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team was founded in 1892 to represent the
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in intercollegiate competition and has participated in the sport all but one season since its inception. Over the course of the team's history, the Terrapins' performance has run the gamut from national championships to winless seasons."All-Time Honors", ''2007 Maryland Football Media Guide'', p. 160, University of Maryland, 2007. During periods of both ascendancy and mediocrity, individual Maryland players of exceptional ability have received various accolades. In total, Terrapins have been named to an
All-America The All-America designation is an annual honor bestowed upon an amateur sports person from the United States who is considered to be one of the best amateurs in their sport. Individuals receiving this distinction are typically added to an All-Am ...
team 58 times, an All-
Atlantic Coast Conference The Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) is a collegiate athletic conference located in the eastern United States. Headquartered in Greensboro, North Carolina, the ACC's fifteen member universities compete in the National Collegiate Athletic Associa ...
team 196 times, an All-
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team 7 times, and an All-
Southern Conference The Southern Conference (SoCon) is a collegiate athletic conference affiliated with the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I. Southern Conference football teams compete in the Football Championship Subdivision (formerly ...
team 14 times. Of the All-America selections, twenty-three players received first-team honors a total of twenty-eight times. Eleven players were named consensus first-team All-Americans a total of twelve times, and five players were named first-team All-Americans by unanimous consensus. Terrapins have won several nationally recognized individual awards, including the
Chuck Bednarik Award The Chuck Bednarik Award is presented annually to the defensive player in college football as judged by the Maxwell Football Club to be the best in the United States. The award is named for Chuck Bednarik, a former college and professional Ame ...
, the
Dick Butkus Award The Butkus Award, instituted in 1985 by the Downtown Athletic Club of Orlando, is given annually to the top linebackers at the high school, collegiate and professional levels of football. The award, named in honor of College Football Hall of Fame ...
, the
Lombardi Award The Rotary Lombardi Award is an award for college football in the United States. Awarded by the Rotary Club of Houston, Texas annually to the college football player "who best embodies the values and spirit of NFL's legendary coach Vince Lombar ...
, and the
Outland Trophy The Outland Trophy is awarded to the best college football interior lineman in the United States as adjudged by the Football Writers Association of America. It is named after John H. Outland. One of only a few players ever to be named an All-Ame ...
, each of which recognizes the best player at a particular
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in a given season. The
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has inducted six former Maryland players, and the
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has enshrined two. Four former Maryland head coaches have also been inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame. The
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has inducted sixty-two former football
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and two former head coaches who were not alumni.


All-Americans

Each year, numerous publications and organizations release lists of
All-America The All-America designation is an annual honor bestowed upon an amateur sports person from the United States who is considered to be one of the best amateurs in their sport. Individuals receiving this distinction are typically added to an All-Am ...
teams, hypothetical rosters of players considered the best in the nation at their respective positions. Some selecting organizations choose more than one roster of All-Americans, in which case they use the terms "first team", "second team", and "third team" as appropriate.Ted Gangi
FW All-America since 1944
(PDF), Football Writers Association of America, retrieved January 9, 2008.
Some selectors also award honorable mentions to outstanding players who did not make any of their teams. The
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(NCAA), a college sports governing body, uses officially recognized All-America selectors to determine the "consensus" selections. These are based on a point system in which a player is awarded three points for every selector that names him to the first team, two points for the second team, and one point for the third team. The individual who receives the most points at his position is called a consensus All-American. Over time, the sources used to determine the consensus selections have changed,"All-America Selections"
''2007 NCAA Division I Football Records Book''
(PDF), p. 216, National Collegiate Athletic Association, 2007.
and since 2002, the NCAA has used these five selectors to determine consensus All-Americans: the
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(AP),
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(AFCA),
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'' (TSN), and the
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(WCFF). In 1923,
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was selected to the Associated Press second team, which made him the first Maryland player to be named an All-American. Guard Bob Ward became the first Terrapin named to a first team when he received that honor from AP and the Football Writers Association of America in 1950. The following year, Ward became Maryland's first consensus All-American when he was unanimously chosen by every NCAA-recognized selector. Five other Terrapins have earned consensus All-America honors:
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in 1952, Stan Jones in 1953,
Bob Pellegrini Robert Francis Pellegrini (November 13, 1934 – April 11, 2008) was an American football linebacker in the National Football League for the Philadelphia Eagles and the Washington Redskins. He played college football at University of Maryland, Co ...
in 1955, Randy White in 1974, and linebacker
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in 2001. Henderson was also named a consensus All-American in 2002, which made him the first, and thus far only, Maryland player to receive the honor twice."Consensus All-America Selections: Maryland"
''2007 NCAA Division I Football Records Book''
(PDF), p. 226, National Collegiate Athletic Association, 2007.


