1947 Maryland Terrapins men's soccer team

1947 Maryland Terrapins men's soccer
1947 Maryland Terrapins men's soccer
NSCAA No. 1 Team
Conference	Independent
Record	6–0–1
Head coach	Doyle Royal (2nd season);
Captain	Jim Belt
Home stadium	Old Byrd Stadium
	Seasons ← 1946 1948 →

ConferenceIndependent

Record6–0–1

Headcoach

Doyle Royal (2nd season)

CaptainJim Belt^[1]

The 1947 Maryland Terrapins men's soccer team represented University of Maryland, College Park during the 1947 ISFA season. It was the second season the program fielded a varsity men's soccer team. It was also the team's final year as an independent, before they moved to the Southern Conference.

The 1947 season was the first season the program earned a national end-of-season recognition, finishing atop the final NSCAA rankings for the 1947 season. Despite this, the ISFA awarded the Springfield College Pride the national title.^[2]

The team played seven matches during the season, accumulating a 6-0-1 record.

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Date Time, TV	Rank^#	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site (Attendance) City, State
Regular season
10/04/1947*		Western Maryland	W 4–1	1–0–0	Old Byrd Stadium College Park, MD
10/11/1947*	No. 7	Salisbury State	W 5–1	2–0–0	Old Byrd Stadium College Park, MD
10/18/1947*	No. 6	No. 13 Loyola (MD)	T 4–4	2–0–1	Old Byrd Stadium College Park, MD
10/25/1947*	No. 7	Virginia Rivalry	W 3–0	3–0–1	Old Byrd Stadium College Park, MD
10/31/1947*	No. 6	No. 10 Johns Hopkins	W 4–0	4–0–1	Old Byrd Stadium College Park, MD
10/31/1947*	No. 3	No. 4 Navy	W 4–0	5–0–1	Old Byrd Stadium College Park, MD
11/15/1947*	No. 2	at No. 6 Temple	W 3–1	6–0–1	Temple Stadium Philadelphia, PA
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from United Soccer Coaches. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.

Recipient	Award	Date	Ref.
Jim Belt	NSCAA All-American First Team	December 10, 1947	^[4]
Jim Belt	University of Maryland Athletics Hall of Fame	1992	^[5]^[1]

v t e Maryland Terrapins men's soccer
Venues	Old Byrd Stadium (1947, 1949) Griffith Stadium (1948) Maryland Stadium (1950–1994) Ludwig Field (1995–present)
Rivalries	Virginia
Culture & lore	Testudo Mighty Sound of Maryland
People	Doyle Royal Sasho Cirovski
Seasons	1947 1968 2005 2008 2012 2013 2014 2015 2017 2018 2019 2020
College Cup finals	2018
NCAA/ISFA/NSCAA national championships in bold; NCAA College Cup appearances in italics

v t e Men's college soccer national champions (pre-NCAA era)
Pre-regulation (1857–1904)	1858: Princeton (ASHA) 1859: Princeton (ASHA) 1860: Princeton (ASHA) 1861–66: None 1867: Carroll (ASHA, IFRA) 1868: Princeton (ASHA, IFRA) 1869: Princeton (ASHA, IFRA) 1870: Princeton (ASHA) / Rutgers (IFRA) 1871: Princeton (ASHA, IFRA) 1872: Princeton (ASHA, IFRA) 1873: Princeton (ASHA, IFRA) 1874: Stevens Tech (ASHA, IFRA) 1875: Yale (ASHA, IFRA) 1876: Princeton (ASHA, IFRA) 1877: Princeton (ASHA, IFRA) 1878: Vermont (ASHA, IFRA) 1879: SUNY-Upstate (ASHA, IFRA) 1880: Gettysburg (ASHA, IFRA) 1881: Washington and Lee (ASHA, IFRA) 1882: Washington and Lee (ASHA, IFRA) 1883: Richmond (ASHA, IFRA) 1884: Iowa (ASHA, IFRA) 1885: VMI (ASHA, IFRA) 1886: Iowa (ASHA, IFRA) 1887: Christian Brothers (ASHA, IFRA) 1888: Iowa (ASHA, IFRA) 1889: VMI (ASHA, IFRA) 1890: Christian Brothers (ASHA, IFRA) 1891: Christian Brothers (ASHA, IFRA) 1892: Christian Brothers (ASHA, IFRA) 1893: Christian Brothers (ASHA, IFRA) 1894: Christian Brothers (ASHA) / St. Bonaventure (IFRA) 1895: Christian Brothers (ASHA) / Princeton (IFRA) 1896: Christian Brothers (ASHA, IFRA) 1897: Christian Brothers (ASHA, IFRA) 1898: Christian Brothers (ASHA, IFRA) 1899: Christian Brothers (ASHA, IFRA) 1900: Christian Brothers (ASHA, IFRA) 1901: Christian Brothers (ASHA, IFRA) 1902: Christian Brothers (ASHA) / Haverford (IFRA) 1903: Christian Brothers (ASHA, IFRA) 1904: Christian Brothers (ASHA, IFRA)
ISFL (1905–1926)	1905: Christian Brothers / Haverford 1906: Haverford 1907: Haverford 1908: Haverford / Yale 1909: Columbia 1910: Columbia 1911: Haverford 1912: Yale 1913: Harvard Spring 1914: Harvard Fall 1914: Penn 1915: Haverford 1916: Penn 1917: None awarded 1918: Haverford 1919: Penn 1920: Penn 1921: Princeton 1922: Princeton 1923: Penn 1924: Penn 1925: Princeton 1926: Haverford / Princeton / Penn State
ISFA (1927–1958)	1927: Princeton 1928: Yale 1929: Penn State 1930: Harvard / Penn / Yale 1931: Penn 1932: Penn / Navy 1933: Penn / Penn State 1934: Cornell 1935: Yale 1936: Penn State / Princeton / Syracuse / West Chester 1937: Penn State / Princeton / Springfield 1938: Penn State 1939: Penn State 1940: Penn State / Princeton 1941: Springfield (ASHA) / Rider (ASHA) / Temple (ASHA, NSCAA) / UMass (NSCAA) 1942: Princeton / RPI / Springfield / UMass 1943: RPI / Navy 1944: Navy 1945: Yale (ASHA) / Haverford (ASHA) / Army (NSCAA) / Navy (NSCAA) 1946: Springfield 1947: Maryland (NSCAA) / Springfield (ASHA, ISFA) 1948: Connecticut 1949: San Francisco (SB) / Penn State (SB) 1950: Penn State (SB) / West Chester (ASHA, NSCAA) 1951: Temple (ASHA, SB, NSCAA) / Franklin & Marshall (ISFA) 1952: Franklin & Marshall 1953: Temple 1954: Penn State 1955: Penn State 1956: Trinity 1957: CCNY / Springfield 1958: Drexel
ASHA: American Soccer History Archives IFRA: Intercollegiate Football Record Association ISFA: Intercollegiate Soccer Football Association ISFL: Intercollegiate Soccer Football League NSCAA: National Soccer Coaches Association of America SB: Soccer Bowl

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