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1950 Maryland

7–⁠2–⁠1 (4–⁠1–⁠1 Southern Conference), coached by Jim Tatum.

Schedule and results

Maryland in 1950, game by game: lost at Georgia 7–27; won vs. Navy 35–21; won at No. 2 Michigan State 34–7; won at Georgetown 25–14; lost vs. NC State 13–16; won at Duke 26–14; won vs. George Washington 23–7; tied at North Carolina 7–7; won at West Virginia 41–0; won vs. Virginia Tech 63–7+56−20Lost 7–27 at Georgia-20GeorgiaWon 35–21 vs. Navy+14NavyWon 34–7 at No. 2 Michigan State+27No. 2 Michigan StateWon 25–14 at Georgetown+11GeorgetownLost 13–16 vs. NC State-3NC StateWon 26–14 at Duke+12DukeWon 23–7 vs. George Washington+16George Washingt…Tied 7–7 at North Carolina0North CarolinaWon 41–0 at West Virginia+41West VirginiaWon 63–7 vs. Virginia Tech+56Virginia Tech
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below; orange marks an upset win.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 23atGeorgiaL 7–⁠2755%
Sep 30vsNavyW 35–⁠2173%
Oct 7at2Michigan StateW 34–⁠735%
Oct 14atGeorgetownW 25–⁠1474%
Oct 21vsNC StateL 13–⁠1683%
Oct 28atDukeW 26–⁠1448%
Nov 4vsGeorge WashingtonW 23–⁠782%
Nov 11atNorth CarolinaT 7–⁠755%
Nov 18atWest VirginiaW 41–⁠079%
Dec 2vsVirginia TechW 63–⁠796%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Beat Virginia Tech 63–⁠7; unranked in the final AP poll; 5th in the Southern Conference.

In program history: The 12th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 120 on file).

AP poll, week by week

  1. Wk 1: 15
  2. Wk 3: 8
  3. Wk 4: 8
  4. Wk 6: 16
  5. Wk 7: 18

Photographs from 1950

Photographs from libraries and archives found through the Digital Public Library of America, each under the rights statement its holder gives (no copyright in the United States, public domain or Creative Commons) and credited to it. Captions as each collection catalogues them.

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 1950.

Record
7–⁠2–⁠1
Conference
4–⁠1–⁠1 5th in Southern Conference
AP final
Unranked peak No. 8
Points
274–⁠120
Coach
Jim Tatum
Elo
1677 +62 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
7.9 No. 33 of 120 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—
Captains
Ray Krouse and Jake Rowden
Offense
Split-T

Drafted in 1951

The 1951 draft
Rd 2Ray Krouse OTNew York Giants
Rd 4Elmer Wingate ENew York Yanks

All-Southern Conference

2 first team, 1 second team

First team

Second team

From Wikipedia’s 1950 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1950 Southern Conference standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
Washington and Lee6–⁠08–⁠318
Clemson3–⁠0–⁠19–⁠0–⁠110
VMI5–⁠16–⁠4
Wake Forest6–⁠1–⁠16–⁠1–⁠2
Maryland4–⁠1–⁠17–⁠2–⁠1
Duke5–⁠27–⁠3
North Carolina3–⁠2–⁠13–⁠5–⁠2
George Washington4–⁠35–⁠4
NC State4–⁠4–⁠15–⁠4–⁠1
William & Mary3–⁠34–⁠7
The Citadel2–⁠34–⁠6
South Carolina2–⁠4–⁠13–⁠4–⁠2
Furman2–⁠42–⁠8–⁠1
West Virginia1–⁠32–⁠8
Davidson1–⁠53–⁠6
Richmond1–⁠82–⁠8
Virginia Tech0–⁠80–⁠10

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