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175-747: The Maryland Terrapins football team represents the University of Maryland, College Park in the sport of American football . The Terrapins compete in the NCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS) and the Big Ten Conference . The Terrapins joined the Big Ten Conference on July 1, 2014, following 62 years in the Atlantic Coast Conference as a founding member. Mike Locksley is the head coach of
350-541: A D.C. native and former Maryland assistant, previously served as interim head coach of the Terrapins for their final 6 games in 2015 after Randy Edsall's firing. Locksley is known for his impressive recruiting ability, and has made an effort to keep many of them talented players that go to high school in the DMV in the area by convincing them to come to UMD. The Locksley era at Maryland had an impressive offensive start with
525-556: A bowl game , or simply bowl , is one of a number of postseason college football games primarily played by NCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS) teams. For most of its history, the FBS did not use a playoff tournament to determine an annual national champion, instead relying on a vote by sportswriters or coaches. In place of such a playoff, cities developed regional festivals featuring bowls. Prior to 2002 , bowl game statistics were not included in players' career totals. Despite
700-414: A full-length , 100-yard-long FieldTurf football field with a goal post at each end surrounded by an elevated concourse. With a nearly 90-foot (27 m) height clearance from the field to the center of the roof, the facility ranks among the highest headrooms in any NCAA practice facility. When completed in 2019, the facility will include two full-length outdoor football practice fields, locker rooms,
875-528: A run and shoot offense which shattered many school records, but the defense was notoriously weak. During this time, quarterbacks Scott Milanovich and John Kaleo set numerous school records for passing under Duffner, most of which still stand. In 1993, Maryland earned the dubious honor of most yards allowed per game, a record which still stands. In 11 games, the Terrapins surrendered 6,083 yards—an average of 553.0 yards per game. After that season, Duffner reorganized his staff by firing three assistant coaches, but
1050-430: A yield rate (the percentage of accepted students who choose to attend the university) of 24.4%. Maryland's freshman retention rate is 95.5%, with 88.3% going on to graduate within six years. Of the 34% of the incoming freshman class who submitted SAT scores; the middle 50 percent Composite scores were 1340–1490. Of the 9% of enrolled freshmen in 2021 who submitted ACT scores; the middle 50 percent Composite score
1225-603: A " Public Ivy ". According to the National Science Foundation , the university spent a combined $ 1.14 billion on research and development in 2021, ranking it 17th among American universities. On March 6, 1856, the forerunner of today's University of Maryland was chartered as the Maryland Agricultural College . Two years later, Charles Benedict Calvert (1808–1864), a future U.S. Representative (Congressman) and descendant of
1400-535: A 10–2 season and the Big Ten championship. In 1999, Maryland showed its first signs of significant improvement, and a winning season appeared certain when Maryland possessed a 5–2 record. The Terrapins, however, then suffered a three-game losing streak. In their finale against Virginia , the Terrapins needed a win to garner a likely invitation to either the Aloha Bowl or Oahu Bowl , whose chief executive officer
1575-564: A 26,000-square-foot (2,400 m) strength and conditioning center, hydrotherapy and other training facilities, a theater-style team meeting room, position meeting rooms, a 230-seat cafeteria, and staff offices for the school's football program. A tunnel will connect the Jones-Hill House to SECU Stadium . When the school was known as the Maryland Agricultural College, from 1856 to 1916, the media called
1750-708: A 2–10 record and 1-7 record in Atlantic Coast Conference play. The team did attract national attention for its "Maryland Pride" uniforms that were created by Under Armour , who had become the official outfitter of the Maryland Athletic Department in September 2008. After the 2011 season, Edsall fired both his offensive coordinator Gary Crowton and his defensive coordinator Todd Bradford. Mike Locksley , who had been fired in 2011 from his head coaching position at New Mexico ,
1925-562: A 4–8 overall record and 2-6 record in conference play, losing four quarterbacks to injury, and eventually starting a linebacker at the position. In 2012, the Terps revamped their regular uniforms as Coach Edsall returned the players' Surnames to the back of the Jerseys and debuted 3 new variations of the "Maryland Pride" uniforms, a gray and white version called "White Ops" worn on the road, a all-black combination called "Black Ops" worn at home and
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#17327904155212100-455: A 5 and 0 record before losing 4 straight, including a close loss to #1 Michigan. In the final regular season game against Rutgers, Maryland's quarterback Taulia Tagovailoa threw for 298 yards in the first half of the game, becoming the Big Ten's all time passing leader. Maryland capped the season with a dominant 31 to 13 win against Auburn, jumping out to a 21 to 0 lead in the first quarter, with
2275-402: A 55–88 record and one bowl appearance from 1987 to 2000. A controversial loss to Virginia in the final game of 1988 cost the team a sixth win for bowl eligibility . In 1989, Maryland tied Joe Paterno 's 13th-ranked Penn State for the only time in the series ' existence. The following season, the Terrapins beat 25th-ranked West Virginia and upset 8th-ranked Virginia . Maryland received
2450-577: A 7–5 record, comprising a 4–4 record in Big Ten Conference play that put them third in the Big Ten East Division, their Inaugural season in the Big Ten Conference . Maryland ended its season at the Foster Farms Bowl , where it lost to Stanford . On October 11, 2015, Edsall was relieved of his duties with offensive coordinator Mike Locksley named as the interim head coach for the rest of the 2015 season. On December 2, 2015,
2625-653: A 9–4 record, including a win in the Military Bowl , and ranked 23rd in the AP Poll. The ACC named Friedgen Coach of the Year , while freshman quarterback Danny O'Brien became the first Terrapin ever named ACC Rookie of the Year . Citing lack of fan support, the athletic department bought out the final year of Friedgen's contract for $ 2 million. After Friedgen was let go, the Terrapins hired Randy Edsall away from Connecticut to be Maryland's head coach. The 2011 season
2800-798: A Ladies Bowl was introduced in 1990. Other, related, national championship games in Germany include the German Flag Bowl (est. 2000), German Junior Flag Bowl (1999) and a German Indoor Flag Bowl (2000). The annual championship game of the British American Football Association National Leagues is known as the Britbowl . The championship game of the American Football Ireland Premier Division
2975-546: A bowl berth and tied Louisiana Tech in the Independence Bowl , which would be their only postseason appearance during this period. Maryland was plagued by injuries in 1991, and finished with just two wins to nine losses, their worst record in two decades. After that season, athletic director Andy Geiger fired Krivak, one year after having granted him a five-year contract extension, and hired Holy Cross head coach Mark Duffner as his replacement. Duffner installed
3150-543: A bowl game and finished with a 9–4 record. During the season, the Terrapins upset 19th-ranked Clemson , 13–12, and five of their games were won by four points or less. In the Champs Sports Bowl , Maryland beat Purdue , 24–7. In 2007 , Maryland overcame extensive injuries to again secure a postseason appearance. During the season, unranked Maryland tallied two shocking upsets against 10th-ranked Rutgers , 34–24, and eighth-ranked Boston College, 42–35. They finished
3325-531: A bowl game in 16 years and had only one winning season since 1990. In 2001 , Maryland won its first four games and entered the AP Poll for the first time since September 1995. Maryland beat 15th-ranked Georgia Tech in overtime when placekicker Nick Novak , the ACC's future all-time scoring leader, equalized and then won the game with 46- and 26-yard field goals , thereby ensuring a winning season and bowl appearance. In Tallahassee , 18th-ranked Florida State broke
3500-401: A conference low of 11 sacks compared with 56 two years prior, and they led the conference in rushing after being ranked last in 1997. In 1998, the Terrapins were one of the most improved teams in defense, scoring defense, passing defense, and rushing. During Vanderlinden's tenure, Maryland also recruited several key players who were instrumental in the team's later success. Ralph Friedgen ,
3675-447: A decade. It marked the beginning of a long undistinguished period of Maryland history, and between 1956 and 1971, they compiled a record of 50–100–1 and only three winning seasons. In 1967, they suffered their first and only winless season in 75 years. High points during this period included victories over 14th-ranked North Carolina in 1957, 21–7, in which Queen Elizabeth II was in attendance for her first American Football game while she
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#17327904155213850-575: A different bowl. However, the Pac-10 and Big Ten and the Rose Bowl did not participate. Number 1 vs Number 2 bowl match-ups became far more likely, but were not guaranteed. After the 1997 season, undefeated Michigan was ranked first in both major polls, but as the Big Ten champion, they played eighth-ranked Pac-10 champion Washington State in the Rose Bowl. The top Bowl Alliance team, #2 and unbeaten Nebraska , faced one-loss, third-ranked Tennessee in
4025-628: A dining hall. Most residence halls have AC, but some do not. These non-AC halls are Caroline, Carroll, Cecil, Chestertown, Ellicott, Hagerstown, Wicomico, and Worcester. South Campus includes the North Hill Community, made up of nine Georgian-style halls and Prince Frederick Hall (which opened in 2014) immediately west of McKeldin Mall ; South Hill Community, made up of fourteen small residence halls for upper-level students; Leonardtown Community, which offers apartment-style housing; and
4200-405: A former Maryland player and assistant under Bobby Ross, was hired as Vanderlinden's replacement for the 2001 season. Friedgen had previously been denied an interview for the position twice by his alma mater. While offensive coordinator at Georgia Tech, he had been described as an "offensive genius", and Friedgen later received similar plaudits while at Maryland. When he took over, Maryland had not won
