Maryland vs. Richmond
Maryland and Richmond have 13 meetings on file, the first in 1909; Maryland leads the series 9–3–1 in the games on file. Over the last 10 meetings it’s Maryland 8–2, and Maryland has won the last 5. Share
- Maryland wins
- 9
- Richmond wins
- 3
- Ties
- 1
- Earliest on file
- 1909
- Longest streak
- 5 Maryland
- Current streak
- 5 Maryland
- Last 10 meetings
- Maryland 8–2
- Most recent
- 2015
The series at a glance
| ’0 | ’1 | ’2 | ’3 | ’4 | ’5 | ’6 | ’7 | ’8 | ’9 | W–L | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1900s | 0–1 | ||||||||||
| 1920s | 2–0–1 | ||||||||||
| 1930s | 1–1 | ||||||||||
| 1940s | 3–1 | ||||||||||
| 1970s | 2–0 | ||||||||||
| 2010s | 1–0 |
- Average margin
- 18.2 points; 1 decided by one score (8 or fewer)
- At Maryland
- 4–2 Maryland’s record at home
- At Richmond
- 1–4–1 Richmond’s record at home
- Neutral sites
- 1–0 Maryland first
- Shutouts
- 6
Every meeting on file, as played. Ranks are the AP poll’s going in.
Games that tell the story
- Maryland’s biggest win1924: Maryland 38, Richmond 0by 38 points
- Richmond’s biggest win1946: Richmond 37, Maryland 7by 30 points
- Upset1946: Richmond 37, Maryland 7Richmond had a 11% chance, by our ratings before kickoff
- Upset1938: Richmond 19, Maryland 6Richmond had a 16% chance, by our ratings before kickoff
Coach against coach
| Years | Maryland | Series | Richmond |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1922–1924 | Curley Byrd | 2–0–1 | Frank Dobson |
Head-coach pairings with three or more meetings on file, the series read from Maryland’s side (Byrd 2–0–1 against Dobson). 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.
From the newspapers

1936 · Evening star, District of Columbia, Nov 8, 1936

1938 · The Daily Alaska empire, Sep 26, 1938

1947 · The Daily Alaska empire, Alaska, Oct 11, 1947

1948 · The Daily Alaska empire, Alaska, Sep 27, 1948
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, 2015 | Maryland 50, Richmond 21 | at Maryland | ||
| Nov 12, 1977 | Maryland 27, Richmond 24 | at Richmond | ||
| Sep 11, 1976 | 12Maryland 31, Richmond 7 | at Maryland | ||
| Sep 25, 1948 | Maryland 19, Richmond 0 | at Richmond | ||
| Oct 10, 1947 | Maryland 18, Richmond 6 | Neutral site | ||
| Oct 4, 1946 | Richmond 37, Maryland 7 | at Maryland | ||
| Oct 6, 1945 | Maryland 21, Richmond 0 | at Richmond | ||
| Sep 24, 1938 | Richmond 19, Maryland 6 | at Maryland | ||
| Nov 7, 1936 | Maryland 12, Richmond 0 | at Richmond | ||
| Oct 11, 1924 | Maryland 38, Richmond 0 | at Maryland | ||
| Oct 13, 1923 | Maryland 23, Richmond 0 | at Maryland | ||
| Oct 7, 1922 | Richmond 0, Maryland 0 | at Richmond | ||
| Oct 2, 1909 | Richmond 12, Maryland 0 | at Richmond |
Every game is listed as played on the field.