Maryland vs. Wake Forest
Maryland and Wake Forest have 62 meetings on file, the first in 1917; Maryland leads the series 43–18–1 in the games on file. Over the last 10 meetings it’s even at 5–5. Share
2030 at Wake Forest; 2031 at Maryland. As the programs’ Wikipedia articles list them (CC BY-SA).
- Maryland wins
- 43
- Wake Forest wins
- 18
- Ties
- 1
- Earliest on file
- 1917
- Longest streak
- 7 Maryland
- Current streak
- 1 Wake Forest
- Last 10 meetings
- even at 5–5
- Most recent
- 2013
The series at a glance
| ’0 | ’1 | ’2 | ’3 | ’4 | ’5 | ’6 | ’7 | ’8 | ’9 | W–L | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1910s | 1–0 | ||||||||||
| 1940s | 1–1 | ||||||||||
| 1950s | 3–2–1 | ||||||||||
| 1960s | 7–3 | ||||||||||
| 1970s | 7–2 | ||||||||||
| 1980s | 8–2 | ||||||||||
| 1990s | 7–3 | ||||||||||
| 2000s | 7–3 | ||||||||||
| 2010s | 2–2 |
- Average margin
- 16.2 points; 24 decided by one score (8 or fewer)
- At Maryland
- 22–8–1 Maryland’s record at home
- At Wake Forest
- 10–21 Wake Forest’s record at home
- Shutouts
- 13
Every meeting on file, as played. Ranks are the AP poll’s going in.
Games that tell the story
- Maryland’s biggest win1996: Maryland 52, Wake Forest 0by 52 points
- Wake Forest’s biggest win1944: Wake Forest 39, Maryland 0by 39 points
- Upset1986: Wake Forest 27, Maryland 21Wake Forest had a 24% chance, by our ratings before kickoff
- Upset1969: Maryland 19, Wake Forest 14Maryland had a 28% chance, by our ratings before kickoff
- Upset1964: Wake Forest 21, Maryland 17Wake Forest had a 28% chance, by our ratings before kickoff
Coach against coach
| Years | Maryland | Series | Wake Forest |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1956–1958 | Tommy Mont | 2–1 | Paul Amen |
| 1960–1963 | Thomas Nugent | 4–0 | Billy Hildebrand |
| 1973–1977 | Jerry Claiborne | 5–0 | Chuck Mills |
| 1978–1980 | Jerry Claiborne | 2–1 | John Mackovic |
| 1982–1986 | Bobby Ross | 4–1 | Al Groh |
| 1987–1991 | Joe Krivak | 4–1 | Bill Dooley |
| 1993–1996 | Mark Duffner | 4–0 | Jim Caldwell |
| 1997–2000 | Ron Vanderlinden | 2–2 | Jim Caldwell |
| 2001–2010 | Ralph Friedgen | 7–3 | Jim Grobe |
| 2011–2013 | Randy Edsall | 1–2 | Jim Grobe |
Head-coach pairings with three or more meetings on file, the series read from Maryland’s side (Mont 2–1 against Amen). A season split between coaches goes to the one credited with the game.
Both programs through the years
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
Biggest days
| Chris Givens Wake Forest | 8 catches, 191 yards, 1 TD | 2011 Receiving |
Biggest days: the week’s best individual games by our big-days rule, from box scores (2004 on).
From the newspapers

1917 · The Washington herald, District of Columbia, Oct 28, 1917

1954 · Evening star, District of Columbia, Oct 10, 1954

1955 · Evening star, Washington, D.C., Oct 9, 1955

1957 · Evening star, Washington, D.C., Oct 13, 1957

1961 · Evening star, Nov 21, 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
Every game is listed as played on the field.