Maryland·Big Ten

2021 — The 2021 Season

Maryland's 2021 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 Won the Pinstripe Bowl
AP final — post-bowls
SP+ +3.4 last-week
Era —
The shape of the season · week by week, cumulative W-L below
W vs West Vir 30-24 W vs Howard 62-0 W @ Illinois 20-17 W vs Kent Sta 37-16 L vs Iowa 14-51 L @ Ohio St 17-66 L @ Minnes 16-34 W vs Indiana 38-35 L vs Penn St 14-31 L @ Mich St 21-40 L vs Michigan 18-59 W @ Rutgers 40-16 W @ Virg Tec 54-10 Bowl

Who carried it

Season leaders, 2021.

Defining moments
The statement

The 2021 season's largest margin: Maryland 62, Howard 0. A 62-point win — the year's high-water mark.

The setback

The season's deepest loss: Maryland 17, Ohio State 66. A 49-point margin the season is remembered by.

The postseason

The season's last act: Maryland beat Virginia Tech 54-10 in the postseason.

"Fear the Turtle"
— Maryland fanbase voice · 2021· synthesized
What it meant

2021 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.