Maryland at Baylor
Saturday, October 1, 1955 Share
Maryland beat Baylor 20–6. It was their first meeting; after it, Maryland led the series 1–0.
FinalHigh 86°F, low 72°FAttendance 39,000
In the newspapers

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.
The series
Every Maryland–Baylor gameTied 1–1 in two meetings, counting the one since this game.
| 1956 | Baylor 14, Maryland 0 | |
| 1955 | Maryland 20, Baylor 6 |
Around this game
Maryland
- Next gamevs. Wake ForestOct. 8, 1955
- SeasonMaryland in 1955
- ProgramMaryland history and records
Baylor
- Next gamevs. ArkansasOct. 8, 1955
- SeasonBaylor in 1955
- ProgramBaylor history and records

