1945 Maryland Terrapins football team

American college football season August 2023 January 2026 1945 Maryland Terrapins football Bear Bryant 1945.jpg Bear Bryant as Maryland head coach in 1945 Southern Conference SoCon 6–2–1 3–2 Bear Bryant 1st Byrd Stadium (original) The 1945 Maryland Terrapins football team was an American football team that represented the University of Maryland as a member of the Southern Conference during the 1945 college football season. In its first and only season under head coach Bear Bryant, the team compiled a 6–2–1 record (2–2 in conference), tied for fifth place in the conference, and outscored opponents by a total of 219 to 105.1945 Maryland Terrapins Schedule and Results Sports Reference LLC SR/College Football June 17, 2016 https://www.sports-reference.com/cfb/schools/maryland/1945-schedule.htmlMaryland Football Record Book 2018 8 University of Maryland April 1, 2019 https://s3.amazonaws.com/umterps.com/documents/2018/12/19/FBRecordBook.pdf Bryant, then 31 years old, was hired as Maryland's head coach in early September, approximately three weeks before the season began. Bryant had served in the Navy for the prior three years. He had been an assistant coach of the 1944 North Carolina Pre-Flight Cloudbusters football team and was scheduled to be the team's head coach in 1945. However, the Navy announced in late August that the Navy's Pre-Flight schools would not field football teams in 1945.Bryant, Ex-'Bama Star, New Terp Grid Coach The Baltimore Sun September 5, 1945 34 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/30176762/bryant_exbama_star_new_terp_grid/ Newspapers.com Bryant brought 20 number of players from the disbanded North Carolina Pre-Flight with him to Maryland.Navy Gridmen Join Maryland: Twenty Men From N.C. Pre-Flight Follow Coach Bryant The Baltimore Sun September 20, 1945 22 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/30176957/navy_gridmen_join_maryland/ Newspapers.com No Maryland player were named to the 1945 All-Southern Conference football team selected by coaches and sports writers for the Associated Press.Southern Conference All-Star Team Named The Baltimore Sun December 8, 1945 11 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/30178432/southern_conference_allstar_team_named/ Newspapers.com In January 1946, after only four months at Maryland, Bryant resigned his position to become head coach at Kentucky.Aides To Follow Bryant To Kentucky, Liners Must Rebuild Coaching Corps The Evening Sun (Baltimore) Randall Cassell January 15, 1946 15 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/30178280/aides_to_follow_bryant_to_kentucky/ Newspapers.com According to one report, Bryant did not get along with university president Curley Byrd. In one incident, Byrd reinstated a player who Bryant had suspended for a violation of team rules. http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,952802-4,00.html https://web.archive.org/web/20110704023924/http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,952802-4,00.html dead July 4, 2011 Football's Supercoach Time September 29, 1980 B. J. Phillips April 2, 2016 Schedule 1945 AP y y September 28 1945 Guilford Quakers Guilford<ncg> Byrd Stadium College Park, MD W 60-6 6,000 Terps Smother Guilford, 60-6 The Baltimore Sun September 29, 1945 10 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/30176340/terps_smother_guilford_606/ Newspapers.com October 6 at Richmond City Stadium Richmond, VA W 21-0 < 2,000 Maryland Trips Richmond, 21-0 The Baltimore Sun October 7, 1945 21 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/30177060/maryland_trips_richmond_210/ Newspapers.com October 12 1945 Merchant Marine Mariners Merchant Marine<ncg> Byrd Stadium College Park, MD W 22-6 8,000 Mariners Bow To Maryland: Terps Beat Merchant Marine Eleven, 22 To 6 The Baltimore Sun Craig E. Taylor October 13, 1945 11 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/30177205/mariners_bow_to_maryland/ Newspapers.com October 20 at VPI Miles Stadium Blacksburg, VA L 13-21 6,500 V.P.I. Spills Maryland, 21-13, For Terps' First Defeat of Season The Baltimore Sun October 21, 1945 20 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/30177308/vpi_spills_maryland_2113_for/ Newspapers.com October 27 at West Virginia<ncg> Mountaineer Field Morgantown, WV (rivalry) T 13-13 12,000 West Virginia Eleven Rallies To Tie U. Of Maryland In 13-To-13 Game The Baltimore Sun October 28, 1945 22 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/30177423/west_virginia_eleven_rallies_to_tie_u/ Newspapers.com November 3 William & Mary Byrd Stadium College Park, MD L 14-33 7,500 W&M Tribe Comes From Behind To Trounce Terps: Last-Half Avalanche Wins, 33-14 Daily Press (Newport News, Virginia) William O. Varn November 4, 1945 3B https://www.newspapers.com/clip/30177587/wm_tribe_comes_from_behind_to_trounce/ Newspapers.com November 10 VMI<hc> Byrd Stadium College Park, MD W 38-0 7,000 Maryland Rolls To 38-0 Victory Over V.M.I. On Home-Coming Day The Baltimore Sun November 11, 1945 24 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/18536852/bill_greer_u_of_md_football/ Newspapers.com November 24 vs No. 13 Virginia<ncg> Griffith Stadium Washington, DC (rivalry) W 19-13 15,000 Maryland Hands Virginia First Defeat Of Season, 19-13: Cavaliers Beaten By Long Pass The Baltimore Sun Craig E. Taylor November 25, 1945 1, 23 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/30177747/maryland_hands_virginia_first_defeat_of/ Newspapers.com December 1 at South Carolina Carolina Stadium Columbia, SC W 19-13 8,000 U. Of Maryland Gridders Outlast South Carolina To Win, 19 To 13: Victors Roll To Early Lead The Baltimore Sun December 2, 1945 28 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/30177929/u_of_maryland_gridders_outlast_south/ Newspapers.com References Maryland Category:Maryland Terrapins football seasons Maryland Terrapins football