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Testudo, a diamondback terrapin, is the mascot of the University of Maryland, College Park and represents the university both at sporting events and as a more general symbol. Testudo has served as the school's mascot since the 1930s, and several statues of the terrapin exist on the school's campus.
The University of Maryland, College Park was established in 1856 as Maryland Agricultural College. Baseball and football were played on the campus as early as the Civil War era. [6] It was renamed Maryland State College in 1916, and in 1920, merged with the state's professional schools in Baltimore to become the University of Maryland.
The Terrapins, as the Baltimore Federal League club was called (a nickname associated with the University of Maryland since 1933), built their ballpark, Terrapin Park, on a wedge-shaped block bounded by 29th Street, York Road (later Greenmount Avenue), 30th Street, and the angling small alley-like Vineyard Lane (originally Gilmore Lane).
The 2025 Maryland Terrapins football team will represent the University of Maryland, College Park in the Big Ten Conference during the 2025 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Terrapins are led by Mike Locksley who is in his seventh year as head coach. The Terrapins will play their home games at SECU Stadium located in College Park, Maryland.
The university sponsors varsity athletic teams in 20 men's and women's sports. The teams, named the "Terrapins", represent Maryland in National Collegiate Athletic Association Division I competition. Maryland became a founding member of the Atlantic Coast Conference in 1952 but left to join the Big Ten Conference on July 1, 2014.
SECU Stadium [9] is an outdoor athletic stadium on the campus of the University of Maryland in College Park, Maryland.It is the home of Maryland Terrapins football and men's lacrosse teams, which compete in the Big Ten Conference.
The #8 Maryland Terrapins defeated the #3 Iowa Hawkeyes 74–68 in front of a crowd of 17, 950 people. March 8, 2020 - #9 Maryland Men's Basketball Team defeated the #25 Michigan Wolverines 74–66, clinching a share of the 2019-20 Big Ten regular-season championship. It was the first Big Ten title for the men's basketball team in school history.
Since 1950, the Terrapins have played their home games at SECU Stadium [2] in College Park, Maryland, with occasional home games from time to time in Baltimore, making them one of two FBS football teams in the Baltimore–Washington metropolitan area (Navy Midshipmen) and the closest Football Bowl Subdivision team to Washington, D.C.