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. Share
- 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
- 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
- Maryland’s biggest win1954: Maryland 74, Missouri 13by 61 points
Coach against coach
| Years | Maryland | Series | Missouri |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1949–1955 | Jim Tatum | 6–0 | Don 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
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 Ward | 1949 |
Most valuable: as the games’ Wikipedia articles name them (CC BY-SA).
From the newspapers

1949 · The Daily Alaska empire, Jan 3, 1950

1953 · Evening star, Sep 25, 1953

1954 · Evening star, Nov 27, 1954

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, 1955 | Maryland 13, Missouri 12 | at Missouri | ||
| Nov 25, 1954 | 10Maryland 74, Missouri 13 | at Maryland | ||
| Sep 19, 1953 | Maryland 20, Missouri 6 | at Missouri | ||
| Sep 20, 1952 | Maryland 13, Missouri 10 | at Missouri | ||
| Nov 3, 1951 | 4Maryland 35, Missouri 0 | at Maryland | ||
| Jan 2, 1950 | 15Maryland 20, Missouri 7 | Neutral site | Gator Bowl |
Every game is listed as played on the field.