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]
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Conference | Atlantic Coast Conference |
Ranking | |
Coaches | No. 11 |
AP | No. 8 |
Record | 7–2–1 (4–0–1 ACC) |
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Offensive scheme | Split-T |
Home stadium | Byrd Stadium |
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Team | W | L | T | W | L | T | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
No. 14 Duke $ | 4 | – | 0 | – | 0 | 8 | – | 2 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
No. 8 Maryland | 4 | – | 0 | – | 1 | 7 | – | 2 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
North Carolina | 4 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 4 | – | 5 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
South Carolina | 3 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 6 | – | 4 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Clemson | 1 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 5 | – | 5 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Wake Forest | 1 | – | 4 | – | 1 | 2 | – | 7 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Virginia | 0 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 3 | – | 6 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
NC State | 0 | – | 4 | – | 0 | 2 | – | 8 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Schedule
Date | Opponent | Rank | Site | Result | Attendance | Source |
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September 18 | at Kentucky* | No. 3 | W 20–0 | 36,000 | [4] | |
October 1 | at No. 4 UCLA* | No. 6 | L 7–12 | 73,376 | ||
October 9 | vs. Wake Forest | No. 13 | T 13–13 | 12,000 | ||
October 16 | North Carolina | W 33–0 | 26,000 | |||
October 22 | at No. 16 Miami (FL)* | L 7–9 | 52,506 | |||
October 30 | at South Carolina | W 20–0 | 24,000 | |||
November 6 | NC State![]() |
| W 42–14 | |||
November 13 | Clemson | No. 17 |
| W 16–0 | 21,000 | |
November 20 | George Washington* | No. 13 |
| W 48–6 | 23,000 | [5] |
November 25 | Missouri* | No. 10 |
| W 74–13 | 20,000 | |
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References
- "1954 Atlantic Coast Conference Year Summary". sports-reference.com. Retrieved January 16, 2013.
- Year-by-Year Results(PDF), 2008 Maryland Football Media Guide, University of Maryland, 2008. Accessed 2009-06-15. 2009-06-17.
- 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.
- "Maryland profits by breaks to defeat Kentucky 20 to 0". The Owensboro Messenger. September 19, 1954. Retrieved October 6, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
- "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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