Oct. 15, 2001

COLLEGE PARK, Md. -

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The Game
- The University of Maryland football team seeks a 7-0 start and its most wins since 1985 in this weekend's game versus the Duke University Blue Devils at Byrd Stadium. Kickoff for the game, which also marks the Terrapins' 64th homecoming celebration, is set for 1:10 p.m.
- Maryland is coming off of its biggest win in over a decade as it beat then 15th-ranked Georgia Tech, 20-17, in overtime last Thursday in Atlanta. The win moved the Terrapins to 4-0 in the Atlantic Coast Conference and in the driver's seat for the conference title with four games remaining against ACC foes. The win was the Terrapins' first against the Yellow Jackets since 1996 and their first ever at Bobby Dodd Stadium.
- The Terrapins are ranked No. 12 in the Associated Press and No. 14 in the ESPN/USA Today polls. The national ranking marks the Terps' third week in the Top 25, Maryland's first since 1995, and its highest ranking since being ranked seventh in week one of the 1985 season. The last time the Terps finished the season in the Top 25 was 1985 when they finished 18th and went to the Cherry Bowl.
- Duke enters this weekend's game having lost all six of its games in 2001. The Blue Devils are riding the longest losing streak in the ACC as -- after last weekend's 42-35 loss to Wake Forest -- they have now lost 18 in a row.
- This week, the Terps are attempting to inch closer to the start of the 1978 team. In that 1978 season, the Jerry Claiborne-led Terrapins opened the season with eight straight wins and worked their way to a No. 5 ranking in the Associated Press poll. More importantly, with its win at Georgia Tech, Maryland became bowl eligible for the first time since 1995 and did so with five games remaining on the schedule.

Series Notes
- Saturday's game marks the 45th meeting between the Terrapins and Blue Devils. The series began in 1932 and Maryland owns a 26-18 advantage in the all-time series.
- When looking at the all-time ledger between the two schools, a line can almost be drawn between the 1972 and 1973 seasons. From the start of the series until 1972, Duke held a 14-3 advantage in the series and at one point rattled off wins in 11 of 12 meetings. From 1973 on, Maryland has been in control of the series for the most part, winning 23 of 27. The Terps' best run went from '73 to '88 as they won 15 in a row.
- Maryland is 7-3 in the last 10 versus Duke with two of the three losses to the Blue Devils coming at home. Last year, the Terrapins got 158 yards and two touchdowns out of LaMont Jordan at Wallace Wade Stadium on their way to a 20-9 victory.
- The last Duke victory in the series was one of the toughest in the last few years for Maryland. In 1999, the Terrapins were 5-2 and feeling good about their bowl chances when the 1-6 Blue Devils came to town. The end result was a 404-yard passing day from Spencer Romine and a 25-22 win that was the first of four consecutive losses to end the season and the end of any postseason dreams for Maryland.
- The last time Maryland faced Duke with a national ranking next to its name was 1995. In that game, the Terps came away with a 41-28 win. The Terrapins have, in fact, won all five times that they have played the Blue Devils as a ranked team.

New Look Terps
- The Terrapins entered 2001 knowing that they would have a new look with a different helmet and uniforms, a new coaching staff and a new tailback. What they couldn't have known was just how different this year's team would be from those in the recent past.
- With its sixth win in the bag, Maryland is guaranteed its first winning season since 1995. It has also already won more games overall and in conference than it did all of last year.
- Should the Terps beat Duke this weekend, they will have posted five wins in the Atlantic Coast Conference for the first time since 1985. That year, Maryland went 6-0, won the ACC and beat Syracuse in the Cherry Bowl.
- The Terrapins' win over Georgia Tech was their first over a ranked opponent in 34 games. The last time Maryland had beaten a ranked foe was in 1990, when it beat then No. 8 Virginia to earn a berth in the Independence Bowl, the team's last bowl appearance.
- The Terps have won multiple road games in the conference for just the third time since 1987. Should they win one of their remaining two ACC road games, they would match the total of the 1985 team, the last to win three. No Maryland team has ever won four, which is still a possibility for this year's team.

