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1977 Maryland

8–⁠4 (4–⁠2 Atlantic Coast Conference), coached by Jerry Claiborne.

Schedule and results

Maryland in 1977, game by game: won at Clemson 21–14; lost vs. West Virginia 16–24; lost at No. 5 Penn State 9–27; lost at NC State 20–24; won vs. Syracuse 24–10; won at Wake Forest 35–7; won vs. Duke 31–13; lost vs. North Carolina 7–16; won vs. Villanova 19–13; won at Richmond 27–24; won vs. Virginia 28–0; won vs. Minnesota 17–7+28−18Won 21–14 at Clemson+7ClemsonLost 16–24 vs. West Virginia-8West VirginiaLost 9–27 at No. 5 Penn State-18No. 5 Penn StateLost 20–24 at NC State-4NC StateWon 24–10 vs. Syracuse+14SyracuseWon 35–7 at Wake Forest+28Wake ForestWon 31–13 vs. Duke+18DukeLost 7–16 vs. North Carolina-9North CarolinaWon 19–13 vs. Villanova+6VillanovaWon 27–24 at Richmond+3RichmondWon 28–0 vs. Virginia+28VirginiaWon 17–7 vs. Minnesota+10Minnesota
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 10atClemsonW 21–⁠1470%
Sep 17vsWest VirginiaL 16–⁠2473%
Sep 24at5Penn StateL 9–⁠2738%
Oct 1atNC StateL 20–⁠2453%
Oct 8vsSyracuseW 24–⁠1080%
Oct 15atWake ForestW 35–⁠767%
Oct 22vsDukeW 31–⁠1370%
Oct 29vsNorth CarolinaL 7–⁠1663%
Nov 5vsVillanovaW 19–⁠1378%
Nov 12atRichmondW 27–⁠2470%
Nov 19vsVirginiaW 28–⁠092%
Dec 22Bowls & playoffvsMinnesotaHall of Fame ClassicW 17–⁠763%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Beat Minnesota 17–⁠7 in the Hall of Fame Classic; unranked in the final AP poll; tied for 3rd in the Atlantic Coast Conference.

In program history: The 15th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 120 on file).

AP poll, week by week

  1. Wk 1: 10
  2. Wk 2: 11

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 1977.

Record
8–⁠4
Conference
4–⁠2 tied for 3rd in Atlantic Coast Conference
AP final
Unranked peak No. 10
Points
254–⁠179
Coach
Jerry Claiborne
Elo
1640 −7 this season
SP+ rating
11.3 No. 34 of 140; offense No. 60, defense No. 22
SRS
12.0 No. 28 of 145 major-college teams
Recruiting class
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Drafted in 1978

The 1978 draft
Rd 4Mark Manges QBLos Angeles Rams

All-ACC

1 first team

First team

  • Ted KlaubeDLAP-1

From Wikipedia’s 1977 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1977 Atlantic Coast Conference standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
North Carolina5–⁠0–⁠18–⁠3–⁠117
Clemson4–⁠1–⁠18–⁠3–⁠119
Maryland4–⁠28–⁠4
NC State4–⁠28–⁠4
Duke2–⁠45–⁠6
Virginia1–⁠51–⁠9–⁠1
Wake Forest0–⁠61–⁠10

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