Duke vs. Maryland

Saturday, October 16, 1948

No. 18 Duke beat Maryland 13–⁠12. It was their sixth meeting; after it, Duke led the series 6–⁠0.

Neutral site18Duke4–⁠3–⁠2 in 1948
13
Neutral siteMaryland6–⁠4 in 1948
12

FinalHigh 67°F, low 33°FAttendance 21,904

In the newspapers

  • The The Daily Alaska empire's story: 5 l1{l6 E8o FOOTBALL { SCORES

    The Daily Alaska empire, Alaska, October 18, 1948, page 3 (results column)

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    5 l1{l6 E8o FOOTBALL { SCORES Final scores of leading football ames played during the weekend re as follows: Wash. State 10; Washington 0. Oregon 2; Southern Cal T. California 42; Oregon s. o. Stanford 35; UCLA IA. Penn 20; Columbia IA. Alabama 6; Tennessee 21. Auburn 0; Georgia Tech 27. Rochester ‘; Tufts 26. Colby IA; Amherst 27. Yale IT; Wisconsin T. Illinois O; Minnesota 6. Harvard T. Army 20. N. Carolina IS; N. Caro-. State o. Williams 0; Bowdoin .34. Marquette T: Pitt 21. Marietta 6; Capital 13. Michigan 28; Northwestern 0. Michigan s. 61; Arizona 2. Duke 13; Maryland 12. Rutgers 22; Princeton 6. Missouri 35; Navy IA. Brown 14: Holy Cross 6. Haverord T; Drexel 6. Cornell 34; Syracuse ‘. “. Virginia ‘; Penn State 37. Colgate Is; Dartmouth fl. Maine 6: Connecticut 34. Hobart 0; Trinity 52. Tex. Christian 27; Tex. AM IA. Utah State T; Wichita U. 20. Notre Dame A. Nebraska 13. Mississippi T; Tulane 20. Colorado T; Iowa State Is. Purdue 20; Iowa 13. Arkansas 6; Texas IA. Ohio State IT; Indiana 0. Maryland 25; Albright o. Brown IA; Holy Cross 6. haverford ‘; Drexel 6. Cornell 34; Syracuse 2. West Virginia 2; rem State 37. Maine 6; Connecticut 34. 4AOi~es4 U, OG. Vanderbilt 26; Kentucky z. Nevada AS; St. Mary’s 20. Utah IT; Denver 0. Whitman 39; Northern Idaho 0. Pacific Univ. 28; Linf.eld IA. San Diego State ‘; Pepperdine 6. San Jose State AT; California 7oly ‘. College of Idaho 40; Eastern Ore on ?. Doans 20; Colorado College IA. Chico (Calif) State 19; Califor- lia Agg.es T. Whittier 27; California Tech 6. Eastern Washington IA; Whit forth B. Montana 14; Montana State 0. Occidental 40; Calf. Poly 0. Colorado ARM 21; Wyoming 20 Oklahoma ARM 27; USF 20. Idaho State 38; Colorado State 6. Southern Oregon 26; San Fran isco ‘. Wake Forest fl; Duquesne 15. Lafayette 46; Muhlenberg B. Florida fl; Rollins 12. Georgia 22; Louisiana State 0. Virginia Military 9; Richmond 0 Hardin Simmons 28; New Mexico 9. Arizona State (Tempe) 70; Ari- Ona State (Flagstaff) o. Southern Methodist 33; Rice ‘. Baylor 13; Texas Tech O. Abilene Christian 39; western ‘olorado 14.

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)

Maryland 54% to win. Duke won as Elo’s underdog.

Maryland leads 31–⁠19 in 50 meetings, counting the 44 since this game.

Recent meetings
2010Maryland 21, Duke 16
2009Duke 17, Maryland 13
2004Maryland 55, Duke 21
2003Maryland 33, Duke 20
2002Maryland 45, Duke 12
2001Maryland 59, Duke 17

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