Unprecedented Debut
- Ralph Friedgen's 6-0 start in his first year as a head coach at Maryland is the best in school history. With last week's win over Georgia Tech, Friedgen joined legendary Maryland coach H.C. "Curley" Byrd as the only two coaches to open their careers as a Terp head coach with six consecutive wins. Byrd accomplished the feat in 1911 (when he took the team over with two games remaining) and 1912.
- Should Maryland defeat Duke this weekend, Friedgen will become the first football coach in the 109-year history of the University of Maryland to lead his team to victory in each of his first seven games.
- A win would also tie Friedgen with Duke's Fred Goldsmith for the best start by a first-year head coach in ACC history. Goldsmith started 7-0 with the 1994 Blue Devils.

Three-For-One
- With the hiring of Ralph Friedgen and Friedgen's ensuing hires of offensive coordinator Charlie Taaffe and defensive coordinator Gary Blackney, the Terrapins got the equivalent of three head coaches atop one coaching staff. Though Friedgen is in his first stint as a head coach, Taaffe was most recently the head coach of the Canadian Football League's Montreal Alouettes while Blackney spent 10 successful years (1991-2000) as Bowling Green's head coach .
- Taaffe and Blackney have been able to maintain success virtually everywhere they have been. While in Montreal, Taaffe guided the Alouettes to a combined 25-14 record (two seasons) and an appearance in the 2000 Grey Cup. In 1999 and 2000, he was named the CFL's Coach of the Year, making him only the second coach to earn such an honor in back-to-back seasons (Marv Levy the first in 1974) and the first ever to do so in his first two campaigns. In addition, he is the winningest coach in The Citadel's history.
- Blackney was able to achieve in his own right as a head coach at Bowling Green. In 10 successful seasons, Blackney won 60 games (third most in school history), was the only coach in school history to win a bowl game (his Falcons won the 1991 California Raisin Bowl and the 1992 Las Vegas Bowl) and was the only coach to win more than 10 games in back-to-back seasons (11 in 1991, 10 in 1992).
- Though they are new to Maryland, the trio comprises one of the most experienced triumvirates in college football. With their 83 years of combined, full-time experience at the college and/or pro levels, Friedgen, Taaffe and Blackney are the fifth-most experienced trio in Division I-A. Below is a list of the company they keep:

	Rk.	School	Yrs.	Staff (Pos./Yrs. of Experience)
	1	Penn St.	101	J. Paterno (HC/52), F. Ganter (OC/28), T. Bradley (DC/21)
	2	Florida St.	89	B. Bowden (HC/41), J. Bowden (OC/14), M. Andrews (DC/34)
	3	Mississippi St.	86	J. Sherrill (HC/31), S. Woods (OC/13), J.L. Dunn (DC/29)
	4	Air Force	83	F. DeBerry (HC/33), C. Petersen (OC/13), R. Bell (DC/39)
	5	Maryland	82	R. Friedgen (HC/28), C. Taaffe (OC/23), G. Blackney (DC/31)
	Note: Totals reflect years coaching prior to the 2001 season. 

Maryland Coaches in Year One
- In the modern era of college football at Maryland (i.e. since 1950), there have been 11 different head coaches to take over the reigns of the Terrapin program. By and large, those coaches have not had success in that inaugural campaign, but many have gone on to great heights as their careers in College Park progressed. Below is a look at the 10 coaches since 1950 who preceded Ralph Friedgen:

