1955 Maryland Terrapins football team
| 1955 Maryland Terrapins football | |
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Atlantic Coast Conference Co-Championship | |
Orange Bowl vs. Oklahoma, L, 6–20 | |
| Conference | Atlantic Coast Conference |
| Ranking | |
| Coaches | #3 |
| AP | #3 |
| 1955 record | 10–1 (4–0 ACC) |
| Head coach | Jim Tatum |
| Offensive scheme | Split-T |
| Home stadium | Byrd Stadium |
| 1955 ACC football standings | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Conf | Overall | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Team | W | L | T | W | L | T | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| #3 Maryland § | 4 | – | 0 | – | 0 | 10 | – | 1 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Duke § | 4 | – | 0 | – | 0 | 7 | – | 2 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Clemson | 3 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 7 | – | 3 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wake Forest | 3 | – | 3 | – | 1 | 5 | – | 4 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| North Carolina | 3 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 3 | – | 7 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| NC State | 0 | – | 2 | – | 1 | 4 | – | 5 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| South Carolina | 1 | – | 5 | – | 0 | 3 | – | 6 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Virginia | 0 | – | 4 | – | 0 | 1 | – | 9 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| § – Conference co-champions Rankings from AP Poll[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
The 1955 Maryland Terrapins football team represented the University of Maryland in National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) college football in its third season as a member of the Atlantic Coast Conference. Their perfect 10–0 regular season culminated with a bid to the 1956 Orange Bowl, where they faced first-ranked Oklahoma. Maryland lost, 6–20.[2] Maryland's 25-12 victory over Clemson on November 12th was referenced in the 1989 film Back to the Future Part II, which primarily took place on the same day.
Schedule
| Date | Opponent# | Rank# | Site | Result | Attendance | |||
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| 17 September 1955 | at Missouri* | #8 | Faurot Field • Columbia, MO | W 13–12 | 18,000 | |||
| 24 September 1955 | #1 UCLA* | #5 | Byrd Stadium • College Park, MD (Best of the East vs. Best of the West) | W 7–0 | 46,000 | |||
| 1 October 1955 | at #20 Baylor* | #1 | Floyd Casey Stadium • Waco, TX | W 20–6 | 39,000 | |||
| 8 October 1955 | Wake Forest | #1 | Byrd Stadium • College Park, MD | W 28–7 | 16,000 | |||
| 15 October 1955 | at North Carolina | #2 | Kenan Memorial Stadium • Chapel Hill, NC | W 25–7 | 30,000 | |||
| 22 October 1955 | at Syracuse* | #2 | Archbold Stadium • Syracuse, NY | W 34–13 | 32,500 | |||
| 29 October 1955 | South Carolina |
#1 | Williams-Brice Stadium • Columbia, SC | W 27–0 | 25,000 | |||
| 5 November 1955 | Louisiana State* | #1 | Byrd Stadium • College Park, MD | W 13–0 | 28,000 | |||
| 12 November 1955 | at Clemson | #2 | Memorial Stadium • Clemson, SC | W 25–12 | 30,000 | |||
| 19 November 1955 | George Washington* | #2 | Byrd Stadium • College Park, MD | W 19–0 | 20,000 | |||
| 2 January 1956 | vs. #1 Oklahoma* | #3 | Orange Bowl • Miami, FL (1956 Orange Bowl) | L 6–20 | 76,561 | |||
| *Non-conference game. Homecoming. #Rankings from Coaches' Poll released prior to game. | ||||||||
References
- ↑ "1955 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. Archived 2009-06-17.