[2][3] Notable coaches and players include quarterback Eugene "Stoney" Willis, first player to throw the shovel pass; All-American and five-time All-NFL running back Bill Shepherd, and college football Hall of Fame coaches Dick Harlow and Rip Engle.
McDaniel, formerly known as Western Maryland, football dates back to 1891 when the first game was played against northern rival Gettysburg College.
That year the six-foot-three Marylander shocked the Engineers by hooking up with Chandler Sprague 20 times (in 21 attempts) for 350 yards handing Lehigh, fresh off a win over Princeton, a 10–0 defeat.
The Green Terror were nationally ranked and were commonly beating schools such as Boston College and Bucknell University.
Coach Dick Harlow declined so that his best player, Bill Shepherd, could play in the then more prestigious East–West Shrine Game, which hosted over 55,000 fans.
In the initial Orange Bowl (which only 5,000 attended[5]) Bucknell, shut out earlier in the season by the Terror, defeated the Miami Hurricanes 26–0.
Also in 1992 Running back Eric Frees set the then NCAA Division III record for career all purpose yards.