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
Seasons
← 1953
1955 →
1954 Atlantic Coast Conference football standings
Conf Overall
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
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll[1]

Schedule

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DateOpponentRankSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 18at Kentucky*No. 3W 20–036,000[4]
October 1at No. 4 UCLA*No. 6L 7–1273,376[5]
October 9vs. Wake ForestNo. 13T 13–1311,000[6]
October 16North CarolinaW 33–026,000[7]
October 22at No. 16 Miami (FL)*L 7–952,506[8]
October 30at South CarolinaW 20–024,000[9]
November 6NC State 
  • Byrd Stadium
  • College Park, MD
W 42–1421,000[10]
November 13ClemsonNo. 17
  • Byrd Stadium
  • College Park, MD
W 16–021,000[11]
November 20George Washington*No. 13
  • Byrd Stadium
  • College Park, MD
W 48–623,000[12]
November 25Missouri*No. 10
  • Byrd Stadium
  • College Park, MD
W 74–1320,000[13]
  • *Non-conference game
  •  Homecoming
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

References

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  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. ^ "UCLA stuns highly-favored Terps, 12–7". The Arizona Daily Star. October 2, 1954. Retrieved January 5, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. ^ "Favored Maryland and Purdue rally in 2nd half to gain 13–13 ties with Wake Forest and Duke". The Winston-Salem Journal & Sentinel. October 10, 1954. Retrieved January 5, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. ^ "Bielski leads Maryland rout of Carolina, 33–0". Asheville Citizen-Times. October 17, 1954. Retrieved January 5, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
  8. ^ "Miami tops Maryland 9–7". Greensboro Daily News. October 23, 1954. Retrieved January 5, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
  9. ^ "Tamburello leads Maryland to 20–0 win over Gamecocks". The News and Observer. October 31, 1954. Retrieved January 5, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
  10. ^ "Terps whip N.C. State, 42–14". The Baltimore Sun. November 7, 1954. Retrieved January 5, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
  11. ^ "Maryland rolls over Clemson, 16–0". The Portsmouth Star. November 14, 1954. Retrieved January 5, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
  12. ^ "Maryland routs George Washington eleven, 48 to 6". The Baltimore Sun. November 21, 1954. Retrieved February 10, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  13. ^ "Storm over M.U." The Kansas City Times. November 26, 1954. Retrieved January 5, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.