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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: H.C. Curley Byrd
Conference: Southern-

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1888 <-- 1923 <- 1924 -> 1925 --> 2024

1924 Season Highlights

H.C. Curley Byrd enters his 13th season as Head Coach at Maryland.

1924 Season

Date	Opponent	Score
Sat., Sep. 27	vs. Washington (Maryland)	23	0	W
Sat., Oct. 4	vs. Washington & Lee	7	19	L	@ Washington, DC
Sat., Oct. 11	vs. Richmond	38	0	W
Sat., Oct. 18	@ Virginia Tech	0	12	L	@ Washington, DC
Sat., Oct. 25	@ North Carolina	6	0	W
Sat., Nov. 1	@ Catholic	0	0	T
Sat., Nov. 8	@ Yale	0	47	L
Sat., Nov. 15	vs. North Carolina State	0	0	T
Thu., Nov. 27	@ Johns Hopkins	0	0	T	@ Baltimore, MD

1924 Season Totals
Record	3-3 -3
Points Scored	74
Scoring Average	8.2
Points Allowed	78
Defense Average	8.7
Opponents Record	10-13
Conference Record	0-0
Home Record	2-1 -1
Away Record	1-2 -2

1924 NCAA Final Rankings
Rank	Record	Source
was not ranked.

1924 Southern- Standings
	Season			Bowls	Conference
Team	W/L/T	PF	PA		W/L/T	PF	PA	Coach
Alabama	8-1	290	24					Wallace W. Wade
Tulane	8-1	201	59					Clark D. Shaughnessy
Georgia	7-3	129	61					George C. Kid Woodruff
South Carolina	7-3	120	48					Sol S. Metzger
Florida	6-2-2	211	44					J.A. VanFleet
Vanderbilt	6-3-1	150	53					Dan McGugin
Georgia Tech	5-3-1	82	78					William A. Bill Alexander
Louisiana State	5-4	124	81					Mike Donahue
Mississippi State	5-4	82	90					Earl C. Abell
Virginia	5-4	72	83					A. Earle Greasy Neale
Auburn	4-4-1	46	40					Boozer Pitts
Kentucky	4-5	129	99					Fred J. Murphy
Mississippi	4-5	36	142					Chester S. Barnard
North Carolina	4-5	38	57					Robert A. Bob Fetzer & William M. Bill Fetzer
Virginia Tech	4-2-3	103	18					Ben C. Cubbage
Maryland	3-3-3	74	78					H.C. Curley Byrd
Tennessee	3-5	83	135					M.B. Banks
Clemson	2-6	80	96					Bud Saunders
North Carolina State	2-6-2	43	147					Lawrence T. Buck Shaw

1924 All American Awards
Player	Position	Class	Ht.	Wt.	Award	Team	Source
Coming Someday

1924 All Southern Conference Players
Player	Position	Class	Ht.	Wt.	Team	Source
Coming Someday

Some records may be incomplete.

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.