Maryland Football Heads to Duke
10/23/2000 8:00:00 AM | Football
Oct. 23, 2000
COLLEGE PARK, Md. -- -
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The University of Maryland football team heads back on the road this week while trying to make it two Atlantic Coast Conference wins in a row as it will head to Durham, N.C., for a date with the Duke University Blue Devils. The Terrapins are coming off of consecutive weeks in which they have played well with one game resulting in a loss at nationally-ranked Clemson and the next resulting in a convincing 37-7 ACC win over Wake Forest.
The Terrapins head to Duke with a 3-4 record (1-3, ACC), while the Blue Devils are off to an 0-7 start (0-4, ACC), their worst since an 0-11 season in 1996.
The game will not be televised but will be broadcast locally by WTEM (980 AM) and WBAL (1090 AM).
After taking on two Top 25 teams in three games, Maryland is now looking at the second half of consecutive games against teams (Wake Forest and Duke) that have a combined record of 0-14 (0-9, ACC) through October 21st.
Maryland got back on track last week with a combination of a balanced offensive attack and its best defensive effort of the season. The Terps ran for a season-best 233 yards against Wake Forest while passing for another 246 yards. The seven points the defense allowed was the best Terrapin effort since last year's 45-7 win over North Carolina. In addition, the shutout pitched by the defense in the first half was Maryland's first this season.
The Jordan Watch
LaMont Jordan, a unanimous preseason first team All-American in preview magazines nationwide, rushed for a school-record 1,632 yards as a junior and against West Virginia this season officially became the leading rusher in school history. He trails only TCU's Ladainian Tomlinson among active NCAA career rushing leaders.
-- After leading the country in rushing over 1999's final six games, he is 837 yards from becoming the Atlantic Coast Conference's all-time rushing leader.
Terp Coach Ron Vanderlinden
Terrapin head coach Ron Vanderlinden (Albion College `78) is in his fourth season at Maryland, guiding the re-shaping efforts from a run-and-shoot offense to a power run game and more balanced, physical attack. After helping rebuild struggling programs at Colorado (1983-91) and Northwestern (1992-96), Vanderlinden is 13-27 as a college head coach. He was named the Terps' field boss in December of 1996.
Vanderlinden, 44, arrived in College Park after a five-year stint as assistant head coach and defensive coordinator under Gary Barnett at Northwestern where the Wildcats won a pair of Big Ten championships and made a 1996 Rose Bowl appearance. As defensive line coach in nine seasons under Bill McCartney at CU, the Buffaloes won the 1990 national championship, three Big Eight titles, and six bowl games.
Counting two years at Michigan, Vanderlinden has coaching experience in 10 major bowl games.
Vanderlinden's teams at Maryland have been characterized by vast improvements made to the rushing game and the overall defense. In 1998, Maryland was the sixth-most improved rushing team in America, and among the top 15 most improved teams in the country in total, scoring and pass defense. Last season, the Terps completed a "worst-to-first" ascent among ACC rushing leaders, climbing to a league-best 231.4 yards per game after ranking ninth in 1997.
Duke Coach Carl Franks
Duke head coach Carl Franks (Duke, `83) is in his second year as head coach of the Duke football program. The Blue Devil post is his first as a head coach and he is 3-15 through his first 18 games.
Franks - who also serves as the Blue Devils offensive coordinator - most recently returned to Duke after spending nine years as an assistant at the University of Florida. The homecoming was his third as he was a running back and tight end for the Blue Devils from 1980-82 and then a coach under Steve Spurrier when Spurrier was at Duke from 1987-89. As an assistant under Spurrier, Franks helped Duke to a share of the ACC title and a bowl appearance in 1989.
Prior to heading to Duke in 1987, Franks was a coach with the Tampa Bay Bandits of the USFL (of which Spurrier was the head coach) and a running backs coach at Virginia Military Institute.
Next Games
The Terrapins return to Byrd to take on the NC State Wolfpack and ACC rookie phenom Phillip Rivers.
Duke's next game is against Wake Forest which will be coming off of an idle week after having played the Terps.
Gameday at Byrd / Promotions
Against NC State on November 4, the University of Maryland campus community hosts Family Weekend with the Terps' football game scheduled as its centerpiece.
Byrd Turns 50!
Byrd Stadium celebrates its 50th birthday as home of the Maryland Terrapins in 2000. Constructed in 1950 at a cost of $1 million, Byrd Stadium first opened on Sept. 30, 1950 when Maryland defeated in-state rival Navy 35-21 in the dedication game before a school-record crowd of 43,386 fans.
Byrd has since undergone a series of major facelifts, three of which occurred in the 1990s and resulted in its present form.
Situated at the foot of the campus' North Hill, the stadium is named for Dr. H.C. "Curley" Byrd, a multi-sport athlete as an undergraduate who later became head football coach and eventually served as university president. Beginning its 51st season, Maryland has posted an all-time record of 154-98-1 (.609) in games at Byrd Stadium.
Ticket Information
Individual game tickets for home games may be purchased locally at any Ticketmaster outlet or by visiting the Maryland ticket office at Cole Field House. Tickets also may be purchased online at www.Ticketmaster.com.
Call 800-462-TERP for questions, or to order by phone.
