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Maryland Terrapins football under Jim Tatum

From 1947 to 1955, Jim Tatum served as the head coach of the Maryland Terrapins football team, which represented the University of Maryland in National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) college football. Maryland hired Tatum to replace Clark Shaughnessy after the 1946 season. Tatum had created both success and controversy during his one season as head coach of the Oklahoma Sooners football team. During his nine-year tenure, Tatum became one of the most successful head football coaches in Maryland history, and the Terrapins compiled two national championships, three conference championships, and five bowl game appearances. His teams compiled a 73–15–4 record without a single losing season, and as of the end of 2016, he has the highest winning percentage of any Maryland football coach who coached at least seven games.[1] In 1954, the University of Maryland appointed a new president, Dr. Wilson Elkins, who chose to de-emphasize football. Following the 1955 season, Tatum took a pay cut to coach at his alma mater, North Carolina, and he died four years later.

During Tatum's tenure, several Maryland players were awarded prestigious individual honors. Two Maryland quarterbacks were runners-up for the Heisman Trophy, which is awarded to college football's most outstanding player. In 1952, Jack Scarbath was a first runner-up to Oklahoma running back Billy Vessels.[2] In 1953, Bernie Faloney was a third runner-up, with John Lattner of Notre Dame winning the award.[3] Dick Modzelewski won the 1952 Outland Trophy, the annual award given to the nation's most outstanding interior lineman.

Seven Maryland players received first-team All-American honors: Bernie Faloney, Stan Jones, Dick Modzelewski, Bob Pellegrini, Mike Sandusky, Jack Scarbath, and Bob Ward (twice honored). Seven Maryland players received second-team All-American honors: Tom Cosgrove, Chet Hanulak, Ray Krouse, Dick Modzelewski, Ed Modzelewski, Ed Vereb, and Bill Walker (twice honored). Also during this period, the Southern Conference (through 1952) and Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) (since 1953) bestowed all-conference honors upon Maryland players twenty-seven times.[4][5] In later years, two of these players were honored as part of the ACC's 50th Anniversary Team and five were inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame.[6]

Tatum before Maryland edit

Jim Tatum was born in McColl, South Carolina on July 22, 1913. He played football as a left tackle like four of his older brothers. Tatum attended the University of North Carolina where he played for Carl Snavely's Tar Heels and earned All-American honors during his senior year in 1934. The following season, he became Snavely's assistant coach and followed him to Cornell in 1936. Tatum returned to North Carolina in 1940 as an assistant coach under Bear Wolf. In 1942, Tatum was promoted into the head coaching job himself and compiled a 5–2–2 record. The next year, during the Second World War, he enlisted in the United States Navy and served as an assistant coach for the Iowa Pre-Flight School football team under Don Faurot, the inventor of the split-T. Future Oklahoma coach Bud Wilkinson worked as an assistant coach alongside Tatum.[7]

In 1946, with the recommendation of Oklahoma athletic director Jap Haskell, Tatum was hired as the Sooners' head coach and brought Wilkinson as an assistant. Tatum replaced Dewey Luster, who resigned due to ill health.[7][8] Luster had struggled in the position as the Second World War put a continuous and heavy drain on athletes at the University of Oklahoma.[9] The final game before Luster's resignation was a 0–47 loss at the hands of Oklahoma A&M, which rounded out Oklahoma's 1945 season with a 5–5 record.[10]

In Tatum's one season at Oklahoma, he led the Sooners to an 8–3 finish and a share of the Big Six Conference championship.[10] Tatum and his staff also recruited nine players who became All-Americans: Plato Andros, Buddy Burris, Jack Mitchell, Jim Owens, John Rapacz, Darrell Royal, George Thomas, Wade Walker, and Stan West.[7]

In addition to his team's success on the gridiron, Tatum caused controversy. Buddy Burris, the first three-time All-American at Oklahoma, said, "Jim Tatum was a con-man, a dictator, a tyrant, and one hell of a football coach." Tatum greatly surpassed his allocated budget and linked players with sponsors who sometimes paid or bought clothes for their sponsored players. After a 34–13 Gator Bowl victory over N.C. State, University of Oklahoma president George Cross discovered that Tatum had paid the fifty Sooners players $120 each ($1,875, adjusted for inflation). Cross had explicitly warned Tatum not to do so, as it was a violation of conference rules. With further investigation, it was discovered that $60,000 ($937,474 in inflation-adjusted terms) was unaccounted for in the athletic department budget, which resulted in the relief of athletic director Jap Haskell.[7]

Meanwhile, Tatum resigned to take the head coaching job at Maryland with a $12,000 salary, one-third more than he made at Oklahoma, ($163,744, adjusted for inflation). Oklahoma filled the open coaching job with Tatum's former assistant, Bud Wilkinson.[7]

The 1947 season edit

 
Lu Gambino, who had limited playing time under Shaughnessy, proved a star during the 1947 season.

In Tatum's initial season at Maryland, his results were similar to those at Oklahoma. After compiling a 3–6 record the year prior, the Terrapins improved to 7–2–2 under Tatum. Whereas his predecessor Clark Shaughnessy had pioneered the T-formation, Tatum installed the split-T offense that his former colleague Don Farout had invented. The team's two losses came at the hands of two ranked period powerhouses, Duke and North Carolina.[11][12] Maryland's star running back, Lu Gambino, scored three touchdowns against West Virginia to lead the team to their first victory in the third meeting of the series.[13] The Terrapins' regular-season play earned them a berth in their first postseason game.[11]

1948 Gator Bowl edit

Maryland met Georgia in the 1948 Gator Bowl. The Terrapins scored first when Gambino broke a 35-yard run for a touchdown in the second quarter. On the first series of the second half, Georgia quarterback John Rauch led an 87-yard drive capped by a one-yard dive into the end zone. Maryland responded with an 80-yard drive for another score by Gambino. Georgia turned the ball over with a fumble on its own 40-yard line and Maryland capitalized with a 24-yard touchdown pass to Gambino. In the final quarter, Georgia came from behind with a one-yard touchdown rush by Joe Geri and a nine-yard touchdown pass to John Donaldson. Georgia missed the extra point and the final result was a 20–20 tie.[14][15] Gambino recorded all three Maryland touchdowns and 165 rushing yards, which set a school bowl-game record that stood for 60 years until broken by Da'Rel Scott in the 2008 Humanitarian Bowl.[16]

Effects edit

Gambino finished the year as the NCAA scoring leader with 96 points.[17] He was inducted into the Gator Bowl Hall of Fame in 1992 for his achievement as the bowl game's "first superb running back."[18] Lu Gambino received All-Southern Conference honors.[19]