All-conference honorees

Just as the media recognizes the nation's best players with All-America lists, individual athletic conferences honor their best players with "all-conference" selections. In
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, Maryland joined the
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(SoCon). Thirteen years later, Norwood Sothoron became the first Terrapin named to an All-Southern Conference team. Maryland was a member of the league from 1921 to 1952, and twelve Terrapins received All-Southern Conference honors a total of fourteen times.SoCon Records
(PDF), ''2007 Southern Conference Football Media Guide'', pp. 141–147, Southern Conference, 2007.
After the 1952 season, Maryland and six other schools left the Southern Conference to form the
Atlantic Coast Conference The Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) is a collegiate athletic conference located in the eastern United States. Headquartered in Greensboro, North Carolina, the ACC's fifteen member universities compete in the National Collegiate Athletic Associa ...
(ACC). The following year, the conference honored its inaugural season's best players with an All-ACC team. In that initial class, five Terrapins were selected to the first team and two to the second team. From
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to
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, Maryland players received first-team All-ACC honors a total of 134 times. Terrapins were named to All-ACC second or third teams an additional 62 times, although those teams were not published continuously and there was not always a third team. Since Maryland moved to the
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in 2014, five Terrapins have been named to All-Big Ten first teams, and two have earned second-team honors. When the NCAA abolished the
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in 1965,Douglas S. Looney
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the ACC began naming separate all-conference offensive and defensive teams. In
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, Maryland won its first
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since
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, and a school record six Terrapins were named to the conference's first team. Maryland secured the title again in
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and
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, and surpassed the previous mark when seven Terrapins were named first-team All-ACC for each of those seasons.ACC Year-by-Year
(PDF), ''2007 Atlantic Coast Conference Football Media Guide'', 2007, retrieved January 14, 2008.
All-Time Honors
(PDF), ''2001 Maryland Football Media Guide'',
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, 2001.
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squad set a new benchmark when eight players made the first team, and the
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Terrapins equaled that feat. In 2003, the Atlantic Coast Conference published the "ACC 50th Anniversary Football Team", a list of the league's fifty best players from its first half-century as chosen by a 120-member committee. Four former Terrapins were included on the list:
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, a Maryland quarterback from 1981 to 1983; Stan Jones, a tackle from 1951 to 1953;
Bob Pellegrini Robert Francis Pellegrini (November 13, 1934 – April 11, 2008) was an American football linebacker in the National Football League for the Philadelphia Eagles and the Washington Redskins. He played college football at University of Maryland, Co ...
, a
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from 1953 to 1955; and Randy White, a
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from 1972 to 1974.


