Maryland vs. Missouri

Maryland and Missouri have 6 meetings on file, the first in 1949; Maryland leads the series 6–⁠0 in the games on file. Over the last 6 meetings it’s Maryland 6–⁠0, and Maryland has won the last 6.

Maryland wins
6
Missouri wins
0
Ties
0
Earliest on file
1949
Longest streak
6 Maryland
Current streak
6 Maryland
Last 10 meetings
Maryland 6–⁠0
Most recent
1955

The series at a glance

Every meeting by decade, colored by the winner
’0’1’2’3’4’5’6’7’8’9W–L
1940s1–⁠0
1950s5–⁠0
Average margin
21.2 points; 2 decided by one score (8 or fewer)
At Maryland
2–⁠0 Maryland’s record at home
At Missouri
0–⁠3 Missouri’s record at home
Neutral sites
1–⁠0 Maryland first
Shutouts
1

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

Games that tell the story

  1. Maryland’s biggest win1954: Maryland 74, Missouri 13by 61 points

Coach against coach

YearsMarylandSeriesMissouri
1949–⁠1955Jim Tatum6–⁠0Don Faurot

Head-coach pairings with three or more meetings on file, the series read from Maryland’s side (Tatum 6–⁠0 against Faurot). 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 Missouri, 1949 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

Named most valuable

Bob Ward1949

Most valuable: as the games’ Wikipedia articles name them (CC BY-SA).

From the newspapers

  • The The Daily Alaska empire's story of the 1949 game

    1949 · The Daily Alaska empire, Jan 3, 1950

  • The Evening star's story of the 1953 game: MARYLAND

    1953 · Evening star, Sep 25, 1953

  • The Evening star's story of the 1954 game: Bowl Fever Low As Duke Meets Carolina Followers Believe Blue Devils Will GET Bid if They Win

    1954 · Evening star, Nov 27, 1954

  • The Evening star's story of the 1955 game: Maryland Slaves Off Missouri to Win, 1872

    1955 · Evening star, Washington, D.C., Sep 18, 1955

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 17, 1955Maryland 13, Missouri 12at Missouri
Nov 25, 195410Maryland 74, Missouri 13at Maryland
Sep 19, 1953Maryland 20, Missouri 6at Missouri
Sep 20, 1952Maryland 13, Missouri 10at Missouri
Nov 3, 19514Maryland 35, Missouri 0at Maryland
Jan 2, 195015Maryland 20, Missouri 7Neutral siteGator Bowl

Every game is listed as played on the field.