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1949 MARYLANDFOOTBALL
1949 FOOTBALL SCHEDULE
Date Opponent Time
Sept. 24 Virginia Tech at Blacksburg, Va. 2:15 p. m.
Sept. 30 Georgetown at College Park, Md. 8:15 p. m.
Oct. 8 Michigan State at East Lansing, Mich. 2:15 p. m.
Oct. 22 ___ North Carolina State at Raleigh, N. C. 2:15 p. m.
Oct. 29 ___ South Carolina U. at College Park, Md. 2:15 p. m.
Nov. 5 George Washington U. at College Park, Md. __ 2:15 p. m.
Nov. 12 Boston University at Boston, Mass. 2:15 p. m.
Nov. 24 West Virginia U. at College Park, Md. 2:15 p. m.
Dec. 2 Miami University at Miami, Fla. 8:15 p. m.
(South Carolina game is Homecoming)
1948 FOOTBALL RESULTS
Md. Team Their Score
19 Richmond21 Delaware
28 Virginia Tech12 Duke 13
47 George Washington27 Miami 13
19 South Carolina 7
20 North Carolina 49
VanderbiU 34
14 West Virginia 16
Home Game Ticket PricesGRANDSTAND, all games: $3.00 each, inc. tax
GRANDSTAND, end zone, all games: $2 50 each, inc. tax
Prepared and Edited
by
George L. Carroll
Director Athletic Publicity
Phone UNion Jf076
FOR INFORMATION WRITE P. O. BOX 295, COLLEGE PARK, MD.
PAGE TWO
DR. H. C. "CURLY" BYRD: often called
"The pigskin professor and educator." Aformer great athlete and coach, he values
in education a sound athletic program.Head coach of the Terps for quite a fewyears, he rose in ranks to his present posi-
tion as President of the University. Hisability and workhardiness has established
this school of learning as one of the fore-
most in the nation today.
JAMES M. TATUM: Director of Athletics.
Besides heading up the football programCoach Tatum directs the huge athletic
program of the University. His contacts
with the coaches of other sports here at the
University has established one happy family
at College Park. A smart business or-
ganizer, ability that carries all the way to
his success on the football field.
WILLIAM W. COBEY: Graduate Managerof Athletics. This is Bill's second year at
this newly created office. His job embodiesall the intricate details of an athletic pro-
gram that goes all the way from pricing a
new stadium to the cost of a pair of laces
for football shoes. Tickets are his main job,
he likes to sell them. A graduate and staff
man at Terp-town for some 20 years, he has
more children than any other member of
the staff, FIVE.
GEORGE L. CARROLL: Director of Ath-
letic Publicity. His job is to publicize all
sports at Maryland, head up the press boxand coordinate all radio and television
activity. Prime ambition is to help create
an All-American football player. Got mar-ried this past summer, settled down.
PAGE THREE
ALL-TIME . . . ALL-OPPONENT RECORD
VIRGINIA TECH NORTH CAROLINA STATE
Yr.1897190119111919192019211922192319241925192619271928192919301931193219331934193519361945194619471948Maryland
We18
710
7
8136
241320
1476
136
2128
13, Va.
They418126
72116123
2479
7
23149
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19
Tech 12
Yr.189919021903190419061907
19341935193619371938193919401941
GEORGETOWNWe
Modern Series6
126
127
They172728222810
67214204126
Maryland 3, Georgetown 11
MICHIGAN STATE
Yr. We They1944 81944 331946 14 26Maryland 0, Michigan State 3
PAGE FOUR
Yr.19091917192119221923192419461947
We
66723
7
They231066
28
Maryland 2, N. C. State 3Three ties
Yr.19261927192819291945194619471948
SOUTH CAROLINAWe They
5 12267 216 26
19 1317 2119 1319 6
Maryland 4, S. Carolina 4
GEORGE WASHINGTONYr.18971898190219031904190519071908190919101948
We
116
11
647
They
3210
5726
Md. 5, Geo. Washington 3Three ties
BOSTON UNIVERSITY(Never met before)
WEST VIRGINIAYr. We They1919 211943 2 61944 6 61945 13 131947 271948 14 16Maryland 1, W. Virginia 3
Two ties
UNIVERSITY OF MIAMIYr. We They1948 27 13
MARYLAND FACTS FOR 1949
Press, Radio, Television and Magazine Accommodations
This year football comes back to the campus and all borne
games will be played at Byrd Stadium, College Park. Tbe seat-
ing capacity bas been enlarged so that nearly 18,000 people will
be able to witness games. Of these, however, nearly 10,000 will
be students and they are served first.
