Maryland vs. Miami
Maryland and Miami have 17 meetings on file, the first in 1948; Maryland leads the series 9–8 in the games on file. Over the last 10 meetings it’s Miami 6–4. Share
- Maryland wins
- 9
- Miami wins
- 8
- Ties
- 0
- Earliest on file
- 1948
- Longest streak
- 3 Maryland
- Current streak
- 1 Maryland
- Last 10 meetings
- Miami 6–4
- Most recent
- 2011
The series at a glance
| ’0 | ’1 | ’2 | ’3 | ’4 | ’5 | ’6 | ’7 | ’8 | ’9 | W–L | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1940s | 2–0 | ||||||||||
| 1950s | 3–2 | ||||||||||
| 1960s | 0–1 | ||||||||||
| 1970s | 0–2 | ||||||||||
| 1980s | 2–2 | ||||||||||
| 2000s | 1–0 | ||||||||||
| 2010s | 1–1 |
- Average margin
- 10.2 points; 10 decided by one score (8 or fewer)
- At Maryland
- 3–1 Maryland’s record at home
- At Miami
- 7–6 Miami’s record at home
- Shutouts
- 2
Every meeting on file, as played. Ranks are the AP poll’s going in.
Games that tell the story
- Maryland’s biggest win1953: Maryland 30, Miami 0by 30 points
- Miami’s biggest win1987: Miami 46, Maryland 16by 30 points
- Upset1957: Maryland 16, Miami 6Maryland had a 21% chance, by our ratings before kickoff
- Upset1984: Maryland 42, Miami 40Maryland had a 30% chance, by our ratings before kickoff
Coach against coach
| Years | Maryland | Series | Miami |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1948–1954 | Jim Tatum | 3–1 | Andy Gustafson |
| 1956–1958 | Tommy Mont | 2–1 | Andy Gustafson |
Head-coach pairings with three or more meetings on file, the series read from Maryland’s side (Tatum 3–1 against Gustafson). A season split between coaches goes to the one credited with the game.
Both programs through the years
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
| Darrius Heyward-Bey Maryland | 5 catches, 175 yards, 2 TD | 2006 Receiving |
Biggest days: the week’s best individual games by our big-days rule, from box scores (2004 on).
From the newspapers

1948 · Evening star, Washington, D.C., Oct 30, 1948

1954 · Evening star, District of Columbia, Oct 23, 1954
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
| Sep 5, 2011 | Maryland 32, Miami 24 | at Maryland | ||
| Nov 6, 2010 | Miami 26, Maryland 20 | at Miami | ||
| Nov 11, 2006 | 23Maryland 14, Miami 13 | at Maryland | ||
| Oct 10, 1987 | 3Miami 46, Maryland 16 | at Miami | ||
| Nov 9, 1985 | 8Miami 29, Maryland 22 | at Maryland | ||
| Nov 10, 1984 | Maryland 42, 6Miami 40 | at Miami | ||
| Nov 7, 1982 | 19Maryland 18, Miami 17 | at Maryland | ||
| Nov 25, 1972 | Miami 28, Maryland 8 | at Miami | ||
| Oct 2, 1970 | Miami 18, Maryland 11 | at Miami | ||
| Oct 19, 1962 | Miami 28, Maryland 24 | at Miami | ||
| Nov 14, 1958 | Maryland 26, Miami 14 | at Miami | ||
| Nov 15, 1957 | Maryland 16, Miami 6 | at Miami | ||
| Oct 12, 1956 | 11Miami 13, Maryland 6 | at Miami | ||
| Oct 22, 1954 | 16Miami 9, Maryland 7 | at Miami | ||
| Oct 23, 1953 | 3Maryland 30, Miami 0 | at Miami | ||
| Dec 2, 1949 | Maryland 13, Miami 0 | at Miami | ||
| Oct 29, 1948 | Maryland 27, Miami 13 | at Miami |
Every game is listed as played on the field.