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1963 Maryland

3–⁠7 (2–⁠5 Atlantic Coast Conference), coached by Thomas Nugent.

Schedule and results

Maryland in 1963, game by game: lost vs. NC State 14–36; lost at South Carolina 13–21; lost vs. Duke 12–30; lost vs. North Carolina 7–14; won vs. Air Force 21–14; won at Wake Forest 32–0; lost vs. Penn State 15–17; lost at No. 4 Navy 7–42; lost at Clemson 6–21; won vs. Virginia 21–6+32−35Lost 14–36 vs. NC State-22NC StateLost 13–21 at South Carolina-8South CarolinaLost 12–30 vs. Duke-18DukeLost 7–14 vs. North Carolina-7North CarolinaWon 21–14 vs. Air Force+7Air ForceWon 32–0 at Wake Forest+32Wake ForestLost 15–17 vs. Penn State-2Penn StateLost 7–42 at No. 4 Navy-35No. 4 NavyLost 6–21 at Clemson-15ClemsonWon 21–6 vs. Virginia+15Virginia
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 21vsNC StateL 14–⁠3668%
Sep 28atSouth CarolinaL 13–⁠2143%
Oct 5vsDukeL 12–⁠3029%
Oct 12vsNorth CarolinaL 7–⁠1455%
Oct 19vsAir ForceW 21–⁠1447%
Oct 26atWake ForestW 32–⁠069%
Nov 2vsPenn StateL 15–⁠1734%
Nov 9at4NavyL 7–⁠4220%
Nov 16atClemsonL 6–⁠2130%
Nov 23vsVirginiaW 21–⁠665%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Beat Virginia 21–⁠6; unranked in the final AP poll; 5th in the Atlantic Coast Conference.

In program history: The 69th-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 1963.

Record
3–⁠7
Conference
2–⁠5 5th in Atlantic Coast Conference
AP final
Unranked
Points
148–⁠201
Coach
Thomas Nugent
Elo
1455 −78 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
−1.5 No. 66 of 120 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—

Drafted in 1964

The 1964 draft
Rd 7Dick Shiner QBWashington Redskins

All-ACC

1 first team, 2 second team

First team

  • Ray GibsonOGUPI-1

Second team

From Wikipedia’s 1963 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1963 Atlantic Coast Conference standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
North Carolina6–⁠19–⁠2
NC State6–⁠18–⁠3
Duke5–⁠25–⁠4–⁠1
Clemson5–⁠25–⁠4–⁠1
Maryland2–⁠53–⁠7
South Carolina1–⁠5–⁠11–⁠8–⁠1
Wake Forest1–⁠51–⁠9
Virginia0–⁠5–⁠12–⁠7–⁠1

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