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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-

Team Home Summary  Coaches Games by Year Opponents Rankings Bowls Conference


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1888  <-- 1922 <- 1923 -> 1924 --> 2024
1923 Season Highlights
 H.C. Curley Byrd enters his 12th season as Head Coach at Maryland.
 
1923 Season
 Date   Opponent  Score   
 Sat., Sep. 29  vs. Randolph-Macon  53   0   W       
 Sat., Oct. 6  @ Pennsylvania  3   0   W       
 Sat., Oct. 13  vs. Richmond  23   0   W    @ Washington, DC   
 Sat., Oct. 20  @ Virginia Tech  7   16   L    @ Washington, DC   
 Sat., Oct. 27  vs. North Carolina  14   0   W       
 Sat., Nov. 3  vs. St. Johns (Maryland)  28   0   W       
 Sat., Nov. 10  @ Yale  14   16   L       
 Sat., Nov. 17  @ North Carolina State  26   12   W       
 Sat., Nov. 24  vs. Catholic  40   6   W       
 Thu., Nov. 29  @ Johns Hopkins  6   6   T    @ Baltimore, MD   
 
1923 Season Totals
  Record7-2 -1
  Points Scored214
  Scoring Average21.4
  Points Allowed56
  Defense Average5.6
  Opponents Record14-13
  Conference Record0-0
  Home Record5-0
  Away Record2-2 -1
1923 NCAA Final Rankings
 Rank   Record   Source 
  was not ranked.
  
1923 Southern- Standings
  Season   Bowls   Conference 
 Team  W/L/T  PF  PA    W/L/T  PF  PA   Coach 
Alabama 7-2-122250   Wallace W. Wade
Maryland 7-2-121456   H.C. Curley Byrd
Florida 6-1-217960   J.A. VanFleet
Tulane 6-3-111789   Clark D. Shaughnessy
Virginia Tech 6-311655   Ben C. Cubbage
Clemson 5-2-19165   Bud Saunders
Georgia 5-3-174120   George C. Kid Woodruff
Mississippi State 5-2-28366   Earl C. Abell
North Carolina 5-3-17785   Robert A. Bob Fetzer & William M. Bill Fetzer
Tennessee 5-4-182167   M.B. Banks
Vanderbilt 5-2-113733   Dan McGugin
Kentucky 4-3-213553   J. Winn
Mississippi 4-681145   Roland A. Cowell
South Carolina 4-610477   Sol S. Metzger
Auburn 3-3-39658   Boozer Pitts
Georgia Tech 3-2-47582   William A. Bill Alexander
Louisiana State 3-5-1103121   Mike Donahue
North Carolina State 3-756134   Harry Hartsell
Virginia 3-5-18781   A. Earle Greasy Neale

1923 All American Awards
 Player   Position   Class   Ht.   Wt.   Award   Team   Source 
 Coming Someday 

1923 All Southern Conference Players
 Player   Position   Class   Ht.   Wt.   Team   Source 
 Coming Someday 


Some records may be incomplete.


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