Just outside the nation’s capital lies one of the Big Ten Conference’s newer members, one with a long history in the Atlantic Coast Conference: University of Maryland.
A campus that has hosted a queen (Elizabeth) and a king (Nicolas Cage) — along with presidents and diplomats — is home to a decorated sports history as well, including a national championship men’s basketball team led by a future Trail Blazer.
As the Oregon Ducks prepare for a move to the Big Ten in 2024, The Oregonian/OregonLive is taking a look at all of their newest conference rivals. While Ducks fans might be deeply familiar with fellow Pac-12 departees Washington, USC and UCLA, they have 14 new teams to get to know this year.
Next up is the Maryland Terrapins.
UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND
Nickname: Terrapins (Terps)
Location: College Park, Maryland
School founded: 1856
Joined Big Ten: 2014
Type: Public
Enrollment: 40,709
Endowment: $997 million
Athletic department spending (2021-22): $114.4 million
Athletic department revenue (2021-22): $107.5 million
Football spending (2021-22): $30.8 million
Football revenue (2021-22): $52.7 million
Football stadium: SECU Stadium
Capacity: 51,802
Varsity sports: 20 (8 men’s, 12 women’s)
Mascot: Testudo
Fight song: “Maryland Fight Song”
Notable alumni: Carl Bernstein, Steve Blake, Sergey Brin, Larry David, Stefon Diggs, Boomer Esiason, Gayle King, Scott Van Pelt
Famous coaches: Brenda Frese (women’s basketball), Gary Williams (men’s basketball)
Biggest rivals: Penn State (football), Duke (men’s basketball)
Essential movie: National Treasure: Book of Secrets (2007) — filmed in part on the UMD campus
Team national titles: Men’s basketball (1), women’s basketball (1), field hockey (8), men’s lacrosse (4), women’s lacrosse (14), men’s soccer (4).
Did you know? Queen Elizabeth II attended a University of Maryland football game on Oct. 19, 1957 — her first-ever American football game. Elizabeth was just four years into her eventual 70-year reign, and was in Washington, D.C. to meet with President Eisenhower. The Terps upset North Carolina, 21-7, and it became known as “The Queen’s Game.”
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