Alabama vs. Maryland

Alabama and Maryland have 3 meetings on file, the first in 1952; Alabama leads the series 2–⁠1 in the games on file. Over the last 3 meetings it’s Alabama 2–⁠1.

Alabama wins
2
Maryland wins
1
Ties
0
Earliest on file
1952
Longest streak
1 Alabama
Current streak
1 Alabama
Last 10 meetings
Alabama 2–⁠1
Most recent
1974

The series at a glance

Every meeting by decade, colored by the winner
’0’1’2’3’4’5’6’7’8’9W–L
1950s1–⁠1
1970s1–⁠0
Both ranked
3 meetings: Alabama 2, Maryland 1
Average margin
15.3 points; 1 decided by one score (8 or fewer)
At Alabama
1–⁠0 Alabama’s record at home
At Maryland
1–⁠1 Maryland’s record at home
Shutouts
1

Every meeting on file, as played. Ranks are the AP poll’s going in.

Both programs through the years

End-of-season Elo ratings of Alabama and Maryland, 1952 on13001500170019001960197019801990200020102020

Our Elo rating at the end of each season, a measure of how strong a team was, not a forecast; 1500 is an average FBS team.

From the newspapers

  • The The Key West citizen's story of the 1952 game: Syracuse To Meet 'Banla In Orange a Bowl

    1952 · The Key West citizen, Nov 25, 1952

  • The Evening star's story of the 1953 game: Baylor and Rice Win to Tie Texas for Lead in Southwes Sooners' Scout Gets EyefuI; HonuIok Sets Whopping Mark

    1953 · Evening star, District of Columbia, Nov 22, 1953

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 earliest meetings with a story on file; each game’s page has the full text.

Every game

Sep 14, 19743Alabama 21, 14Maryland 16at Maryland
Nov 21, 19532Maryland 21, 11Alabama 0at Maryland
Nov 22, 195214Alabama 27, 8Maryland 7at Alabama

Every game is listed as played on the field.