Conference Southern Conference | 1923 record 7–2–1 (3–1 Southern) | |
Head coach Curley Byrd (13th year) Home stadium Byrd Stadium (original) | ||
The 1923 Maryland Aggies football team represented the University of Maryland in the 1923 college football season. In their 13th season under head coach Curley Byrd, the Aggies compiled a 7–2–1 record (2–1 in conference), finished in seventh place in the Southern Conference, and outscored their opponents 214 to 56.
In 1923, the eponymous stadium, for which coach Byrd had petitioned for funding, was completed at a cost of $60,000 with a maximum capacity of 10,000. That season was also one of Byrd's most successful. He hired former Maryland quarterback and future long-time basketball coach, Burton Shipley, as an assistant coach. The team shutout five of its opponents and held Johns Hopkins and Catholic to just six points apiece. The only losses came at Yale and against Virginia Tech. Maryland led Yale, 14–12, at halftime, but a referee ruled incomplete a drop kick that Byrd claimed was good by a "country mile". Yale won the game, 16–14. Mainly for his performance against Yale and Penn, end Bill "Zeke" Supplee was named an All-American by the Associated Press. He was the first Maryland player honored as such.
Schedule
1 at Washington, D.C. (Griffith Stadium) 2 at Baltimore, Md. (Memorial Stadium)