4375-562: A losing record at the end of their regular season schedule. They can then be invited to a bowl game based on their finishing placement in their conference, and tie-ins that their conference has to various bowl games. Alternately, a bowl-eligible team may receive an at-large invitation to a bowl game, independent of conference tie-ins. Bowls are popular among coaching staffs because the NCAA allows college teams going to bowl games extra weeks of practice they would otherwise not have, and bowl games pay
4550-545: A new variation of the Maryland Pride uniforms. The team's record improved from 2011 nonetheless but still not as much as fans, alumni and the administration had hoped. The 2013 Maryland Terrapins football team under head coach Edsall improved to 7–6, capping the season with a loss in the Military Bowl to Marshall , The 61st and final season the Terrapins would be playing football in the Atlantic Coast Conference . Edsall's 2014 Terps finished their regular season with
4725-769: A player he had suspended was reinstated by President Byrd. Jim Tatum was hired in 1947, after a brief stint at Oklahoma where he had led the Sooners to a conference championship in his only season there. He was Maryland's sixth head coach in eight years, but Tatum stayed for nine seasons and became the school's most successful head coach in modern history. During his tenure, he led Maryland to two national championships (one retroactive), three conference championships, three perfect seasons, six top-20 final rankings, and five bowl game appearances. Seven of his players were named first-team All-Americans, including five consensus All-Americans. Under Tatum, Maryland finished every season with
4900-459: A prize in physics for his contributions to laser cooling . In 2005, Thomas Schelling was awarded the prize in economics for his contributions to game theory . In 2006, John C. Mather was awarded the prize in physics alongside George Smoot for their work in the discovery of blackbody form and anisotropy of the cosmic microwave background radiation . In addition, two University of Maryland alumni are Nobel Prize laureates; Herbert Hauptman won
5075-519: A ranking of 17th in Week 2, and then out of the polls in Week 4 after a shutout by Michigan . Despite the early setbacks, the Terrapins finished undefeated in six conference games to take the ACC championship for the third consecutive year. Maryland defeated Syracuse , 35–18, in the Cherry Bowl and earned a final ranking of 18th. In 1986, the Terrapins may have posted a mediocre 5–5–1 record, one of
5250-400: A ranking of 20th. The game that pitted 11th-ranked Maryland against 12th-ranked Clemson has been described as one of the most exciting games of the era. The "big-play caravan" ultimately saw Clemson triumph, 28–24. From 1974 to 1978, Claiborne and the Terrapins secured five consecutive bowl game berths and three consecutive ACC championships. Maryland made it to a sixth bowl game in 1980. After
5425-506: A second crushing defeat against 20th-ranked West Virginia in the Gator Bowl , 41–7, and finished the season ranked 17th. The New York Times computer poll ranked Maryland third in the nation, behind only split-national champions Louisiana State and Southern California . The 2004 season was Friedgen's first with a losing record. Maryland finished with a 5–6 mark that included an overtime loss to West Virginia , 19–16. The highlight of
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5600-470: A share of the ACC championship alongside Florida State. The Terrapins routed Tennessee in the Peach Bowl , 30–3, and finished with an 11–3 record and final ranking of 18th. Maryland began the 2003 season with losses to Northern Illinois and eighth-ranked Florida State . They later defeated 23rd-ranked West Virginia , but were edged by Georgia Tech . In the postseason, 24th-ranked Maryland delivered
5775-598: A stalemate in the fourth quarter to hand Maryland its only defeat of the regular season, 52–31. Maryland closed the year with a win over NC State , which secured the ACC championship and made the Terrapins the first team other than Florida State to take the title outright since the Seminoles joined the conference in 1991. Sixth-ranked Maryland then faced fifth-ranked Florida in the Orange Bowl —their first-ever BCS appearance, and their first major bowl of any sort since
5950-412: A two-year contract extension. In 2000, Maryland again fell short of a winning season and bowl game. The Terrapins entered their season closer with a 5–5 record, and again fell, this time in a rout by 24th-ranked Georgia Tech . Vanderlinden was fired the following day. Despite the failure to deliver a winning season, Vanderlinden did oversee substantive improvement in the program. In 1999, Maryland allowed
6125-744: A very poor standard of play have been jokingly referred to as the "Toilet Bowl". The championship game of the Superliga Nacional de Futebol Americano is known as the Brasil Bowl. In the European Football League (EFL), a European Cup style tournament for European American Football teams affiliated with IFAF Europe , the final game of the EFL is called the Eurobowl , and has been held annually since 1986. In Denmark ,
6300-524: A winning record. After the 1947 season , the Terrapins participated in their first bowl game, the 1948 Gator Bowl , in which they tied Georgia , 20–20. NCAA season-scoring leader Lu Gambino recorded all three Maryland touchdowns. In 1949, Maryland again played in the Gator Bowl , where they defeated 20th-ranked Missouri , 20–7. The Terrapins finished the season ranked 14th by the Associated Press. Maryland's current home field, Byrd Stadium ,
6475-474: Is classified among "R1: Doctoral Universities – Very high research activity". In FY 2020, the university spent about 1.103 billion dollars in total R&D expenditures, ranking it 16th in the nation. On October 14, 2004, the university added 150 acres (61 ha) in an attempt to create the largest research park inside the Washington, D.C. Capital Beltway , formerly known as "M Square" and now known as
6650-632: Is McKeldin Mall, which is the largest academic mall in the United States. The Mall is bordered on the east and west by McKeldin Library and the Thomas V. Miller, Jr. Administration Building, respectively. Academic buildings surround McKeldin Mall on the north and south ends. They are the homes to many departments in the College of Behavioral and Social Sciences , College of Arts and Humanities, and
6825-547: Is adjacent to a stop on the MARC Camden line, a commuter rail line which runs from Baltimore to Washington, D.C. The stop is also serviced by busses from Shuttle–UM, MTA , WMATA , and TheBus . In 2011, the university signed on to the state's Purple Line program. The Purple Line route will have five stops on and around the university's campus: M Square, the College Park Metro station, the main entrance to
7000-790: Is called the Shamrock Bowl . It is generally held around July or August each year and has been played every year since 1986 except for 2000 & 2020. The winner of the Israeli Football League is determined every year in the Israel Bowl. The first to lift the Becker Trophy was the Jerusalem Lions in 2008. The championship game between the East Japan and West Japan champions in college football,
7175-479: Is home to many of natural sciences and applied sciences departments. The Rossborough Inn , which, was built during the years 1798 to 1812, is the oldest building on campus (and is older than the university itself). There are five regularly used entrances to campus; the main entrance, off of Baltimore Avenue and onto Campus Drive, is referred to as North Gate and features the Gatehouse, an ornate gateway honoring
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7350-916: Is known as the Koshien Bowl . The top middle school teams also compete in the Koshien Bowl. While the pro football championship is known as the Japan X Bowl . The winners of the Koshien and Japan X bowls play each other for the Japan National Championship in the Rice Bowl . The annual high school football championship game is the Christmas Bowl . The championship game of the Dutch AFBN First Division
7525-576: Is made up of Cambridge Community (which consists of five residence halls and houses the College Park Scholars program), Denton Community (which consists of three halls), Oakland Community (which consists of one hall), Ellicott Community (consisting of three halls), and the Courtyards, a garden-style apartment community in north campus consisting of seven buildings. The Heritage community, completed in 2024, features two residence halls and
7700-587: Is ranked as a Top Producing Institution of Fulbright U.S. Students and Scholars for the 2017–2018 academic year by the United States Department of State 's Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs . In 2017, the University of Maryland was ranked among the top 50 universities in the 2018 Best Global Universities Rankings by U.S. News & World Report based on its high academic research performance and global reputation. In 2021,
7875-683: Is the annual Banjo Bowl between the Winnipeg Blue Bombers and Saskatchewan Roughriders of the Canadian Football League (CFL). In Canadian university football, which has determined its national champions on the field for several decades, the "bowl games" are the two semi-final games that determine the participants in the Vanier Cup national championship game; since 2002 these have been the Uteck Bowl and
8050-686: Is the first building on campus named in honor of Indigenous people. The third dining hall, South Campus Dining Hall, can be found just south of McKeldin Library The university is accessible through the three airports in the greater Washington metropolitan area : Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport , Washington Dulles International Airport , and Baltimore/Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport . A small public airport in College Park, College Park Airport , lies nearly adjacent to campus, but operations are limited. This airport
8225-517: Is the largest capacity stadium and the Rose Bowl game has the highest attendance for postseason bowl games. In the 1990s, many bowl games began to modify or abandon their traditional names in favor of selling naming rights . While some include the traditional name in some form (e.g. the Rose Bowl Game presented by Northwestern Mutual ), others have eliminated their traditional name in favor of solely using their corporate sponsor's name (e.g.