The 1948 season edit

The 1948 season saw Maryland slide to a 6–4 record, but they delivered four shutouts and lost two of their games by a combined three points. Two of their four losses came against ranked conference opponents, and a third was a 34-point shutout at the hands of Vanderbilt. Future two-time Heisman runner-up Charlie Justice helped North Carolina to a 29-point romp over the Terrapins.[11][20][21]

The 1949 season edit

Maryland improved to 9–1 in 1949 to earn their second bowl appearance. Their lone loss came against a ranked Michigan State team and Maryland allowed no opponent to score more than 14 points. They recorded victories over two ranked teams: Boston U. and Missouri under Tatum's former boss, Don Faurot.[11] Maryland finished the regular season with a final AP ranking of 14th.[22] The Terrapins again traveled to the Gator Bowl for their finale, and they defeated 20th-ranked Missouri.[11] Ray Krouse was named All-Southern Conference and an AP second-team All-American.[19][23]

The 1950 season edit

 
Byrd Stadium (pictured here with the upper deck, a modern addition) was completed in time for the 1950 season.

The Terrapins started off as the 15th-ranked team in the preseason AP Poll.[24] At Georgia, Maryland lost its season-opener, 7–27.[11] Tatum said, "We weren't ready for Georgia in a game as early as September 23 ... We weren't in shape and the [92 °F (33 °C)] heat killed us." The loss, however, did not affect Maryland's poll ranking as the situation surrounding the game was generally understood.[25]

In Week 2, the Terrapins played the inaugural game at the newly completed Byrd Stadium. It was the first game against the Naval Academy in 16 years. The series had been canceled in 1934 after Maryland accused Navy of an illegal game-winning play. In 1950, Maryland agreed to fill a vacancy in the Navy schedule left open by a Georgetown cancellation.[26] The high-scoring game was the 12th meeting of the intense in-state rivalry and resulted in just the second-ever Maryland win.[27]

After upsetting second-ranked Michigan State, 34–7, Maryland climbed to an AP Poll ranking of eighth in the nation and then defeated Georgetown.[11] The following game they met N.C. State at Byrd Stadium for Homecoming weekend. In the first quarter, a Maryland fumble rolled out of the end zone for a safety, and soon after, another fumble set up a touchdown rush by NC State. Maryland advanced inside the N.C. State five-yard line three times but was unable to score. In the third quarter, NC State scored again to expand their lead, 0–16. Maryland scored on a 21-yard pass from Jack Scarbath to Bob Shemonski. With three minutes remaining, Shemonski connected with a pass to Pete Augsburger for another touchdown. A 47-yard drive into Wolfpack territory ended with an interception in the end zone with seconds remaining. The loss effectively ended the Terrapins' hopes for a bowl game bid.[28] The second loss dropped them out of the AP Poll for the remainder of the year.[29]

Bob Ward was named a first-team All-American.[23] Ward and Elmer Wingate were named All-Southern Conference.[19]

The 1951 season edit

 
Quarterback Jack Scarbath helped engineer Maryland's undefeated 1951 season.

Over the course of the season, Maryland outscored its opponents 381–74, accumulated three shutout wins, and held seven opponents to 7 points or less. It was Maryland's first 10-win season and remains the team's only perfect undefeated season in the modern era.[11][nb 1]

Maryland entered the season at number-16 on the AP and Coaches' polls, and remained ranked for the duration. A 40-point trouncing of conference foe George Washington in the season-opener propelled the Terrapins to a number-nine ranking in both polls.[11][30] Other wins included games against Southeastern Conference powerhouses: a romp over Georgia and a shutout against LSU. Before the Georgia game, Tatum showed his team that Georgia had charged only $5 for tickets, instead of the usual $7.50 ($59 instead of $88, adjusted for inflation). Tatum said, "They don't think very much of you, do they?"[12]

The Terrapins finished the regular season with a 9–0 record and the Southern Conference championship. They achieved a final ranking as the number-three team in the nation.[nb 2] They secured a berth in the Sugar Bowl to face the number-one team in the nation, undefeated Tennessee led by head coach "General" Robert Neyland.[11][30]

1952 Sugar Bowl edit

The Washington Post called the 1952 Sugar Bowl the second "game of the century", with the first having been between the undefeated Army and Notre Dame teams in 1946. Maryland was viewed as an underdog against Tennessee, which included five All-Americans on its roster.[12] The Volunteers were led by Heisman runner-up quarterback Hank Lauricella,[12][31] and Neyland's offensive linemen were described as not large but "squatty" and "bruiser[s], not flashy, but slightly murderous." Neyland considered the split-T offense used by Tatum gimmicky and relied on the more traditional single-wing formation.[12] For the game, Tatum himself abandoned the split-T in favor of a smashmouth strategy, which he hoped would catch Tennessee off-guard. Neyland's strategy focused heavily on punting the ball to pin the opponent in their own territory with a goal of creating turnovers, and Tatum likewise adopted it.[12]

The game started with both teams exchanging several punts in the first quarter. Maryland gained good field position after Lauricella kicked a short punt. Running backs Ed Modzelewski and Ed Fullerton then led an 11-play, 56-yard rushing drive for a touchdown. On the kickoff, Bob Ward hit Lauricella and forced a fumble that Maryland recovered on Tennessee's 13-yard line.[12] After four plays, Jack Scarbath pitched to Fullerton who then threw a six-yard forward pass to Bob Shemonski in the end zone and expanded the Maryland lead to 14–0. Scarbath then engineered a 48-yard drive and ran it in himself for the Terrapins' third touchdown within seven minutes.[32] Late in the second quarter, Tennessee back Bert Rechichar caught a four-yard pass for a touchdown, but the extra point was no good. At the end of the first half, Maryland had stunned Tennessee by gaining a 21–6 lead.[33] In the fourth quarter, Fullerton intercepted a pass and returned it 46 yards for a touchdown.[32] In the final minutes, Tennessee's goal-line quarterback Herky Payne ran it in from the one-yard line. Maryland won the game with a final result of 28–13.[33]

Effects edit

 
Maryland players celebrate their victory over No. 1 Tennessee.

With the final polls already closed before the bowl season, Tennessee retained possession of the national championship. In following years, however, several selectors have named Maryland as the retroactive 1951 national champions: Jeff Sagarin, the College Football Researchers Association, DeVold System, Dunkel System, and National Championship Foundation.[34]

Awards edit

Jim Tatum was named the Southern Conference Coach of the Year. Bob Ward received the Knute Rockne Award and was named the Southern Conference Player of the Year. Bob Ward was named a consensus first-team All-American and Dick Modzelewski and Ed Modzelewski were named second-team All-Americans.[23] Ward and Ed Modzelewski were named All-Southern Conference.[19]

The 1952 season edit

 
Maryland routed No. 20 Navy, 38–7, in 1952.

