Maryland vs. West Virginia
Maryland and West Virginia have 53 meetings on file, the first in 1919; West Virginia leads the series 28–23–2 in the games on file. Over the last 10 meetings it’s West Virginia 8–2. Share
- Maryland wins
- 23
- West Virginia wins
- 28
- Ties
- 2
- Earliest on file
- 1919
- Longest streak
- 7 West Virginia
- Current streak
- 1 Maryland
- Last 10 meetings
- West Virginia 8–2
- Most recent
- 2021
The series at a glance
| ’0 | ’1 | ’2 | ’3 | ’4 | ’5 | ’6 | ’7 | ’8 | ’9 | W–L | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1910s | 0–1 | ||||||||||
| 1940s | 2–2–2 | ||||||||||
| 1950s | 3–0 | ||||||||||
| 1960s | 2–1 | ||||||||||
| 1970s | 1–3 | ||||||||||
| 1980s | 5–5 | ||||||||||
| 1990s | 4–6 | ||||||||||
| 2000s | 4–5 | ||||||||||
| 2010s | 1–5 | ||||||||||
| 2020s | 1–0 |
- Both ranked
- 3 meetings: Maryland 1, West Virginia 2
- Average margin
- 16.3 points; 17 decided by one score (8 or fewer)
- At Maryland
- 12–14–1 Maryland’s record at home
- At West Virginia
- 14–9–1 West Virginia’s record at home
- Neutral sites
- 2–0 Maryland first
- Shutouts
- 7
Every meeting on file, as played. Ranks are the AP poll’s going in.
Games that tell the story
- Maryland’s biggest win1951: Maryland 54, West Virginia 7by 47 points
- West Virginia’s biggest win2015: West Virginia 45, Maryland 6by 39 points
- Upset1994: Maryland 24, West Virginia 13Maryland had a 19% chance, by our ratings before kickoff
- Upset1984: Maryland 20, West Virginia 17Maryland had a 25% chance, by our ratings before kickoff
- Upset1990: Maryland 14, West Virginia 10Maryland had a 26% chance, by our ratings before kickoff
- Ranked showdown2004: West Virginia 19, Maryland 16No. 21 Maryland at No. 7 West Virginia
- Ranked showdown1983: West Virginia 31, Maryland 21No. 20 West Virginia at No. 17 Maryland
- Ranked showdown2003: Maryland 41, West Virginia 7No. 24 Maryland at No. 21 West Virginia
Coach against coach
| Years | Maryland | Series | West Virginia |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1982–1986 | Bobby Ross | 3–2 | Don Nehlen |
| 1987–1991 | Joe Krivak | 2–3 | Don Nehlen |
| 1992–1996 | Mark Duffner | 2–3 | Don Nehlen |
| 1997–2000 | Ron Vanderlinden | 1–3 | Don Nehlen |
| 2001–2007 | Ralph Friedgen | 4–4 | Rich Rodriguez |
| 2011–2015 | Randy Edsall | 1–4 | Dana Holgorsen |
Head-coach pairings with three or more meetings on file, the series read from Maryland’s side (Ross 3–2 against Nehlen). 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
| Clint Trickett West Virginia | 37 of 49, 511 yards, 4 TD, 1 INT | 2014 Passing | |
| Tavon Austin West Virginia | 13 catches, 179 yards, 3 TD | 2012 Receiving | |
| Torrey Smith Maryland | 3 catches, 149 yards, 2 TD | 2010 Receiving |
Named most valuable
| Scott McBrien West Virginia | 2003 |
Biggest days: the week’s best individual games by our big-days rule, from box scores (2004 on). Most valuable: as the games’ Wikipedia articles name them (CC BY-SA).
From the newspapers
1919 · Evening star, Washington, D.C., Oct 19, 1919
1943 · Evening star, Oct 21, 1943
1944 · Evening star, District of Columbia, Oct 20, 1944
1945 · The Daily Alaska empire, Oct 29, 1945
1947 · Evening star, Nov 2, 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
Every game is listed as played on the field.