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Maryland Terrapins

Big TenCollege Park, MDSECU Stadium

2026: 2–⁠5 (0–⁠4 Big Ten). Last: lost to Rutgers 37–⁠30 at home. Next: Illinois, Saturday, Oct 31.

  1. W 62–⁠0Hampton
  2. W 38–⁠14at UConn
  3. L 26–⁠35Virginia Tech
  4. L 3–⁠54UCLA
  5. L 23–⁠48at Nebraska
  6. L 16–⁠45at No. 5 Ohio State
  7. L 30–⁠37Rutgers
  8. Oct 31Illinois
  9. Nov 7at Purdue
  10. Nov 14Wisconsin
  11. Nov 21at USC
  12. Nov 28Penn State
  • Outfitted by Under Armour

Maryland in the news

Maryland has played football since 1892 and is 596–⁠566–⁠30 in the 1,192 games on record here, which start in 1902. Maryland claims one national championship (1953). The Terrapins finished No. 1 in the final AP poll in 1953. They have won nine Atlantic Coast Conference titles (the last in 2001) and two Southern Conference titles, counting shared titles. Since 1937, the NFL Draft has taken 140 players from here in its first seven rounds, 17 of them in the first round. The AAFC and AFL drafts also took four players from here. The College Football Hall of Fame holds 7 players and 4 coaches from Maryland. Curley Byrd (1913–⁠1934) won more games here than any other coach: 90. The most-played rival is Virginia: 80 meetings, Maryland leads 46–⁠32–⁠2. This season, under Mike Locksley, they’re 2–⁠5.

SECU Stadium in College Park
SECU StadiumPhoto: Bluesnote, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

On this date in 1957Maryland beat No. 14 North Carolina 21–⁠7 at home.

Résumé

All-time record
685–⁠630–⁠43 official; 596–⁠566–⁠30 on file; how we count
Postseason
14–⁠14 bowls, title games, playoff
AP No. 1 finishes
1
Weeks at No. 1
5 of 171 ranked
Elo now
1390 122nd of 138 FBS
Computer rankings
Massey No. 83 · Composite No. 87 in FBS, Oct 17; down 8 since Oct 11. From Massey Ratings
Best season by Elo
1951 rated 1787
Conference titles
11 last in 2001
Bowl record
14–⁠14–⁠2 official, bowls only
Seasons
120 since 1902, 1,192 games

Identity

Fight song
Maryland Victory Song
Mascot
Testudo
Student section
The Shell
Band
Mighty Sound of Maryland since 1908, 264 members

2026 season 2–⁠5

RosterFull 2026 season
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 5vsHamptonW 62–⁠085%
Sep 12atUConnW 38–⁠1429%
Sep 19vsVirginia TechL 26–⁠3561%
Sep 26vsUCLAL 3–⁠5449%
Oct 3atNebraskaL 23–⁠4821%
Oct 10at5Ohio StateL 16–⁠459%
Oct 17vsRutgersL 30–⁠3757%
Oct 31vsIllinoisPreview38%
Nov 7atPurduePreview36%
Nov 14vsWisconsinPreview38%
Nov 21atUSCPreview13%
Nov 28vsPenn StatePreview32%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

This season, game by game

Maryland’s Elo through 2026: 1439 going into the opener, 1390 after the latest game.137514001425145014751500Elo 1439 going in; beat Hampton 62–0Elo 1450 going in; beat UConn 38–14Elo 1499 going in; lost to Virginia Tech 35–26Elo 1470 going in; lost to UCLA 54–3Elo 1432 going in; lost to Nebraska 48–23Elo 1419 going in; lost to Ohio State 45–16Elo 1414 going in; lost to Rutgers 37–30Now: Elo 1390 after the latest game1390
HamptonUConnVirginia TechUCLANebraskaOhio StateRutgersNow
Elo going into each game, then after the latest. Filled dots: wins; open: losses. Dashed line: 1500, an average FBS team.

Players

The 2026 rosterRecord bookThe money

On the 2026 team

Program greats See all

Heisman finalists, College Football Hall of Famers, consensus All-Americans, national award winners and first-round picks, for what they did at Maryland.

Photos: Wikimedia Commons, free licenses; credits on each player’s page.