Maryland was sanctioned for violating a Southern Conference rule, passed halfway through the 1951 season, that banned postseason play. The punishment, for participating in the Sugar Bowl, disallowed the Terrapins from playing any conference games during the 1952 season.[35] This compelled Maryland to schedule all but three games on the road.[36]

The AP preseason poll ranked Maryland second in the nation.[11] The Terrapins recorded a 37-point shutout of 19th-ranked Georgia and defeated 20th-ranked Navy, 38–7. Maryland finished the season with a No. 13 final ranking.[11] Their loss at Mississippi ended a 22-game winning streak for the Terrapins.[11] Tatum blamed the Terrapins' late season slide to injuries suffered by star quarterback Scarbath and weariness from the grueling road schedule.[36]

Effects edit

After the season, disaffection within the Southern Conference prompted seven former members, including Maryland, to form the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC). The schism was due in part to the ban on bowl participation, and the vast geographic dispersion of and disparity between the sizes of member schools. Clemson, another founding ACC member, had likewise been forced to play outside the Southern Conference in 1952.[37]

Tatum considered resigning in order to enter business. University president Byrd, a staunch patron of football at the school, was preparing to campaign for governor, and Tatum feared his successor would significantly reduce the number of athletic scholarships available. He and Byrd, however, had also disagreed over the decision to participate in bowl games in violation of conference rules. Tatum was opposed to it, as it greatly increased the difficulty of scheduling and had caused the reduction in number of home games.[36]

Awards edit

In 1952, Maryland quarterback Jack Scarbath was runner-up for the Heisman Trophy, which is awarded to college football's most outstanding player. Scarbath received 367 points, coming behind to Oklahoma running back Billy Vessels, who received 525 points.[2] Scarbath also was named the Southern Conference Player of the Year. Dick Modzelewski was awarded the Outland Trophy and the Knute Rockne Award. Scarbath and Dick Modzelewski were also both named consensus first-team All-Americans. Tom Cosgrove was named a second-team All-American. Stan Jones and Scarbath were named All-Southern Conference.[19][23] The Associated Press All-South team, which consisted of players from fifteen schools in the Southern U.S., included Scarbath, and honorable mentions end John Alderton, tackle Dick Modzelewski, and back Ed Fullerton.[38]

The 1953 season edit

During this season, Maryland outscored its opponents 298–38, accumulated six shutout wins, and allowed only one team, Georgia, to score more than 7 points.[11] No ACC team scored more total points until 1967 and none has ever allowed fewer points in the regular season (31). Maryland ranked first nationally in terms of rushing defense (83.9 yards allowed per game) and scoring defense (3.1 points allowed per game).[39] At the end of the regular season, the three wire services, the Associated Press, International News Service, and United Press, each named Maryland as the national championship team.[40]

Maryland entered the season ranked ninth in the preseason AP Poll.[41] In the season opener against Missouri, Chet Hanulak scored in the first two minutes of play on a 61-yard run. Maryland intercepted four passes while sacrificing three fumbles in the 20–7 win.[42]

Against Washington and Lee, Hanulak made an interception and then on Maryland's possession rushed for a 12-yard touchdown. Ron Waller dropped a Generals' punt at mid-field, but recovered and returned it for a touchdown. After halftime, Tatum fielded third- and fourth-string players before the final results of 52–0.[42]

At Clemson, quarterback Bernie Faloney returned the opening kick off 88 yards for a touchdown. In the second quarter, Clemson quarterback Don King was sacked by several Maryland defenders and suffered a game-ending knee injury. With 45 seconds left in the half, Dick Nolan scored on a 90-yard punt return. In the second half, Faloney connected with Nolan for a 65-yard touchdown pass. Clemson finished the game with two pass completions and suffered its first shutout at home in 11 years, 20–0.[42]

Against Georgia, most critics thought Maryland faced its first true test. In the first quarter, the Terrapins took a quick 14–0 lead and held the Bulldogs to six offensive plays, two of which were punts. In the second quarter, Georgia quarterback Zeke Bratkowski led his team to two consecutive touchdown drives, and the score was 21–13 in favor of Maryland at halftime. Two minutes into the third quarter, Faloney intercepted a Bratkowski pass and returned it for a touchdown. Bratkowski was taken out of the game after numerous sacks by Stan Jones and Bob Morgan. The 40–13 final result would be the most points the Terrapins allowed during the entire season.[42]

At North Carolina, the undefeated Terrapins met the undefeated Tar Heels. Two 15-yard penalties against North Carolina set up a quarterback sneak by Faloney for a touchdown. In the second quarter, Bill Walker caught a pitch at the Maryland 35 and ran it 49 yards to the North Carolina 16-yard line. From there, Charlie Boxold scored another touchdown for the Terrapins. In the third quarter, Hanulak took a pitch and took it 34 yards into the end zone. The 26–0 win was the Maryland's first in Chapel Hill, North Carolina since 1924. Tatum later called it "the greatest win of any team I ever coached, including the [1952] Sugar Bowl [over national champion Tennessee]."[42]

At Miami, Hanulak scored first on a two-yard rush. Morgan recovered a Miami fumble and on the ensuing possession Faloney scored on an eight-yard rush. By halftime, Maryland led 27–0. Tatum disallowed any passes or trick plays in the second half, and the final result was 30–0.[42]

Maryland next traveled to South Carolina to face a team coming off of a four-game winning streak. Ralph Felton scored first to cap a long drive with a short rush. In the next series, the Gamecocks punted it away and the ball was returned by Hanulak 35 yards for a touchdown. In the second quarter, South Carolina recovered a Maryland fumble on the Terrapins' 14-yard line. In three plays, Maryland had pushed them back to the 32-yard line before South Carolina finally scored. With South Carolina held to 37 rushing yards the final result was 24–6.[42]

After defeating George Washington 27–6, the Terrapins went on to shut out two ranked teams: 11th-ranked Mississippi and 11th-ranked Alabama. Maryland secured a share of the ACC championship alongside Duke and a berth in the Orange Bowl as the only undefeated and untied team in the nation.[11] Maryland finished the regular season 10–0 and were crowned the national champions.

