1997 Maryland Terrapins football team

1997 Maryland Terrapins football
Conference	Atlantic Coast Conference
Record	2–9 (1–7 ACC)
Head coach	Ron Vanderlinden (1st season)
Home stadium	Byrd Stadium (Capacity: 48,055)

1997 Atlantic Coast Conference football standings

	Conf							Overall
Team		W		L					W		L
No. 3 Florida State $		8	–	0					11	–	1
No. 6 North Carolina		7	–	1					11	–	1
Virginia		5	–	3					7	–	4
No. 25 Georgia Tech		5	–	3					7	–	5
Clemson		4	–	4					7	–	5
NC State		3	–	5					6	–	5
Wake Forest		3	–	5					5	–	6
Maryland		1	–	7					2	–	9
Duke		0	–	8					2	–	9
$ – Conference champion Rankings from AP Poll

The 1997 Maryland Terrapins football team represented the University of Maryland in the 1997 NCAA Division I-A football season. In their first season under head coach Ron Vanderlinden, the Terrapins compiled a 2–9 record, finished in seventh place in the Atlantic Coast Conference, and were outscored by their opponents 355 to 161. The team's statistical leaders included Brian Cummings with 1,760 passing yards, LaMont Jordan with 689 rushing yards, and Moises Cruz with 337 receiving yards.

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result
September 6	Ohio*	Byrd Stadium College Park, MD	L 14–21
September 13	at No. 5 Florida State	Doak Campbell Stadium Tallahassee, FL	L 7–50
September 20	No. 6 North Carolina	Byrd Stadium College Park, MD	L 14–40
September 27	at Temple*	Franklin Field Philadelphia, PA	W 24–21
October 4	Duke	Byrd Stadium College Park, MD	W 16–10
October 11	West Virginia*	Byrd Stadium College Park, MD (rivalry)	L 14–31
October 18	at Wake Forest	Groves Stadium Winston-Salem, NC	L 17–35
October 25	Clemson	Byrd Stadium College Park, MD	L 9–20
November 1	Virginia	Byrd Stadium College Park, MD (rivalry)	L 0–45
November 8	at NC State	Carter–Finley Stadium Raleigh, NC	L 28–45
November 22	at Georgia Tech	Bobby Dodd Stadium Atlanta, GA	L 18–37
*Non-conference game Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game