Georgia vs. Maryland

Georgia and Maryland have 6 meetings on file, the first in 1947; Maryland leads the series 3–⁠2–⁠1 in the games on file. Over the last 6 meetings it’s Maryland 3–⁠2.

Georgia wins
2
Maryland wins
3
Ties
1
Earliest on file
1947
Longest streak
3 Maryland
Current streak
1 Georgia
Last 10 meetings
Maryland 3–⁠2
Most recent
1973

The series at a glance

Every meeting by decade, colored by the winner
’0’1’2’3’4’5’6’7’8’9W–L
1940s0–⁠0–⁠1
1950s1–⁠3
1970s1–⁠0
Both ranked
1 meeting: Georgia 0, Maryland 1
Average margin
20.2 points; 1 decided by one score (8 or fewer)
At Georgia
1–⁠2 Georgia’s record at home
At Maryland
1–⁠0 Maryland’s record at home
Neutral sites
1–⁠0–⁠1 Georgia first
Shutouts
1

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

Games that tell the story

  1. Georgia’s biggest win1950: Georgia 27, Maryland 7by 20 points
  2. Maryland’s biggest win1952: Maryland 37, Georgia 0by 37 points
  3. Ranked showdown1952: Maryland 37, Georgia 0No. 4 Maryland at No. 19 Georgia

Coach against coach

YearsGeorgiaSeriesMaryland
1947–⁠1953Wallace Butts1–⁠3–⁠1Jim Tatum

Head-coach pairings with three or more meetings on file, the series read from Georgia’s side (Butts 1–⁠3–⁠1 against Tatum). A season split between coaches goes to the one credited with the game.

Both programs through the years

End-of-season Elo ratings of Georgia and Maryland, 1947 on130015001700190019501960197019801990200020102020

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.

Stars of the series

Named most valuable

T.B. Louis Carter Maryland1973
Sylvester Boler Georgia1973
Lu Gambino1947

Most valuable: as the games’ Wikipedia articles name them (CC BY-SA).

From the newspapers

  • The Evening star's story of the 1950 game: Maryland Continued From Page B-1.

    1950 · Evening star, Washington, D.C., Sep 24, 1950

  • The Evening star's story of the 1951 game: Terps Favored To Snap 25-Year Tar Heel Jinx Cloudy, Mild Weather Likely, With Crowd Approaching $4,000

    1951 · Evening star, District of Columbia, Oct 19, 1951

  • The Evening star's story of the 1953 game: MARYLAND, 40 GEORGIA, 13 Fast California Team Shocks Penn, 400, In Game Rated Even

    1953 · Evening star, Oct 11, 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

Dec 28, 1973Georgia 17, 18Maryland 16Neutral sitePeach Bowl
Oct 10, 19534Maryland 40, Georgia 13at Maryland
Oct 11, 19524Maryland 37, 19Georgia 0at Georgia
Oct 13, 195110Maryland 43, Georgia 7at Georgia
Sep 23, 1950Georgia 27, Maryland 7at Georgia
Jan 1, 1948Maryland 20, Georgia 20Neutral siteGator Bowl

Every game is listed as played on the field.