1954 Orange Bowl edit

In Miami, first-ranked Maryland faced the team Tatum had coached prior to his arrival at College Park: fourth-ranked Oklahoma under former assistant Bud Wilkinson. The Sooners handed Maryland their only defeat, 0–7, but—as had happened in 1951 to the Terrapins' detriment—the final rankings were released before the bowls, and for the third time in four years, AP's national champion was defeated in their postseason game. However, unlike Tennessee, who retained their top-rank despite losing to Maryland in 1951, the Terrapins (10–1–0) did indeed finish with the best record, better than the Orange Bowl victor, Oklahoma (9–1–1).[43][44] Maryland ranked first nationally in terms of rushing defense (83.9 yards allowed per game) and scoring defense (3.1 points allowed per game). At the same time, the Terps scored a record combined total of 298 points, a number not exceeded until 1967.[39]

Awards edit

Like the year prior, in 1953, a Maryland quarterback, Bernie Faloney, was in contention for the Heisman Trophy. Faloney finished fourth in the running and received 258 points, behind Notre Dame's John Lattner (1,850), Minnesota's Paul Giel (1,794), and UCLA's Paul Cameron (444).[3] Stan Jones was selected as a consensus first-team All-American. Bernie Faloney was also named a first-team All-American. Chet Hanulak was named a second-team All-American. Four Terrapins were named to the All-ACC first-team: John Bowersox, Bernie Faloney, Chester Hanulak, and Stan Jones. Three were named to the All-ACC second-team: Ralph Felton, Bob Morgan, and Bill Walker.[23]

The 1954 season edit

On Thanksgiving Day, Tatum coached Maryland to a pummeling, 74–13, of his former boss Don Faurot's Missouri,[45] and the Terrapins set an ACC record-high for scoring that stood for 27 years.[46] Maryland finished the season with a 7–2–1 record and was named the eighth-ranked team by AP.[11] Bill Walker was selected by AP as a second-team All-American. Three Maryland players were named to the All-ACC first team: Dick Bielski, Bill Walker, and Ronnie Waller. Two were named to the All-ACC second team: John Irvine and Bob Pellegrini.[23]

The 1955 season edit

In Tatum's final season in College Park, Maryland spent four weeks as the first-ranked team in the AP Poll and ten weeks ranked in the top three.[47] No opponent managed more than 13 points during the regular season. Maryland again had the first-ranked rushing defense in the nation, allowing 83.9 yards per game.[11] Frank Tamburello became the starting quarterback, and entered the season with significant game experience from the prior year as a reserve behind Charlie Boxold. Fullback Tom Selep missed the season due to a knee injury.[48]

The opener against Missouri was a much closer contest than the previous year's record-setting game. Ed Vereb rushed for a 14-yard touchdown and Tamburello passed for another, but only failed extra-point attempts by Missouri in the second half preserved victory, 13–12.[11]

In week two, Maryland met first-ranked UCLA for the second half of a home-and-home series in a game dubbed "The Best of the East vs. the Best of the West."[49] It was a rain-soaked defensive contest at Byrd Stadium, where Maryland held UCLA's rushing attack to −21 yards. UCLA quarterback Ronnie Knox completed 10 of 15 passes for 100 yards but also threw two interceptions.[50] Late in the first quarter, Knox's passing brought the Bruins to the Maryland three-yard line.[48] On the next play, UCLA advanced to the one-foot line before Bob Pellegrini tackled second-string fullback Doug Peters to force a fumble. Maryland made the only score when, in the third quarter, quarterback Frank Tamburello executed an option run and pitched to halfback Ed Vereb, who ran it 15 yards into the end zone.[50][51] With the victory, the Terrapins became the first-ranked team.[52]

The following week, Maryland beat 20th-ranked Baylor, 20–6,[11] with Tamburello passing for two touchdowns.[52] Maryland then defeated Wake Forest, 28–7, and held them to nine rushing yards.[52] Against North Carolina, they allowed 18 yards on the ground. Vereb scored three touchdowns and made an interception, but the Tar Heels scored under unusual circumstances when center Jim Jones stripped Tamburello and returned it 35 yards. The final result was 25–7.[52]

Syracuse scored the most points of any regular season opponent with touchdowns by Jim Brown and Don Althouse, but Maryland's offense scored a season high and won, 34–13. The Terrapins shutout a mediocre South Carolina, 27–0, and Louisiana State, 13–0, against whom they made four interceptions including one in the end zone by Phil Perlo. Clemson took the lead early with a Don King touchdown pass to Dalton Rivers and Joel Wells breaking away for another score soon after. Maryland's reserve quarterback, Lynn Beightol, threw to Ed Vereb for two touchdowns, and in the second half, Clemson was allowed only 22 yards. Maryland won, 25–12. Maryland posted a fourth shutout against George Washington, 19–0. Vereb scored two touchdowns, which tied Lu Gambino's single-season school record of 16.[52]

The Terrapins, with a perfect ACC record, were named conference co-champions alongside Duke for the second consecutive year. Maryland possessed a perfect regular season record and ranked third in the nation behind Michigan State (8–1). The Terps secured an Orange Bowl rematch against first-ranked Oklahoma and a chance to avenge their defeat in 1953. However, the Sooners beat them again, 20–6, and they finished the postseason with a 10–1 record.[11]

Awards edit

Bob Pellegrini was named a consensus first-team All-American, the National Lineman of the Year, and the ACC Player of the Year.[23][48] Mike Sandusky was also named a first-team All-American. Ed Vereb and Bill Walker were named second-team All-Americans. Four Maryland players were named to the All-ACC first-team: Jack Davis, Bob Pellegrini, Mike Sandusky, and Ed Vereb. Three were named to the All-ACC second-team: Russell Dennis, Frank Tamburello, and Bill Walker.[23]

Tatum's departure edit

 
H. C. "Curley" Byrd served as Maryland president during most of Tatum's tenure.

In 1954, Curley Byrd resigned as university president in order to enter state politics, and was replaced by Dr. Wilson Elkins, a Rhodes scholar and former Texas quarterback. Elkins worked to improve academic standards at the school, which had been criticized for overemphasizing football. One year during Tatum's tenure, the school awarded 93 football scholarships averaging $944 each ($10,710 adjusted for inflation). The Diamondback student newspaper said that, while Tatum was at Maryland, it "was an era in which an inadequate stadium became ultra-adequate, and an inadequate library became more inadequate."[45]

During his tenure at Maryland, Tatum became one of the most successful head football coaches in school history. In nine seasons, he led the Terrapins to two national championships, three conference championships, and five bowl game appearances. His teams compiled a 73–15–4 record without a single losing season. To date, he remains the winningest Maryland football coach of the modern era with a winning percentage of 0.819.[53]

After the 1955 season, Tatum took an 18% pay cut, from $18,500 to $15,000 (from $210,417 to $170,609 in inflation-adjusted terms), to return to North Carolina as head coach. There, The Daily Tar Heel student newspaper was displeased to see Tatum arrive and called him a "parasitic monster of open professionalism."[45] After a few years, however, he was accepted by the student body, the faculty, and alumni.[54] Tatum had said, "I'm going back to North Carolina to die,"[45] and the statement proved prescient. Just four years later, in 1959, he died of Rocky Mountain spotted fever at the age of 46.[55]

See also edit

Footnotes edit

  1. ^ This usage of "modern era" is used to differentiate from Maryland's only other perfect season in 1893.
  2. ^ At the time, both the AP Poll and Coaches' Poll published their final rankings, and declared the national champions, before the postseason bowl games.

