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Johns Hopkins vs. Maryland

Johns Hopkins and Maryland first met in 1917 and have played 17 times; Maryland leads the series 13–⁠1–⁠3. Over the last 10 meetings it’s Maryland 9–⁠1, and Maryland has won the last 7.

Johns Hopkins wins
1
Maryland wins
13
Ties
3
First meeting
1917
Longest streak
7 Maryland
Current streak
7 Maryland
Last 10 meetings
Maryland 9–⁠1
Most recent
1934

The series at a glance

’0’1’2’3’4’5’6’7’8’9W–L
1910s0–⁠2–⁠1
1920s1–⁠6–⁠2
1930s0–⁠5
Average margin
12.6 points; 5 decided by one score (8 or fewer)
At Johns Hopkins
1–⁠4–⁠1 Johns Hopkins’s record at home
At Maryland
9–⁠0–⁠2 Maryland’s record at home
Shutouts
5

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

Games that tell the story

  1. Johns Hopkins’s biggest win1927: Johns Hopkins 14, Maryland 13by 1 points
  2. Maryland’s biggest win1930: Maryland 39, Johns Hopkins 6by 33 points
  3. Upset1927: Johns Hopkins 14, Maryland 13Johns Hopkins had a 22% chance, by our ratings before kickoff

Both programs through the years

End-of-season Elo ratings of Johns Hopkins and Maryland, 1917 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 New Britain herald's story of the 1917 game: Wins Maryland Title.

    1917 · New Britain herald, New Britain, Conn., Nov 30, 1917

  • The White Pine news's story of the 1922 game: Important Football Games Yesterday

    1922 · White Pine news, East Ely, Nev., Nov 19, 1922

  • The The Birmingham age-herald's story of the 1923 game: Johns Hopkins Ties

    1923 · The Birmingham age-herald, Nov 30, 1923

  • The Evening star's story of the 1928 game

    1928 · Evening star, District of Columbia, Nov 30, 1928

  • The Evening star's story of the 1931 game: MARYLAND EASILY WINS OVER HOPKINS Conquers Old Rival, 35-14 Using Mixture of Regulars and Reserves.

    1931 · Evening star, Washington, D.C., Nov 27, 1931

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 29, 1934Maryland 19, Johns Hopkins 0at Maryland
Nov 18, 1933Maryland 27, Johns Hopkins 7at Johns Hopkins
Nov 24, 1932Maryland 23, Johns Hopkins 0at Maryland
Nov 26, 1931Maryland 35, Johns Hopkins 14at Maryland
Nov 27, 1930Maryland 39, Johns Hopkins 6at Maryland
Nov 28, 1929Maryland 39, Johns Hopkins 8at Maryland
Nov 29, 1928Maryland 26, Johns Hopkins 6at Maryland
Nov 24, 1927Johns Hopkins 14, Maryland 13at Johns Hopkins
Nov 25, 1926Maryland 17, Johns Hopkins 14at Maryland
Nov 26, 1925Maryland 17, Johns Hopkins 14at Maryland
Nov 27, 1924Maryland 0, Johns Hopkins 0at Maryland
Nov 29, 1923Maryland 6, Johns Hopkins 6at Maryland
Nov 18, 1922Maryland 3, Johns Hopkins 0at Johns Hopkins
Nov 25, 1920Maryland 24, Johns Hopkins 7at Maryland
Nov 27, 1919Maryland 13, Johns Hopkins 0at Johns Hopkins
Nov 28, 1918Johns Hopkins 0, Maryland 0at Johns Hopkins
Nov 30, 1917Maryland 7, Johns Hopkins 0at Johns Hopkins

Every game is listed as played on the field.