We ask the members of the press, radio, etc., covering the
game to bear with us in ticket allotments due to our limited space.
On the other hand we are attempting to provide better press boxarrangements and more room. Accommodations for workingphotographers, news-reel and video-reel men will also be ar-
ranged.
Space has been provided for special parking of press cars.
Tickets will be given out and you 'will be notified before gametime of the location. Runners will be on hand to assist you in
anything.
In the enlarged box, we are attempting to have WesternUnion move their facilities so that they will be directly in back of
the correspondents. Either contact us or Mr, Sweeney of the
Washington Bureau and he will provide a telegrapher for you.
It is important to decide whether it is play by play or after gamefile.
In the Press Box itself a competent spotter from both teams will
be on hand with the Maryland man handling a small microphoneto keep you abreast of tackles, subs, etc It is his aim and our
primary endeavor to see that he does not antagonize the membersof the fourth estate."
A professional statistician and chart man "will be provided
and working press men will receive complete statistics at the endof the half and the game. You will also receive at your assigned
space a program, with numerical team lists of both squads, injury
lists and all important announcements.
Typewriters, paper, pencils, coffee, sandwiches with mustard—and even such extra-curricular activities as blondes, brunettes,
redhaids and after-hour club cards might even be supplied, for
our prescribed duty is to entertain and assist our working visitors.
PAGE FIVE
THE DEPARTMENT OF INTERCOLLEGIATE
ATHLETICS
Council
Geary F. Eppley, Dean of Men, chairman; Dr. Wm. B.
Kemp, Dr. Ernest N. Cory; Dr. Wm. C. Supplee; the President
of the Student Government, Joseph Tydings; the Chairman of
the Alumni Council, Dr. Arthur I. Bell; Director of Athletics,
James M. Tatum.
The Department
Director of Athletics James M. Tatum
Graduate Manager of Athletics Wm. W. Cobey
Director of Athletic Publicity George L. Carroll
Equipment Head Kermit 'Chief' Cissell
Facilities Head Major George Bohler
O^^ C . ^. . ( Mrs. Dorothv Huntffice Secretaries I A » ,-, T -a
( Miss cva Lou Lmmons
Head Trainer Alfred "Duke'' Wyre
Football Coach Jim Tatum
Basketball Coach A. L. "Flucie'' Stewart
Boxing Coach Col. Harvey L. Miller
Baseball Coach H. Burton Shipley
Lacrosse Co-Coaches Jack Faber, Al Heagy
Track, Cross Country Coach Jim Kehoe
Soccer, Tennis Coach Doyle Royal
Wrestling Coach William E. "Sully" Krouse
Golf Coach Frank Cronin
Rifle Coach Col. Harland Griswold
ADDRESS: all correspondence concerning athletic business to
P. O. Box 295, College Park, Md.
Phone UNion 4584, WArfield 2807
page six
BRIEF HISTORY OF THE UNIVERSITY
The history of the present University is the history of two in-
stitutions: the old privately-owned and operated University of Mary-land in Baltimore and the Maryland State College (formerly MarylandAgricultural College) at College Park. These institutions weremerged in 1920.
