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1948 Maryland

6–⁠4 (4–⁠2 Southern Conference), coached by Jim Tatum.

Schedule and results

Maryland in 1948, game by game: won at Richmond 19–0; won at Delaware 21–0; won vs. Virginia Tech 28–0; lost vs. No. 18 Duke 12–13; won vs. George Washington 47–0; won at Miami 27–13; won at South Carolina 19–7; lost vs. No. 6 North Carolina 20–49; lost vs. Vanderbilt 0–34; lost at West Virginia 14–16+47−34Won 19–0 at Richmond+19RichmondWon 21–0 at Delaware+21DelawareWon 28–0 vs. Virginia Tech+28Virginia TechLost 12–13 vs. No. 18 Duke-1No. 18 DukeWon 47–0 vs. George Washington+47George Washingt…Won 27–13 at Miami+14MiamiWon 19–7 at South Carolina+12South CarolinaLost 20–49 vs. No. 6 North Carolina-29No. 6 North CarolinaLost 0–34 vs. Vanderbilt-34VanderbiltLost 14–16 at West Virginia-2West Virginia
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 25atRichmondW 19–⁠066%
Oct 2atDelawareW 21–⁠091%
Oct 9vsVirginia TechW 28–⁠072%
Oct 16vs18DukeL 12–⁠1354%
Oct 23vsGeorge WashingtonW 47–⁠074%
Oct 29atMiamiW 27–⁠1365%
Nov 6atSouth CarolinaW 19–⁠764%
Nov 13vs6North CarolinaL 20–⁠4940%
Nov 20vsVanderbiltL 0–⁠3449%
Nov 27atWest VirginiaL 14–⁠1650%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to West Virginia 16–⁠14; unranked in the final AP poll; 6th in the Southern Conference.

In program history: The 33rd-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 120 on file).

Players on this team

Before 2004 our records hold honors and the draft; these are the players whose college years here, from their Wikipedia articles or their honors, include 1948.

Record
6–⁠4
Conference
4–⁠2 6th in Southern Conference
AP final
Unranked
Points
207–⁠132
Coach
Jim Tatum
Elo
1551 +16 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
7.8 No. 41 of 117 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—
Captain
Gene Kinney
Offense
Split-T

All-Southern Conference

1 second team

Second team

From Wikipedia’s 1948 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1948 Southern Conference standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
Clemson5–⁠011–⁠011
North Carolina4–⁠0–⁠19–⁠1–⁠13
VMI5–⁠16–⁠3
William & Mary5–⁠1–⁠17–⁠2–⁠217
Wake Forest5–⁠26–⁠420
Maryland4–⁠26–⁠4
Duke3–⁠2–⁠14–⁠3–⁠2
Richmond3–⁠3–⁠15–⁠3–⁠2
Washington and Lee2–⁠24–⁠6
George Washington2–⁠44–⁠6
Furman2–⁠42–⁠6–⁠1
Davidson2–⁠53–⁠5–⁠1
South Carolina1–⁠33–⁠5
NC State1–⁠4–⁠13–⁠6–⁠1
Virginia Tech0–⁠6–⁠10–⁠8–⁠1
The Citadel0–⁠52–⁠7

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