1982 Maryland Terrapins football team

The 1982 Maryland Terrapins football team represented the University of Maryland in the 1982 NCAA Division I-A football season. In their first season under head coach Bobby Ross, the Terrapins compiled an 8–4 record, finished in second place in the Atlantic Coast Conference, and outscored their opponents 373 to 220.^[1][2] Ranked No. 19 at the end of the regular season, Maryland lost to No. 9 Washington in the 1982 Aloha Bowl. The team's statistical leaders included Boomer Esiason with 2,302 passing yards, Willie Joyner with 1,039 rushing yards, and Russell Davis with 445 receiving yards.^[3]

1982 Maryland Terrapins football
Aloha Bowl, L 20–21 vs. Washington
Conference	Atlantic Coast Conference
Ranking
Coaches	No. 20
AP	No. 20
Record	8–4 (5–1 ACC)
Head coach	Bobby Ross (1st season)
Offensive coordinator	Ralph Friedgen (1st season)
Defensive coordinator	Gib Romaine (1st season)
Home stadium	Byrd Stadium
Seasons ← 1981 1983 →

1982 Atlantic Coast Conference football standings

v t e	Conf.							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
No. 8 Clemson $	6	–	0	–	0			9	–	1	–	1
No. 20 Maryland	5	–	1	–	0			8	–	4	–	0
No. 18 North Carolina	3	–	3	–	0			8	–	4	–	0
Duke	3	–	3	–	0			6	–	5	–	0
NC State	3	–	3	–	0			6	–	5	–	0
Virginia	1	–	5	–	0			2	–	9	–	0
Wake Forest	0	–	6	–	0			3	–	8	–	0
$ – Conference champion Rankings from AP Poll

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Rank	Site	TV	Result	Attendance	Source
September 11		at No. 7 Penn State*		Beaver Stadium University Park, PA (rivalry)	TCS	L 31–38	84,597	[4]
September 18		at No. 17 West Virginia*		Mountaineer Field Morgantown, WV (rivalry)		L 18–19	56,042	[5]
September 25		NC State		Byrd Stadium College Park, MD		W 23–6	34,300	[6]
October 2		at Syracuse*		Carrier Dome Syracuse, NY		W 26–3	30,214	[7]
October 9		Indiana State*		Byrd Stadium College Park, MD		W 38–0	31,500	[8]
October 16		Wake Forest		Byrd Stadium College Park, MD		W 52–31	35,100	[9]
October 23		Duke		Byrd Stadium College Park, MD		W 49–22	40,100	[10]
October 30		at No. 10 North Carolina		Kenan Memorial Stadium Chapel Hill, NC	CBS	W 31–24	51,319	[11]
November 6	1:31 p.m.	Miami (FL)*	No. 19	Byrd Stadium College Park, MD		W 18–17	43,200	[12]
November 13		No. 11 Clemson	No. 18	Byrd Stadium College Park, MD	CBS	L 22–24	51,750	[13]
November 20		at Virginia	No. 19	Scott Stadium Charlottesville, VA (rivalry)		W 45–14	20,002	[14]
December 25		vs. No. 9 Washington*	No. 16	Aloha Stadium Halawa, HI (Aloha Bowl)	ESPN	L 20–21	30,055	[15]
*Non-conference game Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game All times are in Eastern time

Roster

1982 Maryland Terrapins football team roster
Players			Coaches
Offense Pos. # Name Class RB Rich Badanjek RB Joe Brkovich RB Vernon Carter RB Dave D'Addio WR Russell Davis WR Darryl Emerson QB 7 Boomer Esiason Jr TE Ron Fazio QB 8 Stan Gelbaugh So C 70 Kevin Glover So WR Greg Hill RB Troy Island RB Willie Joyner RB Vic Kronberg WR Mike Lewis OL Len Lynch RB John Nash OL David Parcells QB 14 Frank Reich So TE Chris Renaldo WR Spencer Scriber G 66 Ron Solt Jr RB David Taylor TE 82 John Tice Sr OL Vince Tomasetti OL Harry Venezia RB Tim Whittie	Defense Pos. # Name Class DL Brian Baker DB Clarence Baldwin DL Gurnest Brown DL Mike Corvino DL Mark Duda DL Howard Eubanks DL Tyrone Furman DL J.D. Gross DB Bobby Gunderman DB Gil Hoffman DB Lendell Jones DL Frank Kalencik DT 79 Pete Koch Jr LB Mike Muller LB 55 Eric Wilson So	Special teams Pos. # Name Class K 90 Jess Atkinson So P Alan Sadler	Head coach Bobby Ross Coordinators/assistant coaches Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible Injured Redshirt