The 2016 Maryland Terrapins football team represented the University of Maryland, College Park in the 2016 NCAA Division I FBS football season.

They were invited to the Quick Lane Bowl where they were defeated by Boston College.

Maryland announced its 2016 football schedule on July 11, 2013.

The 2016 schedule consists of 7 home and 5 away games in the regular season.

[1] The team will play three non–conference games, one home game against Howard Bison from the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference, and two road games which are against the Central Florida Knights (UCF) from the American Athletic Conference and the Florida International Panthers (FIU) from Conference USA.