Football Game Notes -- Terps Host West Virginia

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Sept. 15, 2003

COLLEGE PARK, Md. - The University of Maryland football team seeks win No. 2 of 2003 while continuing its winning ways against regional-rival West Virginia as it plays host to the Mountaineers this Saturday at Byrd Stadium. Kickoff from College Park is set for 6:05 p.m. EDT with the game being broadcast by the Terrapin Radio Network (radio pregame starts at 5:30 p.m.).

The Terrapins (1-2, 0-1 ACC) got back on track in a big way last weekend, posting dominating performances on both the offensive and defensive sides of the ball in their 61-0 defeat of The Citadel. Maryland rolled up 565 yards of total offense while holding the Bulldogs to 137 yards of offense while posting the team's first shutout since 1999.

West Virginia heads into this weekend's contest with an identical 1-2 record (0-0 Big East) after last weekend's heartbreaking 15-13 loss to Cincinnati in Morgantown. The Mountaineers came up just short in the defensive battle as the Bearcats held them to 243 yards of offense a week after WVU posted 555 against East Carolina.

Due to scheduling conflicts, the radio broadcast of this weekend's game will again be affected in the Baltimore market. While WMAL (630 AM) will have complete coverage in the Washington, D.C. area, WBAL (1090 AM) in Baltimore will not broadcast the game due to conflicts with the Orioles who play at the same time. The entire game and pregame show can be heard in Baltimore and surrounding areas by tuning in to WNST (1570 AM), WAMD (970 AM) and WTTR (1470 AM). There is no television for this week's game.

Series Notes

Saturday's game marks the 41st meeting between the Terrapins and Mountaineers in a series that is completely deadlocked after Maryland's wins the last two years. The series -- which began in 1919 -- is currently even at 19-19-2.

Maryland and WVU have met every year since 1980. The Mountaineers have won seven of the last 13 meetings but the Terps having taken three of the last four and two straight.

As the all-time record indicates, the series between the two Mid-Atlantic schools has been very evenly matched over the years. So much so, in fact, that last year's Terrapin victory in Morgantown made the series record at each site identical. Maryland is 10-9-1 at Byrd Stadium and WVU is 10-9-1 at Mountaineer Field.

Last season's game seemed to mark the turning point in the season for the Terrapins -- and possibly for both teams. Maryland put the '03 game away early, posting 28 points in the first quarter of an eventual 48-17 win and marking a triumphant return by QB Scott McBrien to his former school. From that point in the season on, Maryland lost just one of its final eight games while the Mountaineers also played well from that point on, winning six of their final eight following the game.

McBrien and then-freshman TB Josh Allen were the story in last year's game. McBrien had a strong game, finishing 8-of-18 for 162 yards with one passing and one rushing TD (21 yards) while throwing no interceptions. Allen finished with a career-high 116 yards -- a mark he just surpassed last week -- with two touchdowns including a 70-yard scamper in the decisive first quarter.

Prior to last weekend's blanking of The Citadel, the 1999 game against West Virginia marked Maryland's last shutout of an opponent. The Terps beat the Mountaineers 33-0 in '99.

Only once in the last eight meetings between the Terrapins and the Mountaineers has the game's winner not scored at least 30 points (WVU, 13-0 in 1996).

Getting Healthy

The past week served two functions for the Maryland football team, both involving the team's health. First, the week gave key players like OG Lamar Bryant and TB Bruce Perry a much-needed week of rest, thus helping the Terps move a step closer to being full strength for the first time this season. Second, the complete domination of an opponent had to help the team's mental health as it served to move the Terps' numbers back to the levels maintained over the last couple of years.

In Perry's absence, the rushing offense didn't miss a beat as the Terrapins racked up 282 yards on the ground. A by-product was a return to the balanced offense the team has achieved under offensive coordinator Charlie Taaffe in the last few years as Maryland's rushing (282) and passing (283) output was seperated by a mere yard.

