GAME THREAD: NCAAF: MARYLAND (2-2) at RUTGERS (3-0)

NCAAF: MARYLAND at RUTGERS

<div class="pre">NCAAF MARYLAND 34
RUTGERS (10) 24 1:58 LEFT, 4TH QTR</div>

 

NCAAF: MARYLAND at RUTGERS

<div class="pre">NCAAF MARYLAND 34
RUTGERS (10) 24 1:51 LEFT, 4TH QTR</div>

 

NCAAF: MARYLAND at RUTGERS

<div class="pre">NCAAF MARYLAND 34
RUTGERS (10) 24 1:46 LEFT, 4TH QTR</div>

 

NCAAF: MARYLAND at RUTGERS

<div class="pre">NCAAF MARYLAND 34
RUTGERS (10) 24 1:42 LEFT, 4TH QTR</div>

 

NCAAF: MARYLAND at RUTGERS

<div class="pre">NCAAF MARYLAND 34
RUTGERS (10) 24 1:37 LEFT, 4TH QTR</div>

 

NCAAF: MARYLAND at RUTGERS

<div class="pre">NCAAF MARYLAND 34
RUTGERS (10) 24 1:23 LEFT, 4TH QTR</div>

 

NCAAF: MARYLAND at RUTGERS

<div class="pre">NCAAF MARYLAND 34
RUTGERS (10) 24 0:53 LEFT, 4TH QTR</div>

 

NCAAF: MARYLAND at RUTGERS

<div class="pre">NCAAF MARYLAND 34
RUTGERS (10) 24 0:27 LEFT, 4TH QTR</div>

 

NCAAF: MARYLAND at RUTGERS

<div class="pre">NCAAF FINAL 1ST 2ND 3RD 4TH TOTAL
--- --- --- --- -----
MARYLAND 0 14 6 14 34
RUTGERS (10) 3 14 0 7 24 FINAL

SCORING SUMMARY

1ST QUARTER: RUTGERS - FG, JEREMY ITO 29 YD, 4:03.
RUTGERS 3-0
2ND QUARTER: MARYLAND - TD, LANCE BALL 19 YD RUN (OBI
EGEKEZE KICK), 1:58. MARYLAND
7-3
MARYLAND - TD, DARRIUS HEYWARD-BEY 15 YD PASS
FROM JORDAN STEFFY (OBI
EGEKEZE KICK), 8:37. MARYLAND
14-3
RUTGERS - TD, TIM BROWN 20 YD PASS FROM MIKE
TEEL (JEREMY ITO KICK), 14:08.
MARYLAND 14-10
RUTGERS - TD, TIQUAN UNDERWOOD 7 YD PASS
FROM MIKE TEEL (JEREMY ITO
KICK), 14:54. RUTGERS 17-14
3RD QUARTER: MARYLAND - FG, OBI EGEKEZE 26 YD, 6:09.
MARYLAND 17-17
MARYLAND - FG, OBI EGEKEZE 37 YD, 11:17.
MARYLAND 20-17
4TH QUARTER: MARYLAND - TD, KEON LATTIMORE 2 YD RUN (OBI
EGEKEZE KICK), 7:18. MARYLAND
27-17
RUTGERS - TD, RAY RICE 1 YD RUN (JEREMY ITO
KICK), 10:19. MARYLAND 27-24
MARYLAND - TD, LANCE BALL 14 YD RUN (OBI
EGEKEZE KICK), 12:56. MARYLAND
34-24</div>

 

PISCATAWAY, New Jersey (Ticker) -- Maryland could not hold thelead for the second week in a row, but this time the Terrapinsdidn't let the game slip away.


Keon Lattimore rushed for 118 yards and a touchdown and LanceBall added 90 yards and two scores as Maryland stunned No. 10Rutgers, 34-24, in a non-conference game Saturday.

The Terrapins (3-2) overcame a last-minute meltdown in the firsthalf that led to a pair of touchdowns by Rutgers in 43 seconds,the loss of quarterback Jordan Steffy to injury and threemissed field goals by Obi Egekeze to end the Scarlet Knights'10-game winning streak.


Maryland had squandered a 21-point third-quarter lead a week agoin a 31-24 overtime loss to Wake Forest in its Atlantic CoastConference opener and blew an 11-point first-half lead againstthe Scarlet Knights.


But the Terrapins rallied behind sophomore quarterback ChrisTurner, who replaced an injured Steffy at the end of the firsthalf and completed 14-of-20 passes for 149 yards.


Turner's only other action came in a season-opening 31-14 winover Villanova, where he was 4-of-6 for 33 yards and twointerceptions.


The sophomore backup turned in the biggest play of the game,hitting LaQuan Williams on a 27-yard reception on 3rd-and-12with 8 1/2 minutes to play.