8400-612: Is the largest university in both the state and the Washington metropolitan area . Its 12 schools and colleges offer over 200 degree-granting programs, including 113 undergraduate majors, 107 master's programs, and 83 doctoral programs . UMD is a member of the Association of American Universities and competes in intercollegiate athletics as a member of the Big Ten Conference . The University of Maryland's proximity to Washington, D.C. has resulted in many research partnerships with
8575-465: Is the world's oldest continually operating airport and the site of many significant aviation firsts. A free shuttle service, known as Shuttle–UM , is available for UMD students, faculty, staff, and some residents of College Park and Greenbelt. The university is served by an off-campus stop on the Washington Metro 's Green Line called College Park – University of Maryland . This stop
8750-619: The 1916 Tournament East-West Football Game . With the 1923 Rose Bowl it began to be played at the newly completed Rose Bowl stadium , and thus the contest itself became known as the Rose Bowl Game . The name "bowl" to describe the games thus comes from the Rose Bowl stadium. Other cities saw the promotional value for tourism that the Tournament of Roses parade and Rose Bowl carried and began to develop their own regional festivals which included college football games. The label "bowl"
8925-656: The 1952 Sugar Bowl . At the time, however, the wire services released their final rankings before the bowl games, and Maryland finished third in the Associated Press Poll . Several selectors, including analyst Jeff Sagarin , have retroactively credited Maryland with the national championship. In 1953, Maryland and six other schools split from the Southern Conference to form the Atlantic Coast Conference . That year, Maryland shut-out two 11th-ranked teams: Mississippi , 38–0, and Alabama , 21–0, won
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#17327904155219100-510: The 2016–17 bowl season , the 41 games require a little over three weeks, starting December 17 and ending on January 9. While bowl games were originally exclusive to warm cities thought of as winter vacation destinations, indoor stadiums allow games to be played in colder climates. The attendance of 106,869 for the 1973 Rose Bowl set the Rose Bowl Stadium record, and an NCAA bowl game attendance record. The Rose Bowl stadium still
9275-509: The ACC co-championship alongside Duke , and were named the national champions as the only undefeated and untied team in the nation. The Terrapins were defeated by fourth-ranked Oklahoma in the Orange Bowl . After the 1955 season, Tatum resigned to return to North Carolina , where he soon died of Rocky Mountain spotted fever . The Terrapins entered 1956 ranked number-six, but after the departure of Tatum, they suffered their first losing season in
9450-549: The American Bowl , a preseason match held overseas, and various one-time games informally nicknamed bowls, such as the Bounty Bowl , Ice Bowl , Snow Bowl , Freezer Bowl , Fog Bowl , Mud Bowl, Tuna Bowl, Manning Bowl , Harbaugh Bowl , Kelce Bowl and the proposed (but ultimately canceled) China Bowl . As a result, other professional football leagues used or use the name Bowl for their championships, such as
9625-887: The Arbor Day Foundation has named the university to its 'Tree Campus USA' list. The recreational Paint Branch Trail, part of the Anacostia Tributary Trails system, cuts through campus, as does the Paint Branch stream, a tributary of the Northeast Branch Anacostia River . The university's first Leed Gold building, Knight Hall, opened in April 2010 as the new home for the Philip Merrill College of Journalism . In 2021, President Pines pledged that
9800-432: The Clemson Tigers . Between 1974 and 1988, either Clemson or Maryland won the ACC title all but three years. Clemson had lost to the 1980 national champions , seventh-ranked Georgia , 13–7, and tied Boston College , 17–17, after the opposing quarterback, Doug Flutie , led a comeback. Clemson was therefore unable to defend their NCAA championship, but either Clemson or Maryland, with perfect conference records, would secure
9975-464: The Division I Bowl Subdivision long avoided instituting a playoff tournament to determine an annual national champion. Instead, the National Champion in the Football Bowl Subdivision has traditionally been determined by a vote of sports writers and other non-players. In 1995, the Bowl Alliance , formed by the major bowls and conferences, put in place a system where the two highest ranked teams would play each other, even if they were each affiliated with
10150-408: The Egg Bowl , the annual game between the Mississippi State Bulldogs and the Ole Miss Rebels , and the Iron Bowl , the annual game between the Alabama Crimson Tide and the Auburn Tigers . In professional football , the National Football League (NFL) holds the Super Bowl and Pro Bowl . The term has crossed over into professional and collegiate Canadian football . A notable example
10325-441: The Heritage Bowl . It invites the top teams from historically black colleges and universities , one from the SWAC and one from the MEAC . The SWAC has historically had a longer regular season that extends past Thanksgiving weekend, preventing its teams from participating in the FCS tournament and more closely mirroring the FBS. At the Division II level there are currently four postseason bowls for teams that did not qualify for
10500-436: The Humanitarian Bowl and finished the season with an 8–5 record. Before the 2009 season , many analysts projected the Terrapins to finish last or second-to-last in the Atlantic Division of the ACC, and expressed particular concern with the inexperienced offensive line . The prognostications proved accurate, and Maryland finished 2–10 for their first ten-loss season in program history. Maryland rebounded in 2010 to finish with
10675-527: The I-veer triple option with an NFL-style offense that emphasized dropback passes, bootlegs , and play action passes. This change in tactics and strategy enabled starting quarterback Boomer Esiason the opportunity to excel to a degree not seen under Claiborne the season prior. Esiason said, "Ross has an uncanny knack of putting players in a position to not only succeed, but to overachieve . . . If he didn't show up at Maryland, I don't know what would have happened to me. I don't know if I would have turned into
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#173279041552110850-479: The Mitchell Bowl . The matchups are determined on a conference rotation basis, with the Uteck Bowl being played at the easternmost host team, while the Mitchell is at the westernmost host team. The history of the bowl game began with the 1902 Tournament East-West football game , sponsored by the Tournament of Roses Association between Michigan and Stanford , a game which Michigan won 49–0. The Tournament of Roses eventually sponsored an annual contest starting with
11025-424: The National Archives at College Park completed construction and opened on a parcel of land adjoining the campus donated by the University of Maryland, after lobbying by President William Kirwan and congressional leaders to foster academic collaboration between the institutions. In 2004, the university began constructing the 150-acre (61 ha) "M Square Research Park", which includes facilities affiliated with
11200-433: The National Champion ). Up until around the 1950s, the small number of games were played solely on New Year's Day , with the only major exception being if the holiday occurred on a Sunday. The tradition of not playing bowl games on Sunday initially started from the Rose Parade and Rose Bowl not being held on Sundays for fear of spooking horses tied at churches, but in later years was done to avoid conflict with NFL games. For
11375-407: The Orange Bowl (1935), and the Sun Bowl (1935). By 1950, the number had increased to eight games. This slate of eight bowl games persisted through 1960, but by 1970 the number had increased again, to 11 games. The number continued to increase, to 15 games in 1980, to 19 games in 1990, 25 games in 2000, 35 games in 2010, and 41 games by 2015 (40 games plus two teams playing a second game to determine
11550-400: The Rose Bowl stadium , site of the first postseason college football games. The Rose Bowl Stadium, in turn, takes its name and bowl-shaped design from the Yale Bowl , the prototype of many football stadiums in the United States . The term has since become almost synonymous with any major American football event, generally college football, with some significant exceptions. Two examples are
11725-402: The Southern Conference where it remained for thirty years. Between 1935 and 1946, the school had several coaches that achieved fame elsewhere: Frank Dobson , a former assistant coach under John Heisman ; Clark Shaughnessy , architect of Stanford 's undefeated 1940 turnaround ; and Paul "Bear" Bryant , who later became the long-time Alabama head coach. Bryant resigned after one season when
11900-407: The U.S. Department of Defense , Food and Drug Administration , and the new National Center for Weather and Climate Prediction, affiliated with The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). In May 2010, ground was broken on a new Physical Science Complex, including an advanced quantum science laboratory. The university suffered multiple data breaches in 2014. The first resulted in