The big numbers against The Citadel helped get the Terps right back where they have been the last few years. Below is a comparison showing just what the performance did for the team from a statistical standpoint:

	Category        	'03 2-game Avg.	'03 3-game Avg.	2002 Avg.
	Rush Offense    	92.5    	155.7   	198.8
	Pass Offense    	117.0   	172.3   	190.6
	Total Offense   	209.5   	328.0   	389.4
	Scoring Offense  	11.5    	28.0    	32.2
	Pass Defense    	248.5   	181.3   	210.1
	Total Defense   	376.0   	296.3   	338.8
	Scoring Defense  	27.5    	18.3    	16.3

Friedgen's ACCeptional Start

Ralph Friedgen has opened his career as a head coach by setting one coaching record after another and as his third season in College Park gets under way, he is in position to place his name in the record books once again.

Last year, Friedgen became the winningest second-year head coach in ACC history with his 21-5 record, surpassing Clemson's Ken Hatfield by two wins. After just three games in 2003, Friedgen ranks tied for seventh on the list of third-year ACC coaches, tying the mark of Clemson's Tommy Bowden (22).

Friedgen will become the conference's winningest third-year coach with five more wins this season. Lou Holtz (26-8-2, NC State, 1972-74) and Danny Ford (26-9-0, Clemson, 1979-81) are currently atop that list.

No other coach in Maryland history had won more than 17 wins in his first two seasons. Bobby Ross' 25 wins from 1982-84 is the school record for wins in three seasons.

Tenured at the Top

With the hiring of Ralph Friedgen and Friedgen's ensuing hires of offensive coordinator Charlie Taaffe and defensive coordinator Gary Blackney prior to the 2001 season, the Terrapins got the equivalent of three head coaches atop one coaching staff. Though Friedgen is in just his third season as a head coach, Taaffe (Montreal Alouettes and The Citadel) and Blackney (Bowling Green) each bring significant head coaching experience to the table.

Taaffe and Blackney were able to maintain success virtually everywhere they went as head coaches. 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 (55-47-1).

Blackney was able to achieve success in his own right as a head coach at Bowling Green. In 10 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).

Now in their third seasons at Maryland, the three coaches comprise one of the most experienced triumvirates in college football. With their 88 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.

A Wealth of Experience

The coaching experience does not end on the Terrapin coaching staff with Coach Friedgen and his coordinators. The Maryland staff, overall, possesses a combined total of 187 years of full-time experience at either the collegiate or pro levels.

That total includes four coaches (excluding Friedgen, Taaffe and Blackney) who have been at it for 17 years or more, and the 187 years means an average of almost 19 years of experience per coach on the 2003 staff.

Coaching Connections

Ralph Friedgen is not the only member of the Terrapin coaching staff with previous 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).

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 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.

Friedgen was actually Sollazzo's position coach at The Citadel. In addition, the head coach at the college at the time was former Terp mentor Bobby Ross (Bulldog head coach from 1973-77; Terps from '82-86).

Super Suter

After sitting out the first game of the season with a hamstring pull, fear was that junior Steve Suter would take some time before making an impact on the Terps this season. Two games later, those fears are non-existent.

A year after tying the NCAA record for punt returns for a touchdown in a season (4), Suter notched his first of 2003 by breaking tackles and then bursting free for a 75-yard jaunt against The Citadel.

Suter now owns the Maryland career record for punt returns for a touchdown with five. He needs just 20 punt return yards this week to become the Terps' all-time leader in yardage as well.

Now in his second year as a regular at wide receiver and on special teams, Suter has brought an explosiveness unparralleled at Maryland the last few years. In that time, he has averaged 17.1 yards per touch whether it be rushing, receiving or in the returns game.

D.J. or E.J.?

Three games into his first season as a starter at middle linebacker, sophomore D'Qwell Jackson looks more like his predecessor E.J. Henderson than a first-time starter.

Jackson currently leads the team and is third in the Atlantic Coast Conference with an average of 11.0 tackles per outing (33 total).

In addition to his tackle totals, Jackson has posted two TFLs, one PBU, five QB hurries, one forced fumble and one blocked kick.

For the second time in three games this year, Jackson led the Terps in tackles with seven (six solo) against The Citadel. He also posted a tackle for loss and two QB hurries.

In his first return to his home state as a collegian, Jackson was easily the Terps' player of the game against Florida State. He finished with 11 tackles (five solo) and a forced fumble, but big plays were what helped him make his mark. On FSU's first offensive play, he stepped in front of Chris Rix's intended receiver, came up with the interception and rumbled 58 yards -- running through Rix along the way -- for what would be Maryland's only touchdown of the game. Later in the quarter, he broke through the line on special teams and blocked a Xavier Beitia field goal attempt to momentarily help the Terps maintain a 10-7 lead.

