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.

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

Every meeting by decade, colored by the winner
’0’1’2’3’4’5’6’7’8’9W–L
1940s2–⁠0
1950s3–⁠2
1960s0–⁠1
1970s0–⁠2
1980s2–⁠2
2000s1–⁠0
2010s1–⁠1
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

  1. Maryland’s biggest win1953: Maryland 30, Miami 0by 30 points
  2. Miami’s biggest win1987: Miami 46, Maryland 16by 30 points
  3. Upset1957: Maryland 16, Miami 6Maryland had a 21% chance, by our ratings before kickoff
  4. Upset1984: Maryland 42, Miami 40Maryland had a 30% chance, by our ratings before kickoff

Coach against coach

YearsMarylandSeriesMiami
1948–⁠1954Jim Tatum3–⁠1Andy Gustafson
1956–⁠1958Tommy Mont2–⁠1Andy 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

End-of-season Elo ratings of Maryland and Miami, 1948 on13001500170019501960197019801990200020102020

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 Maryland5 catches, 175 yards, 2 TD2006 Receiving

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

From the newspapers

  • The Evening star's story of the 1948 game: 1uryn Sparks Strong Maryland 0ffense In 27-13 Victory

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

  • The Evening star's story of the 1954 game: Statistics

    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, 2011Maryland 32, Miami 24at Maryland
Nov 6, 2010Miami 26, Maryland 20at Miami
Nov 11, 200623Maryland 14, Miami 13at Maryland
Oct 10, 19873Miami 46, Maryland 16at Miami
Nov 9, 19858Miami 29, Maryland 22at Maryland
Nov 10, 1984Maryland 42, 6Miami 40at Miami
Nov 7, 198219Maryland 18, Miami 17at Maryland
Nov 25, 1972Miami 28, Maryland 8at Miami
Oct 2, 1970Miami 18, Maryland 11at Miami
Oct 19, 1962Miami 28, Maryland 24at Miami
Nov 14, 1958Maryland 26, Miami 14at Miami
Nov 15, 1957Maryland 16, Miami 6at Miami
Oct 12, 195611Miami 13, Maryland 6at Miami
Oct 22, 195416Miami 9, Maryland 7at Miami
Oct 23, 19533Maryland 30, Miami 0at Miami
Dec 2, 1949Maryland 13, Miami 0at Miami
Oct 29, 1948Maryland 27, Miami 13at Miami

Every game is listed as played on the field.