Around the program

Apparel
Under Armour · Single source
Mascot
Testudo · Official source
Student section
The Shell · Official source
Athletic director
James E. Smith · Official source
Offensive coordinator
Clint Trickett · Official source
Defensive coordinator
Ted Monachino · Official source

Found by several AI researchers searching the web, then kept only where the page loads and says so in words naming the program; every quote is checked again each time the data is rebuilt. Official source: the school’s own page. All of them.

The apparel deal

Under Armour, through 2036. 12-year extension announced in 2024. Includes an NIL brand ambassador program.

Apparel deals: Field Drip. Terms as the outlets reported them; checked Oct 3, 2026.

Program strength since 1902

Best seasons ever
Maryland end-of-season Elo from 1902 to 2026, best in 1951 at 1787.13001500170019001920194019601980200020201951 peak: Elo 1787
End-of-season Elo. Dashed line: 1500, an average FBS team. Filled dots: finished No. 1 in the AP poll.

On Bluesky

From reporters and writers who cover college football, linked to their posts on Bluesky.

More coverage

Found through the GDELT Project, which indexes news sites worldwide. Each link opens the story on the outlet’s own site; each picture is that outlet’s own preview of its story, shown from its site and credited to it.

Podcasts

Found through Podcast Index, the open podcast directory. Each link opens the episode’s page.

Head coaches

CoachYearsRecord
Mike Locksley2015–⁠202639–⁠54
Matt Canada20185–⁠7
D.J. Durkin2016–⁠201710–⁠15
Randy Edsall2011–⁠201522–⁠34
Ralph Friedgen2001–⁠201075–⁠50
Ron Vanderlinden1997–⁠200015–⁠29
Mark Duffner1992–⁠199620–⁠35
Joe Krivak1987–⁠199120–⁠34–⁠2
Bobby Ross1982–⁠198639–⁠19–⁠1
Jerry Claiborne1972–⁠198177–⁠37–⁠3
Roy Lester1969–⁠19717–⁠25
Robert Ward1967–⁠19682–⁠17
Lou Saban19664–⁠6
Thomas Nugent1959–⁠196536–⁠34
Tommy Mont1956–⁠195811–⁠18–⁠1
Jim Tatum1947–⁠195573–⁠15–⁠4
Clark Shaughnessy1942–⁠194610–⁠8
Bear Bryant19456–⁠2–⁠1
Clarence Spears1943–⁠19445–⁠12–⁠1
Jack Faber1935–⁠194112–⁠13–⁠4
Frank Dobson1936–⁠193918–⁠21
Curley Byrd1913–⁠193490–⁠72–⁠13
William Lang19080–⁠2
Charles W. Melick19070–⁠1
Fred K. Nielsen1905–⁠19060–⁠2
D. John Markey1902–⁠19040–⁠3

Most-played series

All rivalries
OpponentGamesMD record
Virginia8046–⁠32–⁠2
North Carolina7032–⁠37–⁠1
NC State7034–⁠32–⁠4
Clemson6226–⁠34–⁠2
Wake Forest6243–⁠18–⁠1
West Virginia5323–⁠28–⁠2
Duke5031–⁠19
Penn State483–⁠44–⁠1

Rivals the program names: Rutgers, Penn State, Virginia, Navy, West Virginia.

Every opponent (125)

Every program Maryland has played, A to Z, with Maryland’s record against it. Each links to the series, game by game.

Official records. † Without wins the NCAA vacated, or with forfeits counted. ‡ The rivalry’s own count, where it differs from the games on file.

Conference titles

11, counting shared titles
Atlantic Coast Conference 9
1953 (shared), 1955 (shared), 1974, 1975, 1976, 1983, 1984, 1985, 2001
Southern Conference 2
1937, 1951 (shared)

As the program counts them in its Wikipedia article, shared titles included, and listed under each conference’s current name (a Western Conference title of the 1900s counts as a Big Ten title); season pages use the name the conference had that year. A title the article files under a conference the team wasn’t in that season is listed under the one it was. Division titles include years the team tied for its division.

