Wake Forest at Maryland

Saturday, October 8, 1955

Maryland beat Wake Forest 28–⁠7. It was their fifth meeting; after it, Maryland led the series 3–⁠1–⁠1.

AwayWake Forest5–⁠4–⁠1 in 1955
7
HomeMaryland10–⁠1 in 1955
28

FinalHigh 81°F, low 56°F, 1.2 in. of rainAttendance 14,000

In the newspapers

  • The Evening star's story: Maryland Eleven COSTS Over Wake Forest, 28-7

    Evening star, Washington, D.C., October 9, 1955, page 1

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    Maryland Eleven COSTS Over Wake Forest, 28–⁠7 Ivereb wide for an easy touch down. Early In the third period Maryland moved to the Deacon’s 9-yard line. principally on a belly catch by Jim Parsons Of q bullet pass from Tambo. The Deacons’ line held. A Beightol punt stopped dead on the one yard line q few minutes later, but Wake Forest got out Of the hole and then Beightol fumbled % pitchout he shouldn’t have thrown. That was all for the day for Beightol on offense. Maryland struck with sudden ness early in the fourth period for its last touchdown. TamburelD side-stepped the Deacon linemen and fioated q long. high pass that Vereb had to turn and wait for on the 2 yard line. That enabled the Deacons’ detenders to catch up with him and nail him on the two. Vereb tried for his third touchdown but made Just . yard. and Ham ilton scored the first touchdown OF his career. builing into the end zone with more than the yard he needed. A tumble by Dave Nusz gave the Deacons the ball on the Maryland 20 with Just about enough time to score II they didn’t daily. But Tatum sent in more third and fourth stringers on defense. and six plays later Consoles passed TO Daniels for the score. with Pete Barham converting. The Terps’ ambitious reserves had two long gains called back by penalties In the last minute and ended the game inside their 20. MARYLAND Left ends: walker. Parsons. waters. Ieg sscEIes: wharton. Heurins. Ritt- Ten saards: Dyson. Kolaree. sushy, Ssnssrs: teiesrini. Ald.rton. Tuliai, k k ss ss.. E Rss e: fssf A s: Right ends Dennis. Flynn, Porter, aasr.ersasks: Tambursllo. ssIshtol. :. Isis hsisSssEs: versb. Eusz. Me- Tnilbaeks: Hemflton. Perio. xonlo, kasht hsfiSssts: !. Really. Dare. WAKE FOREsT Left ends: Whims. Lee, erosion. Lett tackles. Bartholomew. Thompson. Left guards: Viola. Claxton. Balat- Csnters: Dppree. Peiiecchia. Moore. Right guards. Trentini, JOHNSON. Right tackles. Littleton, Horn, Right ends: Ladiier. Brewster, Abbott. Qnarterbscks: Consoles. Carpentsr. RiFhs halfbacks: Mazman. Daniels Fullbacka: HUH, Hflienbrand, TOP Wake Forest ---------0 g 9 r. MARYLAND --~-------s-7 ~ o 7--2s Wake Forest SCORING – Touchdown. Daniels Il, pass from consoies). Com Msryland seorins,T Suchdoyns: Tam run; / foot, run); Hamilton Il foot, rum. ConyornionS. Lauehery. D: komIo.

  • The Daily Sitka sentinel and the arrowhead press's story

    Daily Sitka sentinel and the arrowhead press, October 10, 1955, page 3 (results column)

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    TEAR WEST lUCLIA 38; OSC 0 Washington VI, use o Washington State 20 ] California 20 Colorado 13; Oregon 6 Michigan State 38 Stanford College of Pacific 20, Idaho 0 Puget Sound 20, West. Wash. Lewis & Clark AT, Linfield O Whitworth 21, Cent. Wash. 6 Lower Columbia ‘, Olympia 6 Pacific 13, Pacific Lutheran 0 l Willamette 10, Whitman 0 ! Everett 19, Centralia 0 1 Wenatchee 26, Yakima 13 ! MIDWEST l Michigan 26, Army ? Minnesota IS, Northwestern Wisconsin 9, Purdue 0 Iowa 20, Indiana 6 Miami (O) Al, Toledo 0 Ohio State 27, Illinois 12 Iowa State 7, Kansas 7 Texas A&M 27, Nebraska 0 Texas Tech 13, East Kent. 7 EAST Yale AS, Columbia IA Navy 21, Pittsburgh 0 Boston Col. 28 Villanova IA Brown ‘, Dartmouth Q Holy Cross IS, Colgate IA Cornell 20, Harvard 7 Princeton ‘, Pennsylvania 0 Delaware “A, LaFayette 6 Maine s, New Hampshire 6 Rutgers 21, Muhlenberg 0 Connecticut 18, Mass. 13 Rhode Island IS, Vermont 0 Carnegie Tech 26, Johns Hopkins 6 SOUTH Maryland 28 Wake Forest 7 West Virginia 47, VMI IA Tennessee IS. Chattanooga Q Duke 47, William & Mary 7 Georgia 28, North Carolina ‘ South Carolina 19, Thurman Q Mississippi State 14, Tulane Q Texas Christian 21, Alabama c Kentucky IA, Auburn IA Florida 28, George Washing. c Georgia Tech 6, Louisiana s Q Rice 21, Clemson 0 Mississippi 13, Vanderbilt 0 SOUTHWEST Oklahoma 20, Texas 0 Wichita IA, Oklahoma A&M ‘ Arkansas A&M 26, Wiley IA West Texas $ 20, Arizona 20 Baylor 25, Arkansas 20 ROCKIES Colorado ARM 14, Wyoming 13 Denver 61, Montana 13 Utah State IS, New Mexico Q Utah Al, Brigham Young g Montana State 39, Colorado College IA PRO FOOTBALL Chicago Cardinals 24, Washington 10 Los Angeles 17, Detroit 10 Pittsburgh 30, New York B Cleveland Al. Philadelphia 17 San Francisco 20, Chicago Bears 19.

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 84% to win. Elo’s favorite won.

Maryland leads 43–⁠18–⁠1 in 62 meetings, counting the 57 since this game.

Recent meetings
2013Wake Forest 34, Maryland 10
2012Maryland 19, Wake Forest 14
2011Wake Forest 31, Maryland 10
2010Maryland 62, Wake Forest 14
2009Wake Forest 42, Maryland 32
2008Maryland 26, Wake Forest 0

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