Crab Bowl Classic
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Crab Bowl Classic | |
| Navy logo | |
| Maryland Terrapins | Navy Midshipmen |
| Originated | 1917 |
| Most recent | 2005 |
| Next match | 2010 |
| Series leader | Navy (8-6) |
| Current champion | Maryland |
| Maryland (6) 2005 1964 1952 1951 1950 1931 |
Navy (8) 1965 1963 1959 1958 1934 1932 1930 1917 |
The Maryland-Navy rivalry, colloquially referred to as the 'Crab Bowl', is the college football rivalry between the Universty of Maryland and the United States Naval Academy. The two teams first played in 1917. Navycurrently leads with an all-time record of 8-6. The two teams are tied for the longest streaks in the series: Navy (3 games between 1958 and 1963) and Maryland (3 games between 1950 and 1952).
Background
With the comparable skill level of these two squads, in addition to geographic proximity (within an hour's distance), this match-up has the potential of being a respectable in-state rivalry. However, the series has had a turbulent history which has led to some bad blood between the athletic department staffs at the two institutions.
The Terps met the Naval Academy several times between the 1930s and '60s, including some neutral site matches in Baltimore and Washington, D.C. Angered Navy officials allowed the series contract to lapse after the 1964 match where linebacker Jerry Fishman twice responded to anti-semitic taunts from the Brigade of Midshipmen with a middle finger.[1]
In 2005, for the first time in forty years, the game was revived in Baltimore. The result was an electric contest with a close Terps win late in the game (23-20). In the next post-season, Maryland declined an invitation to face Navy in the Meineke Car Care Bowl in Charlotte, NC, in order to go to the Champs Sports Bowl against Purdue in Orlando. The decision was based on the players preference, a bigger school pay-out, warmer weather, a Big Ten opponent, more exposure, and the Champs Sports Bowl was deemed to be the number-four non-BCS bowl while the Meineke game was number-six. Navy athletic director Chet Gladchuk has stated that this snub was the basis for their rejection of Maryland offers to renew the series in 2010.
In 2007, the two teams finally agreed to a rematch for 2010 once more at the M&T Bank Stadium in Baltimore.[2][3][4]
Statistics
| Maryland | Navy | |
|---|---|---|
| Games played | 14 | |
| Wins | 6 | 8 |
| Home wins | 3 | 5 |
| Road wins | 0 | 0 |
| Neutral wins | 3 | 3 |
| Consecutive wins | 3 | 3 |
| Most total points in a game | 62 (1917) | |
| Most points in a win | 40 | 62 |
| Most points in a loss | 14 | 22 |
| Fewest total points in a game | 6 (1931, 1930) | |
| Largest margin of victory | 31 | 62 |
| Smallest margin of victory | 3 | 3 |
| Total points scored in series | 231 | 326 |
| Shut-outs of opposing team | 1 | 2 |
Source: [5]
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Results
Maryland victories are shaded in red. Navy victories are shaded in blue.
| Date | Site | Winning team | Losing team | Series | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 September 2005 | Baltimore, MD | Maryland | 23 | Navy | 20 | Navy 8-6 |
| 6 November 1965 | Annapolis, MD | Navy | 19 | Maryland | 7 | Navy 8-5 |
| 7 November 1964 | College Park, MD | Maryland | 27 | Navy | 22 | Navy 7-5 |
| 9 November 1963 | Annapolis, MD | Navy | 42 | Maryland | 7 | Navy 7-4 |
| 7 November 1959 | Baltimore, MD | Navy | 22 | Maryland | 14 | Navy 6-4 |
| 8 November 1958 | Baltimore, MD | Navy | 40 | Maryland | 14 | Navy 5-4 |
| 18 October 1952 | College Park, MD | Maryland | 38 | Navy | 7 | Tied 4-4 |
| 10 November 1951 | Baltimore, MD | Maryland | 40 | Navy | 21 | Navy 4-3 |
| 30 September 1950 | College Park, MD | Maryland | 35 | Navy | 21 | Navy 4-2 |
| 13 October 1934 | Annapolis, MD | Navy | 16 | Maryland | 13 | Navy 4-1 |
| 12 November 1932 | Baltimore, MD | Navy | 28 | Maryland | 7 | Navy 3-1 |
| 10 October 1931 | Washington, D.C. | Maryland | 6 | Navy | 0 | Navy 2-1 |
| 22 November 1930 | Annapolis, MD | Navy | 6 | Maryland | 0 | Navy 2-0 |
| 13 October 1917 | Annapolis, MD | Navy | 62 | Maryland | 0 | Navy 1-0 |
Source: [6] | ||||||
See Also
References
- ^ Tom D'Angelo, "Barriers made to be broken" University of Maryland Terrapins Official Athletic Site, 25 October 2006, accessed 17 January 2008.
- ^ Mark Selig, "Old rivalry revisited", The Diamondback, 31 August 2005, accessed 17 January 2008.
- ^ Mike Burke, "Navy feels snubbed by Terps; what else is new?", Cumberland Times-News, 8 August 2007, accessed 17 January 2008.
- ^ Maryland Terrapins Athletic Department press release, [1], "Maryland and Navy Agree to 2010 Football Game", 24 October 2007.
- ^ [http://football.stassen.com/cgi-bin/records/opp- opp.pl?start=1869&end=2007&team1=Maryland&team2=Navy Maryland vs. Navy, 1869-2007], Stassen College Football Information, accessed 16 November 2008.
- ^ [http://football.stassen.com/ Stassen College Football Information], accessed 11 November 2008.