1955 Maryland Terrapins football team

The 1955 Maryland Terrapins football team represented the University of Maryland, College Park in the 1955 college football season as a member of the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC). Their perfect 10–0 regular season culminated with a bid to the 1956 Orange Bowl, where they faced top-ranked Oklahoma. Maryland lost, 6–20.[2] Maryland's 25-12 victory over Clemson on November 12 was referenced in the 1989 film Back to the Future Part II, which primarily took place on the same day.

1955 Maryland Terrapins football
ACC co-champion
Orange Bowl, L 6–20 vs. Oklahoma
ConferenceAtlantic Coast Conference
Ranking
CoachesNo. 3
APNo. 3
1955 record10–1 (4–0 ACC)
Head coach
Offensive schemeSplit-T
Home stadiumByrd Stadium
1955 Atlantic Coast Conference football standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
No. 3 Maryland + 4 0 0  10 1 0
Duke + 4 0 0  7 2 1
Clemson 3 1 0  7 3 0
Wake Forest 3 3 1  5 4 1
North Carolina 3 3 0  3 7 0
NC State 0 2 1  4 5 1
South Carolina 1 5 0  3 6 0
Virginia 0 4 0  1 9 0
  • + Conference co-champions
Rankings from AP Poll[1]

Schedule

DateOpponentRankSiteResultAttendance
September 17at Missouri*No. 8W 13–1218,000
September 24No. 1 UCLA*No. 5W 7–046,000
October 1at No. 20 Baylor*No. 1W 20–639,000
October 8Wake ForestNo. 1
  • Byrd Stadium
  • College Park, MD
W 28–716,000
October 15at North CarolinaNo. 2W 25–730,000
October 22at Syracuse*No. 2W 34–1332,500
October 29South CarolinaNo. 1
  • Byrd Stadium
  • College Park, MD
W 27–025,000
November 5Louisiana State*No. 1
  • Byrd Stadium
  • College Park, MD
W 13–028,000
November 12at ClemsonNo. 2W 25–1230,000
November 19George Washington*No. 2
  • Byrd Stadium
  • College Park, MD
W 19–020,000
January 2vs. No. 1 Oklahoma*No. 3L 6–2076,561
  • *Non-conference game
  • Homecoming
  • Rankings from Coaches' Poll released prior to the game

References

  1. "1955 Atlantic Coast Conference Year Summary". sports-reference.com. Retrieved January 16, 2013.
  2. Year-by-Year Results (PDF), 2008 Maryland Football Media Guide, University of Maryland, 2008. Accessed 2009-06-15. Archived 2009-06-17.
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