1954 Maryland Terrapins football team

1954 Maryland Terrapins football
Conference Atlantic Coast Conference
Ranking
Coaches No. 11
AP No. 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
TeamW 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
  • $ 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
September 18 at Kentucky* No. 3 McLean StadiumLexington, KY W 20–0   36,000
October 1 at No. 4 UCLA* No. 6 Los Angeles Memorial ColiseumLos Angeles, CA L 7–12   73,376
October 9 at Wake Forest No. 13 Wake Forest, NC T 13–13   12,000
October 16 North Carolina Byrd StadiumCollege Park, MD W 33–0   26,000
October 22 at No. 16 Miami (FL)* Miami Orange BowlMiami, FL L 7–9   52,506
October 30 at South Carolina Williams-Brice StadiumColumbia, SC W 20–0   24,000
November 6 NC Statedagger Byrd Stadium • College Park, MD W 42–14   N/A
November 13 Clemson No. 17 Byrd Stadium • College Park, MD W 16–0   21,000
November 20 George Washington* No. 13 Byrd Stadium • College Park, MD W 48–6   N/A
November 25 Missouri* No. 10 Byrd Stadium • College Park, MD 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.


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