All-Southern Conference honorees


Award recipients

Various organizations bestow awards recognizing the best player overall or at a specific position, and some of these annual awards are considered highly prestigious honors. All of the following individual awards bestowed upon Terrapins have gone to linemen and defensive players. In 1952, tackle
Dick Modzelewski Richard Blair Modzelewski (February 16, 1931 – October 19, 2018) was an American football defensive tackle in the National Football League (NFL) for the Washington Redskins, Pittsburgh Steelers, New York Giants, and the Cleveland Browns. He al ...
was awarded the
Outland Trophy The Outland Trophy is awarded to the best college football interior lineman in the United States as adjudged by the Football Writers Association of America. It is named after John H. Outland. One of only a few players ever to be named an All-Ame ...
, for best interior lineman, and the Touchdown Club's Knute Rockne Award for best lineman. The following year, Stan Jones won the Knute Rockne Award. In 1955, the Touchdown Club bestowed its Walter Camp Memorial Trophy, for best player, and Knute Rockne Award, for best lineman, upon center
Bob Pellegrini Robert Francis Pellegrini (November 13, 1934 – April 11, 2008) was an American football linebacker in the National Football League for the Philadelphia Eagles and the Washington Redskins. He played college football at University of Maryland, Co ...
, who was also named the Lineman of the Year by
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(UPI). In 1974, Randy White won the
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, for best lineman or linebacker; the
Outland Trophy The Outland Trophy is awarded to the best college football interior lineman in the United States as adjudged by the Football Writers Association of America. It is named after John H. Outland. One of only a few players ever to be named an All-Ame ...
, for best interior lineman; and was named the UPI Lineman of the Year. In 2002,
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received the
Chuck Bednarik Award The Chuck Bednarik Award is presented annually to the defensive player in college football as judged by the Maxwell Football Club to be the best in the United States. The award is named for Chuck Bednarik, a former college and professional Ame ...
, for best linebacker, and the
Dick Butkus Award The Butkus Award, instituted in 1985 by the Downtown Athletic Club of Orlando, is given annually to the top linebackers at the high school, collegiate and professional levels of football. The award, named in honor of College Football Hall of Fame ...
for best lineman or linebacker. By comparison, Maryland's offensive players and backs have fared better with conference accolades. Quarterback
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was named the 1952 Southern Conference Player of the Year, and
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received ACC Player of the Year honors the following season. In 2001, running back
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was named the ACC Offensive Player of the Year. No Terrapin has ever won the
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, but several have received votes. In 1952, quarterback Jack Scarbath was the Heisman runner-up, and his successor, Bernie Faloney, finished fourth in the voting the following year. Center Bob Pellegrini finished sixth in 1955, end Gary Collins finished eighth in 1961, defensive tackle Randy White finished ninth in 1973, and quarterback
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finished tenth in 1983. After his national championship-winning season in 1953,
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received Coach of the Year honors from the AFCA and the FWAA. He was also named coach of the year by the Southern Conference in 1951 and the Atlantic Coast Conference in 1953 and 1955. ''
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'' named
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the nation's top coach in 1974, and in 1982, his successor,
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, received that distinction from the Touchdown Club. For his first-year turnaround of a team that had one winning season in the previous decade,
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received national Coach of the Year plaudits from at least eight organizations.


