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1970 Maryland

2–⁠9 (2–⁠4 Atlantic Coast Conference), coached by Roy Lester.

Schedule and results

Maryland in 1970, game by game: lost vs. Villanova 3–21; lost at Duke 12–13; lost vs. North Carolina 20–53; lost at Miami 11–18; lost at Syracuse 7–23; won vs. South Carolina 21–15; lost vs. NC State 0–6; lost vs. Clemson 11–24; lost vs. Penn State 0–34; won at Virginia 17–14; lost vs. West Virginia 10–20+7−34Lost 3–21 vs. Villanova-18VillanovaLost 12–13 at Duke-1DukeLost 20–53 vs. North Carolina-33North CarolinaLost 11–18 at Miami-7MiamiLost 7–23 at Syracuse-16SyracuseWon 21–15 vs. South Carolina+6South CarolinaLost 0–6 vs. NC State-6NC StateLost 11–24 vs. Clemson-13ClemsonLost 0–34 vs. Penn State-34Penn StateWon 17–14 at Virginia+3VirginiaLost 10–20 vs. West Virginia-10West Virginia
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 12vsVillanovaL 3–⁠2145%
Sep 19atDukeL 12–⁠1334%
Sep 26vsNorth CarolinaL 20–⁠5338%
Oct 2atMiamiL 11–⁠1824%
Oct 10atSyracuseL 7–⁠2332%
Oct 17vsSouth CarolinaW 21–⁠1524%
Oct 24vsNC StateL 0–⁠640%
Oct 31vsClemsonL 11–⁠2450%
Nov 7vsPenn StateL 0–⁠3417%
Nov 21atVirginiaW 17–⁠1426%
Nov 28vsWest VirginiaL 10–⁠2021%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to West Virginia 20–⁠10; unranked in the final AP poll; tied for 6th in the Atlantic Coast Conference.

In program history: The 115th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 120 on file).

Record
2–⁠9
Conference
2–⁠4 tied for 6th in Atlantic Coast Conference
AP final
Unranked
Points
112–⁠241
Coach
Roy Lester
Elo
1315 −89 this season
SP+ rating
-15.0 No. 103 of 117; offense No. 114, defense No. 65
SRS
−13.5 No. 98 of 123 major-college teams
Recruiting class
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All-ACC

1 first team

First team

  • Guy RobertsDEAP

From Wikipedia’s 1970 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1970 Atlantic Coast Conference standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
Wake Forest5–⁠16–⁠5
North Carolina5–⁠28–⁠4
Duke5–⁠26–⁠5
South Carolina3–⁠2–⁠14–⁠6–⁠1
NC State2–⁠3–⁠13–⁠7–⁠1
Clemson2–⁠43–⁠8
Maryland2–⁠42–⁠9
Virginia0–⁠65–⁠6

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