In 1807 the College of Medicine of Maryland was organized, thefifth medical school in the United States. The first class wasgraduated in 1810. A permanent home was established in 1814-1815
by the erection of the building at Lombard and Greene Streets in
Baltimore, the o,Idest structure in America devoted to medical teach-ing. Here was founded one of the first medical libraries (and the first
medical school library) in the United States. In 1812 the GeneralAssembly of Maryland authorized the College of Medicine of Marylandto, "annex or constitute faculties of divinity, law, and arts andsciences," and by the same act declared that the "colleges or faculties
thus united should be constituted an university by the name and underthe title of the University of Maryland." By authority of this act,
steps were taken in 1813 to establish "a faculty of law," and in 1823a regular school of instruction in law was opened. Subsequentlythere were added: in 1882 a Department of Dentistry which wasabsorbed in 1923 by the Baltimore College of Dental Surgery (foundedin 1840, the first dental school in the world) ; in 1889 a School of
Nursing; and in 1904 the Maryland College of Pharmacy (founded in
1841, the third oldest pharmacy college in the United States).
The Maryland State College was chartered in 1856 under thename of the Maryland Agricultural College, the second agricultural
college in the Western Hemisphere. For three years the College wasunder private management. In 1862 the Congress of the United Statespassed the Land Grant Act. This act granted each State and Terri-
tory that should claim its benefits an appropriate amount of unclaimedwestern lands, in place of scrip, the proceeds from the sale of whichshould apply under certain conditions to. the "endowment, support,and maintenance of at least one college where the leading object shall
be, without excluding other scientific and classical studies, and includ-ing military tactics, to teach such branches of learning as are relatedto agriculture and the mechanic arts, in such a manner as theLegislatures of the States may respectively prescribe, in order to
promote the liberal and practical education of the industrial classes
in the several pursuits and professions of life." This grant wasaccepted by the General Assembly of Maryland, and the MarylandAgricultural College was named as the beneficiary of the grant.
Thus the College became, at least in part, a State institution. In thefall of 1914 control was taken over entirely by the State. In 1916the General Assembly granted a new charter to the College, andmade it the Maryland State College.
In 1920, by an act of the State Legislature, the University ofMaryland was merged with the Maryland State Co'lege, and theresultant institution was given the name University of Maryland.
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PAGE ELEVEN
HEAD COACH: JIM TATUM (Gloomy Jim,Sunny Jim), he's been tabbed with bothnicknames. A graduate of the U. of NorthCarolina, where he was an All-SouthernConference tackle. This is his third seasonwith the Terps and he led them to theirfirst Bowl Game (Gator) in 1943 (20-20 tiewith Georgia). 1947 Record, 7 wins, 2losses, 2 ties; 1948 Record, 6 wins, 4 losses.He has been head coach at North Carolina,Oklahoma and Jacksonville Navy. Assistantcoach at Cornell, Iowa Sea Hawks. Playedpro baseball. Married, has two children.
JACK HENNEMIER: first year with the
Terps, he came from Duke where he played
and coached. The "red-haid" from Georgia
was one of the Bluedevils foremost centers
and weighed in at 155 pounds. He coachedhigh school ball in Savannah, was assistant
at W&L before joining Coach WallaceWade's staff. A proficient scout, and smiling
personality. Married, no children.
BILL MEEK: The handsome man on the
staff (next to Tatum) is a vet having comehere with head coach Tatum. Last year he
did a great job with the frosh and will head
up that department this season, although he
will work with the varsity also. A grad of
Tennessee, where he was a back sensation,
he played in several all-star and bowl
games. Married, has two children.
MAX REED: first year with the Terps. H?came from North Carolina where he wasone of Coach Tatum's college coaches andlater worked with him at Cornell. A grad
of Bucknell, he played pro ball with the
New York Giants and later coached at
Bucknell, besides Cornell and North Caro-lina. The oldest man in point of coachingon the staff, he is beginning his 20th season.
Married, one child.
PAGE TWELVE
WALTER "BABE" WOOD: first year withthe Terps. Fresh out of the Navy wherehe was athletic officer at Pensacola Air
Station. Two years ago he was assistant
coach of North Carolina State when theytied the Terps, 0-0. Another former Tenn-essee football great, he likewise brings aworld of experience to the staff. Married,
has one child.