Conferences

  1. Independent 1892–⁠1893
  2. Maryland Intercollegiate Football Conference 1894 and 1896–⁠1897
  3. Independent 1898–⁠1916
  4. South Atlantic Intercollegiate Athletic Conference 1917–⁠1921
  5. Independent 1952
  6. ACC 1953–⁠2013
  7. Big Ten since 2014
  • 1953Joined the ACC from the SoCon. Source
  • 2014Joined the Big Ten from the ACC, announced November 19, 2012. Source

Maryland’s football conferences by season, from CollegeFootballData.com’s memberships (renamed conferences keep the name of the time). The moves and their announcement dates from Wikipedia’s lists of NCAA Division I conference changes; the year is the first season in the new conference. Conference realignment: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).

National award winners

All awards
2014Brad Craddock KGroza
2002E.J. Henderson LBBednarik, Butkus
2001Ralph Friedgen coachEddie Robinson, Walter Camp Coach, Bobby Dodd Award
1974Randy White DTOutland, Lombardi
1952Dick Modzelewski OTOutland

Consensus All-Americans 12

2002E.J. Henderson LB
2001E.J. Henderson LB
1985J.D. Maarleveld OG
1979Dale Castro K
1976Joe Campbell DT
1974Randy White DT
1961Gary Collins E
1955Bob Pellegrini C/LB
1953Stan Jones OT
1952Dick Modzelewski OT
1952Jack Scarbath QB
1951Bob Ward OG

Led the nation 4

2016Ty Johnson yards per carry (9.1)
2002Steve Suter punt return yards (771 yds)
1975John Schultz kickoff return average (31.0)
1947Lu Gambino points (96 pts)

The NCAA’s official national leaders since 1937, from Wikipedia’s yearly leader lists.

Heisman runners-up and finalists

The votes
1953Bernie Faloney QB4th
1952Jack Scarbath QB2nd

Second to fifth in the vote, from each season’s Wikipedia article.

In the Hall of Fame

Every inductee
Players
7
Coaches
4
2020E.J. Henderson LB
2000Stan Jones OT
1999Jerry Claiborne coach here, 1972–⁠1981
1996Bob Pellegrini C/LB
1994Randy White DT
1993Dick Modzelewski OT
1986Bear Bryant coach here, 1945
1984Jim Tatum coach here, 1947–⁠1955
1983Jack Scarbath QB
1980Bob Ward OG
1968Clark Shaughnessy coach here, 1942–⁠1946

In the draft

By college
NFL picks, rounds 1–⁠7
140 since 1937
First-round picks
17
AAFC and AFL picks
4 1947, 1962–⁠63
2023Deonte Banks CBNo. 24, New York Giants
2019Darnell Savage Jr. SNo. 21, Green Bay Packers
2018D.J. Moore WRNo. 24, Carolina Panthers
2009Darrius Heyward-Bey WRNo. 7, Oakland Raiders
2006Vernon Davis TENo. 6, San Francisco 49ers
2005Shawne Merriman LBNo. 12, San Diego Chargers
1997Chad Scott DBNo. 24, Pittsburgh Steelers
1984Pete Koch DTNo. 16, Cincinnati Bengals

Who came and went in the 2026 transfer portal, and every portal year.

The school

University of Maryland-College Park
Enrollment
41,725 31,133 undergraduates, fall 2024
Where
College Park, Maryland
Public or private
Public Research 1
Founded
1856
Graduates’ median earnings
$82,860 10 years after starting

Enrollment, place and Carnegie research tier from the National Center for Education Statistics (IPEDS, public domain). Earnings from the US Department of Education’s College Scorecard (CC BY 4.0): the median for students who received federal aid and were working, not in school. Founding year from Wikidata. Every school’s in the data.

Official accounts

Football
X @TerpsFootballInstagram @terpsfootballFacebook TerpsFootball
Athletics department
X @umterpsInstagram @marylandterrapinsFacebook MarylandTerrapins

Official accounts: the schools’ athletics websites: the ones umterps.com lists for its football program and athletics department, as of Oct 12, 2026.

Voices

play-by-play
  1. 1984–⁠86Jim West

From the announcers’ Wikipedia articles (CC BY-SA), with the years as each article gives them: those in Wikipedia’s Maryland football announcers category, and any whose article names them the program’s play-by-play voice. Television network crews and announcers whose articles give no years are left out.

On the newsreel

And 6 more

Universal Newsreel, National Archives (catalog record); some releases also via the Internet Archive. Story titles and words as Universal’s release sheet gives them; the films themselves may still be under copyright, so we link to the record rather than show them.