	Coach	1st Year (ACC)	Overall	Tenure Highlights/Notes
	Tommy Mont ('56-58)	2-7-1 (2-2-1)	11-18-1	Beat No. 14 UNC in '57
	Tom Nugent ('59-65)	5-5 (4-2)	36-34	Went 7-3 and beat No. 7 Syracuse in '61
	Lou Saban ('66)	4-6 (3-3)	Same	Returned to coaching pros after one year
	Bob Ward ('67-68)	0-9 (0-6)	2-17	Last Terrapin alum to serve as head coach
	Roy Lester ('69-71)	3-7 (3-3)	7-25	3-3 ACC record T3rd in the conference
	Jerry Claiborne ('72-81)	5-5 (3-2-1)	77-37-3	Three ACC titles, 2nd most wins at Md.
	Bobby Ross ('82-86)	8-4 (5-1)	39-19-1	Three ACC titles, 24-5-1 all-time in ACC
	Joe Krivak ('87-91)	4-7 (3-3)	20-34-2	1990 Independence Bowl
	Mark Duffner ('92-96)	3-8 (2-6)	20-35	6-5 season in '95, finished T5th in ACC
	Ron Vanderlinden ('97-00)	2-9 (1-7)	15-29	Beat UNC 45-7 to move to 5-2 in '99
	Ralph Friedgen ('01-)	6-0 (4-0)	Same	Terps bowl eligible with five games left

Getting Defensive
- More than midway through the 2001 season, the Terrapin defense has established itself as a unit to be reckoned with. Though the personnel is not drastically different from a year ago, the results have been as Gary Blackney's unit has used a high-pressure, blitzing style that has left opponents with virtually no choice but to try to beat Maryland through the air. Thus far, the result has been a high volume of caused turnovers and six straight wins.
- Georgia Tech became the first team this season to throw for over 300 yards against the Terps (it happened five times a year ago), but the tradeoff was costly for the Jackets. Tech turned the ball over six times (including three Godsey interceptions) and was held to 50 yards rushing, 72 yards less than their previous worst effort of this season and fewest since being held to 28 yards by North Carolina in 1997.
- In the Virginia game, Maryland gave up 345 total yards but held the Cavaliers to just 64 yards on the ground, over 70 yards below their season average coming in. The Terps were stingiest in the first half, giving up just one rushing yard to UVa.
- Against West Virginia, the Terps forced six turnovers (four interceptions and two fumbles). The four interceptions were the most by a Terrapin defense since they picked off the Mountaineers four times in a 33-0 rout in 1999.
- Maryland allowed just one touchdown through the air and went more than nine consecutive quarters without allowing a touchdown before Wake Forest scored in the third quarter three weeks ago.
- The 124 yards of offense that the Terps held Eastern Michigan to were the fewest by a Maryland opponent since 1980 when the Terps held Virginia to a sum of 90 yards. The EMU game marked just the sixth time since 1980 that the Terrapins held an opponent under 200 yards of offense. All but one of those games (Wake Forest in '96) came prior to 1983.
- Last season's lowest point total allowed was Duke's nine points, and opponents averaged 25.8 points per game. This year, the Terps are holding opponents to 14.7 points per game, a total that ranks 10th in the NCAA Division I-A ranks.
- Terp opponents are averaging 2.6 yards per carry this season.
- Last year's unit allowed an average of 440 yards per game. This year's "D" is thus far yielding an average of 321 yards per contest and 95 per game on the ground (17th best nationally).

Perry Fifth in the NCAA
- This season began with Maryland having a situation at tailback that could best be described as a big question mark. Sophomore Bruce Perry was joined by senior Marc Riley and freshman Jason Crawford in a backfield that started '01 touted as a possible three-headed rushing attack. After six games, that three-pronged attack has been replaced by a single back who is working his way into mention for national honors recognition.
- Perry ran 18 times for 49 yards against Georgia Tech, marking the first time this season he has not cracked the century mark in rushing yards. He opened this season with five straight 100-yard games and is currently fifth in the nation in rushing yards per game (145.0 ypg) after leading the nation the last three weeks.
- Perry's 870 yards are second most nationally, trailing only Mewelde Moore's (Tulane) 1,020 (whose total has come in seven games, one more than Perry).
- In games one through three this year, Perry actually eclipsed the 100-yard mark by the half.
- The Philadelphia, Pa., native's 276-yard effort against Wake Forest was the second-best single game total in Maryland history and the sixth-best in Atlantic Coast Conference lore.
- The 276 yards were also the most ever against the Demon Deacons, besting the 237-yard effort of South Carolina's George Rogers in 1978.
- With three TDs against Eastern Michigan, Perry became just the 13th player in school history to find the end zone three times in one game via the run.

