1919 Maryland State Aggies football team

1919 Maryland State Aggies football
Maryland state champion
Conference	South Atlantic Intercollegiate Athletic Association
Record	5–4 (4–1 SAIAA)
Head coach	Curley Byrd (9th season)

1919 South Atlantic Intercollegiate Athletic Association football standings

v t e	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
Georgetown $	2	–	0	–	0			7	–	3	–	0
Maryland State	4	–	1	–	0			5	–	4	–	0
NC State	3	–	1	–	0			7	–	2	–	0
North Carolina	3	–	1	–	0			4	–	3	–	1
Washington and Lee	2	–	1	–	0			8	–	1	–	0
VMI	4	–	2	–	0			6	–	2	–	0
Richmond	2	–	2	–	1			5	–	2	–	2
Virginia	1	–	1	–	1			2	–	5	–	2
VPI	2	–	4	–	0			5	–	4	–	0
William & Mary	1	–	3	–	0			2	–	6	–	1
Catholic University	0	–	1	–	0			1	–	6	–	1
St. John's (MD)	0	–	1	–	0			0	–	1	–	0
Johns Hopkins	0	–	1	–	0			0	–	2	–	0
Davidson	0	–	4	–	0			4	–	6	–	1
$ – Conference champion

The 1919 Maryland State Aggies football team was an American football team that represented Maryland State College (which in 1920 became part of the University of Maryland) in the South Atlantic Intercollegiate Athletic Association (SAIAA) during the 1919 college football season. In their ninth season under head coach Curley Byrd, the Aggies compiled a 5–4 record and outscored their opponents by a total of 93 to 74.^[1][2] In the final game of the season, the Aggies won the Maryland state championship by defeating Johns Hopkins by a 13 to 0 score in Baltimore.^[3]

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
October 4	at Swarthmore*	Swarthmore, PA	L 6–10		[4]
October 11	at Virginia	Lambeth Field Charlottesville, VA	W 13–0		[5]
October 18	at West Virginia*	Morgantown, WV	L 0–27		[6]
October 25	vs. VPI	Union League Park Washington, DC	L 0–6		[7]
November 1	at Yale*	Yale Bowl New Haven, CT	L 0–31		[8]
November 8	at St. John's (MD)	Annapolis, MD	W 27–0		[9]
November 15	at Catholic University	Washington, DC	W 13–0		[10]
November 22	Western Maryland*	College Park, MD	W 20–0		[11]
November 27	at Johns Hopkins	Homewood Field Baltimore, MD	W 14–0	> 10,000	[3][12]
*Non-conference game

References

1. "1919 Maryland Terrapins Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved June 19, 2016.
2. "Maryland Yearly Results (1915-1919)". College Football Data Warehouse. David DeLassus. Archived from the original on August 10, 2016. Retrieved June 19, 2016.
3. "Overhead Attack Wins For Maryland: Gains State Title as Aerial Tosses Beats Johns Hopkins, 14 to 0". The Washington Post. November 28, 1919. p. 11.
4. "State Fights, But Loses: Marylanders Give Swarthmore Stiff Argument In Opening Tilt". The Baltimore Sun. October 5, 1919. p. Sports 15 – via Newspapers.com.
5. "State Stops Virginia Claims To S.A. Honors". The Washington Times. October 12, 1919. p. 19 – via Newspapers.com.
6. "Mountaineers Have Easy Time With Maryland State". Pittsburgh Daily Post. October 19, 1919. p. 19 – via Newspapers.com.
7. "Muddy Gridiron Handicaps State and Virginians Win". The Washington Post. October 26, 1919 – via Newspapers.com.
8. "Yale Team Plays With Southerners". The Hartford Courant. November 2, 1919 – via Newspapers.com.
9. "First Defeat For St. John'; Maryland State Wins, 27-0". The Sunday Star. November 9, 1919 – via Newspapers.com.
10. "State Beats Catholic U." The Baltimore Sun. November 16, 1919. p. 28 – via Newspapers.com.
11. "Methodists Are Beaten: State Scores Twice In Opening Quarter And Once Near End". The Baltimore Sun. November 23, 1919. p. 28 – via Newspapers.com.
12. "State Holds Its Laurels". The Baltimore Sun. November 28, 1919. p. 8 – via Newspapers.com.