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1955 Maryland Terrapins football team

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Ranking
CoachesNo. 3
APNo. 3
1955 Atlantic Coast Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   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]

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

Schedule

17 September 1955at Missouri*No. 8

W 13–12 18,000 24 September 1955No. 1 UCLA*No. 5

W 7–0 46,000 1 October 1955at No. 20 Baylor*No. 1

W 20–6 39,000 8 October 1955Wake ForestNo. 1

  • Byrd Stadium
  • College Park, MD

W 28–7 16,000 15 October 1955at North CarolinaNo. 2

W 25–7 30,000 22 October 1955at Syracuse*No. 2

W 34–13 32,500 29 October 1955South CarolinadaggerNo. 1

W 27–0 25,000 5 November 1955Louisiana State*No. 1

  • Byrd Stadium
  • College Park, MD

W 13–0 28,000 12 November 1955at ClemsonNo. 2

W 25–12 30,000 19 November 1955George Washington*No. 2

  • Byrd Stadium
  • College Park, MD

W 19–0 20,000 2 January 1956vs. No. 1 Oklahoma*No. 3

L 6–20 76,561

Template:CFB Schedule End

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.