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For the previous era in Maryland football history see Maryland Terrapins football 1856 1946 Main article Maryland Terrapins football From 1947 to 1955 Jim Tatum served as the head coach of the Maryland Terrapins football team which represented the University of Maryland in National Collegiate Athletic Association NCAA college football Maryland hired Tatum to replace Clark Shaughnessy after the 1946 season Tatum had created both success and controversy during his one season as head coach of the Oklahoma Sooners football team During his nine year tenure Tatum became one of the most successful head football coaches in Maryland history and the Terrapins compiled two national championships three conference championships and five bowl game appearances His teams compiled a 73 15 4 record without a single losing season and as of the end of 2016 he has the highest winning percentage of any Maryland football coach who coached at least seven games 1 In 1954 the University of Maryland appointed a new president Dr Wilson Elkins who chose to de emphasize football Following the 1955 season Tatum took a pay cut to coach at his alma mater North Carolina and he died four years later During Tatum s tenure several Maryland players were awarded prestigious individual honors Two Maryland quarterbacks were runners up for the Heisman Trophy which is awarded to college football s most outstanding player In 1952 Jack Scarbath was a first runner up to Oklahoma running back Billy Vessels 2 In 1953 Bernie Faloney was a third runner up with John Lattner of Notre Dame winning the award 3 Dick Modzelewski won the 1952 Outland Trophy the annual award given to the nation s most outstanding interior lineman Seven Maryland players received first team All American honors Bernie Faloney Stan Jones Dick Modzelewski Bob Pellegrini Mike Sandusky Jack Scarbath and Bob Ward twice honored Seven Maryland players received second team All American honors Tom Cosgrove Chet Hanulak Ray Krouse Dick Modzelewski Ed Modzelewski Ed Vereb and Bill Walker twice honored Also during this period the Southern Conference through 1952 and Atlantic Coast Conference ACC since 1953 bestowed all conference honors upon Maryland players twenty seven times 4 5 In later years two of these players were honored as part of the ACC s 50th Anniversary Team and five were inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame 6 Contents 1 Tatum before Maryland 2 The 1947 season 2 1 1948 Gator Bowl 2 2 Effects 3 The 1948 season 4 The 1949 season 5 The 1950 season 6 The 1951 season 6 1 1952 Sugar Bowl 6 2 Effects 6 3 Awards 7 The 1952 season 7 1 Effects 7 2 Awards 8 The 1953 season 8 1 1954 Orange Bowl 8 2 Awards 9 The 1954 season 10 The 1955 season 10 1 Awards 11 Tatum s departure 12 See also 13 Footnotes 14 ReferencesTatum before Maryland editJim Tatum was born in McColl South Carolina on July 22 1913 He played football as a left tackle like four of his older brothers Tatum attended the University of North Carolina where he played for Carl Snavely s Tar Heels and earned All American honors during his senior year in 1934 The following season he became Snavely s assistant coach and followed him to Cornell in 1936 Tatum returned to North Carolina in 1940 as an assistant coach under Bear Wolf In 1942 Tatum was promoted into the head coaching job himself and compiled a 5 2 2 record The next year during the Second World War he enlisted in the United States Navy and served as an assistant coach for the Iowa Pre Flight School football team under Don Faurot the inventor of the split T Future Oklahoma coach Bud Wilkinson worked as an assistant coach alongside Tatum 7 In 1946 with the recommendation of Oklahoma athletic director Jap Haskell Tatum was hired as the Sooners head coach and brought Wilkinson as an assistant Tatum replaced Dewey Luster who resigned due to ill health 7 8 Luster had struggled in the position as the Second World War put a continuous and heavy drain on athletes at the University of Oklahoma 9 The final game before Luster s resignation was a 0 47 loss at the hands of Oklahoma A amp M which rounded out Oklahoma s 1945 season with a 5 5 record 10 In Tatum s one season at Oklahoma he led the Sooners to an 8 3 finish and a share of the Big Six Conference championship 10 Tatum and his staff also recruited nine players who became All Americans Plato Andros Buddy Burris Jack Mitchell Jim Owens John Rapacz Darrell Royal George Thomas Wade Walker and Stan West 7 In addition to his team s success on the gridiron Tatum caused controversy Buddy Burris the first three time All American at Oklahoma said Jim Tatum was a con man a dictator a tyrant and one hell of a football coach Tatum greatly surpassed his allocated budget and linked players with sponsors who sometimes paid or bought clothes for their sponsored players After a 34 13 Gator Bowl victory over N C State University of Oklahoma president George Cross discovered that Tatum had paid the fifty Sooners players 120 each 1 875 adjusted for inflation Cross had explicitly warned Tatum not to do so as it was a violation of conference rules With further investigation it was discovered that 60 000 937 474 in inflation adjusted terms was unaccounted for in the athletic department budget which resulted in the relief of athletic director Jap Haskell 7 Meanwhile Tatum resigned to take the head coaching job at Maryland with a 12 000 salary one third more than he made at Oklahoma 163 744 adjusted for inflation Oklahoma filled the open coaching job with Tatum s former assistant Bud Wilkinson 7 The 1947 season editSee also 1947 Maryland Terrapins football team nbsp Lu Gambino who had limited playing time under Shaughnessy proved a star during the 1947 season In Tatum s initial season at Maryland his results were similar to those at Oklahoma After compiling a 3 6 record the year prior the Terrapins improved to 7 2 2 under Tatum Whereas his predecessor Clark Shaughnessy had pioneered the T formation Tatum installed the split T offense that his former colleague Don Farout had invented The team s two losses came at the hands of two ranked period powerhouses Duke and North Carolina 11 12 Maryland s star running back Lu Gambino scored three touchdowns against West Virginia to lead the team to their first victory in the third meeting of the series 13 The Terrapins regular season play earned them a berth in their first postseason game 11 1948 Gator Bowl edit Main article 1948 Gator Bowl Maryland met Georgia in the 1948 Gator Bowl The Terrapins scored first when Gambino broke a 35 yard run for a touchdown in the second quarter On the first series of the second half Georgia quarterback John Rauch led an 87 yard drive capped by a one yard dive into the end zone Maryland responded with an 80 yard drive for another score by Gambino Georgia turned the ball over with a fumble on its own 40 yard line and Maryland capitalized with a 24 yard touchdown pass to Gambino In the final quarter Georgia came from behind with a one yard touchdown rush by Joe Geri and a nine yard touchdown pass to John Donaldson Georgia missed the extra point and the final result was a 20 20 tie 14 15 Gambino recorded all three Maryland touchdowns and 