Rising Star
- Sophomore Bruce Perry is doing his best to help Terp faithful forget about departed star and all-time rushing leader LaMont Jordan. Below are a couple of comparisons between Perry's sophomore campaign and Jordan's Maryland record-setting season of 1999:

		Perry '01	Jordan '99
	Yards per game	145.0*	148.4*
	Yards thru 6 games	870	708
	Rush TDs thru 6 games 	7	12
	Yards Per Carry	6.2*	6.1*
	(*averages  for Jordan is for the season, Perry through 6 games)

Gary Coming on
- Senior wideout Guilian Gary began this season with uncertainty as a week before the Terps' first game, he suffered a spinal injury in practice that had him airlifted from the practice fields with his football future in question. Six games into the season, the Horseheads, N.Y., native has returned at full strength and has been one of Maryland's offensive leaders.
- Gary has led or tied for the team lead in receiving in five of six games this season. Against Georgia Tech, Gary finished with four catches for 60 yards including one on each of the final two drives that ended in the Terps' game-tying and winning field goals.
- With his four receptions against Tech, Gary has now caught at least one pass in each of the last 17 games.
- Gary, Maryland's leading receiver the past two seasons, entered 2001 with a chance to both crack the school's top 10 for receptions and become the first Terrapin since All-American Gary Collins (1959-61) to lead the team in three consecutive seasons.
- With his four catches last week, Gary moved into 12th on the Terp career charts with 92 receptions. He is also now 12th on the all-time yardage list with 1,244, moving ahead of Mancel Johnson ('93-96).
- In addition to his receiving skills, Gary is also one of the top punt returners in school history. Last season, he became the first Terp to lead his team in punt return yards for three straight years. He currently ranks fourth on the school's career list with 518 return yards.

On This Date
- The Terrapins have played 13 games in their history on October 20 and own a 7-5-1 record on the date. The Terps' last game on the date was a 23-20 win at Duke and their record at home on the 20th is 4-1. The ledger:

	Year	Result	Opponent
	1990	W, 23-20	at Duke
	1979	L, 17-25	at Wake Forest
	1973	W, 37-0	at Wake Forest
	1956	L, 6-34	at North Carolina
	1951	W, 14-7	North Carolina
	1945	L, 13-21	at Virginia Tech
	1934	W, 14-9	Virginia Tech
	1928	W, 13-6	Western Maryland
	1923	L, 9-16	Virginia Tech
	1917	T, 14-14	at Virginia Military
	1906	L, 0-29	at Mount Washington
	1897	W, 4-0	Eastern High
	1894	W, 12-0	at Washington College

Hill Fuels Offensive Attack

- Though his numbers are not eye-popping, there is no questioning that senior Shaun Hill is the leader of the Terrapin offense.
- Six games in, the Parsons, Kansas, native is a key component in an offense that has helped lead to six impressive wins. With Hill under center, the Terps have committed just six turnovers (the seventh was a fumble by backup Latrez Harrison against EMU).
- Hill did not have his best game against Georgia Tech (20-of-39, 210 yds., 2 int.), but he was able to move the Terrapin offense when it mattered most. With 1:18 left in regulation, he completed 4-of-6 passes for 51 yards to move Maryland into range for Nick Novak's game-tying 46-yard field goal as time expired.
- In nine games as a Maryland starter (dating back to last year), Hill has a record of 7-2 and orchestrated the biggest win of 2000 when he came off the bench against NC State a year ago.

