100 years ago today, Georgetown played their first game against the University of Maryland. And if you thought Georgetown outplayed Radford on Saturday, that performance was nothing compared to the first matchup with the Terps. Georgetown won the game 58-3. The Terrapins only managed three points, marking the best defensive effort ever put forth by the Blue and Gray.

Since then, Georgetown and Maryland have participated in many timeless clashes as the local rivals played each other practically each season from 1934-35 to 1979-80. During the 50’s and early 60’s the teams played a home and home series each year, which made for two exciting contests every season.

The rivalry really heated up, though, during the 1970’s as both programs were rising into national prominence. After the Hoyas beat Maryland 96-79 in December of 1970, the Terps won six straight as their nationally ranked teams took control of the rivalry between the 1971-72 and 1977-78 seasons. But in the fall of 1978, Georgetown’s fortune changed thanks to a freshman playing in only his second game as a Hoya. Eric “Sleepy” Floyd scored 28 points as the Boys in Gray defeated the Terrapins 68-65 in a rare game played at the Hoyas’ future home, the Capital Centre. That game provided the Georgetown faithful with their first glimpse of what Sleepy was capable of, and the future looked bright.

The following season, the Hoyas beat Maryland yet again, 83-71, on December 5th at the DC Armory. But with the Terps playing without their best player, Buck Williams, who was out with a fractured finger, the true test of who was the better team would come months later. The two sides met up in the Sweet 16 of the NCAA Tournament, and this time Williams was healthy setting the stage for a highly anticipated rematch. Georgetown defeated the Terrapins yet again, in what would be the last meeting between the two teams in over 12 years.

The teams tried to renew the rivalry in the 1990’s, but after one game at what was then called USAir Arena, the two programs couldn’t resolve ticket issues for the return game at Cole Field House. So apart from a chance meeting in the 2001 Sweet 16, Georgetown and Maryland have yet to play each other since, and the Hoya and Terp faithful will have to wait for the next chapter in the storied rivalry to unfold.