Virginia at Maryland

Saturday, November 21, 1959

Maryland beat Virginia 55–⁠12. It was their 24th meeting; after it, Maryland led the series 13–⁠9–⁠2.

AwayVirginia0–⁠10 in 1959
12
HomeMaryland5–⁠5 in 1959
55

FinalHigh 45°F, low 32°F, 0.03 in. of rainAttendance 16,000

In the newspapers

  • The Evening star's story: Terps Paced ByVerordi, Joyce, Betty

    Evening star, District of Columbia, November 22, 1959, page 93

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    Terps Paced ByVerordi, Joyce, Betty Gene Verardi sprinted IS yards from the deep-back positon on Maryland’s first scrimmage play yesterday to establish a pattern for the Terps’ 55–⁠12 rout of Virginia before a homecoming crowd of $4,000 in Byrd Stadium. Maryland added three more touchdowns in a pitifully one

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 85% to win. Elo’s favorite won.

Maryland leads 46–⁠32–⁠2 in 80 meetings, counting the 56 since this game.

Recent meetings
2024Maryland 27, Virginia 13
2023Maryland 42, Virginia 14
2013Maryland 27, Virginia 26
2012Maryland 27, Virginia 20
2011Virginia 31, Maryland 13
2010Maryland 42, Virginia 23

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