Fowler Anchors O-Line
- Senior honors candidate Melvin Fowler heads up an offensive line that has become a unit to watch as the season progresses and in the future. Fowler, who was named to this season's "watch list" for the Lombardi Award (recognizing the top interior lineman in Division I-A), has now started 39 consecutive games at center and is the lone senior listed on the offensive line's two-deep heading into the Duke game.
- Of the 10 players listed on the depth chart for the Duke game, only three (Fowler and juniors Todd Wike and Matt Crawford) are not underclassmen. All told, the breakdown includes one senior, two juniors, three sophomores and three redshirt freshmen (Kyle Schmitt backs up at multiple spots).
- Despite its youth, the line is not without experience as four starters (Fowler, Wike, Bryant, Crawford) return from a year ago.
- Through six games, the Maryland O-line has allowed just 11 sacks and has helped the Terps churn out an average of 209.0 rushing yards per game, 20th-best in the nation.

Man in the Middle
- Junior E.J. Henderson is quickly becoming a player to watch on a defense that has been nothing short of outstanding in 2001. The team leader in tackles in 2000 with 109 (despite missing a game-and-a-half due to injury), Henderson has opened 2001 by leading the Terps in tackles in five of six games.
- Henderson currently leads Maryland in tackles (78) and tackles for loss (16). He is currently on pace to post 143 tackles this season.
- With 16 TFLs, Henderson has already moved into a tie for sixth on the Maryland single season list. He now needs just nine to break the record of 24 held by the legendary Randy White.
- For the second time this season, Henderson tied his career high for tackles with 18 against Georgia Tech. In that contest, he also added four tackles for loss and a sack.
- In his two-plus years at Maryland, Henderson has notched double-digits in tackles 11 times.
- Dating back to last year, Henderson has finished with double-digit tackle performances in eight of the last 10 games.
- Henderson finished seventh in the ACC in tackles a year ago and is third among those who returned in 2001. A viable All-American candidate, Henderson has averaged 13.3 tackles per game (133 total) in his last 10 games dating back to last year.

Thompson on Butkus List
- Senior linebacker Aaron Thompson is one of 69 players (and one of five ACC players) who have been named to the "watch list" for the 2001 Butkus Award which recognizes Division I-A's top linebacker.
- Thompson enters the Duke game having started all 39 games of his career at Maryland.
- Through six games, Thompson is tied for the team lead in sacks (3.0) and is second in TFLs (8).
- With four tackles for loss in the UNC game, Thompson moved to the top of the Maryland career list (which began being tracked in 1974) with 39. He broke the school record of 37 held by Charles Johnson (1976-78) and now has 43 for his career.
- In addition, Thompson now needs just 19 TFL yards to become the school's all-time leader.
- With one more sack, Thompson will move into the career top 10 at Maryland. Should he match his total of 6.5 sacks from a year ago, Thompson would move into sole possession of the number eight spot.
- The Baltimore native's 17 TFLs in 1999 rank tied for third on the Terps' single-season charts.

Bootin' Barnard
- Junior All-America candidate and Ray Guy nominee Brooks Barnard has picked up where he left off a year ago, ranking 11th nationally and first in the ACC with a 44.5 yard punting average.
- Of Barnard's 35 punts on the year, 10 have been downed inside the 20 (eight inside the 20 and two inside the 10) and 12 have been 50 yards or further.
- Barnard was one of the primary keys to the Terps' success in owning prime field position in the season opener against UNC as he averaged 50.4 yards on eight punts.
- Barnard finished fourth nationally a year ago in punting average with a school-record 44.7-yard mark and was the second-leading punter among the nation's returnees, trailing only Minnesota's Preston Gruening who led the nation with a 45.2-yard average a year ago.
- Barnard's 44.7-yard average last season bested the previous Maryland mark of 43.8, set by Scott Milanovich in 1993. For his efforts, Barnard was named an honorable mention All-ACC selection as well as an honorable mention All-American by the Football News.
- In 2000, Barnard had a total of 13 punts that traveled further than 50 yards and eight punts downed inside the 20. After six games in 2001, he has already had 12 go further than 50 and 10 downed inside the 20.