12075-443: The University of Maryland, Eastern Shore . In 1957, President Wilson H. Elkins pushed to increase the university's academic standards. His efforts resulted in creating one of the first Academic Probation Plans. The first year the plan went into effect, 1,550 students (18% of the total student body) faced expulsion. On October 19, 1957, Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom attended her first and only college football game at
12250-413: The Wolf Prize in 1980 (together with Kenneth G. Wilson and Leo Kadanoff ) and the IUPAP Boltzmann Medal in 1983. James A. Yorke , a distinguished university professor of mathematics and physics and chair of the mathematics department, won the 2003 Japan Prize for his work in chaotic systems . In 2013, professor of physics Sylvester James Gates was awarded the National Medal of Science . UMD
12425-402: The World Football League ( World Bowl ), NFL Europe ( World Bowl ), Arena Football League ( ArenaBowl ), Indoor Football League ( United Bowl ), Great Lakes Indoor Football League ( Great Lakes Bowl ) and American Indoor Football Association (AIFA Championship Bowl). The Canadian Football League nicknames one of their rivalries as the Banjo Bowl and another QEW Bowl (also known as
12600-467: The diamondback terrapin ( Malaclemys terrapin ), a species of land-dwelling turtle common throughout the state, particularly the Chesapeake Bay area where Dr. Byrd spent his early life. The student newspaper had already been named The Diamondback since 1921, and the athletics teams were sometimes referred to as the "Terrapins" as early as 1928. Newspapers began referring to the team simply as
12775-752: The federal government ; faculty receive research funding and institutional support from many agencies, such as the National Institutes of Health , NASA , the National Institute of Standards and Technology , the Food and Drug Administration , the National Security Agency , and the Department of Homeland Security . It is classified among "R1: Doctoral Universities – Very high research activity" and has been labeled
12950-427: The "Discovery District." Many of the faculty members have funding from federal agencies such as the National Science Foundation , the National Institutes of Health , NASA , the Department of Homeland Security , the National Institute of Standards and Technology , and the National Security Agency . The Space Systems Laboratory researches human-robotic interaction for astronautics applications and includes
13125-493: The "Terps" to shorten headlines. The truncated name stuck and is now in official use by the school. The mascot is a diamondback terrapin named Testudo, which means "turtle" in Latin . It is also the name of an ancient Roman military tactic , in which soldiers protected their infantry square from projectiles by completely enclosing it with their shields. Derivations of the word have also been used in scientific nomenclature related to
13300-538: The 1920s and are taken from Maryland's state flag , and the Terrapins nickname — often abbreviated as "Terps" — was adopted in 1933 after the diamondback terrapin , a turtle species native to the state. Maryland shares storied rivalries with Virginia and West Virginia . The program's achievements have included one national championship in 1953 , nine ACC championships , two Southern Conference championships , 12 consensus All-Americans , several Hall of Fame inductees , and 28 bowl game appearances. Maryland possesses
13475-469: The 1977 Cotton Bowl. The Terrapins lost, 56–23, and finished with a 10–2 record and ranked 10th in the nation. In 2002 , Maryland had a preseason rank of 20th, but their first three games included a shutout by 12th-ranked Notre Dame , 22–0, and a loss to 16th-ranked Florida State , 37–10. The Terrapins rallied to defeat 13th-ranked West Virginia and 17th-ranked NC State , while losing only to Virginia . That loss, however, prevented Maryland from earning
13650-482: The 1981 season, Claiborne left the program for his alma mater, Kentucky , and was replaced by Bobby Ross , an assistant coach for the Kansas City Chiefs . In a surprising choice, former Maryland assistant coach and Citadel head coach Bobby Ross , who was not a big-name at the time, was selected as head coach in 1982. In contrast to Claiborne's style, Ross implemented a high-powered offense. He replaced
13825-611: The 1983 loss at Death Valley, and secured the 1984 ACC Championship with a 45–34 victory over arch rival Virginia in Charlottesville. In the postseason, they edged Tennessee, 28–27, in the Sun Bowl and finished 12th in the nation. Maryland entered the 1985 season with a number-one preseason rank, and set its all-time home attendance record in Byrd Stadium with an average of 49,385 over five games. However, they dropped to
14000-471: The 1985 prize in chemistry, and Raymond Davis Jr. won the 2002 prize in physics. The university has many notable academics. Professor of mathematics, Sergei Novikov won the Fields Medal in 1970, followed by alumnus Charles Fefferman in 1978. Alumnus George Dantzig won the 1975 National Medal of Science for his work in the field of linear programming. Professor of physics Michael Fisher won
14175-429: The 2018 offseason, football player Jordan McNair died from an apparent heat stroke after a practice. Following McNair's death and news reports that players "faced abuse and disparagement" from football staff, Durkin was placed on administrative leave on August 11, just weeks before the start of the 2018 season. One of those football staffers Rick Court, one of Durkin's first hires and the strength and conditioning coach,
14350-402: The ACC title. Thus, decades before the official ACC Championship Game , 1982 saw a rare de facto title match. Clemson scored first, then pulled away 14–7 before half. In the second half, a favorable wind twice yielded Maryland excellent field position, Esiason threw for two rapid-fire touchdowns and a two-point conversion , and the defense held Clemson at bay. However, the Terrapins also turned
14525-400: The ACC. In 1965, back Bob Sullivan led the nation with 10 interceptions. In 1972, Jerry Claiborne took over as head coach of the Terrapins, which had only nine wins in the past five years. In his first season, Maryland improved to 5–5–1, and the following year, they reached their first bowl game in almost two decades. The team steadily improved until his fifth season, 1976, when they finished
14700-670: The Battle of Ontario); like most Canadian sports leagues, however, the CFL's championship is instead known as a cup (in the CFL's case, the Grey Cup ). At the NCAA top level of football, the Division I Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS, previously known as Division I-A from 1978 through 2005), teams must earn the right to be bowl eligible , generally by winning at least six games and by not having
14875-483: The Big Ten, finishing with an overall record of 2-3 and briefly paused operations in the middle of the season due to several players and staff getting diagnosed with symptoms of the virus. The two victories came against Minnesota at home in College Park on Friday, October 30th and on the road in State College, Pennsylvania against Penn State on November 7th. In 2023, The Terrapins again won 8 games, jumping out to
15050-710: The College of Agriculture and Natural Resources. West of McKeldin Mall is the North Hill Community, and south of McKeldin Mall lies Morrill Hall and the Morrill Quad, which was the original center of campus. South of the Morrill Quad are the South Hill and South Campus Commons Communities, and the Southwest Mall and the Robert H. Smith School of Business to the southwest. Running parallel to McKeldin Mall to
15225-676: The DII playoffs: the Live United Texarkana Bowl , Heritage Bowl , America's Crossroads Bowl , and Florida Beach Bowl . All four of the Division II bowls are played on the first weekend of December. At the NCAA Division III level, all bowls that are currently played are recent developments (starting in 2008 or later). For the 2017 season , 10 bowls were scheduled to be played by teams that did not qualify for
15400-893: The DIII playoffs: a six-bowl series organized for ECAC teams, a two-bowl series organized between the Centennial Conference and MAC , the New York State Bowl (between Liberty League and Empire 8 ), and the New England Bowl (between the ECFC , MSCAC , CCC and NEWMAC ). Prior to 2008, the ECAC also held the ECAC Bowl (1989–2003) for Division I-AA and the North Atlantic Bowl (2007),
15575-517: The Language House, where students learning a shared target language live together. Several LLPs exist under the university's Honors College, with focuses in topics including cybersecurity, entrepreneurship, and life sciences. College Park Scholars is another LLP umbrella that includes programs in the arts, public health, and legal thought, among others. There are two main residential areas on campus, North Campus and South Campus. North Campus
15750-517: The Orange Bowl. Michigan won by five on New Year's Day and the next night, Nebraska beat Tennessee (playing with an injury-hobbled Peyton Manning ) by 25. The AP kept Michigan as the champion, but the Coaches' Poll jumped Nebraska, playing its final game for retiring coach Tom Osborne , in part because of their more lopsided victory against a more highly ranked opponent. The following season,
