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1982 Maryland

8–⁠4 (5–⁠1 Atlantic Coast Conference), coached by Bobby Ross, finished No. 20 in the AP poll.

Schedule and results

Maryland in 1982, game by game: lost at No. 7 Penn State 31–39; lost at No. 17 West Virginia 18–19; won vs. NC State 23–6; won at Syracuse 26–3; won vs. Indiana State 38–0; won vs. Wake Forest 52–31; won vs. Duke 49–22; won at No. 10 North Carolina 31–24; won vs. Miami 18–17; lost vs. No. 11 Clemson 22–24; won at Virginia 45–14; lost vs. No. 9 Washington 20–21+38−8Lost 31–39 at No. 7 Penn State-8No. 7 Penn StateLost 18–19 at No. 17 West Virginia-1No. 17 West VirginiaWon 23–6 vs. NC State+17NC StateWon 26–3 at Syracuse+23SyracuseWon 38–0 vs. Indiana State+38Indiana StateWon 52–31 vs. Wake Forest+21Wake ForestWon 49–22 vs. Duke+27DukeWon 31–24 at No. 10 North Carolina+7No. 10 North CarolinaWon 18–17 vs. Miami+1MiamiLost 22–24 vs. No. 11 Clemson-2No. 11 ClemsonWon 45–14 at Virginia+31VirginiaLost 20–21 vs. No. 9 Washington-1No. 9 Washington
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below; orange marks an upset win.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 11at7Penn StateL 31–⁠3920%
Sep 18at17West VirginiaL 18–⁠1928%
Sep 25vsNC StateW 23–⁠654%
Oct 2atSyracuseW 26–⁠353%
Oct 9vsIndiana StateW 38–⁠063%
Oct 16vsWake ForestW 52–⁠3175%
Oct 23vsDukeW 49–⁠2271%
Oct 30at10North CarolinaW 31–⁠2432%
Nov 7vsMiamiW 18–⁠1759%
Nov 13vs11ClemsonL 22–⁠2451%
Nov 20atVirginiaW 45–⁠1479%
Dec 25Bowls & playoffvs9WashingtonAloha BowlL 20–⁠2150%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to Washington 21–⁠20 in the Aloha Bowl; No. 20 in the final AP poll; 2nd in the Atlantic Coast Conference.

In program history: The 14th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 120 on file).

AP poll, week by week

  1. Wk 10: 19
  2. Wk 11: 18
  3. Wk 12: 19
  4. Wk 13: 16
  5. Wk 14: 17
  6. Wk 15: 16
  7. Final: 20

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 1982.

Record
8–⁠4
Conference
5–⁠1 2nd in Atlantic Coast Conference
AP final
No. 20 peak No. 16
Points
373–⁠220
Coach
Bobby Ross
Elo
1657 +133 this season
SP+ rating
22.1 No. 8 of 109; offense No. 6, defense No. 29
SRS
18.9 No. 9 of 113 in Division I-A
Recruiting class
—
Offensive coordinator
Ralph Friedgen
Defensive coordinator
Gib Romaine

Drafted in 1983

The 1983 draft
Rd 3John Tice TENew Orleans Saints
Rd 4Mark Duda DTSt. Louis Cardinals
Rd 7Gurnest Brown DTBuffalo Bills

All-ACC

3 first team

First team

  • Dave PacellaOTAP
  • Mark DudaDLAP
  • Jess AtkinsonKAP

From Wikipedia’s 1982 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1982 Atlantic Coast Conference standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
Clemson6–⁠09–⁠1–⁠18
Maryland5–⁠18–⁠420
North Carolina3–⁠38–⁠418
NC State3–⁠36–⁠5
Duke3–⁠36–⁠5
Virginia1–⁠52–⁠9
Wake Forest0–⁠63–⁠8

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