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1956 Maryland

2–⁠7–⁠1 (2–⁠2–⁠1 Atlantic Coast Conference), coached by Tommy Mont.

Schedule and results

Maryland in 1956, game by game: lost vs. Syracuse 12–26; won at Wake Forest 6–0; lost vs. No. 16 Baylor 0–14; lost at No. 11 Miami 6–13; lost at North Carolina 6–34; lost at No. 4 Tennessee 7–34; lost vs. Kentucky 0–14; tied vs. No. 11 Clemson 6–6; lost at South Carolina 0–13; won at NC State 25–14+11−28Lost 12–26 vs. Syracuse-14SyracuseWon 6–0 at Wake Forest+6Wake ForestLost 0–14 vs. No. 16 Baylor-14No. 16 BaylorLost 6–13 at No. 11 Miami-7No. 11 MiamiLost 6–34 at North Carolina-28North CarolinaLost 7–34 at No. 4 Tennessee-27No. 4 TennesseeLost 0–14 vs. Kentucky-14KentuckyTied 6–6 vs. No. 11 Clemson0No. 11 ClemsonLost 0–13 at South Carolina-13South CarolinaWon 25–14 at NC State+11NC State
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 22vsSyracuseL 12–⁠2670%
Sep 29atWake ForestW 6–⁠058%
Oct 6vs16BaylorL 0–⁠1469%
Oct 12at11MiamiL 6–⁠1341%
Oct 20atNorth CarolinaL 6–⁠3474%
Oct 27at4TennesseeL 7–⁠3431%
Nov 3vsKentuckyL 0–⁠1454%
Nov 10vs11ClemsonT 6–⁠638%
Nov 17atSouth CarolinaL 0–⁠1345%
Nov 22atNC StateW 25–⁠1450%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Beat NC State 25–⁠14; unranked in the final AP poll; 4th in the Atlantic Coast Conference.

In program history: The 54th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 120 on file).

AP poll, week by week

  1. Wk 1: 6

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 1956.

Record
2–⁠7–⁠1
Conference
2–⁠2–⁠1 4th in Atlantic Coast Conference
AP final
Unranked peak No. 6
Points
68–⁠168
Coach
Tommy Mont
Elo
1494 −180 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
1.1 No. 54 of 111 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—
Offense
Split-T

Drafted in 1957

The 1957 draft
Rd 4Mike Sandusky OTSan Francisco 49ers

All-ACC

3 first team

First team

  • Mike SanduskyOTAP-1; UP-1
  • Jack DavisOGAP-1; UP-1
  • Gene AldertonCAP-1; UP-2

From Wikipedia’s 1956 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1956 Atlantic Coast Conference standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
Clemson4–⁠0–⁠17–⁠2–⁠219
Duke4–⁠15–⁠4–⁠1
South Carolina5–⁠27–⁠3
Maryland2–⁠2–⁠12–⁠7–⁠1
North Carolina2–⁠3–⁠12–⁠7–⁠1
NC State2–⁠43–⁠7
Wake Forest1–⁠5–⁠12–⁠5–⁠3
Virginia1–⁠43–⁠7

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