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1992 Maryland

3–⁠8 (2–⁠6 Atlantic Coast Conference), coached by Mark Duffner.

Schedule and results

Maryland in 1992, game by game: lost at No. 25 Virginia 15–28; lost vs. No. 19 NC State 10–14; lost at West Virginia 33–34; lost at No. 9 Penn State 13–49; won vs. Pittsburgh 47–34; lost vs. No. 17 Georgia Tech 26–28; lost vs. Wake Forest 23–30; won at Duke 27–25; lost vs. No. 22 North Carolina 24–31; lost at No. 6 Florida State 21–69; won vs. Clemson 53–23+30−48Lost 15–28 at No. 25 Virginia-13No. 25 VirginiaLost 10–14 vs. No. 19 NC State-4No. 19 NC StateLost 33–34 at West Virginia-1West VirginiaLost 13–49 at No. 9 Penn State-36No. 9 Penn StateWon 47–34 vs. Pittsburgh+13PittsburghLost 26–28 vs. No. 17 Georgia Tech-2No. 17 Georgia TechLost 23–30 vs. Wake Forest-7Wake ForestWon 27–25 at Duke+2DukeLost 24–31 vs. No. 22 North Carolina-7No. 22 North CarolinaLost 21–69 at No. 6 Florida State-48No. 6 Florida StateWon 53–23 vs. Clemson+30Clemson
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 5at25VirginiaL 15–⁠2821%
Sep 12vs19NC StateL 10–⁠1432%
Sep 19atWest VirginiaL 33–⁠3423%
Sep 26at9Penn StateL 13–⁠4911%
Oct 3vsPittsburghW 47–⁠3446%
Oct 10vs17Georgia TechL 26–⁠2833%
Oct 17vsWake ForestL 23–⁠3055%
Oct 24atDukeW 27–⁠2534%
Oct 31vs22North CarolinaL 24–⁠3131%
Nov 7at6Florida StateL 21–⁠697%
Nov 14vsClemsonW 53–⁠2327%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Beat Clemson 53–⁠23; unranked in the final AP poll; 8th in the Atlantic Coast Conference.

In program history: The 78th-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 1992.

Record
3–⁠8
Conference
2–⁠6 8th in Atlantic Coast Conference
AP final
Unranked
Points
292–⁠365
Coach
Mark Duffner
Elo
1444 +22 this season
SP+ rating
0.4 No. 57 of 105; offense No. 15, defense No. 94
SRS
0.6 No. 52 of 107 in Division I-A
Recruiting class
—
Offensive coordinator
Dan Dorazio
Defensive coordinator
Larry Slade
Offense
Run and shoot
Defense
4–⁠3

Drafted in 1993

The 1993 draft
Rd 6Frank Wycheck TEWashington Redskins

All-ACC

1 first team, 1 second team

First team

  • Marcus BadgettWRAP-1

Second team

  • Mike JarmolowichLBAP-2

From Wikipedia’s 1992 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1992 Atlantic Coast Conference standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
Florida State8–⁠011–⁠12
NC State6–⁠29–⁠3–⁠117
North Carolina5–⁠39–⁠319
Wake Forest4–⁠48–⁠425
Virginia4–⁠47–⁠4
Georgia Tech4–⁠45–⁠6
Clemson3–⁠55–⁠6
Maryland2–⁠63–⁠8
Duke0–⁠82–⁠9

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