WARREN GIE8E: The youngest man on
the staff, he assisted Bill Meek with the
frosh last season. Warren played end for
Coach Tatum at Oklahoma and later
matriculated at Central Michigan. He is
also on the physical education staff at
Maryland. Not married.
Ah WOODS: a football byword at Mary-land. Graduate of the institution, he played
under Curly Byrd and was one of the best
footballers ever here. Al also played onthe championship U. S. Marine teams of the
1928-29 era. A member of the Physical
Education staff, married, no children.
DUKE WYRE: head trainer. This is "TheDuke's" third year at Terp-town. Pre-
viously he saw service for some 17 years
with Yale, Holy Cross and the Navy.President of the Conference Trainers Asso-
ciation, he was named top trainer in the
east last year. Author of many articles ontraining of athletes, he is married, nochildren.
PAGE THIRTEEN
THE FRESHMAN OUTLOOK FOR 1949
The frosh this season will be once again coached by Bill Meek,
former Tennessee backfield great who is beginning his third year
with Jim Tatum. Meek will likewise work with the varsity in manyimportant assignments.
Assisting him this year will be John Cudmore, a two year veteran.
The team of Meek and Cudmore has been intact for quite a few
seasons having coached together while in the Army at Fort Benning,
Georgia. "Quiet John" played at Stetson U. (Fla.) and also dabbled
in professional ice hockey.
Two newcomers to coaching this season will be Francis Evans
and Bernie Sniscak. Both men finished their playing careers with
the Terps last year and have been invited to assist in moulding future
Old Line power. Evans was an end; Sniscak a halfback.
Using both the split-T and the single wing in his teachings,
Coach Meek will likewise drill his charges into platoon-system foot-
ball. Having lost only to William and Mary last season by one point,
they went on to win over Fork Union Military, Georgetown, George
Washington and West Virginia. This last mentioned game is some-
what the highlight of the season as it is played on neutral grounds,
Cumberland, Md., for a Knights of Columbus charity.
Just who to watch for at this date in frosh football is far fetched
and besides since the men aren't to be registered as official students
until later, it's somewhat against the rule.
From the frosh, though, stems the future fodder for the varsity.
Head coach Jim Tatum of the varsity looks with eager eyes to their
doings all during the season and a careful check is kept of all boys,
for in them rests the future of good football at Maryland.
The Frosh 1949 Schedule
Oct. 1—Fork Union Military Academy, awayOct. 22—Georgetown, homeOct. 27—West Virginia, Cumberland, Md.
Nov. 4—North Carolina, awayNov. 11—George Washington, home
PAGE FOURTEEN
MARYLAND FOOTBALL THROUGH THE YEARS
(Editors Note: The history of football here has been compiledby Bill Hottel, who for some 25 years has been Mr. Maryland Sports.
In order to bring it up to date with all records correct, a painstakingsurvey has been made in which correspondence has gone out all overthe country tracking down the true story. With great pleasure andmany thanks, it is hereby presented for your perusal.)
The first 20 years of football at Maryland were the hardest andstill are for the historian who strives for accuracy. About the onlything definite and undisputable is that the grid sport was started of-
ficially in 1892 and that the game, like the institution, is rapidly grow-ing in size and caliber.
Since football was started it has been fostered under three dif-
ferent names: the original Maryland Agricultural College, MarylandState College from 1916 to. 1919, inclusive, and the University of Mary-land since 1920. Byrd, now president of the University, was gradu-ated from M. A. C. in the class of '08 and coached under aT of theinstitution's titles. He had been an all-around athlete in his under-graduate days, being outstanding in football, baseball and track.