15925-654: The Playoff Bowl) as a matchup of the two second-place teams in each division from 1960 to 1969. When the professional football AFL–NFL merger occurred in 1970, the AFL–NFL World Championship Game became the NFL's championship and is now known as the Super Bowl , as it has been named since 1968 (the name was coined by Lamar Hunt after watching his daughter play with a super ball ). There has also been
16100-630: The Power Four conferences (ACC, Big Ten, Big 12, SEC and FBS Independent Notre Dame) coming in the second week. At lower levels, teams play in playoff tournaments with a national championship game at a neutral site, making invitational bowl games less popular than in the Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS). The Division I Football Championship Subdivision (FCS) features only one bowl game, the Celebration Bowl , formerly
16275-535: The Rose Bowl, Pac-10, and Big Ten joined the other bowls and major conferences to form the Bowl Championship Series . The BCS attempted to match the two highest ranked teams in the country based upon calculations from various sources, including statistics and coaches' polls, with one of the four bowl games in the consortium, the Rose Bowl , Fiesta Bowl , Sugar Bowl , and Orange Bowl , rotating
16450-584: The SEC champion and the Orange Bowl hosted the Big 8 conference champion. These conference tie-ins led to situations where the top-ranked teams in the country could not play each other in a bowl game. The national championship was decided after the bowls, solely by voters for various media polls, who tried to decide which team was best, sometimes based on wins against far inferior teams. As a result, there could be multiple championship titles and no single champion. This led to
16625-737: The South Campus Commons Community, which consists of seven apartment-style buildings (the seventh and most recent building being opened in January 2010). There are three dining halls on campus. In addition, a food court in the Stamp Student Union provides many fast food dining options for the university community. The 251 North dining hall lies in the Denton Community on the northern part of campus. The second northern dining hall, Yahentamitsi,
16800-463: The Terps announced the hiring of former Michigan defensive coordinator D. J. Durkin as head coach. Durkin had never before worked as a full-time head coach, though he coached the Florida Gators on an interim basis in the 2015 Birmingham Bowl . In 2016, Durkin coached the Terrapins to a 6–7 record including a bowl loss. Maryland finished 4-8 and was ineligible for a bowl game in 2017. During
16975-412: The Terps scoring 142 points in the 2019 campaign. In its first game, Maryland defeated FCS Howard University 79-0 and then dominated 21st ranked Syracuse University 63-20. The 142 points in its first two games marked the Terps highest-ever scoring output in consecutive games. The 63 points against Syracuse were the most points scored against a ranked opponent by any Maryland football team ever. Despite
17150-486: The Terrapins holding a record of 14–14–2. During its first few decades, the football program had only one poorly suited athletic field on which to play and practice and had no dedicated facilities such as locker rooms. Former coach and contemporary university president Dr. Harry C. Byrd allocated funds for the construction of a stadium in 1915, and it was completed in 1923. The Board of Regents voted to name it Byrd Stadium in honor of its main advocate. The stadium's capacity
17325-754: The Terrapins won, 42–40. The recovery from the 31–point halftime deficit stood as the greatest college football comeback for the next 22 years, until the record was finally broken by Michigan State against Northwestern . Reich later repeated the feat in his professional career when he led the Buffalo Bills to overcome a 32-point deficit and set the NFL comeback record . That season, Maryland also defeated 17th-ranked West Virginia in Morgantown and 20th-ranked Clemson at Memorial Stadium in Baltimore to avenge
17500-637: The Terrapins. Since 1950, the Terrapins have played their home games at SECU Stadium in College Park, Maryland , with occasional home games from time to time in Baltimore , making them one of two FBS football teams in the Baltimore–Washington metropolitan area ( Navy Midshipmen ) and the closest Football Bowl Subdivision team to Washington, D.C. The team's official colors of red, white, black, and gold have been in use in some combination since
17675-661: The United States in protests against the Israel–Hamas war . Students called attention to the genocide in Palestine and for the university to divest from companies that support the Hamas-Israel war. Activism continued in next academic year with the placement of small flags in the lawn on McKeldin Mall, representing the more than 150,000 Palestinians killed in Gaza. The center of the university's 1,250 acres (5.1 km )
17850-482: The United States. START is focused on the scientific study of the causes and consequences of terrorism in the United States and worldwide. The university hosts "living-learning" programs (LLPs) that allow students with similar academic interests to live in the same residential community take specialized courses and perform research in those areas of expertise. These include CIVICUS, focused on politics and community service; Hinman CEOs, an entrepreneurship program; and
18025-542: The University of Maryland after expressing interest in seeing a typically American sport during her first tour of the United States. The Maryland Terrapins beat the North Carolina Tar Heels 21 to 7 in the historical game now referred to as "The Queen's Game". Phi Beta Kappa established a chapter at The University of Maryland in 1964. In 1969, the university was elected to the Association of American Universities . The school continued to grow, and by
18200-490: The University of Maryland would achieve carbon neutrality by Earth Day 2025. The University of Maryland offers 127 undergraduate degrees and 112 graduate degrees in thirteen colleges and schools: Admission to Maryland is rated "most selective" by U.S. News & World Report . For the Class of 2026 (enrolled fall 2022), Maryland received 56,766 applications and accepted 19,451 (34.3%). Of those accepted, 4,742 enrolled,
18375-545: The application provided by The Coalition for Access, Affordability, and Success. In the 2025 U.S. News & World Report rankings of universities, the University of Maryland is 44th (tie) in "National Universities" and 17th in "Top Public Schools". The Academic Ranking of World Universities ranked Maryland as 43rd in the world in 2015. The 2017–2018 Times Higher Education World University Rankings placed Maryland 69th worldwide. The 2016/17 QS World University Rankings ranked Maryland 131st worldwide. The university
18550-465: The athletics teams the "Farmers" and the "Aggies". As the University of Maryland, the teams became known as "The Old Liners" in reference to the state nickname . During the 1923 season, The New York Times referred to Maryland as the Orioles, after a bird species endemic to the region that was already the namesake for several baseball teams . In 1932, Curley Byrd suggested that the namesake become
18725-457: The ball over five times in the second half and lost, 24–22. With the win, Clemson won the ACC and Maryland finished second. Immediately after the game, the NCAA announced its investigation into Clemson recruiting had found improprieties. As a result, the Tigers were denied a bowl game and television coverage in the following season. The ACC instituted further punishment, making Clemson ineligible for
18900-538: The benefits of the entire bowl system". NCAA bowl season generally lasts from mid-December to early January with the first week of bowl games usually featuring teams from the Group of Five conferences (American Athletic Conference, Conference-USA, Mid-American Conference, Mountain West Conference, Sun Belt Conference and FBS Independents with the exception of Notre Dame) with bowl games featuring mainly teams from
19075-841: The best departing college players. Such college all-star games include the East–West Shrine Bowl , the Senior Bowl , and the Hula Bowl . Other all-star games, now defunct, include the North–South Shrine Game , and NFLPA Collegiate Bowl . There have also been pre-season and regular-season games carrying the "bowl" moniker, including the Mirage Bowl , the Glasnost Bowl and the Canadian Football League 's Banjo Bowl . Examples of bowl games that are not part of
19250-467: The campus on Route 1, near Stamp Student Union on Campus Drive, and on the other edge of campus on Adelphi Road, along with a parallel bike path. The Diamondback is an independent student newspaper . It was founded in 1910 as The Triangle and renamed in 1921 in honor of a local reptile, the Diamondback terrapin , which became the school mascot in 1933. The newspaper is published daily during
19425-419: The college on July 12, 1864, as part of Jubal Early's raid on Washington, D.C. By the end of the war, financial problems forced the administrators to sell off 200 acres (81 ha) of land, and the continuing decline in enrollment sent the Maryland Agricultural College into bankruptcy. The campus was used as a boys' preparatory school for the next two years. The Maryland legislature assumed half ownership of
19600-421: The college. Twenty years later, the federally-funded Agricultural Experiment Station was established there. During this same period, state laws granted the college regulatory powers in several areas—including controlling farm disease, inspecting feed, establishing a state weather bureau and geological survey, and housing the forestry board. Morrill Hall (the oldest instructional building still in use on campus)
