Maryland vs. Tennessee

Maryland and Tennessee have 8 meetings on file, the first in 1951; Tennessee leads the series 5–⁠3 in the games on file. Over the last 8 meetings it’s Tennessee 5–⁠3, and Maryland has won the last 2.

Maryland wins
3
Tennessee wins
5
Ties
0
Earliest on file
1951
Longest streak
5 Tennessee
Current streak
2 Maryland
Last 10 meetings
Tennessee 5–⁠3
Most recent
2002

The series at a glance

Every meeting by decade, colored by the winner
’0’1’2’3’4’5’6’7’8’9W–L
1950s1–⁠2
1970s0–⁠2
1980s1–⁠1
2000s1–⁠0
Both ranked
2 meetings: Maryland 1, Tennessee 1; 1 both in the top 10
Average margin
14.4 points; 3 decided by one score (8 or fewer)
At Maryland
0–⁠1 Maryland’s record at home
At Tennessee
2–⁠0 Tennessee’s record at home
Neutral sites
3–⁠2 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 win2002: Maryland 30, Tennessee 3by 27 points
  2. Tennessee’s biggest win1956: Tennessee 34, Maryland 7by 27 points
  3. Ranked showdown1951: Maryland 28, Tennessee 13No. 1 Tennessee at No. 3 Maryland
  4. Ranked showdown1975: Tennessee 26, Maryland 8No. 14 Maryland at No. 20 Tennessee

Both programs through the years

End-of-season Elo ratings of Maryland and Tennessee, 1951 on1300150017001960197019801990200020102020

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

Rick Badanjek Maryland1984
Johnnie Jones Tennessee1983
Randy White Maryland1974
Ed Modzelewski1951

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

From the newspapers

  • The Evening star's story of the 1951 game: 1850 Triumph Spartans Case 1918 Rout of Vols One of Worst Defeats For Any NeyIond Team

    1951 · Evening star, Jan 2, 1952

  • The Evening star's story of the 1956 game: Majors Leads Tennessee To34-7Win Over Terps

    1956 · Evening star, Washington, D.C., Oct 28, 1956

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

Dec 31, 200221Maryland 30, Tennessee 3Georgia DomePeach Bowl
Dec 22, 198412Maryland 28, Tennessee 27Neutral siteSun Bowl
Dec 17, 1983Tennessee 30, 16Maryland 23Neutral siteCitrus Bowl
Sep 13, 197520Tennessee 26, 14Maryland 8at Tennessee
Dec 16, 1974Tennessee 7, 10Maryland 3Neutral siteLiberty Bowl
Oct 26, 1957Tennessee 16, Maryland 0at Maryland
Oct 27, 19564Tennessee 34, Maryland 7at Tennessee
Jan 1, 19523Maryland 28, 1Tennessee 13Neutral siteSugar Bowl

Every game is listed as played on the field.