1954 Maryland Terrapins football team

The 1954 Maryland Terrapins football team represented the University of Maryland in the 1954 college football season as a member of the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC).[2] Maryland, with its rout against Missouri, 74–13, set an ACC record-high for scoring that stood for 27 years.[3]

1954 Maryland Terrapins football
ConferenceAtlantic Coast Conference
Ranking
CoachesNo. 11
APNo. 8
Record7–2–1 (4–0–1 ACC)
Head coach
Offensive schemeSplit-T
Home stadiumByrd Stadium
1954 Atlantic Coast Conference football standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
No. 14 Duke $ 4 0 08 2 1
No. 8 Maryland 4 0 17 2 1
North Carolina 4 2 04 5 1
South Carolina 3 3 06 4 0
Clemson 1 2 05 5 0
Wake Forest 1 4 12 7 1
Virginia 0 2 03 6 0
NC State 0 4 02 8 0
  • $ Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll[1]

Schedule

DateOpponentRankSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 18at Kentucky*No. 3W 20–036,000[4]
October 1at No. 4 UCLA*No. 6L 7–1273,376
October 9vs. Wake ForestNo. 13T 13–1312,000
October 16North CarolinaW 33–026,000
October 22at No. 16 Miami (FL)*L 7–952,506
October 30at South CarolinaW 20–024,000
November 6NC Statedagger
  • Byrd Stadium
  • College Park, MD
W 42–14
November 13ClemsonNo. 17
  • Byrd Stadium
  • College Park, MD
W 16–021,000
November 20George Washington*No. 13
  • Byrd Stadium
  • College Park, MD
W 48–623,000[5]
November 25Missouri*No. 10
  • Byrd Stadium
  • College Park, MD
W 74–1320,000
  • *Non-conference game
  • daggerHomecoming
  • Rankings from Coaches' Poll released prior to the game

References

  1. "1954 Atlantic Coast Conference Year Summary". sports-reference.com. Retrieved January 16, 2013.
  2. Year-by-Year Results(PDF), 2008 Maryland Football Media Guide, University of Maryland, 2008. Accessed 2009-06-15. 2009-06-17.
  3. K. Adam Powell and Woody Durham, Border Wars: The First Fifty Years of Atlantic Coast Conference Football, p. 167, Scarecrow Press, ISBN 0-8108-4839-2, 2004.
  4. "Maryland profits by breaks to defeat Kentucky 20 to 0". The Owensboro Messenger. September 19, 1954. Retrieved October 6, 2023 via Newspapers.com.
  5. "Maryland routs George Washington eleven, 48 to 6". The Baltimore Sun. November 21, 1954. Retrieved February 10, 2021 via Newspapers.com.


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