The 1954 Maryland Terrapins football team represented the University of Maryland in the 1954 college football season as a member of the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC).^[2] Maryland, with its rout against Missouri, 74–13, set an ACC record-high for scoring that stood for 27 years.^[3]

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Rank	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 18	at Kentucky*	No. 3	McLean Stadium Lexington, KY	W 20–0	36,000	[4]
October 1	at No. 4 UCLA*	No. 6	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum Los Angeles, CA	L 7–12	73,376	[5]
October 9	vs. Wake Forest	No. 13	Bowman Gray Stadium Wake Forest, NC	T 13–13	11,000	[6]
October 16	North Carolina		Byrd Stadium College Park, MD	W 33–0	26,000	[7]
October 22	at No. 16 Miami (FL)*		Burdine Stadium Miami, FL	L 7–9	52,506	[8]
October 30	at South Carolina		Carolina Stadium Columbia, SC	W 20–0	24,000	[9]
November 6	NC State		Byrd Stadium College Park, MD	W 42–14	21,000	[10]
November 13	Clemson	No. 17	Byrd Stadium College Park, MD	W 16–0	21,000	[11]
November 20	George Washington*	No. 13	Byrd Stadium College Park, MD	W 48–6	23,000	[12]
November 25	Missouri*	No. 10	Byrd Stadium College Park, MD	W 74–13	20,000	[13]
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game