Maryland·Big Ten

2014 — The 2014 Season

Maryland's 2014 season (7-6) is a middle chapter: table-stakes progress, no crown in the ledger, the program still writing the book.

Record 7-6
Final result Bowl season Lost the Foster Farms Bowl
AP final — post-bowls
SP+ -0.5 last-week
Era —
The shape of the season · week by week, cumulative W-L below
W vs Jame Mad 52-7 W @ Sout Flo 24-17 L vs West Vir 37-40 W @ Syracuse 34-20 W @ Indiana 37-15 L vs Ohio St 24-52 W vs Iowa 38-31 L @ Wiscon 7-52 W @ Penn St 20-19 L vs Mich St 15-37 W @ Michigan 23-16 L vs Rutgers 38-41 L @ Stanford 21-45 Bowl

Who carried it

Season leaders, 2014.

Defining moments
The statement

The 2014 season's largest margin: Maryland 52, James Madison 7. A 45-point win — the year's high-water mark.

The setback

The season's deepest loss: Maryland 7, Wisconsin 52. A 45-point margin the season is remembered by.

The postseason

The season's last act: Maryland fell to Stanford 21-45 in the postseason.

"Fear the Turtle"
— Maryland fanbase voice · 2014· synthesized
What it meant

2014 is a middle chapter for Maryland — neither a crown year nor a crisis. It is the kind of season that fills the ledger between the named ones and gives the arc its shape.