1944 Maryland Terrapins football team

{{Infobox college sports team season

| year = 1944

| team = Maryland Terrapins

| sport = football

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| conference = Southern Conference

| short_conf = SoCon

| record = 1–7–1

| conf_record = 1–1

| head_coach = Clarence Spears

| hc_year = 2nd

| captain =

| stadium = Byrd Stadium (original)

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The 1944 Maryland Terrapins football team represented the University of Maryland in the 1944 college football season. In their second season under head coach Clarence Spears, the Terrapins compiled a 1–7–1 record (1–1 in conference), finished in sixth place in the Southern Conference, and were outscored by their opponents 170 to 46.{{cite web|title=1944 Maryland Terrapins Schedule and Results|publisher=Sports Reference LLC|work=SR/College Football|access-date=June 17, 2016|url=https://www.sports-reference.com/cfb/schools/maryland/1944-schedule.html}}{{cite web|title=Maryland Yearly Results (1940-1944)|publisher=David DeLassus|work=College Football Data Warehouse|access-date=June 17, 2016|url=http://www.cfbdatawarehouse.com/data/active/m/maryland/1940-1944_yearly_results.php|archive-date=August 10, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160810123623/http://www.cfbdatawarehouse.com/data/active/m/maryland/1940-1944_yearly_results.php|url-status=dead}}

Schedule

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|September 29||{{cfb link|year=1944|team=Hampden–Sydney Tigers|title=Hampden–Sydney}}|Byrd Stadium|College Park, MD |L 0–12|2,500|{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/evening-star-terps-show-promise-in-12-to/137244404/|work=The Sunday Star|title=Terps show promise in 12-to-0 defeat by H–S trainees|date=September 30, 1944|accessdate=December 22, 2023|via=Newspapers.com}}

|October 7|at|Wake Forest|Groves Stadium|Wake Forest, NC|L 0–39|2,000|{{cite news|title=Deacons Wallop Maryland, 39-0|newspaper=The Miami News|date=October 8, 1944|page=D1|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/29205267/deacons_wallop_maryland_390/|via=Newspapers.com}}

|October 14||West Virginia|Byrd Stadium|College Park, MD (rivalry)|T 6–6|5,600|{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-atlanta-journal-maryland-u-holds-we/137244516/|work=The Atlanta Journal|title=Maryland U. holds West Virginia, 6–6|date=October 15, 1944|accessdate=December 22, 2023|via=Newspapers.com}}

|October 21||Michigan State|Byrd Stadium|College Park, MD|L 0–8|500|{{cite news|title=Michigan State Turns Breslin Loose in the Mud for 8-0 Victory|newspaper=Detroit Free Press|date=October 21, 1944|page=10|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/20718951/michigan_state_turns_breslin_loose_in/|via=Newspapers.com}}

|October 28|at|Florida|Florida Field|Gainesville, FL|L 6–14|7,000|{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-atlanta-journal-gators-beat-marylans/132757032/|work=The Atlanta Journal|title=Gators beat Marylans at homecoming, 14–6|date=October 29, 1944|accessdate=October 1, 2023|via=Newspapers.com}}

|November 4|vs|Virginia|Griffith Stadium|Washington, DC (rivalry)|L 7–18|8,000|{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/cumberland-sunday-times-terrapins-lose-t/137244713/|work=Cumberland Sunday Times|title=Terrapins lose to Virginia, 18–7|date=November 5, 1944|accessdate=December 22, 2023|via=Newspapers.com}}

|November 11|at|Michigan State|Macklin Field|East Lansing, MI|L 0-33|8,160|{{cite news|title=Spartans Have Merry Time With Maryland|newspaper=Detroit Free Press|date=November 12, 1944|page=11|author=Charles P. Ward|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/20718667/spartans_have_merry_time_with_maryland/|via=Newspapers.com}}

|November 18|at|Penn State|New Beaver Field|State College, PA (rivalry)|L 19–34||{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-baltimore-sun-penn-state-scores-in-e/137244883/|work=The Baltimore Sun|title=Penn State scores in every quarter to wallop Maryland, 34 to 19|date=November 19, 1944|accessdate=December 22, 2023|via=Newspapers.com}}

|November 30|vs|VMI|Victory Stadium|Roanoke, VA|W 8-6|4,000|{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/91766351/maryland-gains-first-grid-win/|work=The Morning News|title=Maryland gains first grid win|date=December 1, 1944|accessdate=January 3, 2022|via=Newspapers.com}}

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References

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