Georgetown at Maryland
Friday, September 30, 1949 Share
Maryland beat Georgetown 33–7. It was their 12th meeting; after it, Georgetown led the series 8–4.
FinalAttendance 18,227
In the newspapers

Evening star, October 1, 1949, page 12
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.49 Team, Is Best of Totum’s Three at Maryland, Observers Aqree After 33–7 Rout of Hoyos “a pass batted into Kuchta’s hands by the Georgetown defense, and two interceptions. But Maryland made the most Of every opportunity. Coach Bob Margarita OF George town decided to sink or swim with Rookie T-Formation Quarterback Francis Mattingly last week. and he swan. With the same decision last night, Margarita sank. George town never could open up because on offense it always was deep In it’s own territory. Not until Bob Barry took over for Mattingly did the Hoyas score with a Barry to-Lou Surman pass counting after Barry-to-Ogust Forniciari passes set it up. Tatum Lauds Hoya Ends. Tatum paid particular tribute to Georgetown’s ends, Bob Mop pinger and Joe Palotta. He said they were as fine a pair of ends as he’s played against. In retrospect Georgetown gam bled with everything last week with a big bid for a surprise tri- umph. It made the grade. II was too much to expect for Mar garita, the new coach, to have the boys up for two straight games particularly when it must have been obvious to him that he was overmatched in the second. For the records: For Maryland Bob Roulette scored from the j after taking the ball 81 yards in four plays; Fox took touchdown passes from Lavine and Tucker from 13 and Is yards; Idzik scored from the l and Tucker from the ! on a quarterback sneak after Elmer Wingate and Rowden set up the score on pass interceptions. Bob Dean kicked three extra points out OF six.
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 67% to win. Elo’s favorite won.
The series
Every Georgetown–Maryland gameGeorgetown leads 8–5 in 13 meetings, counting the one since this game.
| 1950 | Maryland 25, Georgetown 14 | |
| 1949 | Maryland 33, Georgetown 7 | |
| 1941 | Georgetown 26, Maryland 0 | |
| 1940 | Georgetown 41, Maryland 0 | |
| 1939 | Georgetown 20, Maryland 0 | |
| 1938 | Georgetown 14, Maryland 7 |
Around this game
Georgetown
- Next gameat Wake ForestOct. 8, 1949
- SeasonGeorgetown in 1949
- ProgramGeorgetown history and records
Maryland
- Next gameat Michigan StateOct. 8, 1949
- SeasonMaryland in 1949
- ProgramMaryland history and records

