1955 Maryland Terrapins football team
Main article: Maryland Terrapins football under Jim Tatum (1947–1955)
1955 Maryland Terrapins football | |
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ACC co-champion | |
Orange Bowl, L 6–20 vs. Oklahoma | |
Conference | Atlantic Coast Conference |
Ranking | |
Coaches | No. 3 |
AP | No. 3 |
1955 record | 10–1 (4–0 ACC) |
Head coach | Jim Tatum |
Offensive scheme | Split-T |
Home stadium | Byrd Stadium |
1955 ACC football standings | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Conf | Overall | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 1955 Maryland Terrapins football team represented the University of Maryland, College Park 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* | No. 8 | Faurot Field • Columbia, MO | W 13–12 | 18,000 | ||||
24 September 1955 | No. 1 UCLA* | No. 5 | Byrd Stadium • College Park, MD (Best of the East vs. Best of the West) | W 7–0 | 46,000 | ||||
1 October 1955 | at No. 20 Baylor* | No. 1 | Floyd Casey Stadium • Waco, TX | W 20–6 | 39,000 | ||||
8 October 1955 | Wake Forest | No. 1 | Byrd Stadium • College Park, MD | W 28–7 | 16,000 | ||||
15 October 1955 | at North Carolina | No. 2 | Kenan Memorial Stadium • Chapel Hill, NC | W 25–7 | 30,000 | ||||
22 October 1955 | at Syracuse* | No. 2 | Archbold Stadium • Syracuse, NY | W 34–13 | 32,500 | ||||
29 October 1955 | South Carolina | No. 1 | Williams-Brice Stadium • Columbia, SC | W 27–0 | 25,000 | ||||
5 November 1955 | Louisiana State* | No. 1 | Byrd Stadium • College Park, MD | W 13–0 | 28,000 | ||||
12 November 1955 | at Clemson | No. 2 | Memorial Stadium • Clemson, SC | W 25–12 | 30,000 | ||||
19 November 1955 | George Washington* | No. 2 | Byrd Stadium • College Park, MD | W 19–0 | 20,000 | ||||
2 January 1956 | vs. No. 1 Oklahoma* | No. 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.
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