Maryland vs. Texas

Maryland and Texas have 5 meetings on file, the first in 1959; Texas leads the series 3–⁠2 in the games on file. Over the last 5 meetings it’s Texas 3–⁠2, and Maryland has won the last 2.

Maryland wins
2
Texas wins
3
Ties
0
Earliest on file
1959
Longest streak
3 Texas
Current streak
2 Maryland
Last 10 meetings
Texas 3–⁠2
Most recent
2018

The series at a glance

Every meeting by decade, colored by the winner
’0’1’2’3’4’5’6’7’8’9W–L
1950s0–⁠1
1960s0–⁠1
1970s0–⁠1
2010s2–⁠0
Both ranked
1 meeting: Maryland 0, Texas 1
Average margin
23.4 points; 1 decided by one score (8 or fewer)
At Maryland
0–⁠1 Maryland’s record at home
At Texas
1–⁠1 Texas’s record at home
Neutral sites
1–⁠1 Maryland first
Shutouts
3

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

Games that tell the story

  1. Maryland’s biggest win2017: Maryland 51, Texas 41by 10 points
  2. Texas’s biggest win1978: Texas 42, Maryland 0by 42 points
  3. Upset2018: Maryland 34, Texas 29Maryland had a 33% chance, by our ratings before kickoff
  4. Ranked showdown1978: Texas 42, Maryland 0No. 13 Maryland at No. 14 Texas

Both programs through the years

End-of-season Elo ratings of Maryland and Texas, 1959 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

Lam Jones Texas1978

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

Every game

Sep 1, 2018Maryland 34, 23Texas 29Northwest Stadium
Sep 2, 2017Maryland 51, 23Texas 41at Texas
Dec 23, 197814Texas 42, 13Maryland 0Neutral siteSun Bowl
Sep 24, 196015Texas 34, Maryland 0at Maryland
Sep 26, 195915Texas 26, Maryland 0at Texas

Every game is listed as played on the field.