Virginia at Maryland

Saturday, November 24, 1962

Maryland beat Virginia 40–⁠18. It was their 27th meeting; after it, Maryland led the series 15–⁠10–⁠2.

AwayVirginia5–⁠5 in 1962
18
HomeMaryland6–⁠4 in 1962
40

FinalHigh 52°F, low 32°FAttendance 17,000

In the newspapers

  • The Evening star's story

    Evening star, November 26, 1962, page 26

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    1t will take them a while to rewrite the Maryland record book, and a bit longer to forget the season, but the Terps’ smashing finale over Virginia is the type of thing that builds renewed hope for the future. Coach Tom Nugent already is basking in the sunshine, liter ally If not figuratively. He checked out yesterday for some speaking engagements this week in florida. The assistant coaches had a rare Sunday off, their first in months, and the players no longer had to find answers to questions about what happened to the offense. The 40–⁠18 triumph over Vir. ginia was the kind that salts fies. Sophomore Quarterback Jimmy Corcoran fired two touchdown passes and may at last have found the touch OF

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 76% to win. Elo’s favorite won.

Maryland leads 46–⁠32–⁠2 in 80 meetings, counting the 53 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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