Books

Books: Open Library (CC0), filed under the program’s Library of Congress subject heading; most-reissued first, each linked to its page there.

Season by season

National champions

Shaded: national title seasons, No. 1 in the final AP poll or claimed by Maryland (1 claimed).

SeasonRecordConf.AP preAP finalCoachEloSP+
20262–⁠50–⁠4Mike Locksley1390-2.0
20254–⁠81–⁠8Mike Locksley14090.6
20244–⁠81–⁠8Mike Locksley1437-3.9
20238–⁠54–⁠5Mike Locksley159411.0
20228–⁠54–⁠5Mike Locksley157111.2
20217–⁠63–⁠6Mike Locksley15186.2
20202–⁠32–⁠3Mike Locksley1430-0.1
20193–⁠91–⁠8Mike Locksley1381-6.3
20185–⁠73–⁠6Matt Canada14553.0
20174–⁠82–⁠7D.J. Durkin1403-4.5
20166–⁠73–⁠6D.J. Durkin1438-0.6
20153–⁠91–⁠7Randy Edsall, Mike Locksley1406-1.6
20147–⁠64–⁠4Randy Edsall15155.7
20137–⁠63–⁠5Randy Edsall146910.8
20124–⁠82–⁠6Randy Edsall1391-7.8
20112–⁠101–⁠7Randy Edsall1367-8.0
20109–⁠45–⁠323Ralph Friedgen155911.9
20092–⁠101–⁠7Ralph Friedgen1395-4.1
20088–⁠54–⁠4Ralph Friedgen15467.6
20076–⁠73–⁠5Ralph Friedgen15535.9
20069–⁠45–⁠3Ralph Friedgen15614.6
20055–⁠63–⁠5Ralph Friedgen15199.0
20045–⁠63–⁠522Ralph Friedgen15585.1
200310–⁠36–⁠21517Ralph Friedgen171520.8
200211–⁠36–⁠22113Ralph Friedgen169016.6
Every season back to 1902 (95 more)
SeasonRecordConf.AP preAP finalCoachEloSP+
200110–⁠27–⁠111Ralph Friedgen161613.7
20005–⁠63–⁠5Ron Vanderlinden1465-0.5
19995–⁠62–⁠6Ron Vanderlinden14341.8
19983–⁠81–⁠7Ron Vanderlinden1350-8.6
19972–⁠91–⁠7Ron Vanderlinden1321-12.5
19965–⁠63–⁠5Mark Duffner1442-10.2
19956–⁠54–⁠4Mark Duffner1475-0.7
19944–⁠72–⁠6Mark Duffner1427-5.4
19932–⁠92–⁠6Mark Duffner1363-14.1
19923–⁠82–⁠6Mark Duffner14440.4
19912–⁠92–⁠5Joe Krivak1384-7.4
19906–⁠5–⁠14–⁠3Joe Krivak15059.6
19893–⁠7–⁠12–⁠5Joe Krivak14614.9
19885–⁠64–⁠3Joe Krivak14774.0
19874–⁠73–⁠3Joe Krivak1463-1.8
19865–⁠5–⁠12–⁠3–⁠1Bobby Ross16029.0
19859–⁠36–⁠0718Bobby Ross171119.8
19849–⁠36–⁠012Bobby Ross169315.7
19838–⁠45–⁠117Bobby Ross162913.3
19828–⁠45–⁠120Bobby Ross165722.1
19814–⁠6–⁠14–⁠2Jerry Claiborne153710.8
19808–⁠45–⁠1Jerry Claiborne159314.2
19797–⁠44–⁠2Jerry Claiborne162216.6
19789–⁠35–⁠120Jerry Claiborne163917.0
19778–⁠44–⁠210Jerry Claiborne164011.3
197611–⁠15–⁠0128Jerry Claiborne172122.7
19759–⁠2–⁠15–⁠01713Jerry Claiborne169015.3
19748–⁠46–⁠01413Jerry Claiborne163923.7
19738–⁠45–⁠120Jerry Claiborne160416.6
19725–⁠5–⁠13–⁠2–⁠1Jerry Claiborne14321.5
19712–⁠91–⁠4Roy Lester1322-9.0
19702–⁠92–⁠4Roy Lester1315-15.0
19693–⁠73–⁠3Roy Lester1355
19682–⁠82–⁠5Robert Ward1317
19670–⁠90–⁠6Robert Ward1302