19775-462: The compromise of over 300,000 student and faculty records. A second data breach occurred several months later. The second breach was investigated by the FBI and Secret Service and found to be done by David Helkowski. Despite the attribution, no charges were filed. As a result of the data breaches, the university offered free credit protection for five years to the students and faculty affected. In 2017,
19950-423: The conference championship for the next two years. Maryland finished 1982 ranked 20th after losing to ninth-ranked Washington in the Aloha Bowl . In 1983, Maryland lost to third-ranked Auburn and 20th-ranked West Virginia , but beat 17th-ranked Pittsburgh and third-ranked North Carolina . Clemson and Maryland once more met with perfect ACC records, and Maryland again lost, this time blown out, 52–27. Despite
20125-496: The early 1920s until 1942, the black and gold were adopted as the official school colors. University of Maryland, College Park The University of Maryland, College Park ( University of Maryland , UMD , or simply Maryland ) is a public land-grant research university in College Park, Maryland , United States. Founded in 1856, UMD is the flagship institution of the University System of Maryland . UMD
20300-457: The excitement surrounding the undefeated and 21st ranked team in the country, the Terrapins suffered a disappointing loss to the unranked Temple Owls . After a strong start, the only other win in the season came against Rutgers, and the Terrapins would ultimately finish 3-9. In 2020, the Terps played in a shortened season due to the COVID-19 pandemic playing only 5 games, all against teams from
20475-627: The fall of 1985 reached an enrollment of 38,679. Like many colleges during the Vietnam War , the university was the site of student protests and had curfews enforced by the National Guard . In a massive restructuring of the state's higher education system in 1988, the school was designated as the flagship campus of the newly formed University of Maryland System (later changed to the University System of Maryland in 1997). It
20650-666: The first Lord Baltimore , purchased 420 acres (1.7 km ) of the Riversdale Mansion estate nearby today's College Park, Maryland . Later that year, Calvert founded the school and was the acting president from 1859 to 1860. On October 5, 1859, the first 34 students entered the Maryland Agricultural College. The school became a land grant college in February 1864. During the Civil War , Confederate soldiers under Brigadier General Bradley Tyler Johnson moved past
20825-529: The five losses was to the eventual 1986 National Champion Penn State by 2 points in State College due to a failed 2-point conversion that would have tied the game at 17, and the lone game that ended in a tie was against eventual ACC Champion Clemson at Memorial Stadium in Baltimore. After the season, Ross resigned as head coach. He expressed frustration over the university's failure to improve Byrd Stadium and its associated facilities. Ross had shown recruits stadium and facility renovation plans as an indication of
21000-407: The following year, posted a perfect record of 6–0. For the first two decades of the program, the team primarily competed against local universities and high schools due to the prohibitive nature of long-distance travel at the time. In 1911, Harry C. "Curley" Byrd became head coach and held that position for more than two decades until he was named the university president . In 1921, Maryland joined
21175-522: The former Citrus Bowl became the Capital One Bowl for some time after the financial services company Capital One bought the naming rights; it later reverted to its original name in 2015). Prior to 1992, most bowls had strict agreements with certain conferences. For example, the Rose Bowl traditionally invited the champions of the Pac-10 and the Big Ten conferences. The Sugar Bowl invited
21350-697: The game. In 2003, for instance, one-loss LSU won the BCS National Championship over Oklahoma , but the AP crowned one-loss USC champion after its Rose Bowl win. For the 2014–15 season, the BCS was replaced by a new consortium, the College Football Playoff (CFP). The new system uses a four-team single-elimination tournament , with its participants selected and seeded by a committee; the semi-final games are rotated between pairs of
21525-651: The last of which is now integrated into the conference's six-bowl series. Additionally, the Division III championship game has historically been known as the Amos Alonzo Stagg Bowl . Outside the NCAA , the Victory Bowl is sponsored by the NCCAA , a group that does not restrict its membership to either NCAA or NAIA . The NAIA does not have any invitational postseason bowl games. Starting with
21700-477: The loss, Maryland was awarded the conference championship because of the sanctions against Clemson. In 1984, Maryland defeated the defending national champions , sixth-ranked Miami , in what was then the biggest comeback in college football history and judged by some as the most exciting. At half time, Maryland trailed Miami, 31–0. Back-up quarterback Frank Reich replaced Stan Gelbaugh and proceeded to throw four touchdown passes, and capitalizing on Miami errors,
21875-575: The move to establish a permanent system to determine the FBS national champion on the field (the Bowl Coalition , 1992-1994; the Bowl Alliance 1995-1997; the Bowl Championship Series, 1998-2013; and the College Football Playoff , 2014-present), some bowls are still held. Historically, the four "major" bowl games, originally played on New Year's Day , were: Bowls originally featured
22050-422: The nation. That season, the Terrapins led the ACC in total offense with 375.2 yards per game. Maryland started 1976 ranked 12th, and quarterback Mark Manges led them to 11 consecutive wins to secure their third straight ACC championship. Maryland's loss to sixth-ranked Houston in the Cotton Bowl , 30–21, ended any hopes for a national championship. In 1978, Maryland beat 20th-ranked NC State and finished with
22225-444: The national championship game is called Mermaid Bowl , named after the Hans Christian Andersen fairy tale. In Finland , the national championship game is called Vaahteramalja ("Maple Bowl") and was first held in 1980. In Germany , the national championship game in American football is called the German Bowl and was first held in 1979. Apart from the German Bowl, a Junior Bowl has also been contested in Germany since 1982 and
22400-411: The north is Campus Drive, the main thoroughfare through campus. Another thoroughfare, Regents Drive, runs perpendicular to the Mall and is home to the Memorial Chapel and the Campus Farms. Regents Drive crosses Campus Drive at the campus hallmark, "M" Circle , which is a traffic circle with a large "M" formed by flowers in its center. The northeast quadrant of campus, formed by Campus and Regent Drives,
22575-446: The now defunct Wheat Bowl , the NAIA found it easier to schedule bowl games early in the season rather than late—this allowed the schedule to accommodate large college bowl games and high school sports; one such extant example is the College Fanz First Down Classic , a pre-season bowl game for NAIA teams. Following team-competitive bowl games, a series of all-star bowl games round out the postseason schedule. These games seek to showcase
22750-445: The number of games a team would need to win to be invited to a bowl game has decreased. With a 12-game schedule, a number of teams with only 5 wins have been invited to a bowl game. As of 2018 , the University of Alabama has played in more bowl games than any other school, with 69 appearances (counting College Football Playoff semifinals and finals). Alabama also holds the record for most bowl victories with 41. Florida State held
22925-431: The officially sanctioned NCAA tournaments at lower levels, the College Football Playoff is not officially recognized as an NCAA championship. The National Football League also used the name "bowl" for some of its playoff games. While the NFL Championship was not named a Bowl initially, the league instituted the Pro Bowl as the name of its all-star game in 1951, and introduced the Bert Bell Benefit Bowl (also known as
23100-437: The only neutral buoyancy facility at a university. The Joint Global Change Research Institute , which studies human and earth systems, was formed in 2001 by the University of Maryland and the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory . The National Consortium for the Study of Terrorism and Responses to Terrorism (START) launched in 2005 as one of the Centers of Excellence supported by the Department of Homeland Security in
23275-423: The player I was and played in the NFL." During this time, several Maryland quarterbacks went on to careers in the National Football League (NFL), and the school was nicknamed " Quarterback U " as a result. In Ross's inaugural season, Maryland defeated 10th-ranked North Carolina in Chapel Hill, and then edged Miami before their most important conference game of the season against the 1981 national champions ,
23450-467: The popular University Squared for The Diamondback . WMUC-FM (90.5 FM) is the university's non-commercial radio station, staffed by UMD students and volunteers. WMUC is a freeform and sports broadcasting station broadcast at 10 watts. Its broadcasts can be heard throughout the Washington metropolitan area . Notable WMUC alumni include Connie Chung , Bonnie Bernstein , Peter Rosenberg and Aaron McGruder. Bowl game In North America ,