There has been much confusion, and it never will be fully clari-
fied, about the coaching of the early teams. However, it is prettywell established that the captain of the squad on the elevens from1892 through 1901 was the playing mentor and that D. John Markey,a graduate of Frederick High School who had studied at WesternMaryland College, was the first full-time coach. He took over in
1902 and remained through 1904. Markey, now a retired Army gen-eral living at Walkersville, Md., served in the Spanish-American War,enlisting at the age of 15, and also served conspicuously in WorldWars I and II. In telling about his grid experience and verifyinghis three-year stay at College Park, he said:
"When I came out of the Army at the close of the Spanish-American War, where I played on an all-college regimental elevenof the First Maryland Volunteer Infantry, I organized a team thatplayed games in the State and the District of Columbia in the seasonof 1900. I then was assistant coach of Western Maryland underMickey Whitehurst, one of the best known athletes of his time."
Harry D. Watts of New York, one o,f Maryland's nationally prom-inent alumni, who was captain and fullback in 1903, recalls withpleasure playing under Markey in 1902. Watts, who also recalls thecaptain coaching system, started playing in 1901 when E. B. Dunbarfunctioned as mentor and leader.While the captain did the coaching in the years from 1892 through
1901—and this also is verified by Clifton Fuller of Cumberland, who.played on the 1892 and 1893 teams, and Grenville Lewis, the greatfullback who led the 1896 outfit and now lives in Southern Mary-land—there always was a higher authority in charge. Prof. H. M.Strickler, who came from Randolph-Macon, directed affairs from1892 through 1897 and also played on some of the teams. He wasdescribed by Fuller as a physical education teacher who knew little
about football. An athletic committee ruled the roost in 1898 through
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1899 and in 1900 the late Prof. Charles S. Richardson came on to the
scene to head the Athletic Board until his retirement in 1939. Hewas the person mainly instrumental in bringing Byrd back to his
alma mater. He wasn't a football expert, either, but he knew andapreciated human values.
In 1893, the Farmers or Aggies, as they then were labeled, cap-
tained and tutored by S. H. Harding, won all six games, defeatingEastern High School, 36-0; Central High School, 6-0, and Orient A. C,16-6, all of Washington; Baltimore City College, 18-0; St. John's Col-
lege of Annapolis, 6-0, and Western Maryland, 18-0.
One of the most confusing factors in efforts to unravel the OldLine football puzzle of yesteryears is that in the early days of thegame the Medical School in Baltimore had a team. In fact, M. A. C.
and the Medical School met seven times, according to our records,
each winning three games and playing a tie. However, the troublearises from Maryland's opponents, some of whom whipped the Medi-cal School and wanted to charge it against the College Park Insti-
tution. Most of this, we believe, finally has been ironed out, makingthe records against our present rivals as correct as possible.
But getting back to those unbeaten seasons, M. A. C. had anotherin 1896 when the team was led and coached by Lewis, rated an all-
time great on the diamond as well as on the gridiron. Mainly on thestrength of his own skill and fortitude, Business High and CentralHigh of Washington were beaten, 34-0, and 10-0; Bethel MilitaryAcademy, 20-0; Alexandria High, 18-0; Western Maryland, 16-6, andthe Maryland Medical School and Gallaudet College elevens were heldto scoreless ties. Lewis also had to do some reorganization workas there was no football in 1895 due to a dispute with the M. A. C.
commandant. In fact, there practically was no competition at all
during the 1895-96 term.Byrd came closest to a sweep in 1931 when the Old Liners won
eight games, tied the powerful Kentucky team that contained Ship-wreck Kelly and other noted stars, and lost only to Vanderbilt at
Nashville. Navy was one of the victims and this was the team thatwrecked the Dick Harlow coached Western Maryland juggernaut,41-6. Seven of the starters were all-State choices—Al Pease, end;Ernie Carliss, tackle; Jess Krajcovic, guard, and the entire backfieldof Ray Poppleman, Bozie Berger, Shorty Chalmers and Al Woods, thesame balding burnt-almond haired guy who is still holding forth in
football and physical education at College Park.Another noted old Terp, as player and coach, is Burton Shipley,
who has "earned his oats" on past performances, not to mention his
present worth. He was a stripling when Byrd came back to CollegePark and was one of Curley's foremost all-around athletes for severalyears, the only Old Liner to ever win six letters in both football andbaseball. There were prep and sub-freshman years in those days in
addition to four collegiate terms. Ship quarterbacked the eleven inthat startling 6-0 win over Western Maryland in 1911, scoring theonly touchdown. Byrd was special coach for that game and thetriumph blazed the trail for his permanent return to his alma materand subsequent fame. Burt, who also is in the Physical EducationDepartment, has tutored the varsity nine for 26 years and handledbasketball for 24 years before giving it up.
