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1987 Maryland

4–⁠7 (3–⁠3 Atlantic Coast Conference), coached by Joe Krivak.

Schedule and results

Maryland in 1987, game by game: lost at Syracuse 11–25; won vs. Virginia 21–19; won vs. West Virginia 25–20; lost at NC State 14–42; lost at No. 3 Miami 16–46; won at Wake Forest 14–0; won vs. Duke 23–22; lost vs. North Carolina 14–27; lost vs. No. 16 Penn State 16–21; lost at No. 9 Clemson 16–45; lost at Vanderbilt 24–34+14−30Lost 11–25 at Syracuse-14SyracuseWon 21–19 vs. Virginia+2VirginiaWon 25–20 vs. West Virginia+5West VirginiaLost 14–42 at NC State-28NC StateLost 16–46 at No. 3 Miami-30No. 3 MiamiWon 14–0 at Wake Forest+14Wake ForestWon 23–22 vs. Duke+1DukeLost 14–27 vs. North Carolina-13North CarolinaLost 16–21 vs. No. 16 Penn State-5No. 16 Penn StateLost 16–45 at No. 9 Clemson-29No. 9 ClemsonLost 24–34 at Vanderbilt-10Vanderbilt
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 5atSyracuseL 11–⁠2549%
Sep 12vsVirginiaW 21–⁠1973%
Sep 19vsWest VirginiaW 25–⁠2066%
Sep 26atNC StateL 14–⁠4261%
Oct 10at3MiamiL 16–⁠4615%
Oct 17atWake ForestW 14–⁠036%
Oct 24vsDukeW 23–⁠2274%
Oct 31vsNorth CarolinaL 14–⁠2758%
Nov 7vs16Penn StateL 16–⁠2133%
Nov 14at9ClemsonL 16–⁠4522%
Nov 21atVanderbiltL 24–⁠3455%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to Vanderbilt 34–⁠24; unranked in the final AP poll; 5th in the Atlantic Coast Conference.

In program history: The 62nd-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 120 on file).

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 1987.

Record
4–⁠7
Conference
3–⁠3 5th in Atlantic Coast Conference
AP final
Unranked
Points
194–⁠301
Coach
Joe Krivak
Elo
1463 −105 this season
SP+ rating
-1.8 No. 57 of 101; offense No. 60, defense No. 56
SRS
−0.8 No. 57 of 104 in Division I-A
Recruiting class
—
Offensive coordinator
James C. Cavanaugh
Defensive coordinator
Greg Williams

Drafted in 1988

The 1988 draft
Rd 3Kevin Walker LBCincinnati Bengals
Rd 3Ferrell Edmunds TEMiami Dolphins

All-ACC

3 first team

First team

From Wikipedia’s 1987 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1987 Atlantic Coast Conference standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
Clemson6–⁠110–⁠212
Virginia5–⁠28–⁠4
Wake Forest4–⁠37–⁠4
NC State4–⁠34–⁠7
Maryland3–⁠34–⁠7
North Carolina3–⁠45–⁠6
Duke2–⁠55–⁠6
Georgia Tech0–⁠62–⁠9

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