Maryland vs. SMU

Maryland and SMU first met in 1961 and have played 3 times; Maryland leads the series 3–⁠0. Over the last 3 meetings it’s Maryland 3–⁠0, and Maryland has won the last 3.

Maryland wins
3
SMU wins
0
Ties
0
First meeting
1961
Longest streak
3 Maryland
Current streak
3 Maryland
Last 10 meetings
Maryland 3–⁠0
Most recent
2022

The series at a glance

Every meeting by decade, colored by the winner
’0’1’2’3’4’5’6’7’8’9W–L
1960s2–⁠0
2020s1–⁠0
Average margin
7.3 points; 3 decided by one score (8 or fewer)
At Maryland
2–⁠0 Maryland’s record at home
At SMU
0–⁠1 SMU’s record at home
Shutouts
1

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

Both programs through the years

End-of-season Elo ratings of Maryland and SMU, 1961 on130015001700197019801990200020102020

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

  • The Evening star's story of the 1961 game: ACC Teams All Are PIoyinq League Games Saturday

    1961 · Evening star, Sep 28, 1961

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, 2022Maryland 34, SMU 27at Maryland
Sep 22, 1962Maryland 7, SMU 0at Maryland
Sep 23, 1961Maryland 14, SMU 6at SMU

Every game is listed as played on the field.