23625-446: The postseason include the Iron Bowl and the Egg Bowl . Recently, the term "bowl" has been added to other games that have some special note or sub-plot to the actual game, in college or the National Football League . An example of this is the Bowden Bowl given to games where Florida State and Clemson were coached by the father-son duo of Bobby Bowden and Tommy Bowden , respectively. Games between two very poor teams and/or of
23800-437: The program's direction, and when they did not come to fruition, he felt that he had misled the players. Ross also stated that he was hurt by "innuendo, insinuation, and guilt by association" with respect to the cocaine -induced death of Maryland basketball star Len Bias . He said, "I feel the football team has represented the university well, both on and off the field." The athletics department investigation report had commended
23975-461: The propriety of the football program, but university chancellor John B. Slaughter did not offer his vocal support for Ross until a month later. Maryland athletics in general were marred by the death of Len Bias , and the football team was no exception. After Ross resigned, offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach Joe Krivak was promoted to head coach. This was the beginning of a lackluster period for Terrapins football, and Maryland compiled
24150-417: The record of consecutive bowl berths at 36 bowl appearances from 1982 to 2017. However, it is not recognized by the NCAA since the NCAA vacated FSU's 2006 Emerald Bowl victory over UCLA due to an academic issue. The Rose Bowl was the only major college bowl game in 1930. By 1940, there were five major college bowl games: the Rose Bowl, the Sugar Bowl (established in 1935), the Cotton Bowl Classic (1937),
24325-411: The regular season with an 11–0 record, their first perfect mark since Tatum's 1955 squad . Boomer Esiason later described Claiborne's coaching style as "vanilla", and said his strategy was "run right, run left, run up the middle, punt, and play good defense." He went on to say, "But, there's no question he made me a tougher player . . . We'd do drills where the quarterback had to take on a linebacker. It
24500-453: The reptile, such as the order Testudine and the family Testudinidae . In 1933, the graduating class raised funds for a 300-pound bronze replica of a terrapin. It was initially placed in front of Ritchie Coliseum , which was then the home arena of the basketball team . In 1951, after being the subject of numerous pranks, the statue was relocated to Maryland Stadium , reinforced with 700 pounds of concrete, and anchored with steel rods. It
24675-481: The role of "national championship." In 2006, a dedicated BCS Championship Game rotated among the BCS venues. The BCS Championship Game, while separate from the four main bowls, was still rotated among their sites. The Coaches Poll was contractually obligated to recognize the winner of the game as its national champion. However, other polls such as the AP Poll may deviate and pick a different team, particularly in years when multiple teams were equally worthy of reaching
24850-443: The same year, the graduate school on the College Park campus awarded its first Ph.D. degrees and the university's enrollment reached 500 students. In 1925 the university was accredited by the Association of American Universities . By the time the first black students enrolled at the university in 1951, enrollment had grown to nearly 10,000 students—4,000 of whom were women. Before 1951, many black students in Maryland were enrolled at
25025-402: The school in 1866. The college thus became, in part, a state institution. By October 1867, the school reopened with 11 students. In 1868, the former Confederate admiral Franklin Buchanan was appointed president of the school. Enrollment grew to 80 at the time of his resignation, and the school soon paid off its debt. In 1873, Samuel Jones , a former Confederate Major General, became president of
25200-439: The season was an upset victory over fifth-ranked Florida State , which was Maryland's first against the Seminoles and their first win against a top-10 team since 1990 and the first win over a top-10 team at home since 1983. The Terrapins again ended the 2005 season with a 5–6 record. That season opened with a victory over Navy , which was the first meeting between the intrastate foes in 40 years. In 2006 , Maryland returned to
25375-658: The season with a rout of NC State to attain bowl eligibility, 37–0, but lost to Oregon State in the Emerald Bowl , 21–14. According to the final Sagarin computer-generated rankings, Maryland had the second-hardest schedule in the ACC and the 27th-hardest schedule among Division I teams. Numerous observers described Maryland's 2008 season as "wildly inconsistent". The Terrapins defeated four of their five ranked opponents—25th-ranked California , 19th-ranked Clemson , 19th-ranked Wake Forest , and 17th-ranked North Carolina —but also lost to heavy underdogs Middle Tennessee and Virginia . Ultimately, Maryland defeated Nevada in
25550-565: The season's backup quarterbacks playing as Taulia Tagovailoa sat the game out. Maryland has affiliated with various conferences as well as being an independent. Maryland was selected national champions by NCAA-designated major selectors in both 1951 and 1953. Maryland claims the 1953 national championship. Maryland has won 11 conference championships in two conferences as of the 2017 season, eight outright and three shared. † Co-champions List of Maryland head coaches. † Interim/acting head coach Maryland has qualified for 30 bowl games, with
25725-458: The six member bowls yearly, the Rose Bowl and Sugar Bowl, then Orange Bowl and Cotton Bowl Classic , and then the Fiesta Bowl and Peach Bowl . The winners from the two semi-final bowls advance to the College Football Playoff National Championship , which is played at a neutral site determined using bids. Members of the New Year's Six that are not hosting semi-final games revert to their traditional tie-ins. Like its predecessors, and in contrast to
25900-535: The spring and fall semesters, with a print circulation of 17,000 and annual advertising revenues of over $ 1 million. Notable journalists who have been with the paper include David Simon of HBO 's The Wire and NBC 's Homicide: Life on the Street , and cartoonists Jeff Kinney , who created the Diary of a Wimpy Kid fiction series and whose Igdoof strip appeared in The Diamondback ; Aaron McGruder , who first published his cartoon The Boondocks in The Diamondback ; and Frank Cho , who began his career with
26075-458: The stadium hosted its dedication game against Navy , which Maryland won 35–21. That same year, the new field held its first and only bowl game, the Presidential Cup Bowl , which featured Texas A&M and Georgia . In 2006, the University of Maryland became the first school to sell naming rights to its field. The home field was officially branded "Chevy Chase Bank Field at Byrd Stadium" in a 25-year, $ 20 million contract. In 2008, Chevy Chase Bank
26250-421: The state purchased Maryland Agricultural College, taking control of the school in 1916 and renaming it Maryland State College . In the same year, the first female students, Elizabeth Gambrill Hook and Charlotte Ann Vaux, enrolled at the school. On April 9, 1920, the college became part of the existing University of Maryland , replacing St. John's College, Annapolis as the university's undergraduate campus. In
26425-450: The team showed little progress in the following years. Duffner was fired after the 1996 season, having accumulated a combined record of 20–35. Ron Vanderlinden was hired as head coach for the 1997 season under a five-year contract. Vanderlinden had helped engineer turnarounds at Northwestern as defensive coordinator and at Colorado as a defensive assistant. The 1995 Northwestern team in particular had shocked observers when it recorded
26600-475: The teams for their participation. Teams belonging to a conference split the money with their conference mates. For the 2010 season, 70 of the 120 Division I FBS teams played in a bowl game. An association of the bowl games themselves, independent of the NCAA, has existed since at least 1989. Originally known as the Football Bowl Association, the organization announced a rebranding as "Bowl Season" in October 2020. It aims to work "with all existing bowls to promote
26775-457: The term "Mythical National Championship", which is still used to describe high school national champions, since high school sports have state championship tournaments but not national. Because of the vested economic interests entrenched in the various bowl games, the longer regular season compared to lower divisions of college football, and a desire not to have college players play several rounds of playoff games during final exams and winter recess,
26950-439: The third-most ACC championships with nine, which places them behind Clemson and Florida State with 15 each. Many former Terrapins players and coaches have gone on to careers in professional football including 17 first-round NFL Draft picks. In 1892, the school then known as the Maryland Agricultural College fielded its first officially-sanctioned college football team. They went scoreless in all three of that season's games, but
