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1995 Maryland

6–⁠5 (4–⁠4 Atlantic Coast Conference), coached by Mark Duffner.

Schedule and results

Maryland in 1995, game by game: won at Tulane 29–10; won vs. North Carolina 32–18; won vs. West Virginia 31–17; won vs. Duke 41–28; lost at Georgia Tech 3–31; won at Wake Forest 9–6; lost vs. Clemson 0–17; lost at Louisville 0–31; won at NC State 30–13; lost vs. No. 14 Virginia 18–21; lost at No. 6 Florida State 17–59+19−42Won 29–10 at Tulane+19TulaneWon 32–18 vs. North Carolina+14North CarolinaWon 31–17 vs. West Virginia+14West VirginiaWon 41–28 vs. Duke+13DukeLost 3–31 at Georgia Tech-28Georgia TechWon 9–6 at Wake Forest+3Wake ForestLost 0–17 vs. Clemson-17ClemsonLost 0–31 at Louisville-31LouisvilleWon 30–13 at NC State+17NC StateLost 18–21 vs. No. 14 Virginia-3No. 14 VirginiaLost 17–59 at No. 6 Florida State-42No. 6 Florida State
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 2atTulaneW 29–⁠1061%
Sep 9vsNorth CarolinaW 32–⁠1849%
Sep 16vsWest VirginiaW 31–⁠1752%
Sep 23vsDukeW 41–⁠2857%
Sep 28atGeorgia TechL 3–⁠3163%
Oct 7atWake ForestW 9–⁠662%
Oct 21vsClemsonL 0–⁠1757%
Oct 28atLouisvilleL 0–⁠3141%
Nov 4atNC StateW 30–⁠1339%
Nov 11vs14VirginiaL 18–⁠2132%
Nov 18at6Florida StateL 17–⁠5911%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to Florida State 59–⁠17; unranked in the final AP poll; tied for 5th in the Atlantic Coast Conference.

In program history: The 58th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 120 on file).

AP poll, week by week

  1. Wk 5: 24
  2. Wk 6: 17

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 1995.

Record
6–⁠5
Conference
4–⁠4 tied for 5th in Atlantic Coast Conference
AP final
Unranked peak No. 17
Points
210–⁠251
Coach
Mark Duffner
Elo
1475 +23 this season
SP+ rating
-0.7 No. 63 of 107; offense No. 83, defense No. 44
SRS
−0.6 No. 61 of 108 in Division I-A
Recruiting class
—
Offensive coordinator
Dan Dorazio
Defensive coordinator
Kevin Coyle
Offense
Run and shoot
Defense
4–⁠3

Drafted in 1996

The 1996 draft
Rd 5Jermaine Lewis WRBaltimore Ravens

All-ACC

1 first team, 2 second team

First team

Second team

From Wikipedia’s 1995 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1995 Atlantic Coast Conference standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
Florida State7–⁠110–⁠24
Virginia7–⁠19–⁠416
Clemson6–⁠28–⁠4
Georgia Tech5–⁠36–⁠5
North Carolina4–⁠47–⁠5
Maryland4–⁠46–⁠5
NC State2–⁠63–⁠8
Duke1–⁠73–⁠8
Wake Forest0–⁠81–⁠10

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