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1974 Maryland Terrapins football team

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1974 Maryland Terrapins football
ACC champion
Liberty Bowl, L 3–7 vs. Tennessee
Conference	Atlantic Coast Conference
Ranking
Coaches	No. 13
AP	No. 13
Record	8–4 (6–0 ACC)
Head coach	Jerry Claiborne (3rd season)
Home stadium	Byrd Stadium
Seasons ← 1973 1975 →

1974 Atlantic Coast Conference football standings
v t e	Conf					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
No.13Maryland $	6	–	0	–	0	8	–	4	–	0
No.11NC State	4	–	2	–	0	9	–	2	–	1
Clemson	4	–	2	–	0	7	–	4	–	0
North Carolina	4	–	2	–	0	7	–	5	–	0
Duke	2	–	4	–	0	6	–	5	–	0
Virginia	1	–	5	–	0	4	–	7	–	0
Wake Forest	0	–	6	–	0	1	–	10	–	0

$ – Conference champion Rankings from AP Poll^[1]

The 1974 Maryland Terrapins football team represented University of Maryland in the 1974 NCAA Division I football season. The Terrapins offense scored 316 points while the defense allowed 104 points. Led by head coach Jerry Claiborne, the Terrapins appeared in the Liberty Bowl.

Schedule[edit]

Date	Opponent	Rank	Site	TV	Result	Attendance	Source
September 14	No. 3Alabama*	No. 14	Byrd Stadium College Park, MD		L 16–21	54,412	^[2]^[3]
September 21	vs. Florida*	No. 14	Tampa Stadium Tampa, FL		L 10–17	41,140	^[4]
September 28	North Carolina		Byrd Stadium College Park, MD		W 24–12	17,800	^[5]
October 5	atSyracuse*		Archbold Stadium Syracuse, NY		W 31–0	19,130	^[6]
October 12	Clemson		Byrd Stadium College Park, MD		W 41–0	32,644	^[7]
October 19	Wake Forest	No. 18	Byrd Stadium College Park, MD		W 47–0	31,136	^[8]
October 26	No. 17NC State	No. 15	Byrd Stadium College Park, MD		W 20–10	49,674	^[9]
November 2	at No. 10Penn State*	No. 15	Beaver Stadium University Park, PA (rivalry)	ABC	L 17–24	60,125	^[10]
November 9	Villanova*	No. 14	Byrd Stadium College Park, MD		W 41–0	42,331	^[11]
November 16	vs. Duke	No. 13	Foreman Field Norfolk, VA (Oyster Bowl)		W 56–13	24,000	^[12]
November 23	atVirginia	No. 11	Scott Stadium Charlottesville, VA (rivalry)		W 10–0	22,100	^[13]
December 16	vs. No. 20Tennessee*	No. 10	Memphis Memorial Stadium Memphis, TN (Liberty Bowl)	ABC	L 3–7	51,284	^[14]
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

Roster[edit]

1974 Maryland Terrapins football team roster

Players

Coaches

Offense

Pos.	#	Name	Class
QB	`17`	Bob Avellini	Sr
RB	`32`	Louis Carter	Sr
RB	`25`	Rick Jennings	Jr

Defense

Pos.	#	Name	Class
DE	`79`	Joe Campbell	So
DB	`46`	Ken Schroy	Sr
DE	`94`	Randy White	Sr

Special teams

Pos.	#	Name	Class
K	`1`	Steve Mike-Mayer	Sr

Head coach

Jerry Claiborne

Coordinators/assistant coaches

Legend

(C) Team captain
(S) Suspended
(I) Ineligible

Injured
Redshirt

NFL Draft[edit]

Eleven Terrapins were selected in the 1975 NFL draft, which had 17 rounds and 442 selections.

Player	Position	Round	Overall	NFL team
Randy White	Defensive tackle	1	2	Dallas Cowboys
Steve Mike-Mayer	Kicker	3	72	San Francisco 49ers
Louis Carter	Running back	3	76	Oakland Raiders
Walter White	Tight end	3	78	Pittsburgh Steelers
Stan Rogers	Tackle	5	107	Denver Broncos
Bob Avellini	Quarterback	6	135	Chicago Bears
Phil Waganheim	Punter	10	236	Baltimore Colts
Ken Schroy	Defensive back	10	248	Philadelphia Eagles
Harry Walters	Linebacker	12	303	Denver Broncos
Robert Smith	Defensive back	16	416	Baltimore Colts
Frank Russell	Wide receiver	17	440	Baltimore Colts

^[15]

Awards and honors[edit]

Randy White: Lombardi Award,^[16] Outland Trophy^[17]

References[edit]

^ "1974 Atlantic Coast Conference Year Summary". sports-reference.com. Retrieved January 25, 2013.

