1949 Maryland Terrapins football team
The 1949 Maryland Terrapins football team represented the University of Maryland in National Collegiate Athletic Association college football in its 29th season as a member of the Southern Conference. 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.Schedule
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