27125-406: The uniforms have been based on some combination of the four colors of the Maryland flag : red, white, black, and gold. The dominant colors have occasionally changed back and forth with changes of the head coach. In 1904, Maryland adopted a state flag based on the heraldry of Lord Calvert : the Calvert family arms (black and gold) quartered with his mother's Crossland family arms (red and white). From
27300-521: The university received a record-breaking donation of $ 219.5 million from the A. James & Alice B. Clark Foundation , ranking among the country's largest philanthropic gifts to a public university. Darryll J. Pines became the 34th president of the university in 2020. Pines was a professor of Aerospace Engineering at the university before becoming president. In 2021, the university announced it had raised $ 1.5 billion in donations since 2018. In April of 2024, UMD students joined other campuses across
27475-450: The university was ranked among the top 10 universities in The Princeton Review ' s annual survey of the Top Schools for Innovation & Entrepreneurship; this was the sixth consecutive such ranking. The university's faculty has included four Nobel Prize laureates. The earliest recipient (1956), was Juan Ramón Jiménez , a Spanish language and literature professor. Four decades later, physics professor William Daniel Phillips won
27650-457: The university's founders. The 140-acre (57 ha), 18-hole University of Maryland Golf Course sits at the northern edge of campus, as does the Observatory . The campus contains 7,500 documented trees and garden plantings, leading the American Public Gardens Association to designate the campus the University of Maryland Arboretum & Botanical Garden in 2008. There are also nearly 400 acres (1.6 km ) of urban forest on campus and
27825-485: The very best teams in college football, with strict bowl eligibility requirements for teams to receive invitations to participate. The number grew from 10 team-competitive (as compared to all-star) bowls in 1971 to 43 in 2023. Now the NCAA allows teams with 6–6 records and, since the 2001 season , sometimes even losing 5–6 and 5–7 seasons to participate to fill the slots. More than a quarter of 2023 bowl teams did not have winning records. The term "bowl" originated from
28000-443: Was 5,000. During this time, it was common for Maryland to play its better-drawing games in larger stadiums in Washington, D.C., or Baltimore . In 1950, that small field was replaced by the identically named but much larger Byrd Stadium , which was constructed at the cost of $ 1 million. The new stadium had an initial capacity of 34,680, which has since been upgraded to 51,055 through extensive additions. Shortly after its construction,
28175-400: Was a Maryland alumnus. The Terrapins came from behind and held the lead, 30–27, with 5:18 left to play. They regained possession with 1:40 remaining, but an inexperienced quarterback unintentionally stopped the clock. Virginia recovered the ball on downs and mounted a touchdown drive to win the game and end Maryland's bowl hopes. Despite narrowly missing a winning season, Vanderlinden was granted
28350-417: Was attached to the festival name, even though the games were not always played in bowl-shaped stadiums. The historic timing of bowl games, around the new year, is the result of two factors—warm climate and ease of travel. The original bowls began in warm climates such as Southern California , Louisiana , Florida , and Texas as a way to promote the area for tourism and business. Since commercial air travel
28525-412: Was between 30 and 34. The University of Maryland, College Park is a college sponsor of the National Merit Scholarship Program and sponsored 58 Merit Scholarship awards in 2020. In the 2020–2021 academic year, 69 freshman students were National Merit Scholars . In 2020, the university announced it was joining the Common App . Beginning with the 2017-18 admissions cycle, the University of Maryland uses
28700-518: Was bought out by Capital One , and the stadium was renamed Capital One Field at Byrd Stadium. On December 11, 2015, the Board of Regents voted 12–5 to remove the "Byrd" from the stadium's name because of Harry "Curley" Byrd's segregationist history, renaming it Maryland Stadium for the time being. The Maryland Terrapins football team practices in Jones-Hill House, the 160,000-square-foot (15,000 m) indoor practice complex and football operations center that opened in August 2017. The facility features
28875-441: Was built the following year. On November 29, 1912, a fire destroyed student housing, school records, and most of the academic buildings, leaving only Morrill Hall untouched. There were no injuries or fatalities, and all but two students returned to the university and insisted on classes continuing. A new administration building was not built until the 1940s. During Phillips Lee Goldsborough 's tenure as Governor of Maryland ,
29050-410: Was constructed in 1950, and named in honor of former coach and contemporary Maryland president Curly Byrd. Maryland started the 1950 season ranked 15th and defeated Navy, 35–21, in the Byrd Stadium dedication game. The Terrapins won the 1951 Southern Conference co-championship alongside the Virginia Military Institute . Their perfect season culminated with an upset over first-ranked Tennessee in
29225-485: Was dismissed from Maryland due to sources describing his abusive training methods. Offensive coordinator Matt Canada , in his first season with Maryland, was named interim head coach. The UM Board of Regents recommended that Durkin stay as head coach after a report was released. However, due to intense backlash Durkin was fired as head coach on October 31, 2018. On December 4, 2018, Maryland hired Alabama offensive coordinator Mike Locksley as their new head coach. Locksley,
29400-419: Was either non-existent or very limited, the games were scheduled well after the end of the regular season to allow fans to travel to the game site. While modern travel is more convenient, all but 5 of 41 bowl games (as of 2017 ) are still located in cities below approximately 36° N . Currently, college football bowl games are played from mid-December to early January. As the number of bowl games has increased,
29575-429: Was formally named the University of Maryland, College Park. All five campuses in the former network were designated distinct campuses in the new system. However, in 1997 the Maryland General Assembly passed legislation allowing the University of Maryland, College Park, to be known simply as the University of Maryland, recognizing the campus' role as the flagship institution of the University System of Maryland. In 1994,
29750-432: Was hired to be the new offensive coordinator. Locksley had previously worked at Maryland under head coaches Vanderlinden and Friedgen, and was the recruiting coordinator for Maryland before and during the three consecutive 10+ win seasons under Friedgen. Brian Stewart , who had been the defensive coordinator for the Houston Cougars , was hired to replace Bradford as the new defensive coordinator. Edsall's 2012 team compiled
29925-400: Was in Washington. 11th-ranked Clemson in 1959, eighth-ranked 1960 Clemson Tigers football team in 1960, and seventh-ranked Syracuse in 1961. In 1962, assistant coach Lee Corso convinced African-American wide receiver Darryl Hill to transfer from the Naval Academy . Hill broke the color barrier in football at four institutions: Gonzaga High School , the Naval Academy, Maryland, and
30100-430: Was like he had a sign on our back, 'Hit us, we're stupid'. It made you a tougher player." In 1974, Maryland had a pre-season rank of 14th and later beat 17th-ranked NC State to win the ACC championship . The Terrapins were defeated by 20th-ranked Tennessee in the Liberty Bowl and finished the season ranked 13th. In 1975, Maryland again won the ACC and defeated 13th-ranked Florida in the Gator Bowl to finish 13th in
30275-537: Was moved again in the 1960s, in front of McKeldin Library , and a second replica was placed at Maryland Stadium in 1992. In the 2000s, under coach Ralph Friedgen, it was a pregame tradition for the football players to walk 200 yards, through what is known as "Terp Alley", to the locker rooms, and touch the bronze Testudo statue. Originally, the athletic teams had no official colors and often used gray or maroon and gray for their uniforms. Senior classes would sometimes select colors of their own choosing. In modern times,
30450-475: Was not a successful one for Maryland. Also for the 2011 season, Edsall removed the players' Surnames from the back of their jerseys for the first time since the late 1970's and continued Coach Friedgen's Homecoming tradition of wearing the regular Red home jerseys and Red pants. After a nationally televised win over Miami , the Terrapins struggled for the remainder of the season. They only managed to record one more win (against FCS opponent Towson ) and finished with
30625-524: Was ranked among Peace Corps ' 25 Top Volunteer-Producing Colleges for the tenth consecutive year in 2020. The University of Maryland is ranked among Teach for America 's Top 20 Colleges and Universities, contributing the greatest number of graduating seniors to its 2017 teaching corps. For the fourth consecutive year in 2015, the university was ranked 1st in the U.S. for the number of Boren Scholarship recipients – with nine students receiving awards for intensive international language study. The university
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