1955 Maryland Terrapins football | |
Atlantic Coast Conference Co-Championship | |
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Orange Bowl vs. Oklahoma, L, 6–20 | |
Conference | Atlantic Coast Conference |
Ranking | |
AP | No. 3 |
1955 record | 10–1 (4–0 ACC) |
Head coach | Jim Tatum |
Offensive scheme | Split-T |
Home stadium | Byrd Stadium |
Seasons |
1955 ACC football standings | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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. http://www.sports-reference.com/cfb/conferences/acc/1955.html. 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.