1953 Maryland Terrapins football team

1953 Maryland Terrapins football
1953 Maryland Terrapins football
Consensus national champion; ACC co-champion
Orange Bowl, L 0–7 vs. Oklahoma
Conference	Atlantic Coast Conference
Ranking
Coaches	No. 1
AP	No. 1
Record	10–1 (3–0 ACC)
Head coach	Jim Tatum (7th season);
Offensive scheme	Split-T
Home stadium	Byrd Stadium
	Seasons ← 1952 1954 →

The 1953 Maryland Terrapins football team represented the University of Maryland in the 1953 college football season in its first season as a member of the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC). Maryland outscored its opponents 298–38 and recorded six defensive shutouts. Jim Tatum served as the head coach for the seventh year of his nine-year tenure. In the postseason, Maryland lost to Oklahoma in the 1954 Orange Bowl.^[2] The team was selected national champion by Associated Press, International News Service, and United Press International, leading to a consensus national champion designation.^[3]

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Date	Opponent	Rank	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 19	at Missouri*	No. 9	Memorial Stadium Columbia, MO	W 20–6	21,000	^[4]
September 26	Washington and Lee*	No. 9	Byrd Stadium College Park, MD	W 52–0	35,000	^[5]
October 3	at Clemson	No. 3	Memorial Stadium Clemson, SC	W 20–0	25,000	^[6]
October 10	Georgia*	No. 4	Byrd Stadium College Park, MD	W 40–13	27,000	^[7]
October 17	at North Carolina	No. 3	Kenan Memorial Stadium Chapel Hill, NC	W 26–0	35,000	^[8]
October 23	at Miami (FL)*	No. 3	Burdine Stadium Miami, FL	W 30–0	42,157	^[9]
October 31	at South Carolina	No. 1	Byrd Stadium College Park, MD	W 24–6	22,000	^[10]
November 7	at George Washington*	No. 2	Griffith Stadium Washington, DC	W 27–6	8,000	^[11]
November 14	No. 11 Ole Miss*	No. 2	Byrd Stadium College Park, MD	W 38–0	35,000	^[12]
November 21	No. 11 Alabama*	No. 2	Byrd Stadium College Park, MD	W 21–0	36,000	^[13]
January 1, 1954	No. 4 Oklahoma*	No. 1	Burdine Stadium Miami, FL (Orange Bowl)	L 0–7	68,640–68,718	^[14]
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

Schedule

1953 Atlantic Coast Conference football standings
v t e	Conf.					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
No. 1 Maryland +	3	–	0	–	0	10	–	1	–	0
No. 18 Duke +	4	–	0	–	0	7	–	2	–	1
South Carolina	2	–	3	–	0	7	–	3	–	0
North Carolina	2	–	3	–	0	4	–	6	–	0
Wake Forest	2	–	3	–	0	3	–	6	–	1
Clemson	1	–	2	–	0	3	–	5	–	1
NC State	0	–	3	–	0	1	–	9	–	0

+ – Conference co-champions Rankings from AP poll^[1]