Postgame Notes From Maryland's 35-28 2OT Football Win
11/4/2000 7:00:00 AM | Football
Nov. 4, 2000
COLLEGE PARK, Md. - Maryland and NC State postgame notes following the Terps' 35-28 double-overtime win.
Terrapin Game Notes
* With its 35-28 overtime win, Maryland moves to 5-4 in 2000, 3-3 in the Atlantic Coast Conference. The Terps are one game from bowl qualification, with games still to play at North Carolina (Nov. 11) and vs. Georgia Tech (Nov. 18). The Wolfpack fell to 5-3 overall and 2-3 in the ACC. NC State continues to lead the series, 28-25-4 despite Maryland ending a four-year losing streak to the Pack. It is the Terrapins' first home win over NC State since 1990.
* The Terrapins' 15-point comeback (trailed 21-6) was its largest come-from-behind victory since a 23-point deficit was erased against Wake Forest in a 33-32 win on Nov. 20, 1993.
* The Terrapin win marks Maryland's first three-game ACC win streak since 1985 (six straight, 6-0 in league), and the first under head coach Ron Vanderlinden.
* It is Maryland's first three-win season in the ACC overall since 1996 (3-5), and the first under Vanderlinden.
* Maryland played in the first overtime game of its history, after ending tied after regulation for the first time since the 1990 Independence Bowl, matching Louisiana Tech 34-34. For NC State, the Wolfpack participated in their third overtime game of the 2000 season, beating Arkansas State (2OT) and Georgia Tech already this year.
* In the game's first OT, NC State scored on a 22-yard pass from Philip Rivers to Koren Robinson. Maryland answered, however, in just one play. Senior tailback LaMont Jordan became the fourth player in ACC history to pass the 4,000-yard rushing barrier with a 25-yard sprint into the endzone to send the game to a second overtime.
* The Terrapins scored on their second possession, on the strength of Hill's running. Hill's 21-yard run to the 1-yard line on a 3rd-and-7 play from the 22 setup his game-winning run on the following play. On NC State's ensuing possession, the Wolfpack achieved a first down before a critical tackle for loss by Mike Whaley and Tony Jackson resulted in a minus 10 yards for tailback Ray Robinson. A second-down pass for six yards was followed by a pair of incompletions in the endzone.
* Maryland quarterback Shaun Hill earned the first win of his Terrapin career, coming off the bench to spell an injured Calvin McCall in the first half. Hill finished 15 of 24 passing with 137 yards and two touchdowns. He carried nine times for 19 yards including the game-winning touchdown, from one-yard out, in the game's second overtime. He had a 21-yard run from scrimmage to setup the final plunge.
* Hill's 137 yards passing, and 57 from McCall, helped the Terps to a 200-yard passing day which marked the first ACC game of the year that Maryland had outpassed its opponent. The Wolfpack ended with 183 yards, all by Rivers. (Maryland finished with exactly 200 yards passing, including a 6-yard completion by WR Doug Patterson.)
* With 101 yards rushing, senior LaMont Jordan moved into the fourth spot on the all-time Atlantic Coast Conference list. Jordan now has 4,021 yards, moving past Warrick Dunn (Florida State) and Thomas Jones (Virginia) on the league's career list. Jordan also had four catches for 53 yards to total 154 all-purpose yards. His 4,760 career all-purpose yards now are ninth in ACC history. Jordan is 582 yards shy of the ACC career rushing record, he is 46 yards from passing Georgia Tech's Robert LaVette (1981-84) in the ACC's No. 3 career position and 371 yards from passing North Carolina's Amos Lawrence (1977-80) in the ACC's No. 2 career post. NC State's Ted Brown (1975-78) holds the ACC career rushing mark with 4,802 yards.
* Jordan surpassed the 100-yard mark for the 17th time in his career and the third time in 2000. He has rushed for 100 yards or more in 10 of his last 13 games at Byrd Stadium.
* Jordan's 25-yard touchdown run in the first overtime was his 36th career rushing TD, leaving him eight shy of the Terrapin career record of 44.
* In his last three games, Jordan has carried 56 times for 345 yards. He has eclipsed 100-yards in back-to-back games.
* Maryland scored on its opening drive of regulation versus the Wolfpack on a 17-yard end around by WR Jason Hatala. The scoring march marked the third time this season that the Terps had scored on their opening drive (two TDs, one FG). The scoring play by Hatala was also his second of the year (first was at Clemson) on the ground and the fourth of his career -- all on reverses.
* P Brooks Barnard - who celebrated his 21st birthday -- hit a punt of 67 yards in the first quarter, marking the sixth time this year he has had a punt of 60 yards or more and the 10th time that he has hit a punt 50 or more. He finished with five punts for a 41.4-yard average.
* Maryland held NC State scoreless in the first quarter, making it three-straight games (and four all season) that the Terps have held their opponents without points in the opening stanza.
* Maryland's second score was a 2-yard pass to freshman FB James Lynch, from Shaun Hill who replaced injured starter Calvin McCall. The score was the first of Lynch's career as well as his first career reception.
* The Terps converted a two-point try on that same drive to bring the score to 21-14 in favor of NCSU. The conversion - a three-yard run by Shaun Hill - was the first by the Terrapins in over three seasons as Trey Evans last punched it in for two on a rush against Georgia Tech on November 22, 1997.
* Maryland led the Wolfpack in time of possession, 30:41 to 29:19. Though not hugely significant, it marked the first time all season that the Terrapins have held the ball longer than its opponent. After halftime, Maryland controlled the ball for six minutes longer than NC State, 17:59 to 12:01.
Wolfpack Game Notes
* NC State freshman quarterback Philip Rivers set the Wolfpack school record for touchdown passes in a season with 20. He broke Jamie Barnette's old record of 19, set in 1997.
* Wolfpack receiver Koren Robinson has caught a pass in 15 straight games.
* Wolfpack running back Ray Robinson recorded his seventh 100-yard rushing game, the sixth-most in school history. He also moved past Dick Christy into ninth-place for rushing yards in a career (1,885). Robinson finished the day with a career-high 40 carries for 178 yards. He scored on a 5-yard touchdown run that staked the Wolfpack to a 21-6 second quarter lead.
* Rivers has tossed a touchdown pass in seven straight games and it was his sixth game with at least two TDs.
