American college football season
2016 Maryland Terrapins football Conference Big Ten Conference Division East Division 2016 record 6–7 (3–6 Big Ten) Head coach Offensive coordinator Walt Bell (1st season)Offensive scheme Spread Defensive coordinator Andy Buh (1st season) Base defense 4–2–5 Home stadium Maryland Stadium (Capacity: 51,802)Seasons
The 2016 Maryland Terrapins football team represented the University of Maryland, College Park in the 2016 NCAA Division I FBS football season . It was the Terrapins' third season as a member of the Big Ten Conference , and a member of the East Division. Maryland played its home games at Maryland Stadium in College Park , Maryland . It was their first year under new head coach D.J. Durkin . They finished the season 6–7, 3–6 in Big Ten play to finish in fifth place in the East Division. They were invited to the Quick Lane Bowl where they were defeated by Boston College .
Previous season [ ]
They finished the season 3–9, 1–7 in Big Ten play to finish in last place in the East Division.
Schedule [ ]
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. The Terrapins will host Big Ten foes Michigan State , Minnesota , Ohio State , Purdue , and Rutgers , and will travel to Indiana , Michigan , Nebraska , and Penn State .[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 .
Date Time Opponent Site TV Result Attendance September 3 12:00 pm Howard * BTN W 52–1335,474
September 9 7:30 pm at FIU * CBSSN W 41–1417,084
September 17 7:00 pm at UCF * Bright House Networks Stadium Orlando, FL CBSSN W 30–24 2OT 43,197
October 1 3:30 pm Purdue Maryland Stadium College Park, MD BTN W 50–741,206
October 8 12:00 pm at Penn State Beaver Stadium University Park, PA (rivalry )BTN L 14–38100,778
October 15 12:00 pm Minnesota Maryland Stadium College Park, MD ESPNU L 10–3141,465
October 22 7:30 pm Michigan State Maryland Stadium College Park, MD BTN W 28–1741,235
October 29 3:30 pm at Indiana Memorial Stadium Bloomington, IN ESPNU L 36–4238,291
November 5 3:30 pm at No. 2 Michigan Michigan Stadium Ann Arbor, MI ESPN L 3–59110,626
November 12 3:30 pm No. 6 Ohio State Maryland Stadium College Park, MD ESPN L 3–6248,090
November 19 12:00 pm at No. 19 Nebraska Memorial Stadium Lincoln, NE ESPNews L 7–2889,704
November 26 12:00 pm Rutgers Maryland Stadium College Park, MD ESPNews W 31–1330,220
December 26 2:30 pm vs. Boston College * ESPN L 30–3619,117
*Non-conference game HomecomingRankings from AP Poll released prior to game All times are in Eastern time
Schedule Source: [2]
Game summaries [ ]
Howard [ ]
1
2
3
4
Total
Bison
0
0
0
13
13
Terrapins
21
14
7
10
52
at FIU [ ]
1
2
3
4
Total
Terrapins
10
21
10
0
41
Panthers
0
7
0
7
14
at UCF [ ]
1
2
3
4 OT 2OT
Total
Terrapins
0
10
7
0 7 6
30
Knights
7
0
7
3 7 0
24
Purdue [ ]
1
2
3
4
Total
Boilermakers
0
0
0
7
7
Terrapins
8
21
7
14
50
at Penn State [ ]
1
2
3
4
Total
Terrapins
7
7
0
0
14
Nittany Lions
7
17
7
7
38
Minnesota [ ]
1
2
3
4
Total
Golden Gophers
0
14
3
14
31
Terrapins
0
0
0
10
10
Michigan State [ ]
1
2
3
4
Total
Spartans
0
14
3
0
17
Terrapins
8
6
0
14
28
at Indiana [ ]
1
2
3
4
Total
Terrapins
7
14
3
12
36
Hoosiers
13
3
13
13
42
at Michigan [ ]
1
2
3
4
Total
Terrapins
0
0
0
3
3
#2 Wolverines
14
21
10
14
59
Ohio State [ ]
1
2
3
4
Total
#6 Buckeyes
21
24
10
7
62
Terrapins
3
0
0
0
3
at Nebraska [ ]
1
2
3
4
Total
Terrapins
0
0
0
7
7
#19 Cornhuskers
14
7
7
0
28
Rutgers [ ]
1
2
3
4
Total
Scarlet Knights
0
7
6
0
13
Terrapins
14
7
7
3
31
Boston College–Quick Lane Bowl [ ]
1
2
3
4
Total
Terrapins
0
13
14
3
30
Eagles
6
23
7
0
36
Roster [ ]
Awards and honors [ ]
Weekly
Weekly Awards
Player
Award
Date Awarded
Ref.
Ty Johnson
Big Ten Offensive Player of the Week
October 3, 2016
[3]
Lorenzo Harrison
Big Ten Freshman of the Week
October 24, 2016
[4]
Teldrick Morgan
Big Ten Special Teams Player of the Week
November 29, 2016
[5]
All-Conference
References [ ]
^ "2016-17 BIG TEN FOOTBALL SCHEDULES ANNOUNCED" (Press release). University of Maryland Department of Athletics. July 11, 2013. Retrieved December 1, 2015 .
^ "2016 Maryland Terrapins Football Schedule" . FB Schedules. Retrieved December 1, 2015 .
^ "Big Ten Football Players of the Week" . www.bigten.org . Big Ten Conference. October 3, 2016. Archived from the original on October 5, 2016. Retrieved November 16, 2016 .
^ "Big Ten Football Players of the Week" . www.bigten.org . Big Ten Conference. October 24, 2016. Archived from the original on October 25, 2016. Retrieved November 16, 2016 .
^ "Big Ten Football Players of the Week" . www.bigten.org . Big Ten Conference. November 29, 2016. Archived from the original on November 30, 2016. Retrieved November 29, 2016 .
^ "2016 Big Ten Individual Award Winners" (PDF) . www.grfx.cstv.com . Big Ten Conference. Retrieved December 1, 2016 .
^ a b "2016 Big Ten Individual Award Winners" (PDF) . www.grfx.cstv.com . Big Ten Conference. November 29, 2016. Retrieved November 30, 2016 .
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