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Maryland vs. Yale

Maryland and Yale have 11 meetings on file, the first in 1919; Yale leads the series 8–⁠2–⁠1 in the games on file. Over the last 10 meetings it’s Yale 7–⁠2.

Maryland wins
2
Yale wins
8
Ties
1
Earliest on file
1919
Longest streak
6 Yale
Current streak
1 Yale
Last 10 meetings
Yale 7–⁠2
Most recent
1930

The series at a glance

’0’1’2’3’4’5’6’7’8’9W–L
1910s0–⁠1
1920s2–⁠6–⁠1
1930s0–⁠1
Average margin
22.8 points; 2 decided by one score (8 or fewer)
At Yale
8–⁠2–⁠1 Yale’s record at home
Shutouts
5

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

Games that tell the story

  1. Maryland’s biggest win1926: Maryland 15, Yale 0by 15 points
  2. Yale’s biggest win1924: Yale 47, Maryland 0by 47 points
  3. Upset1928: Maryland 6, Yale 0Maryland had a 20% chance, by our ratings before kickoff
  4. Upset1926: Maryland 15, Yale 0Maryland had a 28% chance, by our ratings before kickoff

Coach against coach

YearsMarylandSeriesYale
1921–⁠1927Curley Byrd1–⁠6Tad Jones
1928–⁠1930Curley Byrd1–⁠1–⁠1Mal Stevens

Head-coach pairings with three or more meetings on file, the series read from Maryland’s side (Byrd 1–⁠6 against Jones). 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 Yale, 1919 on130015001700192019401960198020002020

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 1919 game: YALE OVERPOWERS MARYLAND STATE College Park Team Beaten. $40, in Clean, Hard Fighr on Slippery Field. BONE PLAYS A FACTOR

    1919 · Evening star, Washington, D.C., Nov 2, 1919

  • The New-York tribune's story of the 1921 game: Yale Reserves Easily Defeat Maryland State Jordan Scores Three Touch downs for Bulldog: Aid rich's All Around Play ing Features the Contest

    1921 · New-York tribune, Nov 6, 1921

  • The New Britain herald's story of the 1922 game: YALE IS FAVORED T0BEAT PRINCETON Blue Looks the Best to Those Who Follow the Game

    1922 · New Britain herald, Nov 16, 1922

  • The New Britain herald's story of the 1923 game: YALE FOOTBALLERS PRAISE MARYLAND Regard Team That Nearly Beat Them as Wonderful Eleven

    1923 · New Britain herald, Connecticut, Nov 12, 1923

  • The The Birmingham age-herald's story of the 1924 game: YALE DEFEATS MARYLAND, 47-O Old Eli Backs Have Field Day In Winning Game

    1924 · The Birmingham age-herald, Nov 9, 1924

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

Oct 4, 1930Yale 40, Maryland 13at Yale
Nov 9, 1929Yale 13, Maryland 13at Yale
Nov 10, 1928Maryland 6, Yale 0at Yale
Nov 5, 1927Yale 30, Maryland 6at Yale
Nov 6, 1926Maryland 15, Yale 0at Yale
Nov 7, 1925Yale 43, Maryland 14at Yale
Nov 8, 1924Yale 47, Maryland 0at Yale
Nov 10, 1923Yale 16, Maryland 14at Yale
Nov 11, 1922Yale 45, Maryland 3at Yale
Nov 5, 1921Yale 28, Maryland 0at Yale
Nov 1, 1919Yale 31, Maryland 0at Yale

Every game is listed as played on the field.