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1991 Maryland

2–⁠9 (2–⁠5 Atlantic Coast Conference), coached by Joe Krivak.

Schedule and results

Maryland in 1991, game by game: won vs. Virginia 17–6; lost vs. No. 22 Syracuse 17–31; lost vs. West Virginia 7–37; lost at No. 17 Pittsburgh 20–24; lost at Georgia Tech 10–34; won at Wake Forest 23–22; lost vs. Duke 13–17; lost at North Carolina 0–24; lost vs. No. 9 Penn State 7–47; lost at No. 15 Clemson 7–40; lost at No. 22 NC State 17–20+11−40Won 17–6 vs. Virginia+11VirginiaLost 17–31 vs. No. 22 Syracuse-14No. 22 SyracuseLost 7–37 vs. West Virginia-30West VirginiaLost 20–24 at No. 17 Pittsburgh-4No. 17 PittsburghLost 10–34 at Georgia Tech-24Georgia TechWon 23–22 at Wake Forest+1Wake ForestLost 13–17 vs. Duke-4DukeLost 0–24 at North Carolina-24North CarolinaLost 7–47 vs. No. 9 Penn State-40No. 9 Penn StateLost 7–40 at No. 15 Clemson-33No. 15 ClemsonLost 17–20 at No. 22 NC State-3No. 22 NC State
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 7vsVirginiaW 17–⁠647%
Sep 14vs22SyracuseL 17–⁠3146%
Sep 21vsWest VirginiaL 7–⁠3761%
Oct 5at17PittsburghL 20–⁠2427%
Oct 12atGeorgia TechL 10–⁠3422%
Oct 19atWake ForestW 23–⁠2260%
Oct 26vsDukeL 13–⁠1752%
Nov 2atNorth CarolinaL 0–⁠2434%
Nov 9vs9Penn StateL 7–⁠4721%
Nov 16at15ClemsonL 7–⁠4012%
Nov 23at22NC StateL 17–⁠2018%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to NC State 20–⁠17; unranked in the final AP poll; 6th in the Atlantic Coast Conference.

In program history: The 102nd-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 1991.

Record
2–⁠9
Conference
2–⁠5 6th in Atlantic Coast Conference
AP final
Unranked
Points
138–⁠302
Coach
Joe Krivak
Elo
1384 −120 this season
SP+ rating
-7.4 No. 74 of 104; offense No. 78, defense No. 62
SRS
−8.1 No. 79 of 107 in Division I-A
Recruiting class
—
Defensive coordinator
Greg Williams

Drafted in 1992

The 1992 draft
Rd 3Larry Webster DTMiami Dolphins
Rd 7Derek Steele DEIndianapolis Colts

All-ACC

5 second team

Second team

From Wikipedia’s 1991 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1991 Atlantic Coast Conference standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
Clemson6–⁠0–⁠19–⁠2–⁠118
NC State5–⁠29–⁠324
Georgia Tech5–⁠28–⁠5
Virginia4–⁠2–⁠18–⁠3–⁠1
North Carolina3–⁠47–⁠4
Maryland2–⁠52–⁠9
Duke1–⁠64–⁠6–⁠1
Wake Forest1–⁠63–⁠8

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