Maryland Football Weekly Press Release
10/30/2000 7:00:00 AM | Football
Oct. 30, 2000
Weekly Football Release
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Maryland vs. NC State
Date: November 4, 2000
Kickoff: 3:30 p.m. EST
Site: Byrd Stadium (48,000/Natural Grass)
Maryland Faces Wolfpack on ABC
COLLEGE PARK, Md. -- The University of Maryland football team returns to Byrd Stadium this week for a nationally televised game versus the NC State Wolfpack. The Terrapins are coming off of a 20-9 victory at Duke and will be seeking a third-straight ACC victory.
The Terrapins take on the Wolfpack with a 4-4 record (2-3, ACC), while NC State is playing its best ball in years (5-2, 2-2 ACC) under first year head coach Chuck Amato despite a rough 58-14 loss at home last week to Amato .s previous employer, Florida State.
A win by the Terps will put them fifth in the conference standings and ahead of the Wolfpack, a feat that seemed unlikely just a couple of weeks ago.
The game will be televised by ABC Sports and will be broadcast locally by WTEM (980 AM) and WBAL (1090 AM).
Maryland continued its winning ways last weekend in the same fashion that it had gotten back on track versus Wake Forest - with defense. After holding the Demon Deacons to seven points a week earlier, the Terps held Duke to nine points while sacking Blue Devil quarterbacks a season-high nine times.
After a slow start by the Maryland offense, senior LaMont Jordan broke loose for a 77-yard TD run (the second-longest of his career) to get the Terrapins started. Jordan finished the game with 158 yards on just 21 carries and scored two TDs. The 158-yard performance marked the 16th time in his career that he has surpassed the century mark, second most in Maryland history.
