1961 Maryland Terrapins football team

1961 Maryland Terrapins football
Team portrait from 1962 Terrapin yearbook
ConferenceAtlantic Coast Conference
Record7–3 (3–3 ACC)
Head coach
Home stadiumByrd Stadium
1961 Atlantic Coast Conference football standings
Conf.Overall
Team W L  W L 
No. 20 Duke $  5 1   7 3  
North Carolina  4 3   5 5  
Maryland  3 3   7 3  
Clemson  3 3   5 5  
NC State  3 4   4 6  
South Carolina  3 4   4 6  
Wake Forest  3 4   4 6  
Virginia  2 4   4 6  
  • $ Conference champion
Rankings from AP poll

The 1961 Maryland Terrapins football team was an American football team that represented the University of Maryland as a member of the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) during the 1961 college football season. In their third season under head coach Tom Nugent, the Terrapins compiled a 7–3 record (3–3 in conference games), finished in third place in the ACC, and outscored their opponents 156 to 141.

Senior end Gary Collins, a consensus pick on the 1961 All-America football team, tallied 30 catches for 428 yards and was selected in the first round, fourth overall pick, of the 1962 NFL draft. Quarterback Dick Shiner led the team, and ranked third in the ACC, with 1,022 yards of total offense.