1984 Maryland Terrapins football team

The 1984 Maryland Terrapins football team represented the University of Maryland, College Park in the 1984 NCAA Division I-A football season. The Terrapins won the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) for the second consecutive season.^[2]

Date	Opponent	Rank	Site	TV	Result	Attendance	Source
September 8	Syracuse*		Byrd Stadium College Park, MD	JPT	L 7–23	38,850	[3]
September 15	Vanderbilt*		Byrd Stadium College Park, MD		L 14–23	34,100	[4]
September 22	at No. 18 West Virginia*		Mountaineer Field Morgantown, WV (rivalry)		W 20–17	58,353	[5]
September 29	Wake Forest		Byrd Stadium College Park, MD		W 38–17	32,700	[6]
October 6	at No. 11 Penn State*		Beaver Stadium University Park, PA (rivalry)		L 24–25	85,456	[7]
October 13	NC State		Byrd Stadium College Park, MD		W 44–21	43,450	[8]
October 27	at Duke		Wallace Wade Stadium Durham, NC		W 43–7	17,500	[9]
November 3	at North Carolina		Kenan Memorial Stadium Chapel Hill, NC		W 34–23	48,000	[10]
November 10	at No. 6 Miami (FL)*		Miami Orange Bowl Miami, FL		W 42–40	31,548	[11]
November 17	No. 20 Clemson*A		Memorial Stadium Baltimore, MD		W 41–23	60,575	[12]
November 24	at Virginia	No. 18	Scott Stadium Charlottesville, VA (rivalry)		W 45–34	43,017	[13]
December 22	vs. Tennessee*	No. 12	Sun Bowl El Paso, TX (Sun Bowl)	CBS	W 28–27	50,126	[14]
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

A.^ Clemson was under NCAA probation, and was ineligible for the ACC title. Therefore this game did not count in the league standings.^[15][1]

The biggest highlight of the season was Frank Reich's comeback against the defending national champion Miami Hurricanes on November 10, 1984, at the Orange Bowl Stadium. Reich came off the bench to play for Stan Gelbaugh, who had previously replaced him as the starter after Reich separated his shoulder in the fourth week of the season against Wake Forest. Miami quarterback Bernie Kosar led the 'Canes to a 31–0 lead at halftime. At the start of the third quarter, Reich led the Terrapins on a scoring drive after scoring drive. Three touchdowns in the third quarter and a fourth at the start of the final quarter turned what was a blowout into a close game. With the score 34–28 Miami, Reich hit Greg Hill with a 68-yard touchdown pass which deflected off the hands of Miami safety Darrell Fullington to take the lead. Maryland scored once more to cap an incredible 42–9 second half, and won the game 42–40, completing what was then the biggest comeback in NCAA history.^[16]

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Stan Gelbaugh played for the Saskatchewan Roughriders in 1986 and then in the NFL for the Buffalo Bills, Phoenix Cardinals, and Seattle Seahawks.^[18]

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