Catholic vs. Maryland

Catholic and Maryland first met in 1919 and have played 6 times; Maryland leads the series 5–⁠0–⁠1. Over the last 6 meetings it’s Maryland 5–⁠0.

Catholic wins
0
Maryland wins
5
Ties
1
First meeting
1919
Longest streak
5 Maryland
Current streak
0 tie
Last 10 meetings
Maryland 5–⁠0
Most recent
1924

The series at a glance

Every meeting by decade, colored by the winner
’0’1’2’3’4’5’6’7’8’9W–L
1910s0–⁠1
1920s0–⁠4–⁠1
Average margin
21.8 points; 0 decided by one score (8 or fewer)
At Catholic
0–⁠3–⁠1 Catholic’s record at home
At Maryland
2–⁠0 Maryland’s record at home
Shutouts
4

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

Games that tell the story

  1. Maryland’s biggest win1922: Maryland 54, Catholic 0by 54 points

Both programs through the years

End-of-season Elo ratings of Catholic and Maryland, 1919 on13001500170019201925193019351940

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 Washington herald's story of the 1922 game: TWO COLLEGES LEAVETOP PLAY GRID BATTLES Maryland ana CathoIlo Unlver- sItiss OFF Thanksslsihg Day Wine Others ,Hemain. ARYLAND UNIVERSITY NJ win hop South. Catholic AVA University win no North.

    1922 · The Washington herald, District of Columbia, Nov 28, 1922

  • The Evening star's story of the 1923 game: MARYLAND Easily Do,vns Catholic University 400 Lafayette Routs Le NEW STADIUM DEDICATED TO COACH CURLEY BYRD Hundreds of Alumni See Old Rival Beaten and Take Part in Full Day of Activities-Brookland Team Outcassed Throughout.

    1923 · Evening star, Nov 25, 1923

  • The The Birmingham age-herald's story of the 1924 game

    1924 · The Birmingham age-herald, Birmingham, Ala., Nov 3, 1924

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

Nov 1, 1924Catholic 0, Maryland 0at Catholic
Nov 24, 1923Maryland 40, Catholic 6at Maryland
Nov 25, 1922Maryland 54, Catholic 0at Catholic
Nov 12, 1921Maryland 16, Catholic 0at Catholic
Nov 6, 1920Maryland 14, Catholic 0at Catholic
Nov 15, 1919Maryland 13, Catholic 0at Maryland

Every game is listed as played on the field.