165 rushing yards which set a school bowl game record that stood for 60 years until broken by Da Rel Scott in the 2008 Humanitarian Bowl 16 Effects edit Gambino finished the year as the NCAA scoring leader with 96 points 17 He was inducted into the Gator Bowl Hall of Fame in 1992 for his achievement as the bowl game s first superb running back 18 Lu Gambino received All Southern Conference honors 19 The 1948 season editSee also 1948 Maryland Terrapins football team The 1948 season saw Maryland slide to a 6 4 record but they delivered four shutouts and lost two of their games by a combined three points Two of their four losses came against ranked conference opponents and a third was a 34 point shutout at the hands of Vanderbilt Future two time Heisman runner up Charlie Justice helped North Carolina to a 29 point romp over the Terrapins 11 20 21 The 1949 season editSee also 1949 Maryland Terrapins football team Maryland improved to 9 1 in 1949 to earn their second bowl appearance Their lone loss came against a ranked Michigan State team and Maryland allowed no opponent to score more than 14 points They recorded victories over two ranked teams Boston U and Missouri under Tatum s former boss Don Faurot 11 Maryland finished the regular season with a final AP ranking of 14th 22 The Terrapins again traveled to the Gator Bowl for their finale and they defeated 20th ranked Missouri 11 Ray Krouse was named All Southern Conference and an AP second team All American 19 23 The 1950 season editSee also 1950 Maryland Terrapins football team nbsp Byrd Stadium pictured here with the upper deck a modern addition was completed in time for the 1950 season The Terrapins started off as the 15th ranked team in the preseason AP Poll 24 At Georgia Maryland lost its season opener 7 27 11 Tatum said We weren t ready for Georgia in a game as early as September 23 We weren t in shape and the 92 F 33 C heat killed us The loss however did not affect Maryland s poll ranking as the situation surrounding the game was generally understood 25 In Week 2 the Terrapins played the inaugural game at the newly completed Byrd Stadium It was the first game against the Naval Academy in 16 years The series had been canceled in 1934 after Maryland accused Navy of an illegal game winning play In 1950 Maryland agreed to fill a vacancy in the Navy schedule left open by a Georgetown cancellation 26 The high scoring game was the 12th meeting of the intense in state rivalry and resulted in just the second ever Maryland win 27 After upsetting second ranked Michigan State 34 7 Maryland climbed to an AP Poll ranking of eighth in the nation and then defeated Georgetown 11 The following game they met N C State at Byrd Stadium for Homecoming weekend In the first quarter a Maryland fumble rolled out of the end zone for a safety and soon after another fumble set up a touchdown rush by NC State Maryland advanced inside the N C State five yard line three times but was unable to score In the third quarter NC State scored again to expand their lead 0 16 Maryland scored on a 21 yard pass from Jack Scarbath to Bob Shemonski With three minutes remaining Shemonski connected with a pass to Pete Augsburger for another touchdown A 47 yard drive into Wolfpack territory ended with an interception in the end zone with seconds remaining The loss effectively ended the Terrapins hopes for a bowl game bid 28 The second loss dropped them out of the AP Poll for the remainder of the year 29 Bob Ward was named a first team All American 23 Ward and Elmer Wingate were named All Southern Conference 19 The 1951 season editSee also 1951 Maryland Terrapins football team nbsp Quarterback Jack Scarbath helped engineer Maryland s undefeated 1951 season Over the course of the season Maryland outscored its opponents 381 74 accumulated three shutout wins and held seven opponents to 7 points or less It was Maryland s first 10 win season and remains the team s only perfect undefeated season in the modern era 11 nb 1 Maryland entered the season at number 16 on the AP and Coaches polls and remained ranked for the duration A 40 point trouncing of conference foe George Washington in the season opener propelled the Terrapins to a number nine ranking in both polls 11 30 Other wins included games against Southeastern Conference powerhouses a romp over Georgia and a shutout against LSU Before the Georgia game Tatum showed his team that Georgia had charged only 5 for tickets instead of the usual 7 50 59 instead of 88 adjusted for inflation Tatum said They don t think very much of you do they 12 The Terrapins finished the regular season with a 9 0 record and the Southern Conference championship They achieved a final ranking as the number three team in the nation nb 2 They secured a berth in the Sugar Bowl to face the number one team in the nation undefeated Tennessee led by head coach General Robert Neyland 11 30 1952 Sugar Bowl edit Main article 1952 Sugar Bowl The Washington Post called the 1952 Sugar Bowl the second game of the century with the first having been between the undefeated Army and Notre Dame teams in 1946 Maryland was viewed as an underdog against Tennessee which included five All Americans on its roster 12 The Volunteers were led by Heisman runner up quarterback Hank Lauricella 12 31 and Neyland s offensive linemen were described as not large but squatty and bruiser s not flashy but slightly murderous Neyland considered the split T offense used by Tatum gimmicky and relied on the more traditional single wing formation 12 For the game Tatum himself abandoned the split T in favor of a smashmouth strategy which he hoped would catch Tennessee off guard Neyland s strategy focused heavily on punting the ball to pin the opponent in their own territory with a goal of creating turnovers and Tatum likewise adopted it 12 The game started with both teams exchanging several punts in the first quarter Maryland gained good field position after Lauricella kicked a short punt Running backs Ed Modzelewski and Ed Fullerton then led an 11 play 56 yard rushing drive for a touchdown On the kickoff Bob Ward hit Lauricella and forced a fumble that Maryland recovered on Tennessee s 13 yard line 12 After four plays Jack Scarbath pitched to Fullerton who then threw a six yard forward pass to Bob Shemonski in the end zone and expanded the Maryland lead to 14 0 Scarbath then engineered a 48 yard drive and ran it in himself for the Terrapins third touchdown within seven minutes 32 Late in the second quarter Tennessee back Bert Rechichar caught a four yard pass for a touchdown but the extra point was no good At the end of the first half Maryland had stunned Tennessee by gaining a 21 6 lead 33 In the fourth quarter Fullerton intercepted a pass and returned it 46 yards for a touchdown 32 In the final minutes Tennessee s goal line quarterback Herky Payne ran it in from the one yard line Maryland won the game with a final result of 28 13 33 Effects edit nbsp Maryland players celebrate their victory over No 1 Tennessee With the final polls already closed before the bowl season Tennessee retained possession of the national championship In following years however several selectors have named Maryland as the retroactive 1951 national champions Jeff Sagarin