Players


Coaches


Hall of Fame inductees

The
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has commemorated many of the sport's most outstanding and most innovative personalities. Among them are six former Maryland players and four former Maryland head coaches.Hall of Famers
College Football Hall of Fame, National Football Foundation, retrieved June 16, 2009.
In 1980, Bob Ward became the first Maryland player in the College Football Hall of Fame. At and , Ward was nicknamed the "watch-charm guard", but consistently outplayed much larger opponents.Bob Ward, Maryland Lineman and 1980 Hall of Fame Inductee, Dies at 77
National Football Foundation, May 2, 2005, retrieved June 17, 2009.
He also served as the team's head coach in 1967 and 1968, but without much success. In 1983, the Hall of Fame inducted former quarterback
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, who led Maryland to a school-record 22-game winning streak and an upset victory over first-ranked
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in the 1952 " Game of the Century". That season, Scarbath was named a first-team All-American by unanimous consensus and finished as the runner-up in the
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vote. Tackle
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, inducted in 1993, won the 1952
Outland Trophy The Outland Trophy is awarded to the best college football interior lineman in the United States as adjudged by the Football Writers Association of America. It is named after John H. Outland. One of only a few players ever to be named an All-Ame ...
as the nation's best lineman and later had a 14-year career in the
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(NFL).
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College Football Hall of Fame, National Football Foundation, retrieved June 16, 2009.
Center
Bob Pellegrini Robert Francis Pellegrini (November 13, 1934 – April 11, 2008) was an American football linebacker in the National Football League for the Philadelphia Eagles and the Washington Redskins. He played college football at University of Maryland, Co ...
was inducted in 1996. Named the ACC's best blocker in 1955, Pellegrini was a starter on the
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national championship team, the
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eighth-ranked
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team, and the third-ranked
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team.
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College Football Hall of Fame, National Football Foundation, retrieved June 16, 2009.
Two former Maryland players have been inducted into both the College Football Hall of Fame and the
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for accomplishments during their professional playing careers.Colleges
, Pro Football Hall of Fame, retrieved June 16, 2009.
Tackle Stan Jones was named a unanimous consensus All-American after the 1953 national championship campaign. After graduation, he embarked upon a 13-year NFL career that included seven consecutive
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s. Jones was inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 1991 and the College Football Hall of Fame in 2000. Defensive tackle Randy White was twice named to the All-American first team, the second time by unanimous consensus in 1974. That season, White helped Maryland to an ACC championship and received numerous lineman and player of the year accolades. During his 14-year NFL career, White played in three Super Bowls, six
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championships, and missed only one game. In 1968,
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became the first Maryland coach inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame. Shaughnessy pioneered the
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-oriented variation of the
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that largely replaced the
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, and he coached Maryland for two non-consecutive seasons in the 1940s. Shaughnessy mentored Terrapins quarterback and future head coach
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, the third-ranked passer in the nation in 1942.
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, inducted in 1986, is best known for leading
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to six national championships, but his first head coaching job came at Maryland in 1945. Bryant's team finished the season 6–2–1, and he later said that the Maryland position was the one "that launched me to whatever I've accomplished".
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, inducted in 1984, served as Maryland's head coach from 1947 to 1955, and his teams secured two national championships, three conference championships, and five
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appearances. Tatum compiled a 73–15–4 record without a losing season, and he remains Maryland's all-time winningest coach of the modern era. When
Jerry Claiborne Jerry David Claiborne (August 26, 1928 – September 24, 2000) was an American college football player and coach. He was the head football coach at Virginia Tech (1961–1970), the University of Maryland, College Park (1972–1981), and his alma m ...
arrived in 1972, Maryland had suffered through seven straight losing seasons. In his second year, Claiborne engineered a turnaround, and from 1973 to 1978, he led Maryland to six consecutive bowl games and three consecutive ACC championships.Year-By-Year Results
(PDF), ''2007 Terrapin Football Record Book'', University of Maryland, 2007.
After losing the to
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, Maryland narrowly missed an opportunity for the national championship. Claiborne was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame in 1999. Since 1982, the
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has enshrined some of the school's greatest athletes. Inductees have included sixty-two football players, three of whom also served as head coach, and two head football coaches who were not alumni of the university. Eleven football
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were in the inaugural class, including Harry Clifton "Curley" Byrd, who was a multi-sport athlete, 24-year football coach,
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, professor,
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, and politician. Other football players in the 1982 class included Bosey Berger, a
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player;
Burton Shipley Howard Burton Shipley (January 17, 1890 – February 22, 1976) was a multi-sport athlete and coach for the Maryland Terrapins at the University of Maryland. He is probably most remembered as the first and long-time head coach of the men's basket ...
, Maryland's first
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coach; and Fred Linkous, a Lacrosse Hall of Famer.Norwood Sothoron
, National Lacrosse Hall of Fame, US Lacrosse, retrieved June 16, 2009.


College Football Hall of Fame


University of Maryland Athletic Hall of Fame

References:
, University of Maryland, retrieved June 12, 2009.

, University of Maryland, May 29, 2009, retrieved June 17, 2009.


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Maryland Terrapins The Maryland Terrapins, commonly referred to as the Terps, consist of 19 men's and women's varsity intercollegiate athletic teams that represent the University of Maryland, College Park in National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Divis ...
Maryland Terrapins football honorees