Williams made a brilliant fingertip catch while fully extendedand Lattimore bulled in from the 2-yard line on the next playfor a 27-17 lead.


Rutgers (3-1), which was playing for the first time since a 59-0drubbing of Norfolk State on September 15, lost at home for thefirst time since a 34-21 defeat to South Florida on November 5,2005.


The Terrapins had not defeated a top-10 team since knocking offFlorida State, 20-17, in 2004.


Mike Teel threw for 309 yards on 25-of-43 passing with twotouchdowns and an interception for Rutgers, which scored twicein the final minute of the first half to take a 17-14 lead intothe break.


Teel closed the half by hitting 8-of-10 passes for 132 yards andtouchdown passes to Tim Brown and Tiquan Underwood to rally theScarlet Knights from an 11-point deficit.


Underwood had seven receptions for 92 yards in being held under100 yards for the first time this season.


Running back Ray Rice, a Heisman Trophy candidate, finished with97 yards and a touchdown on 21 carries for Rutgers.

 

NCAAF: MARYLAND at RUTGERS

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NCAAF: MARYLAND at RUTGERS

<div class="pre">NCAAF FINAL 1ST 2ND 3RD 4TH TOTAL
--- --- --- --- -----
MARYLAND 0 14 6 14 34
RUTGERS (10) 3 14 0 7 24 FINAL

RUTGERS-FG, J Ito 29 YD 4:03 1st Qtr
MARYLAND-TD, L Ball 19 YD RUN (O Egekeze KICK) 1:58 2nd
Qtr
MARYLAND-TD, D Heyward-Bey 15 YD PASS FROM J Steffy (O
Egekeze KICK) 8:37 2nd Qtr
RUTGERS-TD, T Brown 20 YD PASS FROM M Teel (J Ito KICK)
14:08 2nd Qtr
RUTGERS-TD, T Underwood 7 YD PASS FROM M Teel (J Ito
KICK) 14:54 2nd Qtr
MARYLAND-FG, O Egekeze 26 YD 6:09 3rd Qtr
MARYLAND-FG, O Egekeze 37 YD 11:17 3rd Qtr
MARYLAND-TD, K Lattimore 2 YD RUN (O Egekeze KICK) 7:18
4th Qtr
RUTGERS-TD, R Rice 1 YD RUN (J Ito KICK) 10:19 4th Qtr
MARYLAND-TD, L Ball 14 YD RUN (O Egekeze KICK) 12:56 4th
Qtr


MARYLAND RUTGERS
First downs 24 19
Rushed-yards 59-239 23-82
Passing yards 219 310
Sacked-yards lost 2-15 2-16
Return yards 47 4
Passes 18-28-0 25-44-1
Punts 3-36.3 6-35.3
Fumbles-lost 1-0 3-2
Penalties-yards 5-45 5-44
Time of possession 36:57 23:03


Individual Statistics

RUSHING: MARYLAND-Keon Lattimore 34-124, Lance Ball 12-90, Da'Rel
Scott 3-29, Chris Turner 1-9, Darrius Heyward-Bey 1-6, LaQuan Williams
1-0, - Team 3-MINUS 7, Jordan Steffy 4-MINUS 12. RUTGERS-Ray Rice
21-97, Mike Teel 2-MINUS 15.

PASSING: MARYLAND-Chris Turner 14-20-149- 0, Jordan Steffy 4-8-70- 0.
RUTGERS-Mike Teel 25-44-310- 1.

RECEIVING: MARYLAND-LaQuan Williams 2-66, Darrius Heyward-Bey 5-61,
Isaiah Williams 2-38, Danny Oquendo 4-34, Cory Jackson 2-23, Dan
Gronkowski 2-7, Aaron Ball 1-MINUS 10. RUTGERS-Tiquan Underwood 8-101,
Kenny Britt 5-93, Tim Brown 7-72, Ray Rice 4-36, Shamar Graves 1-8.


Att: 43,803</div>

 

NCAAF: MARYLAND at RUTGERS

<div class="pre">NCAAF FINAL 1ST 2ND 3RD 4TH TOTAL
--- --- --- --- -----
MARYLAND 0 14 6 14 34
RUTGERS (10) 3 14 0 7 24 FINAL

