The 1949 Maryland Terrapins football team represented the University of Maryland in 1949 college football season as a member of the Southern Conference (SoCon). 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.^[1]

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Rank	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 24		at VPI		Miles Stadium Blacksburg, VA	W 34–7	10,000–12,000	[2]
September 30		Georgetown*		Byrd Stadium College Park, MD	W 40–14	18,227	[3]
October 8		at No. 13 Michigan State*		Macklin Stadium East Lansing, MI	L 7–14	32,080	[4]
October 22		at NC State		Riddick Stadium Raleigh, NC	W 14–6	15,000	[5]
October 29		South Carolina		Byrd Stadium College Park, MD	W 44–7	17,762	[6]
November 5		George Washington		Byrd Stadium College Park, MD	W 40–14		[7]
November 12	2:00 p.m.	at No. 15 Boston University*		Fenway Park Boston, MA	W 14–13	30,263	[8][9]
November 24		West Virginia*	No. 15	Byrd Stadium College Park, MD (rivalry)	W 47–7	16,117	[10]
December 2		at Miami (FL)*	No. 14	Burdine Stadium Miami, FL	W 13–0	34,886	[11]
January 2		vs. No. 20 Missouri*	No. 14	Gator Bowl Stadium Jacksonville, FL (Gator Bowl)	W 20–7	18,409–22,000	[12][13]
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game All times are in Eastern time

Rankings

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^[14]