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1936 Maryland

6–⁠5 (4–⁠2 Southern Conference), coached by Frank Dobson.

Schedule and results

Maryland in 1936, game by game: won vs. St. John’s (Maryland) 28–0; won at Virginia Tech 6–0; lost at North Carolina 0–14; won at Virginia 21–0; won at Syracuse 20–0; lost at Florida 6–7; won at Richmond 12–0; lost vs. VMI 7–13; lost vs. Georgetown 6–7; won vs. Washington and Lee 19–6; lost at McDaniel 0–12+28−14Won 28–0 vs. St. John’s (Maryland)+28St. John’s (Mar…Won 6–0 at Virginia Tech+6Virginia TechLost 0–14 at North Carolina-14North CarolinaWon 21–0 at Virginia+21VirginiaWon 20–0 at Syracuse+20SyracuseLost 6–7 at Florida-1FloridaWon 12–0 at Richmond+12RichmondLost 7–13 vs. VMI-6VMILost 6–7 vs. Georgetown-1GeorgetownWon 19–6 vs. Washington and Lee+13Washington and …Lost 0–12 at McDaniel-12McDaniel
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 28vsSt. John’s (Maryland)W 28–⁠091%
Oct 3atVirginia TechW 6–⁠051%
Oct 10atNorth CarolinaL 0–⁠1430%
Oct 17atVirginiaW 21–⁠061%
Oct 24atSyracuseW 20–⁠058%
Oct 31atFloridaL 6–⁠764%
Nov 7atRichmondW 12–⁠072%
Nov 14vsVMIL 7–⁠1376%
Nov 21vsGeorgetownL 6–⁠768%
Nov 26vsWashington and LeeW 19–⁠670%
Dec 5atMcDanielL 0–⁠1280%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to McDaniel 12–⁠0; unranked in the final AP poll; 5th in the Southern Conference.

In program history: The 47th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 120 on file).

Record
6–⁠5
Conference
4–⁠2 5th in Southern Conference
AP final
Unranked
Points
125–⁠59
Coach
Frank Dobson
Elo
1510 −13 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
−3.7 No. 88 of 131 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—

Drafted in 1937

The 1937 draft
Rd 6Bill Guckeyson BPhiladelphia Eagles

All-Southern Conference

1 first team, 1 second team

First team

Second team

  • Vic WillisEAP-2

From Wikipedia’s 1936 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1936 Southern Conference standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
Duke7–⁠09–⁠111
North Carolina6–⁠18–⁠2
Furman4–⁠17–⁠2
VMI5–⁠26–⁠4
Maryland4–⁠26–⁠5
Washington and Lee3–⁠24–⁠5
Davidson4–⁠35–⁠4
Clemson3–⁠35–⁠5
Virginia Tech4–⁠55–⁠5
Wake Forest2–⁠35–⁠4
NC State2–⁠43–⁠7
South Carolina2–⁠55–⁠7
Richmond1–⁠34–⁠4–⁠2
Virginia1–⁠52–⁠7
The Citadel0–⁠44–⁠6
William & Mary0–⁠51–⁠8

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