Virginia at Maryland
Saturday, November 21, 1959 Share
Maryland beat Virginia 55–12. It was their 24th meeting; after it, Maryland led the series 13–9–2.
FinalHigh 45°F, low 32°F, 0.03 in. of rainAttendance 16,000
In the newspapers

Evening star, District of Columbia, November 22, 1959, page 93
Read the text
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.
The series
Every Virginia–Maryland gameMaryland leads 46–32–2 in 80 meetings, counting the 56 since this game.
| 2024 | Maryland 27, Virginia 13 | |
| 2023 | Maryland 42, Virginia 14 | |
| 2013 | Maryland 27, Virginia 26 | |
| 2012 | Maryland 27, Virginia 20 | |
| 2011 | Virginia 31, Maryland 13 | |
| 2010 | Maryland 42, Virginia 23 |
Around this game
Virginia
- Next gamevs. William & MarySept. 24, 1960
- SeasonVirginia in 1959
- ProgramVirginia history and records
Maryland
- Next gamevs. NC StateDec. 5, 1959
- SeasonMaryland in 1959
- ProgramMaryland history and records