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And also outstanding in that old regime, and still the best lacrosse
coaching pair in the country, are Jack Faber and Al Heagy, whoalong with Woods, were the highly capable and willing "lambs"whenever a snarl occurred in the football coaching set-up. Theywith the late Roy Mackert, equally great as a fullback and tackle in
his grid days, were Byrd's righthand men who. carried on gracefully
when material, as a whole, was far from being as plentiful and pro-
ficient as nowadays. However, to us old-timers, those were the happydays when Byrd was content to win 60 percent of his games with theadded relish of upsetting one of the big-timers most every season,
such as Penn, Yale, Syracuse, Rutgers, etc.
And on the famous 1923 team, that whipped Penn and greatly
outplayed and came within an ace of licking Yale's Eastern champion-ship eleven that had routed all other opposition, were five linemenwho never had played football before matriculating at College Park.The score was 16-14, Yale. All the writers said it should have been28-10, Maryland. And the Bill Supplee, who played on that team andwho was chosen All-America end by three leading authorities, is thesame Dr. Supplee who is a valued professor on the University facultyand a mmber of the Athletic Board.
And in mentioning the old-timers, and space limits us to a few,
we certainly should not overlook United States Senator Millard E.
Tydings, a member of the Board of Regents, who managed the 1908eleven and Dr. Ernie Cory, who captained it. Dr. Cory, a familiarfigure around the campus, is State entomologist, an Athletic Boardmember for many years and perennial treasurer of the "M" Club.
And getting down to present day football, it certainly has becomepretentious and complex. Where if you had a fairly good startingline-up and a half-dozen reserves in Byrd's day and a good manyyears following you were considered well fixed, we have reached thestage of 44 varsity players, sometimes 55, the two platoon system, onefor defense and the other for offense, and unlimited substitutions.
But to get back to the historical angle, which we were supposedto write about, George Hoblitzell, of whom we have no real back-ground, was the organizer of football at College Park. While astudent he formed an informal team in 1888 that continued through1897 and played several games with minor teams. It also is note-worthy that Dr. W. W. Skinner of Kensington, Md., now retired, andformer chairman of the Board of Regents, was captain and quarter-back of the first team in 1892 and generally active in fostering M.A.C.athletics during his undergraduate days
* * * *
Big Jim Tatum is beginning his third football season here atMaryland. He came to Terp land from Oklahoma where he had anenviable record. In his first year with Maryland his record wasseven wins, two defeats and two ties. The season brought an invita-tion—and eventual tie-game—with Georgia (20-20) in the 'GatorBowl. This was the first Bowl game in which a Terp 11 had everparticipated.
One of the most publicized, if not one of the greatest backs inMaryland history, was also produced on that 1947 aggregation in theperson of Lu Gambino. His career was closed for 1948, however, when
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he was declared ineligible. This hurt the Terps' running attack andperhaps played the major part in the six win, four loss record for 1948.
However, with an eye for the future, Tatum has supplementedhis already experienced staff for 1949 with three very competent andtop coaches in Jack Hennemier, Max Reed and Babe Wood. He hasalso on tap another possible football great in Ray Krouse, giant tackle.
Other top men to look for are Bob Ward, guard of distinction,
and Jim Brasher, center. Filling that offensive center post will bemost important and it still is a toss-up. Good sophs to look at arelinemen Bill Dovell, Chick Fry, Charles Theiber and backs "MightyMoe" Modzelewski, Buck Early, Walt Boeri, Shoo-shoo Shemonskiand several others.