Local Ties
- Maryland has one player who calls the state of North Carolina home as true freshman Russell Bonham (OT) played at Carver High School in Winston-Salem. In addition, Terrapin inside linebackers coach Rod Sharpless is a native of Jacksonville, N.C.
- The Blue Devils have three players from the Old-Line State, all on the defensive side of the ball. DB Alex Green is a native of nearby Hyattsville and graduate of Northwestern High School, CB Ed Abrao-Netto is from Rockville and a grad of Georgetown Prep, DE Charles Porter is a graduate of Lawrenceville HS in Columbia.
- Duke does not have any coaches with Maryland ties, but quarterbacks coach Jim Pry was the offensive coordinator and offensive line coach at East Stroudsburg when Terp wide receivers coach James Franklin was the team's quarterback.

Opportunistic Terps
- After forcing 14 turnovers in the last three games, Maryland now ranks third in the nation with a +2.33 turnover margin average.
- The Terps' success has come in their ability to hang onto the ball as much as anything else. The team has gained 21 turnovers (seven fumbles, 14 interceptions) and has lost only seven (two fumbles, five interceptions).
- Maryland's 14 interceptions are two more than its total from the entire 2000 season.

In The Zone
- The Terps have been solid thus far in 2001 in the red zone both offensively and defensively.
- Through five games, Maryland is 20-of-28 in the red zone with 16 touchdowns. The eight stumbles have been four missed field goals, three loss of downs and an interception.
- Opponents have made it into Maryland's red zone just 14 times this season and have come away with five TDs and three field goals (8-of-14 overall).
- When the Terps have been in the red zone this year, they have scored touchdowns 57 percent of the time. Opponents have scored TDs 36 percent of the time against them.

Coaching Connections
- Ralph Friedgen is not the only new member of the Terrapin coaching staff with ties to College Park, though this is his fourth stint at Maryland (player from 1965-68, graduate assistant from 1969-72, offensive coordinator/offensive line coach from 1982-86 and the present stint).
- Inside linebackers coach Rod Sharpless played linebacker at Maryland from 1972-74, was an outside linebackers coach from 1977-80 and a wide receivers coach for the Terps in '90 and '91. Defensive line coach Dave Sollazzo was a graduate assistant for the Terrapins in 1984 and defensive line coach in '86-87.
- Sollazzo is also one of several coaches with a connection to another institution -- The Citadel. Sollazzo played for (1974-76) and helped coach (1989-98) the Bulldogs, while Friedgen coached there from 1973-79, Charlie Taaffe was a head coach there from 1987-96 and outside linebackers coach Al Seamonson served there from 1987-99.

Homeboys
- On national signing day, 2001, Ralph Friedgen said that in addition to landing some of the top recruits nationally, one of his goals was to make sure that all of the best players in the state of Maryland stayed in state and became Terps.
- Over the course of the past five years, the Maryland-D.C.-Northern Virginia recruiting area has been tapped more successfully in each ensuing year. In 1993, just 23 players on the Maryland roster hailed from either Maryland, D.C. or Northern Virginia, with six of those serving as opening-game starters. Since that time, however, numbers in both categories have risen steadily. Below is a look at the trend: Md./D.C./No. Va. '97 '98 '99 '00 '01 Players on the Roster 23 34 39 46 49 Opening-Day Starters 6 5 7 12 10

Anniversary of Perfection
- The start of this football season marked the end of 50 years since the only season of perfection at the University of Maryland. The 1951 Terps went 10-0 and defeated top-ranked Tennessee, 28-13, in the Sugar Bowl.
- Led by All-Americans Bob Ward and Ray Krouse, brothers Ed and Dick Modzelewski and QB Jack Scarbath, the Terrapins ran through the entire '51 campaign allowing more than seven points only three times and ultimately sharing the Southern Conference championship with VMI before defeating the Vols to close the season.
- In '51, national champions were anointed prior to the bowl season, thus, Tennessee was that season's national champ while the Terps ranked third.
- The 1951 team will be honored at halftime of this weekend's game against Duke.

