Rivalry leaderboard
Maryland-Penn State Greatest Games
The series' top 25 meetings, ranked without team allegiance by game-time AP strength, final-score closeness, and overtime.
- Games
- 25
- Top score
- 62/100
- Overtime
- 0
Series context
- Completed meetings
- 48
- Series record
- Maryland 3-44-1 Penn State
- Tracked years
- 1917-2024
- Trophy
- No named trophy
Series ranking
The rivalry's top 25 games
15 of these games include at least one AP-ranked team at kickoff. Open a supported game for its box score and statistics.
- 1975Week 9
Penn State at Maryland
Penn State 15, Maryland 13
Winner: Penn State
No. 9 Penn State vs. No. 14 Maryland · 2-point margin
Ranking 29/50 · Closeness 33/35 · Overtime 0/15
62
Game score
- 1985Week 2
Penn State at Maryland
Penn State 20, Maryland 18
Winner: Penn State
No. 19 Penn State vs. No. 7 Maryland · 2-point margin
Ranking 26/50 · Closeness 33/35 · Overtime 0/15
59
Game score
- 1986Week 11
Maryland at Penn State
Maryland 15, Penn State 17
Winner: Penn State
Unranked Maryland vs. No. 3 Penn State · 2-point margin
Ranking 23/50 · Closeness 33/35 · Overtime 0/15
56
Game score
- 1974Week 9
Maryland at Penn State
Maryland 17, Penn State 24
Winner: Penn State
No. 15 Maryland vs. No. 10 Penn State · 7-point margin
Ranking 27/50 · Closeness 28/35 · Overtime 0/15
55
Game score
- 1984Week 7
Maryland at Penn State
Maryland 24, Penn State 25
Winner: Penn State
Unranked Maryland vs. No. 11 Penn State · 1-point margin
Ranking 15/50 · Closeness 34/35 · Overtime 0/15
49
Game score
- 1978Week 10
Maryland at Penn State
Maryland 3, Penn State 27
Winner: Penn State
No. 13 Maryland vs. No. 2 Penn State · 24-point margin
Ranking 37/50 · Closeness 11/35 · Overtime 0/15
48
Game score
- 1989Week 11
Maryland at Penn State
Maryland 13, Penn State 13
Result: Tie
Unranked Maryland vs. No. 13 Penn State · 0-point margin
Ranking 13/50 · Closeness 35/35 · Overtime 0/15
48
Game score
- 1982Week 2
Maryland at Penn State
Maryland 31, Penn State 39
Winner: Penn State
Unranked Maryland vs. No. 7 Penn State · 8-point margin
Ranking 19/50 · Closeness 27/35 · Overtime 0/15
46
Game score
- 1987Week 11
Penn State at Maryland
Penn State 21, Maryland 16
Winner: Penn State
No. 15 Penn State vs. Unranked Maryland · 5-point margin
Ranking 11/50 · Closeness 30/35 · Overtime 0/15
41
Game score
- 1977Week 4
Maryland at Penn State
Maryland 9, Penn State 27
Winner: Penn State
Unranked Maryland vs. No. 4 Penn State · 18-point margin
Ranking 22/50 · Closeness 17/35 · Overtime 0/15
39
Game score
- 1973Week 10
Penn State at Maryland
Penn State 42, Maryland 22
Winner: Penn State
No. 6 Penn State vs. Unranked Maryland · 20-point margin
Ranking 20/50 · Closeness 15/35 · Overtime 0/15
35
Game score
- 1980Week 7
Penn State at Maryland
Penn State 24, Maryland 10
Winner: Penn State
No. 12 Penn State vs. Unranked Maryland · 14-point margin
Ranking 14/50 · Closeness 21/35 · Overtime 0/15
35
Game score
- 1963Week 8
Penn State at Maryland
Penn State 17, Maryland 15
Winner: Penn State
Unranked Penn State vs. Unranked Maryland · 2-point margin
Ranking 0/50 · Closeness 33/35 · Overtime 0/15
33
Game score
- 1961Week 8
Penn State at Maryland
Penn State 17, Maryland 21
Winner: Maryland
Unranked Penn State vs. Unranked Maryland · 4-point margin
Ranking 0/50 · Closeness 31/35 · Overtime 0/15
31
Game score
- 1990Week 12
Maryland at Penn State
Maryland 10, Penn State 24
Winner: Penn State
Unranked Maryland vs. No. 18 Penn State · 14-point margin
Ranking 8/50 · Closeness 21/35 · Overtime 0/15
29
Game score
- 1988Week 11
Maryland at Penn State
Maryland 10, Penn State 17
Winner: Penn State
Unranked Maryland vs. Unranked Penn State · 7-point margin
Ranking 0/50 · Closeness 28/35 · Overtime 0/15
28
Game score
- 1937Week 9
Maryland at Penn State
Maryland 14, Penn State 21
Winner: Penn State
Unranked Maryland vs. Unranked Penn State · 7-point margin
Ranking 0/50 · Closeness 28/35 · Overtime 0/15
28
Game score
- 1966Week 2
Maryland at Penn State
Maryland 7, Penn State 15
Winner: Penn State
Unranked Maryland vs. Unranked Penn State · 8-point margin
Ranking 0/50 · Closeness 27/35 · Overtime 0/15
27
Game score
- 1964Week 8
Maryland at Penn State
Maryland 9, Penn State 17
Winner: Penn State
Unranked Maryland vs. Unranked Penn State · 8-point margin
Ranking 0/50 · Closeness 27/35 · Overtime 0/15
27
Game score
- 1968Week 10
Penn State at Maryland
Penn State 57, Maryland 13
Winner: Penn State
No. 3 Penn State vs. Unranked Maryland · 44-point margin
Ranking 23/50 · Closeness 0/35 · Overtime 0/15
23
Game score
- 1965Week 13
Penn State at Maryland
Penn State 19, Maryland 7
Winner: Penn State
Unranked Penn State vs. Unranked Maryland · 12-point margin
Ranking 0/50 · Closeness 23/35 · Overtime 0/15
23
Game score
- 1939Week 8
Maryland at Penn State
Maryland 0, Penn State 12
Winner: Penn State
Unranked Maryland vs. Unranked Penn State · 12-point margin
Ranking 0/50 · Closeness 23/35 · Overtime 0/15
23
Game score
Methodology
How each game earns up to 100 points
AP ranking, 50 points: each team earns 26 minus its game-time AP rank. Unranked teams receive zero.
Closeness, 35 points: the final margin is subtracted from 35, with margins of 35 or more receiving zero.
Overtime, 15 points: overtime starts at nine points and rises by two per additional period, capped at 15.
Regular-season rankings use the AP Top 25 recorded for the game's week. Postseason meetings use the final regular-season AP poll before bowl and playoff results. Games before 2005 remain in the ranking but do not link to unsupported box-score pages. Videos are matched by canonical game ID or by a rematch-safe season matchup.