1954 Maryland Terrapins football team

1954 Maryland Terrapins football
Conference	Atlantic Coast Conference
Ranking
Coaches	No. 11
AP	No. 8
Record	7–2–1 (4–0–1 ACC)
Head coach	Jim Tatum (8th season)
Offensive scheme	Split-T
Home stadium	Byrd Stadium

1954 Atlantic Coast Conference football standings

	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
No. 14 Duke $	4	–	0	–	0			8	–	2	–	1
No. 8 Maryland	4	–	0	–	1			7	–	2	–	1
North Carolina	4	–	2	–	0			4	–	5	–	1
South Carolina	3	–	3	–	0			6	–	4	–	0
Clemson	1	–	2	–	0			5	–	5	–	0
Wake Forest	1	–	4	–	1			2	–	7	–	1
Virginia	0	–	2	–	0			3	–	6	–	0
NC State	0	–	4	–	0			2	–	8	–	0
$ – Conference champion Rankings from AP Poll

The 1954 Maryland Terrapins football team represented the University of Maryland in the 1954 college football season as a member of the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC). Maryland, with its rout against Missouri, 74–13, set an ACC record-high for scoring that stood for 27 years.

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Rank	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 18	at Kentucky*	No. 3	McLean Stadium Lexington, KY	W 20–0	36,000
October 1	at No. 4 UCLA*	No. 6	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum Los Angeles, CA	L 7–12	73,376
October 9	at Wake Forest	No. 13	Bowman Gray Stadium Wake Forest, NC	T 13–13	12,000
October 16	North Carolina		Byrd Stadium College Park, MD	W 33–0	26,000
October 22	at No. 16 Miami (FL)*		Burdine Stadium Miami, FL	L 7–9	52,506
October 30	at South Carolina		Carolina Stadium Columbia, SC	W 20–0	24,000
November 6	NC State		Byrd Stadium College Park, MD	W 42–14
November 13	Clemson	No. 17	Byrd Stadium College Park, MD	W 16–0	21,000
November 20	George Washington*	No. 13	Byrd Stadium College Park, MD	W 48–6	23,000
November 25	Missouri*	No. 10	Byrd Stadium College Park, MD	W 74–13	20,000
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from Coaches' Poll released prior to the game