Indiana vs. Maryland

Indiana and Maryland have 14 meetings on file, the first in 1934; Indiana leads the series 9–⁠5 in the games on file. Over the last 10 meetings it’s Indiana 6–⁠4, and Indiana has won the last 2.

Indiana wins
9
Maryland wins
5
Ties
0
Earliest on file
1934
Longest streak
3 Indiana
Current streak
2 Indiana
Last 10 meetings
Indiana 6–⁠4
Most recent
2025

The series at a glance

Every meeting by decade, colored by the winner
’0’1’2’3’4’5’6’7’8’9W–L
1930s2–⁠0
2010s4–⁠2
2020s3–⁠3
Average margin
12.6 points; 8 decided by one score (8 or fewer)
At Indiana
4–⁠2 Indiana’s record at home
At Maryland
3–⁠5 Maryland’s record at home

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

Games that tell the story

  1. Indiana’s biggest win2025: Indiana 55, Maryland 10by 45 points
  2. Maryland’s biggest win2023: Maryland 44, Indiana 17by 27 points
  3. Upset1935: Indiana 13, Maryland 7Indiana had a 26% chance, by our ratings before kickoff
  4. Upset1934: Indiana 17, Maryland 14Indiana had a 29% chance, by our ratings before kickoff

Coach against coach

YearsIndianaSeriesMaryland
2019–⁠2023Tom Allen2–⁠3Mike Locksley

Head-coach pairings with three or more meetings on file, the series read from Indiana’s side (Allen 2–⁠3 against Locksley). A season split between coaches goes to the one credited with the game.

Both programs through the years

End-of-season Elo ratings of Indiana and Maryland, 1934 on130015001700190019401960198020002020

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

Biggest days

Brandon Ross Maryland19 carries, 245 yards, 3 TD2015 Rushing

Biggest days: the week’s best individual games by our big-days rule, from box scores (2004 on).

From the newspapers

  • The The Indianapolis times's story of the 1934 game: BUTLER WINS TITLE AS DE PAUW LOSES Bulldogs Take Down Indiana Conference Crown by Edging Valpo; Wabash UpSetS Tigers Notre Dame Purdue and l. u All Turn in Grid Victories; Kizermen Defeat FOrdham at New York, 10; Crimson Turns Back Maryland liza.

    1934 · The Indianapolis times, Indianapolis [Ind.], Nov 19, 1934

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.

On television

2025CBS2.9 million viewers

Viewers: Nielsen, as compiled by nschultz7’s ratings tracker.

Every game

Nov 1, 20252Indiana 55, Maryland 10at Maryland
Sep 28, 2024Indiana 42, Maryland 28at Indiana
Sep 30, 2023Maryland 44, Indiana 17at Maryland
Oct 15, 2022Maryland 38, Indiana 33at Indiana
Oct 30, 2021Maryland 38, Indiana 35at Maryland
Nov 28, 202012Indiana 27, Maryland 11at Indiana
Oct 19, 2019Indiana 34, Maryland 28at Maryland
Nov 10, 2018Indiana 34, Maryland 32at Indiana
Oct 28, 2017Maryland 42, Indiana 39at Maryland
Oct 29, 2016Indiana 42, Maryland 36at Indiana
Nov 21, 2015Indiana 47, Maryland 28at Maryland
Sep 27, 2014Maryland 37, Indiana 15at Indiana
Nov 9, 1935Indiana 13, Maryland 7at Maryland
Nov 17, 1934Indiana 17, Maryland 14at Maryland

Every game is listed as played on the field.