^ Browning, Al (September 15, 1974). "Terps pull plug, Alabama seals a leak". The Tuscaloosa News. p. B1. Retrieved July 5, 2014 – via Google News Archives.

^ Kennedy, Ray (September 23, 1974). "Rare scare for the Bear". Sports Illustrated. SI.com. Retrieved July 5, 2014.

^ "Florida tops error-prone Terps, 17–10". The Baltimore Sun. September 22, 1974. Retrieved October 28, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.

^ "Terps beat Carolina". Greensboro Daily News. September 29, 1974. Retrieved January 25, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.

^ "Terps win easily". Asheville Citizen-Times. October 6, 1974. Retrieved January 25, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.

^ "Terps rout Tigers". Durham Morning Herald. October 13, 1974. Retrieved January 25, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.

^ "Terps swamp Deacons, 47–0". Richmond Times-Dispatch. October 20, 1974. Retrieved January 25, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.

^ "Terps trim Wolfpack". The Atlanta Journal & Constitution. October 27, 1974. Retrieved January 25, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.

^ "Terp mistakes give Penn State 24–17 victory". The Baltimore Sun. November 3, 1974. Retrieved January 25, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.

^ "Maryland crushes Villanova 41–0". Sunday News. November 10, 1974. Retrieved January 25, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.

^ "Duke stewed by Terps". Daily Press. November 17, 1974. Retrieved January 25, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.

^ "Terps out battle UVA". The Lynchburg News. November 24, 1974. Retrieved January 25, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.

^ "Late Tennessee touchdown beats Terps, 7–3". The Baltimore Sun. December 17, 1974. Retrieved January 25, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.

^ "1975 NFL Draft Listing - Pro-Football-Reference.com". Archived from the original on December 21, 2007.

^ "Do You Know Which Team Has the Most College Football Championships?". Archived from the original on March 4, 2016. Retrieved January 23, 2009.

^ "Do You Know Which Team Has the Most College Football Championships?". Archived from the original on May 3, 2008. Retrieved January 23, 2009.

v t e Maryland Terrapins football
Venues	Maryland Agricultural College Field Old Byrd Stadium (1923–1947, 1949) Griffith Stadium (1948) SECU Stadium (1950–present)
Bowls & rivalries	Bowl games Navy: Crab Bowl Classic Penn State Virginia West Virginia
Culture & lore	Testudo Mighty Sound of Maryland Anthony C. Nardo Memorial Trophy
People	Head coaches Starting quarterbacks Honorees NFL draftees Statistical leaders
Seasons	1892 1893 1894 1895 1896 1897 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024
National championship seasons in bold

Atlantic Coast Conference football champions

Duke & Maryland (1953)
Duke (1954)
Duke & Maryland (1955)
Clemson (1956)
NC State (1957)
Clemson (1958)
Clemson (1959)
Duke (1960)
Duke (1961)
Duke (1962)
North Carolina & NC State (1963)
NC State (1964)
Clemson & NC State (1965)
Clemson (1966)
Clemson (1967)
NC State (1968)
South Carolina (1969)
Wake Forest (1970)
North Carolina (1971)
North Carolina (1972)
NC State (1973)
Maryland (1974)
Maryland (1975)
Maryland (1976)
North Carolina (1977)
Clemson (1978)
NC State (1979)
North Carolina (1980)
Clemson (1981)
Clemson (1982)
Maryland (1983)
Maryland (1984)
Maryland (1985)
Clemson (1986)
Clemson (1987)
Clemson (1988)
Duke & Virginia (1989)
Georgia Tech (1990)
Clemson (1991)
Florida State (1992)
Florida State (1993)
Florida State (1994)
Florida State & Virginia (1995)
Florida State (1996)
Florida State (1997)
Florida State & Georgia Tech (1998)
Florida State (1999)
Florida State (2000)
Maryland (2001)
Florida State (2002)
Florida State (2003)
Virginia Tech (2004)
Florida State (2005)
Wake Forest (2006)
Virginia Tech (2007)
Virginia Tech (2008)
Georgia Tech (2009) vacated
Virginia Tech (2010)
Clemson (2011)
Florida State (2012)
Florida State (2013)
Florida State (2014)
Clemson (2015)
Clemson (2016)
Clemson (2017)
Clemson (2018)
Clemson (2019)
Clemson (2020)
Pittsburgh (2021)
Clemson (2022)
Florida State (2023)

National championships in bold

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