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1966 Maryland

4–⁠6 (3–⁠3 Atlantic Coast Conference), coached by Lou Saban.

Schedule and results

Maryland in 1966, game by game: lost at Penn State 7–15; won vs. Wake Forest 34–7; lost at Syracuse 7–28; won vs. Duke 21–19; won vs. West Virginia 28–9; won vs. South Carolina 14–2; lost at NC State 21–24; lost vs. Clemson 10–14; lost at Virginia 17–41; lost at Florida State 21–45+27−24Lost 7–15 at Penn State-8Penn StateWon 34–7 vs. Wake Forest+27Wake ForestLost 7–28 at Syracuse-21SyracuseWon 21–19 vs. Duke+2DukeWon 28–9 vs. West Virginia+19West VirginiaWon 14–2 vs. South Carolina+12South CarolinaLost 21–24 at NC State-3NC StateLost 10–14 vs. Clemson-4ClemsonLost 17–41 at Virginia-24VirginiaLost 21–45 at Florida State-24Florida State
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 17atPenn StateL 7–⁠1528%
Sep 24vsWake ForestW 34–⁠765%
Oct 1atSyracuseL 7–⁠2834%
Oct 8vsDukeW 21–⁠1939%
Oct 15vsWest VirginiaW 28–⁠955%
Oct 29vsSouth CarolinaW 14–⁠267%
Nov 5atNC StateL 21–⁠2439%
Nov 12vsClemsonL 10–⁠1456%
Nov 19atVirginiaL 17–⁠4156%
Nov 26atFlorida StateL 21–⁠4526%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to Florida State 45–⁠21; unranked in the final AP poll; tied for 3rd in the Atlantic Coast Conference.

In program history: The 88th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 120 on file).

Record
4–⁠6
Conference
3–⁠3 tied for 3rd in Atlantic Coast Conference
AP final
Unranked
Points
180–⁠204
Coach
Lou Saban
Elo
1430 −34 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
0.9 No. 56 of 119 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—

Drafted in 1967

The 1967 draft
Rd 5Richard Absher TEPhiladelphia Eagles

All-ACC

1 first team

First team

  • Dick AbsherDEAP

From Wikipedia’s 1966 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1966 Atlantic Coast Conference standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
Clemson6–⁠16–⁠4
NC State5–⁠25–⁠5
Maryland3–⁠34–⁠6
Virginia3–⁠34–⁠6
Duke2–⁠35–⁠5
Wake Forest2–⁠43–⁠7
South Carolina1–⁠31–⁠9
North Carolina1–⁠42–⁠8

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