1954 Maryland Terrapins football team

1954 Maryland Terrapins football
Conference Atlantic Coast Conference
Ranking
Coaches #11
AP #8
1954 record 7–2–1 (4–0–1 ACC)
Head coach Jim Tatum
Offensive scheme Split-T
Home stadium Byrd Stadium
1954 ACC football standings
Conf     Overall
Team W   L   T     W   L   T
#14 Duke † 4 – 0 – 0     8 – 2 – 1
#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
† – Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll[1]

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

Schedule

Date Opponent# Rank# Site Result Attendance
18 September 1954 at Kentucky* #3 McLean Stadium • Lexington, KY W 20–0   36,000
1 October 1954 at #4 UCLA* #6 Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum • Los Angeles, CA L 7–12   73,376
9 October 1954 at Wake Forest #13 Wake Forest, NC T 13–13   12,000
16 October 1954 North Carolina Byrd Stadium • College Park, MD W 33–0   26,000
22 October 1954 at #16 Miami* Orange Bowl • Miami, FL L 7–9   52,506
30 October 1954 at South Carolina Williams-Brice Stadium • Columbia, SC W 20–0   24,000
6 November 1954 N.C. Statedagger Byrd Stadium • College Park, MD W 42–14   N/A
13 November 1954 Clemson #17 Byrd Stadium • College Park, MD W 16–0   21,000
20 November 1954 George Washington* #13 Byrd Stadium • College Park, MD W 48–6   N/A
25 November 1954 Missouri* #10 Byrd Stadium • College Park, MD (Thanksgiving) W 74–13   20,000
*Non-conference game. daggerHomecoming. #Rankings from Coaches' Poll released prior to 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. Archived 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.