Maryland vs. St. John’s (Maryland)

Maryland and St. John’s (Maryland) first met in 1917 and have played 12 times; Maryland leads the series 11–⁠1. Over the last 10 meetings it’s Maryland 9–⁠1, and Maryland has won the last 8.

Maryland wins
11
St. John’s (Maryland) wins
1
Ties
0
First meeting
1917
Longest streak
8 Maryland
Current streak
8 Maryland
Last 10 meetings
Maryland 9–⁠1
Most recent
1937

The series at a glance

Every meeting by decade, colored by the winner
’0’1’2’3’4’5’6’7’8’9W–L
1910s3–⁠0
1920s1–⁠1
1930s7–⁠0
Average margin
17.8 points; 3 decided by one score (8 or fewer)
At Maryland
10–⁠1 Maryland’s record at home
At St. John’s (Maryland)
0–⁠1 St. John’s (Maryland)‘s record at home
Shutouts
6

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

Games that tell the story

  1. Maryland’s biggest win1936: Maryland 28, St. John’s (Maryland) 0by 28 points
  2. St. John’s (Maryland)‘s biggest win1921: St. John’s (Maryland) 7, Maryland 3by 4 points
  3. Upset1921: St. John’s (Maryland) 7, Maryland 3St. John’s (Maryland) had a 10% chance, by our ratings before kickoff

Both programs through the years

End-of-season Elo ratings of Maryland and St. John’s (Maryland), 1917 on130015001700192019401960198020002020

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 1917 game: MARYLAND STATE BEATS OLD RIVAL Takes Measure of st. Johns in Annual Grid Struggle by 13 to 3. CONTEST is HARD FOUGHT

    1917 · Evening star, District of Columbia, Nov 11, 1917

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

Every game is listed as played on the field.