In his debut as Maryland's starter against Northern Illinois, Jackson led the team with 15 tackles (eight unassisted), a TFL and three QB hurries.

Depth And Experience

This year's Maryland squad is easily the deepest and most experienced of any during Ralph Friedgen's two-plus year tenure in College Park.

The 2003 edition of the Terrapins features 22 seniors, a stark contrast to the '02 Terps, a team with just 10 seniors. Of the 10 seniors on last year's roster, just six were starters at season's end.

A look at the most recent depth chart shows that 14 seniors are listed atop the chart at their respective positions.

Defense Returns Nine

The Terrapin defense was outstanding last year, finishing seventh nationally in points allowed. The good news in 2003 is the unit that returns has barely changed, losing just two starters from a year ago.

Maryland was very stingy when it came to the scoreboard last year. The Terps held opponents scoreless in 30 quarters in '02, second-most of any team in Division I-A football (Kansas State led the nation with 34).

Through three games this year, the Terps have held their opposition scoreless in six quarters.

In their 11 wins last year, the Terps allowed just 14 touchdowns and an average of 11 points per game.

Nowhere To Run

In 2002, all but two Maryland opponents were held at or below their rushing average heading into play against the Terps and on average, Maryland held its foes to more than 57 yards below their season averages. Three games into '03, that trend is continuing.

Maryland has held its opponents below 100 yards in two of three games this season.

Against The Citadel, the Terp "D" held the rush-happy Bulldogs to 90 yards on the ground, 147 below their average coming into the game.

The Terrapins held Northern Illinois to 59 yards rushing, 141 yards below their average of the season before. In addition, the defense held Michael Turner -- the nation's leading returning ball carrier -- 69 yards below his average and held him to 51 yards and a 2.1 average in the game's first three quarters.

In Gary Blackney's two-plus years as the Terps' defensive coordinator, Maryland has held its opposition below 100 yards rushing six times.

Size-Wise

One matchup that could benefit the Terps this year is that of the team's wide receivers against the opposition's defensive backs, as Maryland possesses the best size in years at wide receiver.

Of the 11 wide receivers on the Maryland roster most likely to see significant playing time in 2003, seven are 6-2 or taller. Three are 6-4 and only one player who doesn't spend time as a slot receiver (Derrick Fenner, 5-11) is under 6-0 tall.

This week's opponent, West Virginia, has starting cornerbacks averaging just over 5-11 and 187 pounds.

What's In A Name?

It may be a bit premature, but just based on the fact that junior Randy Starks has been compared by some media to Terp legend Randy White speaks volumes about how far the third-year defensive tackle's game has come.

Starks, a viable candidate for the Outland and Lombardi trophies (awards White won in 1974), enters his junior year as a force in the middle along with senior C.J. Feldheim. Starks finished his true sophomore season third on the team in tackles (93) and second on the team in TFLs (12.5) and sacks (6.5) en route to second team All-ACC honors.

Despite only garnering enough attention from the press to earn second-team status a year ago, Starks has already caught the eye of some media members. Most notably, ESPN.com picked the junior as its preseason ACC Defensive Player of the Year.

The Waldorf, Md., native came up with his 11th career sack in the season opener against NIU. He is currently third on the team with 16 total tackles.

In limited work against The Citadel, Starks had his most productive night of the season. On just 28 plays, he registered four tackles (two solo), two TFLs, a QB hurry and batted down a pass.

AutoMat-Nick

Placekicker Nick Novak came on midway through the 2001 season and now, just a junior, enters this season as one of the nation's premier kickers.

Starting with his game-tying kick at Georgia Tech in '01, Novak has made 42 of his last 47 field goal attempts (89%), with three of the misses coming from further than 50 yards.

Novak is 7-of-7 on field goal attempts this season. He tied a career high with four against The Citadel last weekend.

With 16 points against The Citadel, Novak moved into third on the all-time Maryland scoring list with 241 points.

In the Terps' season opener, Novak was outstanding. He converted both of his field goal attempts, easily hitting from 46 and 50 yards. He made his only PAT of the night and forced touchbacks on two of his four kickoffs. NIU's average starting spot after his four kicks was their own 17-yard line.

