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1949 Maryland Terrapins football team

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Ranking
APNo. 14
1949 Southern Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 16 North Carolina $ 5 0 0 7 4 0
No. 14 Maryland 4 0 0 9 1 0
Washington and Lee 3 1 1 3 5 1
Duke 4 2 0 6 3 0
William & Mary 4 2 0 6 4 0
VMI 3 2 1 3 5 1
The Citadel 2 2 0 4 5 0
Clemson 2 2 0 4 4 2
Furman 3 3 0 3 6 0
South Carolina 3 3 0 4 6 0
Wake Forest 3 3 0 4 6 0
George Washington 2 3 0 4 5 0
NC State 3 6 0 3 7 0
VPI 1 5 2 1 7 2
Richmond 2 6 0 3 7 0
Davidson 1 5 0 2 8 0
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1949 Maryland Terrapins football team represented the University of Maryland in National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) college football in its 29th season as a member of the Southern Conference. Jim Tatum served as the head coach for the third season of his nine-year tenure. The team compiled a 9–1 record and received a bid to the 1950 Gator Bowl, where they defeated 20th-ranked Missouri, which was coached by Don Faurot, Tatum's former boss and the inventor of the split-T offense.[1]

Coaching staff

Schedule

24 September 1949at VPI

W 34–7 12,000 30 September 1949Georgetown*

W 40–14 18,227 8 October 1949at No. 13 Michigan State*

L 7–14 35,000 22 October 1949at N.C. State

W 14–6 15,000 29 October 1949South Carolinadagger

W 44–7 17,762 5 November 1949George Washington

W 40–14 N/A 12 November 1949at No. 15 Boston*

W 14–13 N/A 24 November 1949West Virginia*No. 15

W 47–7 16,117 2 December 1949at Miami*No. 14

W 13–0 35,000 2 January 1950vs. No. 20 Missouri*No. 14

W 20–7 18,409

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References

  1. ^ Year-by-Year Results (PDF), 2008 Maryland Football Media Guide, University of Maryland, 2008. Accessed 2009-06-15. Archived 2009-06-17.
  2. ^ Terrapin, p. 307, University of Maryland, 1950.