Air Force at Maryland
Saturday, October 19, 1963 Share
Maryland beat Air Force 21–14. It was their second meeting; Maryland leads the series 2–0.
FinalHigh 83°F, low 44°FAttendance 31,000
In the newspapers

Evening star, Washington, D.C., October 21, 1963, page 19
Read the text
If scoring on the last play Of the game is cutting it -azorthin. there was a certain precedence for Maryland against the Air Force Saturday. AL three of the Terp touchdowns came on fourth-down plays. They call it simply wing across” that Dick Shiner-to- Daryl Hill touchdown pass which capped the Terps’ 21–14 victory thriller and which was the biggest Of the big plays. 1t gave $1,000 fans an electric flying finish they’ll never for get and Byrd Stadium possibly its most dramatic game ever. Thirty-six yards away and one play to make 1t, that was the situation. Obviously, you throw a long pass straight down the sidelines, the kind that Hill in a foot-race had caught for an apparent first period touchdown. That one was nullified by a penalty, but
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)
Air Force 53% to win. Maryland won as Elo’s underdog.
The series
Every Air Force–Maryland gameMaryland leads 2–0 in two meetings.
| 1963 | Maryland 21, Air Force 14 | |
| 1961 | Maryland 21, Air Force 0 |
Around this game
Air Force
- Next gamevs. Boston CollegeOct. 26, 1963
- SeasonAir Force in 1963
- ProgramAir Force history and records
Maryland
- Next gameat Wake ForestOct. 26, 1963
- SeasonMaryland in 1963
- ProgramMaryland history and records

