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1964 Maryland

5–⁠5 (4–⁠3 Atlantic Coast Conference), coached by Thomas Nugent.

Schedule and results

Maryland in 1964, game by game: lost vs. Oklahoma 3–13; won vs. South Carolina 24–6; lost at NC State 13–14; lost at Duke 17–24; won vs. North Carolina 10–9; lost vs. Wake Forest 17–21; lost at Penn State 9–17; won vs. Navy 27–22; won vs. Clemson 34–0; won at Virginia 10–0+34−10Lost 3–13 vs. Oklahoma-10OklahomaWon 24–6 vs. South Carolina+18South CarolinaLost 13–14 at NC State-1NC StateLost 17–24 at Duke-7DukeWon 10–9 vs. North Carolina+1North CarolinaLost 17–21 vs. Wake Forest-4Wake ForestLost 9–17 at Penn State-8Penn StateWon 27–22 vs. Navy+5NavyWon 34–0 vs. Clemson+34ClemsonWon 10–0 at Virginia+10Virginia
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 19vsOklahomaL 3–⁠1336%
Sep 26vsSouth CarolinaW 24–⁠663%
Oct 3atNC StateL 13–⁠1430%
Oct 10atDukeL 17–⁠2432%
Oct 17vsNorth CarolinaW 10–⁠934%
Oct 24vsWake ForestL 17–⁠2172%
Oct 31atPenn StateL 9–⁠1725%
Nov 7vsNavyW 27–⁠2244%
Nov 14vsClemsonW 34–⁠053%
Nov 21atVirginiaW 10–⁠051%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Beat Virginia 10–⁠0; unranked in the final AP poll; tied for 3rd in the Atlantic Coast Conference.

In program history: The 48th-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 1964.

Record
5–⁠5
Conference
4–⁠3 tied for 3rd in Atlantic Coast Conference
AP final
Unranked
Points
164–⁠126
Coach
Thomas Nugent
Elo
1508 +38 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
5.7 No. 46 of 120 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—

All-ACC

1 first team, 2 second team

First team

  • Jerry FishmanOGAP-1

Second team

  • Olaf DrozdovOTAP-2
  • Tom HickeyBAP-2

From Wikipedia’s 1964 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1964 Atlantic Coast Conference standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
NC State5–⁠25–⁠5
Duke3–⁠2–⁠14–⁠5–⁠1
North Carolina4–⁠35–⁠5
Wake Forest4–⁠35–⁠5
Maryland4–⁠35–⁠5
South Carolina2–⁠3–⁠13–⁠5–⁠2
Clemson2–⁠43–⁠7
Virginia1–⁠55–⁠5

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