Maryland vs. Vanderbilt

Maryland and Vanderbilt have 12 meetings on file, the first in 1927; Vanderbilt leads the series 8–⁠4 in the games on file. Over the last 10 meetings it’s Vanderbilt 6–⁠4.

Maryland wins
4
Vanderbilt wins
8
Ties
0
Earliest on file
1927
Longest streak
4 Vanderbilt
Current streak
1 Vanderbilt
Last 10 meetings
Vanderbilt 6–⁠4
Most recent
1987

The series at a glance

Every meeting by decade, colored by the winner
’0’1’2’3’4’5’6’7’8’9W–L
1920s0–⁠1
1930s0–⁠3
1940s1–⁠1
1980s3–⁠3
Average margin
16.1 points; 2 decided by one score (8 or fewer)
At Maryland
2–⁠2 Maryland’s record at home
At Vanderbilt
5–⁠2 Vanderbilt’s record at home
Neutral sites
0–⁠1 Maryland first
Shutouts
2

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

Games that tell the story

  1. Maryland’s biggest win1980: Maryland 31, Vanderbilt 6by 25 points
  2. Vanderbilt’s biggest win1948: Vanderbilt 34, Maryland 0by 34 points
  3. Upset1981: Vanderbilt 23, Maryland 17Vanderbilt had a 29% chance, by our ratings before kickoff
  4. Upset1984: Vanderbilt 23, Maryland 14Vanderbilt had a 29% chance, by our ratings before kickoff

Coach against coach

YearsMarylandSeriesVanderbilt
1927–⁠1932Curley Byrd0–⁠4Dan McGugin

Head-coach pairings with three or more meetings on file, the series read from Maryland’s side (Byrd 0–⁠4 against McGugin). A season split between coaches goes to the one credited with the game.

Both programs through the years

End-of-season Elo ratings of Maryland and Vanderbilt, 1927 on13001500170019401960198020002020

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 1931 game: BkneU GEORGETOWN TO- Vanderbilt Powerful Maryland 80 Cunningham Par 20 Tops Field in First Round Ken,uood Coll $4,000 Grid Fans See Trojans Win

    1931 · Evening star, Washington, D.C., Nov 8, 1931

  • The Evening star's story of the 1947 game: GambinoScores Twicein Terps' 2O-6 Triumph Commodores Checked Three Times Deep in Old Line Territory By George Huber

    1947 · Evening star, District of Columbia, Nov 23, 1947

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

Nov 21, 1987Vanderbilt 34, Maryland 24at Vanderbilt
Sep 13, 1986Maryland 35, Vanderbilt 21at Maryland
Sep 15, 1984Vanderbilt 23, Maryland 14at Maryland
Sep 10, 198317Maryland 21, Vanderbilt 14at Vanderbilt
Sep 12, 1981Vanderbilt 23, Maryland 17at Vanderbilt
Sep 13, 1980Maryland 31, Vanderbilt 6at Maryland
Nov 20, 1948Vanderbilt 34, Maryland 0Neutral site
Nov 22, 1947Maryland 20, Vanderbilt 6at Vanderbilt
Nov 5, 1932Vanderbilt 13, Maryland 0at Maryland
Nov 7, 1931Vanderbilt 39, Maryland 12at Vanderbilt
Dec 1, 1930Vanderbilt 22, Maryland 7at Vanderbilt
Nov 19, 1927Vanderbilt 39, Maryland 20at Vanderbilt

Every game is listed as played on the field.