the College Football Researchers Association DeVold System Dunkel System and National Championship Foundation 34 Awards edit Jim Tatum was named the Southern Conference Coach of the Year Bob Ward received the Knute Rockne Award and was named the Southern Conference Player of the Year Bob Ward was named a consensus first team All American and Dick Modzelewski and Ed Modzelewski were named second team All Americans 23 Ward and Ed Modzelewski were named All Southern Conference 19 The 1952 season editSee also 1952 Maryland Terrapins football team nbsp Maryland routed No 20 Navy 38 7 in 1952 Maryland was sanctioned for violating a Southern Conference rule passed halfway through the 1951 season that banned postseason play The punishment for participating in the Sugar Bowl disallowed the Terrapins from playing any conference games during the 1952 season 35 This compelled Maryland to schedule all but three games on the road 36 The AP preseason poll ranked Maryland second in the nation 11 The Terrapins recorded a 37 point shutout of 19th ranked Georgia and defeated 20th ranked Navy 38 7 Maryland finished the season with a No 13 final ranking 11 Their loss at Mississippi ended a 22 game winning streak for the Terrapins 11 Tatum blamed the Terrapins late season slide to injuries suffered by star quarterback Scarbath and weariness from the grueling road schedule 36 Effects edit After the season disaffection within the Southern Conference prompted seven former members including Maryland to form the Atlantic Coast Conference ACC The schism was due in part to the ban on bowl participation and the vast geographic dispersion of and disparity between the sizes of member schools Clemson another founding ACC member had likewise been forced to play outside the Southern Conference in 1952 37 Tatum considered resigning in order to enter business University president Byrd a staunch patron of football at the school was preparing to campaign for governor and Tatum feared his successor would significantly reduce the number of athletic scholarships available He and Byrd however had also disagreed over the decision to participate in bowl games in violation of conference rules Tatum was opposed to it as it greatly increased the difficulty of scheduling and had caused the reduction in number of home games 36 Awards edit In 1952 Maryland quarterback Jack Scarbath was runner up for the Heisman Trophy which is awarded to college football s most outstanding player Scarbath received 367 points coming behind to Oklahoma running back Billy Vessels who received 525 points 2 Scarbath also was named the Southern Conference Player of the Year Dick Modzelewski was awarded the Outland Trophy and the Knute Rockne Award Scarbath and Dick Modzelewski were also both named consensus first team All Americans Tom Cosgrove was named a second team All American Stan Jones and Scarbath were named All Southern Conference 19 23 The Associated Press All South team which consisted of players from fifteen schools in the Southern U S included Scarbath and honorable mentions end John Alderton tackle Dick Modzelewski and back Ed Fullerton 38 The 1953 season editSee also 1953 Maryland Terrapins football team During this season Maryland outscored its opponents 298 38 accumulated six shutout wins and allowed only one team Georgia to score more than 7 points 11 No ACC team scored more total points until 1967 and none has ever allowed fewer points in the regular season 31 Maryland ranked first nationally in terms of rushing defense 83 9 yards allowed per game and scoring defense 3 1 points allowed per game 39 At the end of the regular season the three wire services the Associated Press International News Service and United Press each named Maryland as the national championship team 40 Maryland entered the season ranked ninth in the preseason AP Poll 41 In the season opener against Missouri Chet Hanulak scored in the first two minutes of play on a 61 yard run Maryland intercepted four passes while sacrificing three fumbles in the 20 7 win 42 Against Washington and Lee Hanulak made an interception and then on Maryland s possession rushed for a 12 yard touchdown Ron Waller dropped a Generals punt at mid field but recovered and returned it for a touchdown After halftime Tatum fielded third and fourth string players before the final results of 52 0 42 At Clemson quarterback Bernie Faloney returned the opening kick off 88 yards for a touchdown In the second quarter Clemson quarterback Don King was sacked by several Maryland defenders and suffered a game ending knee injury With 45 seconds left in the half Dick Nolan scored on a 90 yard punt return In the second half Faloney connected with Nolan for a 65 yard touchdown pass Clemson finished the game with two pass completions and suffered its first shutout at home in 11 years 20 0 42 Against Georgia most critics thought Maryland faced its first true test In the first quarter the Terrapins took a quick 14 0 lead and held the Bulldogs to six offensive plays two of which were punts In the second quarter Georgia quarterback Zeke Bratkowski led his team to two consecutive touchdown drives and the score was 21 13 in favor of Maryland at halftime Two minutes into the third quarter Faloney intercepted a Bratkowski pass and returned it for a touchdown Bratkowski was taken out of the game after numerous sacks by Stan Jones and Bob Morgan The 40 13 final result would be the most points the Terrapins allowed during the entire season 42 At North Carolina the undefeated Terrapins met the undefeated Tar Heels Two 15 yard penalties against North Carolina set up a quarterback sneak by Faloney for a touchdown In the second quarter Bill Walker caught a pitch at the Maryland 35 and ran it 49 yards to the North Carolina 16 yard line From there Charlie Boxold scored another touchdown for the Terrapins In the third quarter Hanulak took a pitch and took it 34 yards into the end zone The 26 0 win was the Maryland s first in Chapel Hill North Carolina since 1924 Tatum later called it the greatest win of any team I ever coached including the 1952 Sugar Bowl over national champion Tennessee 42 At Miami Hanulak scored first on a two yard rush Morgan recovered a Miami fumble and on the ensuing possession Faloney scored on an eight yard rush By halftime Maryland led 27 0 Tatum disallowed any passes or trick plays in the second half and the final result was 30 0 42 Maryland next traveled to South Carolina to face a team coming off of a four game winning streak Ralph Felton scored first to cap a long drive with a short rush In the next series the Gamecocks punted it away and the ball was returned by Hanulak 35 yards for a touchdown In the second quarter South Carolina recovered a Maryland fumble on the Terrapins 14 yard line In three plays Maryland had pushed them back to the 32 yard line before South Carolina finally scored With South Carolina held to 37 rushing yards the final result was 24 6 42 After defeating George Washington 27 6 the Terrapins went on to shut out two ranked teams 11th ranked Mississippi and 11th ranked Alabama Maryland secured a share of the ACC championship alongside Duke and a berth in the Orange Bowl as the only undefeated and untied team in the nation 11 