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1934 Maryland

7–⁠3 (3–⁠1 Southern Conference), coached by Curley Byrd.

Schedule and results

Maryland in 1934, game by game: won vs. St. John’s (Maryland) 13–0; lost at Washington and Lee 0–7; lost at Navy 13–16; won vs. Virginia Tech 14–9; won vs. Florida 21–0; won vs. Virginia 20–0; won vs. VMI 23–0; lost vs. Indiana 14–17; won vs. Georgetown 6–0; won vs. Johns Hopkins 19–0+23−7Won 13–0 vs. St. John’s (Maryland)+13St. John’s (Mar…Lost 0–7 at Washington and Lee-7Washington and …Lost 13–16 at Navy-3NavyWon 14–9 vs. Virginia Tech+5Virginia TechWon 21–0 vs. Florida+21FloridaWon 20–0 vs. Virginia+20VirginiaWon 23–0 vs. VMI+23VMILost 14–17 vs. Indiana-3IndianaWon 6–0 vs. Georgetown+6GeorgetownWon 19–0 vs. Johns Hopkins+19Johns Hopkins
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 29vsSt. John’s (Maryland)W 13–⁠084%
Oct 6atWashington and LeeL 0–⁠739%
Oct 13atNavyL 13–⁠1626%
Oct 20vsVirginia TechW 14–⁠947%
Oct 27vsFloridaW 21–⁠043%
Nov 3vsVirginiaW 20–⁠065%
Nov 10vsVMIW 23–⁠076%
Nov 17vsIndianaL 14–⁠1771%
Nov 24vsGeorgetownW 6–⁠067%
Nov 29vsJohns HopkinsW 19–⁠089%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Beat Johns Hopkins 19–⁠0; tied for 3rd in the Southern Conference.

In program history: The 55th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 120 on file).

Record
7–⁠3
Conference
3–⁠1 tied for 3rd in Southern Conference
AP poll
Began in 1936
Points
143–⁠49
Coach
Curley Byrd
Elo
1485 +71 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
3.4 No. 53 of 124 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—

All-Southern Conference

1 first team, 1 second team

First team

  • Norwood SothoronFBAP-1

Second team

  • MinionOGAP-2

From Wikipedia’s 1934 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1934 Southern Conference standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
Washington and Lee4–⁠07–⁠3
North Carolina2–⁠0–⁠17–⁠1–⁠1
Duke3–⁠17–⁠2
Maryland3–⁠17–⁠3
Clemson2–⁠15–⁠4
Virginia Tech3–⁠35–⁠5
South Carolina2–⁠35–⁠4
NC State1–⁠3–⁠12–⁠6–⁠1
Virginia1–⁠43–⁠6
VMI0–⁠51–⁠8

Ordered by conference winning percentage, then conference wins. Division splits and tiebreakers aren’t applied.