Maryland at Baylor

Saturday, October 1, 1955

Maryland beat Baylor 20–⁠6. It was their first meeting; after it, Maryland led the series 1–⁠0.

AwayMaryland10–⁠1 in 1955
20
HomeBaylor5–⁠5 in 1955
6

FinalHigh 86°F, low 72°FAttendance 39,000

In the newspapers

  • The Evening star's story: Reed and Christy Earn Soph Honors; |HeoIy Outstanding

    Evening star, Washington, D.C., October 5, 1955, page 83

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    Reed and Christy Earn Soph Honors; |HeoIy Outstanding | RALEIGH, N. c.. Oct. 5 R.- David Reed, North Carolina quarterback. and Dick christy, North Carolina state halfback. share honors today as the Assoc lciated Press Atlantic Coast Conference sophomores Of the week. Reed. . l60-pounder from IShamokin. Pa, scored two touch downs to lead the Tar Heels to Ia ard-fought 25–⁠18 victory over the Wolfpack Saturday. He returned q punt SO yards for one touchdown and scored the other from one foot out with i’ve min lutes remaining In the game. Christy. Q ls8-pounder from Chester, Pa, set up one State touchdown, caught two passes for SO yards. completed two passes In two attempts for 81 yards and carried II times for “a yards. Two other outstanding soph- IGNORES included: Jack Healy, Maryland falfback. who caught 10 touchdown pass from Frank Tamburello. intercepted q Bay Ilor pass. and ran well, including 10 l7-yard jaunt, as Maryland defeated Baylor. 20–⁠6. and John IGrdijan, Clemson guard. who was outstanding on defense in the 1861 win over Georgia.

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. Elo’s favorite won.

Tied 1–⁠1 in two meetings, counting the one since this game.

Recent meetings
1956Baylor 14, Maryland 0
1955Maryland 20, Baylor 6

Around this game

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Baylor