Maryland at Rutgers
Saturday, October 2, 1920 Share
Rutgers beat Maryland 6–0. It was their first meeting; after it, Rutgers led the series 1–0.
FinalHigh 68°F, low 39°F
In the newspapers

The New York herald, New York, N.Y., October 3, 1920, page 1
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Big Three Football Through With Flying Cosauy Ehm Starts RUTGERS RECEIVERS AGAINST MARYLAND Strong Line and Smooth Back field Lead to Victory by 6 to 0. New BRUNSWICK, n. j.. Oct with slyker and Daisley back in the line and smooth working baclkfeld, Rutgers came back to-day and defeated Mary land at football by to 0. The score gives no real evidence OF the superiority OF the Scarlet Rutgers’s attack was no longer centred around Gardner alone. but Duffy and Maloney tore through right for gain after gain. Rutgers lost little time get ting It’s rejrvenated and powerful often slVe under way. Receiving the kickoff on its 35 yard line the Scarlet made two first downs with ease. forward pass 70 Redmond netted ten more. followed by long gain by Duffy on a fake forward. In the shadow of Maryland’s goals the visitors held fast. but a penalty put the ball on their 3 yard line and Gardner plunged over the line Rutgers started as IL on another march TO goal. but penalties and a missed punt stopped 1t, and ii failed to score again In the first half At the start of the third period Nc Donald received the kickoff. He was downed but broke loose and ran the length OF the field. but the play did not count Neither team could score In the third. but the advantage was with the home eleven. Maryland threatened toward the close with series of passes. but a throw intercepted by Winner halted the visitors. The lineup:
Public-domain newspapers from the Library of Congress’s Chronicling America, found through the American Stories dataset (Dell and Harvard, CC BY 4.0). The text is the machine reading of the page, mistakes and all.
Before kickoff
Our ratings going in
Our ratings (scores only)
Rutgers 54% to win. Elo’s favorite won.
The series
Every Maryland–Rutgers gameMaryland leads 12–10 in 22 meetings, counting the 21 since this game.
| 2026 | Rutgers 37, Maryland 30 | |
| 2025 | Rutgers 35, Maryland 20 | |
| 2024 | Rutgers 31, Maryland 17 | |
| 2023 | Maryland 42, Rutgers 24 | |
| 2022 | Maryland 37, Rutgers 0 | |
| 2021 | Maryland 40, Rutgers 16 |
Around this game
Maryland
- Next gameat PrincetonOct. 9, 1920
- SeasonMaryland in 1920
- ProgramMaryland history and records
Rutgers
- Next gameat LehighOct. 9, 1920
- SeasonRutgers in 1920
- ProgramRutgers history and records

