1985 Maryland Terrapins football team

The 1985 Maryland Terrapins football team represented University of Maryland in the 1985 NCAA Division I-A football season. The Terrapins offense scored 326 points while the defense allowed 192 points. Led by head coach Bobby Ross, the Terrapins appeared in the Cherry Bowl .

1985 Maryland Terrapins football
ACC champion Cherry Bowl champion
Cherry Bowl, W 35–18, vs. Syracuse
Conference	Atlantic Coast Conference
Ranking
Coaches	No. 19
AP	No. 18
1985 record	9–3 (6–0 ACC)
Head coach	Bobby Ross
Home stadium	Byrd Stadium

1985 Atlantic Coast Conference football standings
	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
No. 18 Maryland $	6	–	0	–	0			9	–	3	–	0
No. 19 Georgia Tech	5	–	1	–	0			9	–	2	–	1
Virginia	4	–	3	–	0			6	–	5	–	0
Clemson	4	–	3	–	0			6	–	6	–	0
North Carolina	3	–	4	–	0			5	–	6	–	0
Duke	2	–	5	–	0			4	–	7	–	0
NC State	2	–	5	–	0			3	–	8	–	0
Wake Forest	1	–	6	–	0			4	–	7	–	0
$ – Conference champion Rankings from AP Poll

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Rank	Site	Result	Attendance
September 7	No. 19 Penn State*	No. 7	Byrd Stadium College Park, MD (rivalry)	L 18–20	50,750
September 14	at Boston College*	No. 17	Sullivan Stadium Foxboro, MA	W 31–13	30,210
September 21	West Virginia*	No. 17	Byrd Stadium College Park, MD (rivalry)	W 28–0	51,250
September 28	at No. 12 Michigan*	No. 17	Michigan Stadium Ann Arbor, MI	L 0–20	105,282
October 5	at NC State		Carter–Finley Stadium Raleigh, NC	W 31–7	29,500
October 19	at Wake Forest		Groves Stadium Winston-Salem, NC	W 26–3	23,700
October 26	Duke		Byrd Stadium College Park, MD	W 40–10	46,175
November 2	North Carolina		Byrd Stadium College Park, MD	W 28–10	49,800
November 9	No. 8 Miami (FL)*		Memorial Stadium Baltimore, MD	L 22–29	62,350
November 16	at Clemson		Memorial Stadium Clemson, SC	W 34–31	78,037
November 29	Virginia	No. 20	Byrd Stadium College Park, MD (rivalry)	W 33–21	48,950
December 21	vs. Syracuse*	No. 18	Pontiac Silverdome Pontiac, MI (Cherry Bowl)	W 35–18	51,858
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

Roster

1985 Maryland Terrapins football team roster
Players			Coaches
Offense Pos. # Name Class RB 40 Rick Badanjek Sr RB 33 Alvin Blount Jr QB 8 Stan Gelbaugh Sr OT 73 J. D. Maarleveld Sr	Defense Pos. # Name Class	Special teams Pos. # Name Class	Head coach Bobby Ross Coordinators/assistant coaches Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible Injured Redshirt

Rankings

Further information: 1985 NCAA Division I-A football rankings

Game summaries

Penn State

Penn State at Maryland

1 2 3 4 Total • Nittany Lions 10 7 3 0 20 Terrapins 0 10 8 0 18 Date: September 7 Location: Byrd Stadium, College Park, MD Game attendance: 50,750

Scoring summary 1 PSU Zordich 32-yard interception return (Manca kick) PSU 7–0 1 PSU Manca 28-yard field goal PSU 10–0 2 PSU Williams 2-yard pass from Shaffer (Manca kick) PSU 17–0 2 MD Paredes 22-yard field goal PSU 17–3 2 MD Badanjek 8-yard run (Paredes kick) PSU 17–10 3 MD Badanjek 5-yard run (Knight pass from Henning) MD 18–17 3 9:46 PSU Manca 46-yard field goal PSU 20–18

See also: 1985 Penn State Nittany Lions football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
1–27	1984	L 24–25

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at Michigan

Maryland at Michigan

1 2 3 4 Total Terrapins 0 0 0 0 0 • Wolverines 3 7 7 3 20 Date: September 28 Location: Michigan Stadium, Ann Arbor, MI Game attendance: 105,282

See also: 1985 Michigan Wolverines football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
First meeting

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Miami (FL)

See also: 1985 Miami Hurricanes football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
7–5	1984	W 42–40

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vs. Syracuse (Cherry Bowl)

Syracuse vs. Maryland

1 2 3 4 Total Orangemen 3 7 8 0 18 • Terrapins 6 22 7 0 35 Date: December 21 Location: Pontiac Silverdome, Pontiac, MI Game attendance: 51,858 Game weather: Indoors TV announcers (Mizlou): Ray Lane and Jim Brandstatter

Main article: 1985 Cherry Bowl

See also: 1985 Syracuse Orangemen football team

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1986 NFL Draft

The following players were selected in the 1986 NFL Draft.

Player	Position	Round	Overall	NFL Team
J.D. Maarleveld	Tackle	5	112	Tampa Bay Buccaneers
Donald Brown	Defensive back	5	129	San Diego Chargers
Stan Gelbaugh	Quarterback	6	150	Dallas Cowboys
Rick Badanjek	Running back	7	186	Washington Redskins
George Colton	Guard	9	248	New England Patriots
Len Lynch	Guard	11	295	New York Giants

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References

1. "PENN STATE RALLIES TO TAKE 21st STRAIGHT FROM MARYLAND". The New York Times. September 8, 1985. Retrieved January 18, 2020.
2. "Michigan Routs Maryland". The Washington Post. September 29, 1985. Retrieved January 18, 2020.
3. "MIAMI DEFEATS TERPS, 29-22". The New York Times. November 10, 1985. Retrieved January 18, 2020.
4. "CHERRY BOWL; MARYLAND DEFEATS SYRACUSE, 35-18, BY EXPLOITING MISTAKES". The New York Times. December 22, 1985. Retrieved January 18, 2020.
5. "1986 NFL Draft". Pro Football Reference. Retrieved January 18, 2020.