Rivalry leaderboard
Maryland-West Virginia 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
- 65/100
- Overtime
- 1
Series context
- Completed meetings
- 53
- Series record
- Maryland 23-28-2 West Virginia
- Tracked years
- 1919-2021
- Trophy
- No named trophy
Series ranking
The rivalry's top 25 games
12 of these games include at least one AP-ranked team at kickoff. Open a supported game for its box score and statistics.
- 2004Week 41OT
Maryland at West Virginia
Maryland 16, West Virginia 19
Winner: West Virginia
No. 21 Maryland vs. No. 7 West Virginia · 3-point margin
Ranking 24/50 · Closeness 32/35 · Overtime 9/15
65
Game score
- 1982Week 3
Maryland at West Virginia
Maryland 18, West Virginia 19
Winner: West Virginia
Unranked Maryland vs. No. 17 West Virginia · 1-point margin
Ranking 9/50 · Closeness 34/35 · Overtime 0/15
43
Game score
- 1989Week 2
West Virginia at Maryland
West Virginia 14, Maryland 10
Winner: West Virginia
No. 17 West Virginia vs. Unranked Maryland · 4-point margin
Ranking 9/50 · Closeness 31/35 · Overtime 0/15
40
Game score
- 1983Week 4
West Virginia at Maryland
West Virginia 31, Maryland 21
Winner: West Virginia
No. 12 West Virginia vs. Unranked Maryland · 10-point margin
Ranking 14/50 · Closeness 25/35 · Overtime 0/15
39
Game score
- 1980Week 4
Maryland at West Virginia
Maryland 14, West Virginia 11
Winner: Maryland
No. 19 Maryland vs. Unranked West Virginia · 3-point margin
Ranking 7/50 · Closeness 32/35 · Overtime 0/15
39
Game score
- 1977Week 3
West Virginia at Maryland
West Virginia 24, Maryland 16
Winner: West Virginia
No. 17 West Virginia vs. Unranked Maryland · 8-point margin
Ranking 9/50 · Closeness 27/35 · Overtime 0/15
36
Game score
- 1945Week 8
West Virginia at Maryland
West Virginia 13, Maryland 13
Result: Tie
Unranked West Virginia vs. Unranked Maryland · 0-point margin
Ranking 0/50 · Closeness 35/35 · Overtime 0/15
35
Game score
- 1944Week 8
Maryland at West Virginia
Maryland 6, West Virginia 6
Result: Tie
Unranked Maryland vs. Unranked West Virginia · 0-point margin
Ranking 0/50 · Closeness 35/35 · Overtime 0/15
35
Game score
- 1992Week 4
Maryland at West Virginia
Maryland 33, West Virginia 34
Winner: West Virginia
Unranked Maryland vs. Unranked West Virginia · 1-point margin
Ranking 0/50 · Closeness 34/35 · Overtime 0/15
34
Game score
- 1948Week 12
Maryland at West Virginia
Maryland 14, West Virginia 16
Winner: West Virginia
Unranked Maryland vs. Unranked West Virginia · 2-point margin
Ranking 0/50 · Closeness 33/35 · Overtime 0/15
33
Game score
- 1976Week 3
Maryland at West Virginia
Maryland 24, West Virginia 3
Winner: Maryland
No. 8 Maryland vs. Unranked West Virginia · 21-point margin
Ranking 18/50 · Closeness 14/35 · Overtime 0/15
32
Game score
- 1984Week 5
Maryland at West Virginia
Maryland 20, West Virginia 17
Winner: Maryland
Unranked Maryland vs. Unranked West Virginia · 3-point margin
Ranking 0/50 · Closeness 32/35 · Overtime 0/15
32
Game score
- 1990Week 3
Maryland at West Virginia
Maryland 14, West Virginia 10
Winner: Maryland
Unranked Maryland vs. Unranked West Virginia · 4-point margin
Ranking 0/50 · Closeness 31/35 · Overtime 0/15
31
Game score
- 1981Week 3
West Virginia at Maryland
West Virginia 17, Maryland 13
Winner: West Virginia
Unranked West Virginia vs. Unranked Maryland · 4-point margin
Ranking 0/50 · Closeness 31/35 · Overtime 0/15
31
Game score
- 1943Week 6
Maryland at West Virginia
Maryland 2, West Virginia 6
Winner: West Virginia
Unranked Maryland vs. Unranked West Virginia · 4-point margin
Ranking 0/50 · Closeness 31/35 · Overtime 0/15
31
Game score
- 1993Week 4
West Virginia at Maryland
West Virginia 42, Maryland 37
Winner: West Virginia
Unranked West Virginia vs. Unranked Maryland · 5-point margin
Ranking 0/50 · Closeness 30/35 · Overtime 0/15
30
Game score
- 1987Week 4
West Virginia at Maryland
West Virginia 20, Maryland 25
Winner: Maryland
Unranked West Virginia vs. Unranked Maryland · 5-point margin
Ranking 0/50 · Closeness 30/35 · Overtime 0/15
30
Game score
- 1973Week 3
West Virginia at Maryland
West Virginia 20, Maryland 13
Winner: West Virginia
Unranked West Virginia vs. Unranked Maryland · 7-point margin
Ranking 0/50 · Closeness 28/35 · Overtime 0/15
28
Game score
- 1986Week 4
Maryland at West Virginia
Maryland 24, West Virginia 3
Winner: Maryland
No. 13 Maryland vs. Unranked West Virginia · 21-point margin
Ranking 13/50 · Closeness 14/35 · Overtime 0/15
27
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.