19664–⁠63–⁠3Lou Saban1430
19654–⁠63–⁠3Thomas Nugent1445
19645–⁠54–⁠3Thomas Nugent1508
19633–⁠72–⁠5Thomas Nugent1455
19626–⁠45–⁠2Thomas Nugent1549
19617–⁠33–⁠3Thomas Nugent1515
19606–⁠45–⁠2Thomas Nugent1514
19595–⁠54–⁠2Thomas Nugent1497
19584–⁠63–⁠3Tommy Mont1501
19575–⁠54–⁠3Tommy Mont1521
19562–⁠7–⁠12–⁠2–⁠16Tommy Mont1494
195510–⁠14–⁠053Jim Tatum1762
19547–⁠2–⁠14–⁠0–⁠138Jim Tatum1744
195310–⁠13–⁠091Jim Tatum1777
19527–⁠2213Jim Tatum1716
195110–⁠05–⁠0163Jim Tatum1787
19507–⁠2–⁠14–⁠1–⁠115Jim Tatum1677
19499–⁠14–⁠014Jim Tatum1673
19486–⁠44–⁠2Jim Tatum1551
19477–⁠2–⁠23–⁠2–⁠1Jim Tatum1553
19463–⁠62–⁠5Clark Shaughnessy1367
19456–⁠2–⁠13–⁠2Bear Bryant1457
19441–⁠7–⁠11–⁠1Clarence Spears1289
19434–⁠52–⁠0Clarence Spears1342
19427–⁠21–⁠2Clark Shaughnessy1448
19413–⁠5–⁠11–⁠2Jack Faber1307
19402–⁠6–⁠10–⁠1–⁠1Jack Faber1305
19392–⁠70–⁠1Frank Dobson1301
19382–⁠71–⁠2Frank Dobson1354
19378–⁠22–⁠0Frank Dobson1562
19366–⁠54–⁠2Frank Dobson1510
19357–⁠2–⁠23–⁠1–⁠1Jack Faber1533
19347–⁠33–⁠1Curley Byrd1485
19333–⁠71–⁠4Curley Byrd1371
19325–⁠62–⁠4Curley Byrd1395
19318–⁠1–⁠14–⁠1–⁠1Curley Byrd1565
19307–⁠54–⁠2Curley Byrd1481
19294–⁠4–⁠21–⁠3–⁠1Curley Byrd1450
19286–⁠3–⁠12–⁠3–⁠1Curley Byrd1520
19274–⁠73–⁠5Curley Byrd1456
19265–⁠4–⁠11–⁠3–⁠1Curley Byrd1495
19253–⁠50–⁠4Curley Byrd1456
19243–⁠3–⁠31–⁠2–⁠1Curley Byrd1499
19237–⁠2–⁠12–⁠1Curley Byrd1539
19224–⁠5–⁠11–⁠2Curley Byrd1412
19213–⁠5–⁠11–⁠0–⁠1Curley Byrd1404
19207–⁠21–⁠0Curley Byrd1538
19195–⁠41–⁠1Curley Byrd1452
19184–⁠1–⁠11–⁠0Curley Byrd1432
19174–⁠3–⁠10–⁠1Curley Byrd1433
1916few games on file1–⁠1Curley Byrd1446
1913few games on file0–⁠1Curley Byrd1415
1909few games on file0–⁠11403
1908few games on file0–⁠2William Lang1386
1907few games on file0–⁠1Charles W. Melick1456
1906few games on file0–⁠1Fred K. Nielsen1452
1905few games on file0–⁠1Fred K. Nielsen1447
1904few games on file0–⁠1D. John Markey1444
1903few games on file0–⁠1D. John Markey1447
1902few games on file0–⁠1D. John Markey1470

Officially 685–⁠630–⁠43 since 1892 (per Wikipedia, checked Oct 26, 2025); game by game here, 596–⁠566–⁠30 (1,192 of its 1,358 games are on file). Our file starts in 1902; the program began in 1892. Some games are missing from our source.

No season on file for 1910–⁠12, 1914–⁠15: the program may not have played, or our source may be missing them.

Records are computed from every game on file at CollegeFootballData.com, whose coverage of the earliest seasons can be incomplete. Elo is this site’s own rating; see how it works on the records page.