1947 Maryland Terrapins Football Team (Paperback)

High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! The 1947 Maryland Terrapins football team represented the University of Maryland in National Collegiate Athletic Association college football in its 27th season as a member of the Southern Conference. Jim Tatum served as the first-year head coach and replaced Clark Shaughnessy who had been asked to resign. Tatum replaced Shaughnessy's pass-oriented version of the T formation with the option-heavy split-T offense. During his nine-year tenure at College Park, Tatum would become the winningest coach in school history. In 1947, he got off to a good start and significantly improved from Shaughnessy's 3-6 record of the season prior.