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 | |
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ACC co-champion | |
Orange Bowl, L 6–20 vs. Oklahoma | |
| Conference | Atlantic Coast Conference |
| Ranking | |
| Coaches | No. 3 |
| AP | No. 3 |
| 1955 record | 10–1 (4–0 ACC) |
| Head coach | Jim Tatum (9th season) |
| Offensive scheme | Split-T |
| Home stadium | Byrd Stadium |
| 1955 Atlantic Coast Conference football standings | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 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 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Schedule
| Date | Opponent | Rank | Site | Result | Attendance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 17 | at Missouri* | No. 8 | W 13–12 | 18,000 | |
| September 24 | No. 1 UCLA* | No. 5 | W 7–0 | 46,000 | |
| October 1 | at No. 20 Baylor* | No. 1 | W 20–6 | 39,000 | |
| October 8 | Wake Forest | No. 1 |
| W 28–7 | 16,000 |
| October 15 | at North Carolina | No. 2 | W 25–7 | 30,000 | |
| October 22 | at Syracuse* | No. 2 | W 34–13 | 32,500 | |
| October 29 | South Carolina | No. 1 |
| W 27–0 | 25,000 |
| November 5 | Louisiana State* | No. 1 |
| W 13–0 | 28,000 |
| November 12 | at Clemson | No. 2 | W 25–12 | 30,000 | |
| November 19 | George Washington* | No. 2 |
| W 19–0 | 20,000 |
| January 2 | vs. No. 1 Oklahoma* | No. 3 | L 6–20 | 76,561 | |
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References
- "1955 Atlantic Coast Conference Year Summary". sports-reference.com. Retrieved January 16, 2013.
- 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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