1969 Maryland Terrapins football team

The 1969 Maryland Terrapins football team represented the University of Maryland in the 1969 NCAA University Division football season. In their first season under head coach Roy Lester, the Terrapins compiled a 3–7 record (3–3 in conference), finished in sixth place in the Atlantic Coast Conference, and were outscored by their opponents 249 to 100.^[3][4] The team's statistical leaders included Jeff Shugars with 716 passing yards, Tom Miller with 629 rushing yards, and Roland Merritt with 499 receiving yards.^[5]

1969 Maryland Terrapins football
Conference	Atlantic Coast Conference
Record	3–7 (3–3 ACC)
Head coach	Roy Lester (1st season)
Home stadium	Byrd Stadium
Seasons ← 1968 1970 →

1969 Atlantic Coast Conference football standings

v t e	Conf.							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
South Carolina $	6	–	0	–	0			7	–	4	–	0
NC State	3	–	2	–	1			3	–	6	–	1
North Carolina	3	–	3	–	0			5	–	5	–	0
Clemson	3	–	3	–	0			4	–	6	–	0
Duke	3	–	3	–	1			3	–	6	–	1
Maryland	3	–	3	–	0			3	–	7	–	0
Wake Forest	2	–	5	–	0			3	–	7	–	0
Virginia	1	–	5	–	0			3	–	7	–	0
$ – Conference champion Rankings from AP Poll [1][2]

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 20		at West Virginia*	Mountaineer Field Morgantown, WV (rivalry)	L 7–31	31,000	[6]
September 27		NC State	Byrd Stadium College Park, MD	L 7–24	28,400	[7]
October 4		at Wake Forest	Groves Stadium Winston-Salem, NC	W 19–14	15,300	[8]
October 11		Syracuse*	Byrd Stadium College Park, MD	L 9–20	23,400	[9]
October 18		Duke	Byrd Stadium College Park, MD	W 20–7	26,700	[10]
October 25		at South Carolina	Carolina Stadium Columbia, SC	L 0–17	42,756	[11]
November 1		at Clemson	Memorial Stadium Clemson, SC	L 0–40	22,000	[12]
November 8	1:30 p.m.	Miami (OH)*	Byrd Stadium College Park, MD	L 21–34	20,000	[13]
November 15		at No. 5 Penn State*	Beaver Stadium University Park, PA (rivalry)	L 0–48	46,106	[14]
November 22		Virginia	Byrd Stadium College Park, MD (rivalry)	W 17–14	22,000	[15]
*Non-conference game Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game All times are in Eastern time

Roster

1969 Maryland Terrapins football team roster
Players			Coaches
Offense Pos. # Name Class WR 22 Larry Marshall So	Defense Pos. # Name Class DB 30 Tony Greene Jr DE 71 Guy Roberts So	Special teams Pos. # Name Class	Head coach Roy Lester Coordinators/assistant coaches Bob Brush (Graduate assistant) Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible Injured Redshirt