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Maryland vs. Michigan

Maryland and Michigan have 13 meetings on file, the first in 1985; Michigan leads the series 12–⁠1 in the games on file. Over the last 10 meetings it’s Michigan 9–⁠1, and Michigan has won the last 9.

Maryland wins
1
Michigan wins
12
Ties
0
Earliest on file
1985
Longest streak
9 Michigan
Current streak
9 Michigan
Last 10 meetings
Michigan 9–⁠1
Most recent
2025

The series at a glance

’0’1’2’3’4’5’6’7’8’9W–L
1980s0–⁠2
1990s0–⁠1
2010s1–⁠5
2020s0–⁠4
Both ranked
1 meeting: Maryland 0, Michigan 1
Average margin
24.3 points; 3 decided by one score (8 or fewer)
At Maryland
0–⁠6 Maryland’s record at home
At Michigan
6–⁠1 Michigan’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 win2014: Maryland 23, Michigan 16by 7 points
  2. Michigan’s biggest win2016: Michigan 59, Maryland 3by 56 points
  3. Ranked showdown1985: Michigan 20, Maryland 0No. 17 Maryland at No. 12 Michigan

Coach against coach

YearsMarylandSeriesMichigan
2019–⁠2022Mike Locksley0–⁠3Jim Harbaugh

Head-coach pairings with three or more meetings on file, the series read from Maryland’s side (Locksley 0–⁠3 against Harbaugh). 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 Michigan, 1985 on13001500170019001990200020102020

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

Blake Corum Michigan30 carries, 243 yards, 2 TD2022 Rushing

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

On television

2025BTN1.5 million viewers

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

Photos

From the rivalry’s and its games’ categories on Wikimedia Commons (free licenses only, each credited).

Every game

Nov 22, 202518Michigan 45, Maryland 20at Maryland
Nov 18, 20232Michigan 31, Maryland 24at Maryland
Sep 24, 20224Michigan 34, Maryland 27at Michigan
Nov 20, 20218Michigan 59, Maryland 18at Maryland
Nov 2, 201914Michigan 38, Maryland 7at Maryland
Oct 6, 201815Michigan 42, Maryland 21at Michigan
Nov 11, 201721Michigan 35, Maryland 10at Maryland
Nov 5, 20162Michigan 59, Maryland 3at Michigan
Oct 3, 201522Michigan 28, Maryland 0at Maryland
Nov 22, 2014Maryland 23, Michigan 16at Michigan
Sep 29, 19906Michigan 45, Maryland 17at Michigan
Sep 30, 19896Michigan 41, Maryland 21at Michigan
Sep 28, 198512Michigan 20, 17Maryland 0at Michigan

Every game is listed as played on the field.