1943 Maryland Terrapins football team

1943 Southern Conference football standings
	$ – Conference champion; Rankings from AP Poll

1943 Maryland Terrapins football
1943 Maryland Terrapins football
Conference	Southern Conference
1943 record	4–5 (2–0 SoCon)
Head coach	Clarence Spears (1st season);
Home stadium	Byrd Stadium (original)
	Seasons ← 1942 1944 →

The 1943 Maryland Terrapins football team represented the University of Maryland in the 1943 college football season. In their first season under head coach Clarence Spears, the Terrapins compiled a 4–5 record (2–0 in conference), finished in second place in the Southern Conference, and were outscored by their opponents 194 to 105.^[1]^[2]

Schedule[]

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 25	Curtis Bay Coast Guard	Byrd Stadium College Park, MD	L 7–13
October 2	Wake Forest	Byrd Stadium College Park, MD	W 13–7	1,000
October 9	Richmond Field	Byrd Stadium College Park, MD	W 19–6
October 16	at West Virginia	Mountaineer Field Morgantown, WV (rivalry)	L 2–6
October 23	Penn State	Byrd Stadium College Park, MD (rivalry)	L 0–45	5,000
October 30	at 334th Bomber Group, Greenville Army Air Base	Greenville, SC	W 43–18
November 6	at Virginia	Scott Stadium Charlottesville, VA (rivalry)	L 0–39
November 13	at Bainbridge	Bainbridge, MD	L 0–46	10,000	^[3]
November 25	at VMI	Victory Stadium Roanoke, VA	W 21–14	7,000	^[4]

^ "1943 Maryland Terrapins Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved June 17, 2016.
^ "Maryland Yearly Results (1940-1944)". College Football Data Warehouse. David DeLassus. Retrieved June 17, 2016.
^ "Bainbridge Rolls Over Terps, 46-0". The Baltimore Sun. November 14, 1943. pp. Sports 1–2 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "V.M.I. beaten by Maryland". The Baltimore Sun. November 26, 1943. Retrieved January 3, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.

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1943 Southern Conference football standings
v t	Conf					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
No. 7 Duke $	4	–	0	–	0	8	–	1	–	0
Maryland	2	–	0	–	0	4	–	5	–	0
South Carolina	2	–	1	–	0	5	–	2	–	0
Wake Forest	3	–	2	–	0	4	–	5	–	0
North Carolina	2	–	2	–	0	6	–	3	–	0
Richmond	1	–	1	–	0	6	–	1	–	0
Clemson	2	–	3	–	0	2	–	6	–	0
VMI	2	–	3	–	0	2	–	6	–	0
NC State	1	–	4	–	0	3	–	6	–	0
Davidson	0	–	3	–	0	0	–	5	–	0

$ – Conference champion Rankings from AP Poll