1949 Maryland Terrapins football team

1949 Maryland Terrapins football
Gator Bowl Champions
Gator Bowl vs. Missouri, W, 20–7
Conference	Southern Conference
Ranking
AP	No. 14
1949 record	9–1 (4–0 SoCon)
Head coach	Jim Tatum
Offensive scheme	Split-T
Captain	Fred Davis
Home stadium	Byrd Stadium (original)

1949 Southern Conference football standings
	Conf					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
#16 North Carolina $	5	–	0	–	0	7	–	4	–	0
#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

Date	Opponent^#	Rank^#	Site	Result	Attendance
24 September 1949	at VPI		Miles Stadium • Blacksburg, Virginia	W 34–7	12,000
30 September 1949	Georgetown*		Byrd Stadium (original) • College Park, Maryland	W 40–14	18,227
8 October 1949	at No. 13 Michigan State*		Spartan Stadium • East Lansing, Michigan	L 7–14	35,000
22 October 1949	at N.C. State		Riddick Stadium • Raleigh, North Carolina	W 14–6	15,000
29 October 1949	South Carolina		Byrd Stadium (original) • College Park, Maryland	W 44–7	17,762
5 November 1949	George Washington		Byrd Stadium (original) • College Park, Maryland	W 40–14	N/A
12 November 1949	at No. 15 Boston*		Nickerson Field • Weston, Massachusetts	W 14–13	N/A
24 November 1949	West Virginia*	No. 15	Byrd Stadium (original) • College Park, Maryland (Maryland–West Virginia rivalry, Thanksgiving)	W 47–7	16,117
2 December 1949	at Miami*	No. 14	Miami Orange Bowl • Miami, Florida	W 13–0	35,000
2 January 1950	vs. No. 20 Missouri*	No. 14	Gator Bowl Stadium • Jacksonville, Florida (1950 Gator Bowl)	W 20–7	18,409
*Non-conference game. Homecoming. ^#Rankings from Coaches' Poll released prior to game.

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

Maryland Terrapins football

Venues	Maryland Agricultural College Field Old Byrd Stadium (1923–1947, 1949) Griffith Stadium (1948) Maryland Stadium (1950–present)

Bowls & rivalries	Bowl games Johns Hopkins Navy: Crab Bowl Classic Penn State Rutgers Virginia West Virginia

Culture & lore	Testudo Mighty Sound of Maryland Anthony C. Nardo Memorial Trophy

People	Head coaches Quarterbacks Honorees Professional players Statistical leaders

Seasons	1892 1893 1894 1895 1896 1897 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016

National championship seasons in bold

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