Georgetown vs. Maryland

Georgetown and Maryland have 13 meetings on file, the first in 1902; Georgetown leads the series 8–⁠5 in the games on file. Over the last 10 meetings it’s even at 5–⁠5, and Maryland has won the last 2.

Georgetown wins
8
Maryland wins
5
Ties
0
Earliest on file
1902
Longest streak
4 Georgetown
Current streak
2 Maryland
Last 10 meetings
even at 5–⁠5
Most recent
1950

The series at a glance

Every meeting by decade, colored by the winner
’0’1’2’3’4’5’6’7’8’9W–L
1900s3–⁠0
1930s3–⁠3
1940s2–⁠1
1950s0–⁠1
Average margin
17.8 points; 4 decided by one score (8 or fewer)
At Georgetown
4–⁠3 Georgetown’s record at home
At Maryland
2–⁠4 Maryland’s record at home
Shutouts
7

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

Games that tell the story

  1. Georgetown’s biggest win1940: Georgetown 41, Maryland 0by 41 points
  2. Maryland’s biggest win1949: Maryland 33, Georgetown 7by 26 points
  3. Upset1936: Georgetown 7, Maryland 6Georgetown had a 32% chance, by our ratings before kickoff

Coach against coach

YearsGeorgetownSeriesMaryland
1935–⁠1941Jack Hagerty2–⁠1Jack Faber
1936–⁠1939Jack Hagerty3–⁠1Frank Dobson

Head-coach pairings with three or more meetings on file, the series read from Georgetown’s side (Hagerty 2–⁠1 against Faber). A season split between coaches goes to the one credited with the game.

Both programs through the years

End-of-season Elo ratings of Georgetown and Maryland, 1902 on130015001700192019401960198020002020

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 Evening star's story of the 1934 game: |NTERCEPTSPASS TOPUSH TO SCORE Sothoron's 72.Yard Sprint Paves Way-Fiery Hoyas Ever Dangerous.

    1934 · Evening star, District of Columbia, Nov 25, 1934

  • The The Daily Alaska empire's story of the 1935 game: GRID SCORES

    1935 · The Daily Alaska empire, Alaska, Nov 25, 1935

  • The Evening star's story of the 1936 game: WEST V|RG|N|ANS STRONG. ON ATTACK CoIoniaIs' Foes Have Piled Up Great Yardage on Powerful Teams.

    1936 · Evening star, Nov 25, 1936

  • The Evening star's story of the 1939 game: Georgetown Even Grid Series With Maryland by Impressive 200 Victory Knocks Dartmouth From Unbeaen Ranks to Save Honor Bio Three Win, Lose or Draw All in q November Duy

    1939 · Evening star, Washington, D.C., Nov 12, 1939

  • The Evening star's story of the 1940 game: Hoyas, Spanked By Soph Backs, Triumph, 41-O DooIon, DornfeId Run All Over Come, but OutcIossed, Terps

    1940 · Evening star, Washington, D.C., Nov 10, 1940

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

Oct 14, 19508Maryland 25, Georgetown 14at Georgetown
Sep 30, 1949Maryland 33, Georgetown 7at Maryland
Nov 8, 1941Georgetown 26, Maryland 0at Georgetown
Nov 9, 19409Georgetown 41, Maryland 0at Maryland
Nov 11, 1939Georgetown 20, Maryland 0at Georgetown
Nov 19, 1938Georgetown 14, Maryland 7at Maryland
Nov 20, 1937Maryland 12, Georgetown 2at Georgetown
Nov 21, 1936Georgetown 7, Maryland 6at Maryland
Nov 23, 1935Maryland 12, Georgetown 6at Georgetown
Nov 24, 1934Maryland 6, Georgetown 0at Maryland
Sep 26, 1904Georgetown 22, Maryland 0at Georgetown
Oct 22, 1903Georgetown 28, Maryland 0at Maryland
Sep 20, 1902Georgetown 27, Maryland 0at Georgetown

Every game is listed as played on the field.