1942 Maryland Terrapins football team

The 1942 Maryland Terrapins football team represented the University of Maryland in the 1942 college football season. In their first season under head coach Clark Shaughnessy, the Terrapins compiled a 7–2 record (1–2 in conference), finished in 13th place in the Southern Conference, and outscored their opponents 198 to 124. The team's victories included shutouts against Connecticut (34–0) and Florida (13–0).^[1][2]

1942 Maryland Terrapins football
Conference	Southern Conference
Record	7–2 (1–2 SoCon)
Head coach	Clark Shaughnessy (1st season)
Home stadium	Byrd Stadium (original)
Seasons ← 1941 1943 →

1942 Southern Conference football standings

v t e	Conf.							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
No. 14 William & Mary $	4	–	0	–	0			9	–	1	–	1
VPI	5	–	1	–	0			7	–	2	–	1
Wake Forest	6	–	1	–	1			6	–	2	–	1
North Carolina	3	–	1	–	1			5	–	2	–	2
Duke	3	–	1	–	1			5	–	4	–	1
NC State	3	–	1	–	2			4	–	4	–	2
Furman	3	–	3	–	0			3	–	6	–	0
The Citadel	2	–	2	–	0			5	–	2	–	0
Clemson	2	–	3	–	1			3	–	6	–	1
Davidson	2	–	4	–	1			2	–	6	–	1
VMI	2	–	4	–	1			3	–	5	–	1
George Washington	2	–	4	–	0			3	–	6	–	0
Maryland	1	–	2	–	0			7	–	2	–	0
South Carolina	1	–	4	–	0			1	–	7	–	1
Richmond	1	–	5	–	0			3	–	6	–	1
Washington and Lee	0	–	4	–	0			1	–	8	–	0
$ – Conference champion Rankings from AP Poll

Maryland was ranked at No. 101 (out of 590 college and military teams) in the final rankings under the Litkenhous Difference by Score System for 1942.^[3]

Shaughnessy returned as Maryland's head coach in 1946.

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 26	Connecticut*	Byrd Stadium College Park, MD	W 34–0	6,000	[4]
October 3	Lakehurst NAS*	Byrd Stadium College Park, MD	W 14–0		[5]
October 10	Rutgers*	Municipal Stadium Baltimore, MD	W 27–13	15,000	[6]
October 17	at VMI	Alumni Field Lexington, VA	L 0–29	5,000	[7]
October 24	vs. Western Maryland*	Municipal Stadium Baltimore, MD	W 51–0	10,000	[8]
October 31	vs. Florida*	Griffith Stadium Washington, DC	W 13–0	10,000	[9]
November 7	at Duke	Duke Stadium Durham, NC	L 0–42	7,500	[10]
November 14	at Virginia*	Scott Stadium Charlottesville, VA (rivalry)	W 27–12	4,000	[11]
November 21	Washington & Lee	Byrd Stadium College Park, MD	W 32–28	7,500	[12]
*Non-conference game