1955 Maryland Terrapins football team

The 1955 Maryland Terrapins football team represented the University of Maryland, College Park in the 1955 college football season as a member of the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC). Their perfect 10–0 regular season culminated with a bid to the 1956 Orange Bowl, where they faced top-ranked Oklahoma. Maryland lost, 6–20.^[2] Maryland's 25–12 victory over Clemson on November 12 was referenced in the 1989 film, Back to the Future Part II, which primarily took place on the same day.

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Rank	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 17	at Missouri*	No. 8	Memorial Stadium Columbia, MO	W 13–12	18,000	[3]
September 24	No. 1 UCLA*	No. 5	Byrd Stadium College Park, MD	W 7–0	46,000	[4]
October 1	at No. 20 Baylor*	No. 1	Baylor Stadium Waco, TX	W 20–6	39,000	[5]
October 8	Wake Forest	No. 1	Byrd Stadium College Park, MD	W 28–7	14,000	[6]
October 15	at North Carolina	No. 2	Kenan Memorial Stadium Chapel Hill, NC	W 25–7	30,000	[7]
October 22	at Syracuse*	No. 2	Archbold Stadium Syracuse, NY	W 34–13	32,500	[8]
October 29	South Carolina	No. 1	Byrd Stadium College Park, MD	W 27–0	25,000	[9]
November 5	LSU*	No. 1	Byrd Stadium College Park, MD	W 13–0	28,000	[10]
November 12	at Clemson	No. 2	Memorial Stadium Clemson, SC	W 25–12	30,000	[11]
November 19	George Washington*	No. 2	Byrd Stadium College Park, MD	W 19–0	20,000	[12]
January 2	vs. No. 1 Oklahoma*	No. 3	Burdine Stadium Miami, FL (Orange Bowl)	L 6–20	76,561	[13][14]
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

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