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1949 Maryland Terrapins football team

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Conference
  
Southern Conference

1949 record
  
9–1 (4–0 SoCon)

Offensive scheme
  
Split-T

AP
  
No. 14

Head coach
  
Jim Tatum

Captain
  
Fred Davis

The 1949 Maryland Terrapins football team represented the University of Maryland in National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) college football in its 29th season as a member of the Southern Conference. Jim Tatum served as the head coach for the third season of his nine-year tenure. The team compiled a 9–1 record and received a bid to the 1950 Gator Bowl, where they defeated 20th-ranked Missouri, which was coached by Don Faurot, Tatum's former boss and the inventor of the split-T offense.

Coaching staff

  • Jim Tatum, head coach
  • Al Woods
  • Jack Hennemier, line
  • Max Reed, line
  • Babe Wood, offensive asst.
  • John Cudmore
  • Warren Giese
  • Bill Meek, freshmen
  • Duke Wyre, trainer
  • W.W. Cobey, graduate manager
  • References

    1949 Maryland Terrapins football team Wikipedia