Here are the records by years of collegiate games only, with thecaptain of the team listed as coach from 1892 through 1901:
First 10 years when captains coached (1892-1901)Opp.
Coach W. L. T. Pts. Pts.
1892__W. W. Skinner—a; 2 1201893—S. H. Harding 2 24 101894— J. G. Bannon 2 2 70 501895—G. M. Harris (No football due to dispute with commandant)1896__Grenville Lewis 1 2 16 6
1897__John Lillibridge 2 5 1 62 861898- _ J. F. Kenly 1 5 27 1191899_ _S. M. Cooke 6 6 2161900_ _F. H. Peters 112 23 231901__E. B. Dunbar 16 1 28 100
x—Only Hopkins and St. John's played. 10 27
Coach1902—D. John Markey (Western Md.)1903—Markey1904—Markey1905__Fred Nielsen (Nebraska)
—
y1906_ -Nielsen1907__C. G. Church (Virginia)
and C. W. Melick (Nebraska)1908_ _Bill Lang (Delaware)1909__Barney Cooper (Maryland '08)
and E. P. Larkin (Cornell)1910__R. Alston (George Washington)1911— C. F. Donnelly (Trinity)
and H. C. Byrd (Maryland '08)—z
30 41 8 492 831
y—Coach who developed Byrd. z—Byrd coached team for last
two games with Western Maryland and Gallaudet and won bothand a job at College Park starting in the fall of 1912.
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10 27 6 256 730
C1 902- 1911)
Opp.w. L. T. Pts. Pts.
l 6 2 17 955 3 1 72 644 4 2 79 554 4 83 663 2 71 44
2 5 42 612 8 10 266
2 3 19 804 3 1 67 42
3 3 2 32 58
Curly Byrd regime (1912-1934)
1912_1913_1914_1915-191S_1917-1918_1919-1920_1921_1922_1923_1924_1925 _
1926_1927_1928_1929_1930_1931_1932_1933-1934_
Coach_H. C. Byrd-Byrd_Byrd-Byrd_Byrd-Byrd-Byrd-Byrd-Byrd-Byrd-Byrd-Byrd-Byrd-Byrd_Byrd-Byrd-Byrd-Byrd-Byrd_Byrd_Byrd_Byrd
—
x_Byrd
—
x
Opp.w. L. T. Pts. Pts.
5 1 1 160 59
5 3 157 116
5 2 72 43
5 3 130 69
6 2 142 62
4 3 1 88 159
4 1 1 57 35
5 4 92 74
7 2 149 55
3 5 1 45 127
4 5 1 77 137
7 2 1 212 56
3 3 3 74 782 5 1 53 82
5 4 1 161 S34 7 186 1446 3 1 132 1704 4 2 148 1277 5 231 1368 1 1 189 985 6 148 1583 7 107 1497 3 143 49
114 81 15 2,953x—Jack Faber (Maryland '26) was field coach in 1933
and 1934.
After-Byrd (1935-1948)
1935.
1936.1937.
1938.
1939.
1940.
1941.3942.
1943.
1944.1945.
1946.
1947.
1948.
2,266
Oop.Coach W. L. T. Pis. Pts.
-Frank Dobson (Princeton) 7 2 2 122 78-Dobson 6 "5 117 59-Dobson 8 2 125 65-Dobson 2 7 83 235-Dobson 2 7 64 104-Jack Faber '26), Al Heagy C30), andAl Woods C33), all of Maryland 2 6 1 39 172
_vaber, Heagy, Woods 3 5 1 49 196-Clark Shaughnessv (Minnesota) 7 2 198 124-C'arence Spears (Dartmouth) 4 5 105 175-Spears 1 7 1 46 170-Paul Bryant (Alabama) 6 2 1 219 99-Shaughnessy 3 6 136 193-Jim Tatum (North Carolina) 7 2 2 207 121_Tatum 6 4 206 132
64 62 8 1,716 1,923
Grand total 218 211 37 5,417 5,750
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Ray Krouse — Maryland's 1949
Ail-American Tackle Candidate
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