Maryland vs. Washington and Lee

Maryland and Washington and Lee first met in 1924 and have played 20 times; Maryland leads the series 13–⁠5–⁠2. Over the last 10 meetings it’s Maryland 8–⁠0, and Maryland has won the last 5.

Maryland wins
13
Washington and Lee wins
5
Ties
2
First meeting
1924
Longest streak
5 Maryland
Current streak
5 Maryland
Last 10 meetings
Maryland 8–⁠0
Most recent
1953

The series at a glance

Every meeting by decade, colored by the winner
’0’1’2’3’4’5’6’7’8’9W–L
1920s1–⁠4
1930s7–⁠1–⁠1
1940s3–⁠0–⁠1
1950s2–⁠0
Average margin
12.6 points; 11 decided by one score (8 or fewer)
At Maryland
11–⁠2–⁠2 Maryland’s record at home
At Washington and Lee
3–⁠2 Washington and Lee’s record at home
Shutouts
7

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

Games that tell the story

  1. Maryland’s biggest win1953: Maryland 52, Washington and Lee 0by 52 points
  2. Washington and Lee’s biggest win1924: Washington and Lee 19, Maryland 7by 12 points

Coach against coach

YearsMarylandSeriesWashington and Lee
1924–⁠1932Curley Byrd2–⁠2Jimmy DeHart

Head-coach pairings with three or more meetings on file, the series read from Maryland’s side (Byrd 2–⁠2 against DeHart). 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 Washington and Lee, 1924 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 1926 game: OLD RIVALS TO SETTLE GRID SCORES THURSDAY

    1926 · Evening star, District of Columbia, Nov 22, 1926

  • The Evening star's story of the 1927 game

    1927 · Evening star, District of Columbia, Oct 30, 1927

  • The Evening star's story of the 1928 game: FOOT BALL RESULTS LOCAL TEAMS.

    1928 · Evening star, Nov 25, 1928

  • The The Daily Alaska empire's story of the 1932 game: FOOTBALL. RESULIS&

    1932 · The Daily Alaska empire, Alaska, Nov 21, 1932

  • The Evening star's story of the 1937 game

    1937 · Evening star, Nov 25, 1937

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

Sep 26, 19539Maryland 52, Washington and Lee 0at Maryland
Sep 29, 195116Maryland 54, Washington and Lee 14at Washington and Lee
Nov 16, 1946Maryland 24, Washington and Lee 7at Maryland
Nov 21, 1942Maryland 32, Washington and Lee 28at Maryland
Nov 20, 1941Maryland 6, Washington and Lee 0at Maryland
Nov 30, 1940Maryland 7, Washington and Lee 7at Maryland
Nov 24, 1938Maryland 19, Washington and Lee 13at Maryland
Nov 25, 1937Maryland 8, Washington and Lee 0at Maryland
Nov 26, 1936Maryland 19, Washington and Lee 6at Maryland
Nov 16, 1935Maryland 0, Washington and Lee 0at Maryland
Oct 6, 1934Washington and Lee 7, Maryland 0at Washington and Lee
Nov 23, 1933Maryland 33, Washington and Lee 13at Maryland
Nov 19, 1932Maryland 6, Washington and Lee 0at Maryland
Nov 21, 1931Maryland 13, Washington and Lee 7at Maryland
Nov 8, 1930Maryland 41, Washington and Lee 7at Maryland
Nov 24, 1928Maryland 6, Washington and Lee 0at Washington and Lee
Oct 29, 1927Washington and Lee 13, Maryland 6at Maryland
Nov 20, 1926Washington and Lee 3, Maryland 0at Washington and Lee
Nov 14, 1925Washington and Lee 7, Maryland 3at Maryland
Oct 4, 1924Washington and Lee 19, Maryland 7at Washington and Lee

Every game is listed as played on the field.