Maryland finished the regular season 10 0 and were crowned the national champions 1954 Orange Bowl edit In Miami first ranked Maryland faced the team Tatum had coached prior to his arrival at College Park fourth ranked Oklahoma under former assistant Bud Wilkinson The Sooners handed Maryland their only defeat 0 7 but as had happened in 1951 to the Terrapins detriment the final rankings were released before the bowls and for the third time in four years AP s national champion was defeated in their postseason game However unlike Tennessee who retained their top rank despite losing to Maryland in 1951 the Terrapins 10 1 0 did indeed finish with the best record better than the Orange Bowl victor Oklahoma 9 1 1 43 44 Maryland ranked first nationally in terms of rushing defense 83 9 yards allowed per game and scoring defense 3 1 points allowed per game At the same time the Terps scored a record combined total of 298 points a number not exceeded until 1967 39 Awards edit Like the year prior in 1953 a Maryland quarterback Bernie Faloney was in contention for the Heisman Trophy Faloney finished fourth in the running and received 258 points behind Notre Dame s John Lattner 1 850 Minnesota s Paul Giel 1 794 and UCLA s Paul Cameron 444 3 Stan Jones was selected as a consensus first team All American Bernie Faloney was also named a first team All American Chet Hanulak was named a second team All American Four Terrapins were named to the All ACC first team John Bowersox Bernie Faloney Chester Hanulak and Stan Jones Three were named to the All ACC second team Ralph Felton Bob Morgan and Bill Walker 23 The 1954 season editSee also 1954 Maryland Terrapins football team On Thanksgiving Day Tatum coached Maryland to a pummeling 74 13 of his former boss Don Faurot s Missouri 45 and the Terrapins set an ACC record high for scoring that stood for 27 years 46 Maryland finished the season with a 7 2 1 record and was named the eighth ranked team by AP 11 Bill Walker was selected by AP as a second team All American Three Maryland players were named to the All ACC first team Dick Bielski Bill Walker and Ronnie Waller Two were named to the All ACC second team John Irvine and Bob Pellegrini 23 The 1955 season editSee also 1955 Maryland Terrapins football team In Tatum s final season in College Park Maryland spent four weeks as the first ranked team in the AP Poll and ten weeks ranked in the top three 47 No opponent managed more than 13 points during the regular season Maryland again had the first ranked rushing defense in the nation allowing 83 9 yards per game 11 Frank Tamburello became the starting quarterback and entered the season with significant game experience from the prior year as a reserve behind Charlie Boxold Fullback Tom Selep missed the season due to a knee injury 48 The opener against Missouri was a much closer contest than the previous year s record setting game Ed Vereb rushed for a 14 yard touchdown and Tamburello passed for another but only failed extra point attempts by Missouri in the second half preserved victory 13 12 11 In week two Maryland met first ranked UCLA for the second half of a home and home series in a game dubbed The Best of the East vs the Best of the West 49 It was a rain soaked defensive contest at Byrd Stadium where Maryland held UCLA s rushing attack to 21 yards UCLA quarterback Ronnie Knox completed 10 of 15 passes for 100 yards but also threw two interceptions 50 Late in the first quarter Knox s passing brought the Bruins to the Maryland three yard line 48 On the next play UCLA advanced to the one foot line before Bob Pellegrini tackled second string fullback Doug Peters to force a fumble Maryland made the only score when in the third quarter quarterback Frank Tamburello executed an option run and pitched to halfback Ed Vereb who ran it 15 yards into the end zone 50 51 With the victory the Terrapins became the first ranked team 52 The following week Maryland beat 20th ranked Baylor 20 6 11 with Tamburello passing for two touchdowns 52 Maryland then defeated Wake Forest 28 7 and held them to nine rushing yards 52 Against North Carolina they allowed 18 yards on the ground Vereb scored three touchdowns and made an interception but the Tar Heels scored under unusual circumstances when center Jim Jones stripped Tamburello and returned it 35 yards The final result was 25 7 52 Syracuse scored the most points of any regular season opponent with touchdowns by Jim Brown and Don Althouse but Maryland s offense scored a season high and won 34 13 The Terrapins shutout a mediocre South Carolina 27 0 and Louisiana State 13 0 against whom they made four interceptions including one in the end zone by Phil Perlo Clemson took the lead early with a Don King touchdown pass to Dalton Rivers and Joel Wells breaking away for another score soon after Maryland s reserve quarterback Lynn Beightol threw to Ed Vereb for two touchdowns and in the second half Clemson was allowed only 22 yards Maryland won 25 12 Maryland posted a fourth shutout against George Washington 19 0 Vereb scored two touchdowns which tied Lu Gambino s single season school record of 16 52 The Terrapins with a perfect ACC record were named conference co champions alongside Duke for the second consecutive year Maryland possessed a perfect regular season record and ranked third in the nation behind Michigan State 8 1 The Terps secured an Orange Bowl rematch against first ranked Oklahoma and a chance to avenge their defeat in 1953 However the Sooners beat them again 20 6 and they finished the postseason with a 10 1 record 11 Awards edit Bob Pellegrini was named a consensus first team All American the National Lineman of the Year and the ACC Player of the Year 23 48 Mike Sandusky was also named a first team All American Ed Vereb and Bill Walker were named second team All Americans Four Maryland players were named to the All ACC first team Jack Davis Bob Pellegrini Mike Sandusky and Ed Vereb Three were named to the All ACC second team Russell Dennis Frank Tamburello and Bill Walker 23 Tatum s departure edit nbsp H C Curley Byrd served as Maryland president during most of Tatum s tenure In 1954 Curley Byrd resigned as university president in order to enter state politics and was replaced by Dr Wilson Elkins a Rhodes scholar and former Texas quarterback Elkins worked to improve academic standards at the school which had been criticized for overemphasizing football One year during Tatum s tenure the school awarded 93 football scholarships averaging 944 each 10 710 adjusted for inflation The Diamondback student newspaper said that while Tatum was at Maryland it was an era in which an inadequate stadium became ultra adequate and an inadequate library became more inadequate 45 During his tenure at Maryland Tatum became one of the most successful head football coaches in school history In nine seasons he led the Terrapins to two national championships three conference championships and five bowl game appearances His teams compiled a 73 15 4 record without a single losing season To date he remains the winningest Maryland football coach of the modern era with a winning percentage of 0 819 53 After the 1955 season Tatum took an 18 pay cut 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