Sep. 7	vs. Michigan State	24-27 L
Sat., Sep. 14	@ Virginia	27-13 W
Sat., Sep. 21	vs. Villanova	38-20 W
Sat., Sep. 28	@ Indiana	28-42 L
Sat., Oct. 5	OPEN
Fri., Oct. 11	vs. Northwestern	10-37 W
Sat., Oct. 19	vs. Southern California	29-28 W
Sat., Oct. 26	@ Minnesota	23-48 L
Sat., Nov. 2	OPEN
Sat., Nov. 9	@ Oregon	18-39 L
Sat., Nov. 16	vs. Rutgers	17-31 L
Sat., Nov. 23	vs. Iowa
Sat., Nov. 30	@ Penn State

2024 Season Totals
Record	5-5
Scoring	264-292
Conference Record	2-2
Home Record	4-2
Away Record	1-3

2024 Big 10 Standings
Season		Conference
Indiana	10-0	5-0
Oregon	11-0	4-0
Washington	6-5	4-1
Michigan	5-5	3-1
Penn State	9-1	3-1
Southern California	5-5	3-2
Maryland	5-5	2-2
Michigan State	4-6	2-3
Minnesota	6-4	2-1
Rutgers	6-4	2-2
Nebraska	5-5	1-2
UCLA	4-6	1-3
Wisconsin	5-5	1-2
Illinois	7-3
Iowa	6-4	0-1
Northwestern	3-7	0-5
Ohio State	9-1
Purdue	1-9	0-4

Longest Running Rivalry
Maryland & Virginia have played 80 games.
Maryland has won 46 games.
Virginia has won 32 games.
with 2 tie games.

Record when scoring..... (since 2000)
Scoring	Record
less than 10	1-34
10 or more	150-116
20 or more	138-54
30 or more	99-16
40 or more	52-3

Record when allowing..... (since 2000)
Points Allowed	Record
less than 10	32-1
10 or more	119-149
20 or more	64-138
30 or more	15-105
40 or more	3-47

Some records may be incomplete.

NOTES:
(1) Winning and losing seasons counted only if team plays at least 8 games.
(2) NFL Players counted for any player that participated in a regular season game.

Great Moments in College Football History

The first bowl game, later known as The Rose Bowl, was played on January 1st, 1902 between the Michigan Wolverines and Stanford Cardinals. Michigan won 49-0.