RUTGERS-FG, J Ito 29 YD 4:03 1st Qtr
MARYLAND-TD, L Ball 19 YD RUN (O Egekeze KICK) 1:58 2nd
Qtr
MARYLAND-TD, D Heyward-Bey 15 YD PASS FROM J Steffy (O
Egekeze KICK) 8:37 2nd Qtr
RUTGERS-TD, T Brown 20 YD PASS FROM M Teel (J Ito KICK)
14:08 2nd Qtr
RUTGERS-TD, T Underwood 7 YD PASS FROM M Teel (J Ito
KICK) 14:54 2nd Qtr
MARYLAND-FG, O Egekeze 26 YD 6:09 3rd Qtr
MARYLAND-FG, O Egekeze 37 YD 11:17 3rd Qtr
MARYLAND-TD, K Lattimore 2 YD RUN (O Egekeze KICK) 7:18
4th Qtr
RUTGERS-TD, R Rice 1 YD RUN (J Ito KICK) 10:19 4th Qtr
MARYLAND-TD, L Ball 14 YD RUN (O Egekeze KICK) 12:56 4th
Qtr


MARYLAND RUTGERS
First downs 24 19
Rushed-yards 59-239 23-82
Passing yards 219 310
Sacked-yards lost 2-15 2-16
Return yards 47 4
Passes 18-28-0 25-44-1
Punts 3-36.3 6-35.3
Fumbles-lost 1-0 3-2
Penalties-yards 5-45 5-44
Time of possession 36:57 23:03


Individual Statistics

RUSHING: MARYLAND-Keon Lattimore 34-124, Lance Ball 12-90, Da'Rel
Scott 3-29, Chris Turner 1-9, Darrius Heyward-Bey 1-6, LaQuan Williams
1-0, - Team 3-MINUS 7, Jordan Steffy 4-MINUS 12. RUTGERS-Ray Rice
21-97, Mike Teel 2-MINUS 15.

PASSING: MARYLAND-Chris Turner 14-20-149- 0, Jordan Steffy 4-8-70- 0.
RUTGERS-Mike Teel 25-44-310- 1.

RECEIVING: MARYLAND-LaQuan Williams 2-66, Darrius Heyward-Bey 5-61,
Isaiah Williams 2-38, Danny Oquendo 4-34, Cory Jackson 2-23, Dan
Gronkowski 2-7, Aaron Ball 1-MINUS 10. RUTGERS-Tiquan Underwood 8-101,
Kenny Britt 5-93, Tim Brown 7-72, Ray Rice 4-36, Shamar Graves 1-8.


Att: 43,803</div>

 

NCAAF: MARYLAND at RUTGERS

<div class="pre">NCAAF FINAL 1ST 2ND 3RD 4TH TOTAL
--- --- --- --- -----
MARYLAND 0 14 6 14 34
RUTGERS (10) 3 14 0 7 24 FINAL

RUTGERS-FG, J Ito 29 YD 4:03 1st Qtr
MARYLAND-TD, L Ball 19 YD RUN (O Egekeze KICK) 1:58 2nd
Qtr
MARYLAND-TD, D Heyward-Bey 15 YD PASS FROM J Steffy (O
Egekeze KICK) 8:37 2nd Qtr
RUTGERS-TD, T Brown 20 YD PASS FROM M Teel (J Ito KICK)
14:08 2nd Qtr
RUTGERS-TD, T Underwood 7 YD PASS FROM M Teel (J Ito
KICK) 14:54 2nd Qtr
MARYLAND-FG, O Egekeze 26 YD 6:09 3rd Qtr
MARYLAND-FG, O Egekeze 37 YD 11:17 3rd Qtr
MARYLAND-TD, K Lattimore 2 YD RUN (O Egekeze KICK) 7:18
4th Qtr
RUTGERS-TD, R Rice 1 YD RUN (J Ito KICK) 10:19 4th Qtr
MARYLAND-TD, L Ball 14 YD RUN (O Egekeze KICK) 12:56 4th
Qtr


MARYLAND RUTGERS
First downs 24 19
Rushed-yards 59-239 23-82
Passing yards 219 310
Sacked-yards lost 2-15 2-16
Return yards 47 4
Passes 18-28-0 25-44-1
Punts 3-36.3 6-35.3
Fumbles-lost 1-0 3-2
Penalties-yards 5-45 5-44
Time of possession 36:57 23:03


Individual Statistics

RUSHING: MARYLAND-Keon Lattimore 34-124, Lance Ball 12-90, Da'Rel
Scott 3-29, Chris Turner 1-9, Darrius Heyward-Bey 1-6, LaQuan Williams
1-0, - Team 3-MINUS 7, Jordan Steffy 4-MINUS 12. RUTGERS-Ray Rice
21-97, Mike Teel 2-MINUS 15.

PASSING: MARYLAND-Chris Turner 14-20-149- 0, Jordan Steffy 4-8-70- 0.
RUTGERS-Mike Teel 25-44-310- 1.

RECEIVING: MARYLAND-LaQuan Williams 2-66, Darrius Heyward-Bey 5-61,
Isaiah Williams 2-38, Danny Oquendo 4-34, Cory Jackson 2-23, Dan
Gronkowski 2-7, Lance Ball 1-MINUS 10. RUTGERS-Tiquan Underwood 8-101,
Kenny Britt 5-93, Tim Brown 7-72, Ray Rice 4-36, Shamar Graves 1-8.


