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1957 Maryland

5–⁠5 (4–⁠3 Atlantic Coast Conference), coached by Tommy Mont.

Schedule and results

Maryland in 1957, game by game: lost at No. 2 Texas A&M 13–21; lost vs. NC State 13–48; lost at No. 4 Duke 0–14; won vs. Wake Forest 27–0; won vs. No. 14 North Carolina 21–7; lost vs. Tennessee 0–16; won at South Carolina 10–6; lost at Clemson 7–26; won at Miami 16–6; won vs. Virginia 12–0+27−35Lost 13–21 at No. 2 Texas A&M-8No. 2 Texas A&MLost 13–48 vs. NC State-35NC StateLost 0–14 at No. 4 Duke-14No. 4 DukeWon 27–0 vs. Wake Forest+27Wake ForestWon 21–7 vs. No. 14 North Carolina+14No. 14 North CarolinaLost 0–16 vs. Tennessee-16TennesseeWon 10–6 at South Carolina+4South CarolinaLost 7–26 at Clemson-19ClemsonWon 16–6 at Miami+10MiamiWon 12–0 vs. Virginia+12Virginia
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below; orange marks an upset win.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 21at2Texas A&ML 13–⁠2125%
Sep 28vsNC StateL 13–⁠4863%
Oct 5at4DukeL 0–⁠1421%
Oct 12vsWake ForestW 27–⁠060%
Oct 19vs14North CarolinaW 21–⁠749%
Oct 26vsTennesseeL 0–⁠1636%
Nov 2atSouth CarolinaW 10–⁠637%
Nov 9atClemsonL 7–⁠2629%
Nov 15atMiamiW 16–⁠621%
Nov 23vsVirginiaW 12–⁠076%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Beat Virginia 12–⁠0; unranked in the final AP poll; tied for 3rd in the Atlantic Coast Conference.

In program history: The 40th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 120 on file).

Photographs from 1957

  • Queen Elizabeth II with Maryland governor Theodore McKeldin (right) and University of Maryland president Wilson Homer "Bull" Elkins (left), at a Maryland Terrapins vs. the North Carolina Tar Heels football game in College Park, Maryland
    Queen Elizabeth II with Maryland governor Theodore McKeldin (right) and University of Maryland president Wilson Homer “Bull” Elkins (left), at a Maryland Terrapins vs. the North Carolina Tar Heels football game in College Park, MarylandPhoto: Library of Congress, Prints & Photographs Division, no known restrictions on publication
    The game

Photographs from the Library of Congress’s Prints & Photographs Division, with no known restrictions on publication. 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 1957.

Record
5–⁠5
Conference
4–⁠3 tied for 3rd in Atlantic Coast Conference
AP final
Unranked
Points
119–⁠144
Coach
Tommy Mont
Elo
1521 +25 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
7.4 No. 37 of 112 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—
Captains
Gene Alderton and Jack Healy
Offense
Split-T

Drafted in 1958

The 1958 draft
Rd 3Ed Cooke EChicago Bears
Rd 3Don Healy OTChicago Bears

All-ACC

2 first team, 1 second team

First team

  • Ed CookeEAP-1; UP-1
  • Rodney BreedloveOGAP-1

Second team

  • Gene AldertonCAP-2

From Wikipedia’s 1957 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1957 Atlantic Coast Conference standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
NC State5–⁠0–⁠17–⁠1–⁠215
Duke5–⁠1–⁠16–⁠3–⁠216
Clemson4–⁠37–⁠3
North Carolina4–⁠36–⁠4
Maryland4–⁠35–⁠5
Virginia2–⁠43–⁠6–⁠1
South Carolina2–⁠55–⁠5
Wake Forest0–⁠70–⁠10

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