1946 Maryland Terrapins football team

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1946 Maryland Terrapins football
Conference Southern Conference
Record3–6 (2–5 SoCon)
Head coach
Offensive scheme T formation
CaptainGame captains
Home stadium Byrd Stadium (original)
Seasons
  1945
1947  
1946 Southern Conference football standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
No. 9 North Carolina $ 4 0 18 2 1
William & Mary 7 1 08 2 0
No. 18 NC State 6 1 08 3 0
South Carolina 4 2 05 3 0
Duke 3 2 04 5 0
Richmond 3 2 26 2 2
VPI 3 3 23 4 3
VMI 2 3 14 5 1
George Washington 1 1 04 3 0
Clemson 2 3 04 5 0
Wake Forest 2 3 06 3 0
Maryland 2 5 03 6 0
Furman 1 4 02 8 0
Washington and Lee 1 4 02 6 0
The Citadel 1 5 03 5 0
Davidson 1 5 04 5 0
  • $ Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1946 Maryland Terrapins football team was an American football team that represented the University of Maryland as a member of the Southern Conference (SoCon) during the 1946 college football season. In their second non-consecutive season under head coach Clark Shaughnessy, the Terrapins compiled a 3–6 record (2–5 against SoCon opponents) and were outscored by a total of 193 to 136. [1]

Contents

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 28 Bainbridge *W 54–012,000 [2]
October 4 Richmond
  • Byrd Stadium
  • College Park, MD
L 37–711,500 [3]
October 12at North Carolina L 33–015,000 [4]
October 18 VPI
  • Byrd Stadium
  • College Park, MD
W 6–011,500–13,000 [5] [6] [7]
November 2at William & Mary L 41–7 [8]
November 9 South Carolina
  • Byrd Stadium
  • College Park, MD
L 21–17 [9]
November 16vs. Washington & Lee W 24–77,000 [10]
November 23at Michigan State *L 26–1416,239 [11]
November 30at NC State L 28–716,000 [12]
  • *Non-conference game

Roster

The Maryland roster for the 1946 season consisted of the following players: [13]

After the season

The 1947 NFL Draft was held on December 16, 1946. The following Terrapin was selected. [14]

RoundPickPlayerPositionNFL Club
13115 Emile Fritz Guard Chicago Bears

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References

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  2. "Md. Crushes Bainbridge: Terps Win, 54-0, In Display Of Power In Opener". The Baltimore Sun. September 29, 1946. pp. Sports 1, 3 via Newspapers.com.
  3. Robert Elmer (October 5, 1946). "Richmond Eleven Swamps Maryland In 37-To-7 Upset At College Park: Spiders Start Scoring Early; 25-To-0 First Half Proves Nightmare To Terp Fans". The Baltimore Sun. p. 10 via Newspapers.com.
  4. Irwin Smallwood (October 13, 1946). "Tar Heels Teach New Line to Old Liners: Downpour Marks 33-0 Victory As Myers, Camp, Grow, Score; Carolina Defense Holds Fast To Stop Visiting Maryland "T" Party Blank". The Daily Tar Heel. p. 1 via Newspapers.com.
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