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1968 Maryland

2–⁠8 (2–⁠5 Atlantic Coast Conference), coached by Robert Ward.

Schedule and results

Maryland in 1968, game by game: lost vs. Florida State 14–24; lost at Syracuse 14–32; lost vs. Duke 28–30; won vs. North Carolina 33–24; won vs. South Carolina 21–19; lost at NC State 11–31; lost at Wake Forest 14–38; lost vs. Clemson 0–16; lost vs. No. 3 Penn State 13–57; lost at Virginia 23–28+9−44Lost 14–24 vs. Florida State-10Florida StateLost 14–32 at Syracuse-18SyracuseLost 28–30 vs. Duke-2DukeWon 33–24 vs. North Carolina+9North CarolinaWon 21–19 vs. South Carolina+2South CarolinaLost 11–31 at NC State-20NC StateLost 14–38 at Wake Forest-24Wake ForestLost 0–16 vs. Clemson-16ClemsonLost 13–57 vs. No. 3 Penn State-44No. 3 Penn StateLost 23–28 at Virginia-5Virginia
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 21vsFlorida StateL 14–⁠2426%
Sep 28atSyracuseL 14–⁠3215%
Oct 5vsDukeL 28–⁠3035%
Oct 12vsNorth CarolinaW 33–⁠2454%
Oct 19vsSouth CarolinaW 21–⁠1949%
Oct 26atNC StateL 11–⁠3116%
Nov 2atWake ForestL 14–⁠3829%
Nov 9vsClemsonL 0–⁠1632%
Nov 16vs3Penn StateL 13–⁠5712%
Nov 23atVirginiaL 23–⁠2818%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to Virginia 28–⁠23; unranked in the final AP poll; 7th in the Atlantic Coast Conference.

In program history: The 114th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 120 on file).

Record
2–⁠8
Conference
2–⁠5 7th in Atlantic Coast Conference
AP final
Unranked
Points
171–⁠299
Coach
Robert Ward
Elo
1317 −51 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
−4.3 No. 75 of 119 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—

1968 Atlantic Coast Conference standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
NC State6–⁠16–⁠4
Clemson4–⁠1–⁠14–⁠5–⁠1
Virginia3–⁠27–⁠3
South Carolina4–⁠34–⁠6
Duke3–⁠44–⁠6
Wake Forest2–⁠3–⁠12–⁠7–⁠1
Maryland2–⁠52–⁠8
North Carolina1–⁠63–⁠7

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