Consecutive Starts
- Several Terrapins currently own significant streaks of consecutive starts. By number of starts: C Melvin Fowler - 39, OLB Aaron Thompson - 39, OG Todd Wike - 27, CB Tony Okanlawon - 20, and LB Mike Whaley - 17.
- Terps not listed above who have started the most games overall (not consecutive) include: OT Matt Crawford - 26, NT Charles Hill - 21, and LB E.J. Henderson - 17.

Iron Terps
- As a team, Maryland had its strongest offseason in recent history, literally. In preseason strength and conditioning testing this year, the Terrapins set four team strength records.
- This year's Terps set team records for strength index, power clean, squat and bench press, improving on the previous all-time team highs that had been established since such records have been kept (started in 1983).
- Individually, eight Terrapins set records in disciplines at their respective positions, but none were more impressive than DE Durrand Roundtree.
- Roundtree, a junior from Baltimore, set the all-time record for strength index with an incredible 844 (700 is considered high), and set D-line records in the bench (490), squat (760) and vertical jump (36.5 inches).

Scouting The Blue Devils
- Duke enters this weekend's game with a 0-6 record (0-4 ACC) and in the midst of an 18-game losing streak.
- The Blue Devils made a run last weekend at their first win, scoring 28 points in the third quarter and 35 in the second half, but still fell shy of Wake Forest in a 42-35 defeat.
- Duke has struggled this season both offensively and defensively. The Blue Devils come into the game ranked last in the ACC in half of the league's 24 team categories.
- Chris Douglas has been one of the Blue Devils' bright spots this year, rushing for an average of 78 yards per game and leading the league in all-purpose yards with 185 yards per game.
- Quarterback D. Bryant has also been solid, passing for 1,170 yards and four TDs. Bryant helped lead the comeback charge against Wake Forest by passing for one touchdown and rushing for two others.

Duke's Carl Franks
- Carl Franks is in his third season at the helm of the Duke football program. Midway through 2001, he holds a 3-25 record as a Blue Devil.
- Franks came to Duke in 1999 after nine seasons at the University of Florida where he held several different posts including assistant offensive coordinator and running backs coach from 1995-98.
- In his nine seasons in Gainesville, Florida went to eight bowl games and won the 1996 national championship by way of a 52-20 win over Florida State in the Sugar Bowl.
- The current stint is Franks' second at Duke as a coach. His first was, like the Florida job, under coach Steve Spurrier during the most successful run in recent Duke history. Franks was a wide receivers/tight ends coach from 1987-89, a period in which the Blue Devils got better each season and ultimately earned a co-championship in the ACC in 1989 along with a berth in the All-American Bowl.
- A 1983 graduate of Duke, Franks was an Academic All-ACC performer in 1982 and three-year letterman who played running back and tight end.

Byrd Stadium
- Now in its 52nd year of operation, Byrd Stadium continues to serve as the home of the Terps. Opened on September 30, 1950, and constructed for a sum of $1 milliion, Byrd was named after Dr. H.C. "Curley" Byrd, a multi-sport star at Maryland who later became the school's head football coach and ultimately its president.
- The Terrapins are 160-99-1 within the friendly confines of Byrd (capacity 48,055).

Terp Alley
- In an effort to restore some tradition on gameday in College Park, the football staff has come up with something that will likely become tradition outside of Byrd Stadium.
- For every football home game in 2001, the entire football team will make its first appearance at "Terp Alley." The team will be dropped off at the circle at the top of Field House Drive (between the football press box and Ludwig Field) approximately two hours before kickoff and it will be led through fans gathered along the street to the football complex by the Maryland band and cheerleaders.

Ticket Information
- Individual game tickets for Terp home games may be purchased locally at any Ticketmaster outlet or by visiting the Maryland ticket office at Cole Field House. Tickets may also be purchased online at www.ticketmaster.com.
- For additional info or to order by phone, call (800) 462-TERP.