Att: 43,803</div>

 

PISCATAWAY, New Jersey (Ticker) -- Maryland could not hold thelead for the second week in a row, but this time the Terrapinsdidn't let the game slip away.


Keon Lattimore rushed for 124 yards and a touchdown and LanceBall added 99 yards and two scores as Maryland stunned No. 10Rutgers, 34-24, in a non-conference game Saturday.

The Terrapins (3-2) overcame a last-minute meltdown in the firsthalf that led to a pair of touchdowns by Rutgers in 43 seconds,the loss of quarterback Jordan Steffy to injury and threemissed field goals by Obi Egekeze to end the Scarlet Knights'10-game winning streak.


"It was a tremendous display of character by our players,"Maryland coach Ralph Friedgen said. "Today, we get the lead andthen at the end of the half our starting quarterback goes down.There were a lot of ways of ways we could have chucked it."

Maryland had squandered a 21-point third-quarter lead a week agoin a 31-24 overtime loss to Wake Forest in its Atlantic CoastConference opener and blew an 11-point first-half lead againstthe Scarlet Knights.


But the Terrapins rallied behind sophomore quarterback ChrisTurner, who replaced an injured Steffy at the end of the firsthalf and completed 14-of-20 passes for 149 yards.


"It feels great," Turner said. "It's great for the whole teamand it's great for the school. We needed this real bad."

Turner's only other action came in a season-opening 31-14 winover Villanova, where he was 4-of-6 for 33 yards and twointerceptions.


"Chris is to be commended for the poise that he showed and hisexecution," Friedgen said. "He did a heck of a job. I'm reallyproud of him."


The sophomore backup turned in the biggest play of the game,hitting LaQuan Williams on a 27-yard reception on 3rd-and-12with 8 1/2 minutes to play.


Williams made a brilliant fingertip catch while fully extendedand Lattimore bulled in from the 2-yard line on the next playfor a 27-17 lead.


"I told myself to focus on the ball, focus on the ball and I wasable to make the catch," Williams said.


"It was a great catch. I probably put a little too much on it,"Turner said. "I thought he would score a touchdown, but itended up all right. He makes plays like that everyday inpractice, like it's nothing."


Rutgers (3-1), which was playing for the first time since a 59-0drubbing of Norfolk State on September 15, lost at home for thefirst time since a 34-21 defeat to South Florida on November 5,2005.


The Terrapins had not defeated a top-10 team since knocking offFlorida State, 20-17, in 2004.


"Give credit to Maryland. They played well," Rutgers coach GregSchiano said. "They had a good game plan and they executed theplan very well. ... Any loss hurts, especially when you aretrying to work yourself into position. But this team isresilient and the staff is resilient and we will come to worktomorrow and find out better we can get in a week's time."

Mike Teel, who threw for 309 yards on 25-of-43 passing with twotouchdowns and an interception for Rutgers, sparked an 11-play,77-yard drive that Heisman Trophy candidate Ray Rice capped witha 1-yard run to cut the lead to 27-24 with 4:41 to play.

Rutgers' defense then came up big, stopping the Terps on4th-and-one with 2:38 left, but an unsportslike penalty on theplay pushed the Scarlet Knights back to their own 21.

After three incomplete passes, Jeremy Navarre sacked Teel on4th-and-10. Ball swept around right end 15 yards on the nextplay to push it to 34-24 with 2:04 remaining.


Rutgers had scored twice in the final minute of the first halfto take a 17-14 lead into the break.


Teel closed the half by hitting 8-of-10 passes for 132 yards andtouchdown passes to Tim Brown and Tiquan Underwood to rally theScarlet Knights from an 11-point deficit.


"There were certain plays that worked effectively but it wasnever consistent," Schiano said. "We were unable to get into aflow. We had two scores at the end of the first half so thehurry-up offense worked fairly well. But we didn't run the ballthe way we have been able to in the past, and that was a bigfactor in the game."


Underwood had eight receptions for 101 yards, his fourth gameover 100 yards this season. Rice finished with 100 yards and atouchdown on 21 carries for Rutgers.


"I was getting the holes, but they play tough defense," Ricesaid. "We're used to getting 200 (rushing) yards, so this ispretty hard. We have to play our best football from here on in.A loss is not necessarily good, but we need to take somethingfrom it and learn. We fought to the end. With two minutes leftwe still had a chance."

 

NCAAF: MARYLAND at RUTGERS

<div class="pre">** CONFIRMED **
NCAAF
MARYLAND 34
RUTGERS (10) 24 FINAL</div>