The Maryland Terrapins, most commonly referred to as the Terps, represent the University of Maryland, College Park in NCAA sports, which was established in 1856 and joined the ACC in 1953.
The school colors were black and gold for many years until after World War I, when coach Clark Shaughnessy came from Standford University and brought a supply of that school's uniforms with him.
Then with the combination of Standford's colors with the old black and gold, the university's official colors were amended to match the colors of the Maryland State Flag: black, gold, red and white, though currently their primary colors are red and white.
Their mascot is Testudo the Turtle, who was born in 1932, when Dr. Curley Byrd suggested that school mascots should be the diamondback terrapin. |