A first team All-ACC selection a year ago who ranked fifth nationally in field goals, Novak is currently fourth nationally with an average of 2.33 field goals per game.

In last season's Virginia game, Novak broke the school record of 17 field goals set by three players (most recently Dan Plocki in 1988). Novak finished the season converting 24 field goals.

Novak -- who entered this season on the "watch list" for the Lou Groza Award -- has hit the only two game-winning attempts of career, beating Georgia Tech in 2001 and NC State in 2002.

The Charlottesville, Va., native has made 6 of 9 for his career from 50 yards or further.

Off On The Right Foot

Attempting to fill the shoes of your school's all-time leading punter is a daunting task. Three games into his first season as Maryland's starting punter, however, redshirt freshman Adam Podlesh seems unphased.

Podlesh is now averaging 45.6 yards per punt, ninth-best in the NCAA.

On his only punt against The Citadel, Podlesh hit a 60-yarder that was downed at the Bulldog 12-yard line. He also had a chance to work on kickoffs and booted two of three kicks into the end zone for touchbacks.

In front of the fourth-largest crowd in Florida State history, Podlesh averaged 43.7 yards per punt on seven kicks with a long of 52 and three downed inside the Seminole's 20-yard line.

On eight punts against Northern Illinois, Podlesh averaged 45.4 yards per kick, leaving four punts inside the 20 and one inside the 10. He also had a booming 63-yard effort, the longest by a Terrapin in over two years.

Homeboys

In his first signing day with the Terps (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 six years, the Maryland-D.C.-Virginia recruiting area has been tapped more successfully in each ensuing year. In 1997, just 23 players on the Maryland roster hailed from either Maryland, D.C. or 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./Va.	'97	'98	'99	'00	'01	'02	'03
	Players on Roster	23	34	39	46	49	54	56
	Starters*	6	5	7	12	10	14	10
	*reflects number of starters in the season opener.

Tough Losses

All seven of Maryland's losses in the last two years have come against the stiffest of competition.

FSU was ranked 19th in 2001, fifth in 2002 and 10th this year when it defeated the Terps. Florida was the fifth-ranked team in the nation when it faced Maryland in the Orange Bowl. Notre Dame -- although unranked at the start of the season -- finished 2002 ranked 17th, while Virginia finished 22nd. This year's season-opening loss came to NIU, a team picked to win the Mid-American Conference.

Iron Terps

For the third-straight season, Maryland boasted record strength numbers and again posted its highest number of student-athletes earning "Iron Terp" status. In preseason strength and conditioning testing this year, the Terrapins again set four team strength records.

This year's Terps set team records for strength index, power clean, squat and vertical jump, improving on the previous all-time team highs that had been established since such records have been kept (started in 1983).

Not only were new records set, but the team as a whole improved dramatically, as 84 percent of the players on this year's team elevated their personal bests in strength index -- which encompasses all of the tests into one number -- from the year previous.

The player who set the most records at his position this year was the versatile Steve Suter. The standout wide receiver and return man posted records for strength index (768), squat (580 pounds), power clean (352 pounds) and vertical jump (42 inches).

Local Ties

No Terrapin players call the state of West Virginia home, but starting QB Scott McBrien transferred from WVU prior to the 2001 season.

West Virginia has 10 players who call the state of Maryland home: WR Milo Austin (Bowie), OT Chris Bassler (New Windsor), LB Mo Howard (Baltimore), DB Brian King (Damascus), LB Drew King (Damascus), QB Antonio Lewis (Waldorf), DL Chris Malamet (Frederick), DE Brad Palmer (Oakland), DB Jerry White (Rockville) and FB Moe Fofana (Silver Spring). In addition, LB's Leonard Merriman (Archbishop Carroll) and Eric Ruth (Dunbar) are from Washington, D.C.

WVU quarterbacks and special teams coach Bill Stewart was an assistant at Navy in 1984.

Terps Among Nation's Elite

Over the course of the past two years, the Maryland football program has been among the best in the nation. The Terrapins are 21-6 in that span with a 13-1 record at home and 7-3 mark on the road.

Maryland is one of just five Division I-A programs to have won at least 10 games in 2001 and 2002. The four others are Miami (Fla.), Oklahoma, Texas and Marshall.

The Terrapins were joined by just three other schools since 2001 to finish each of those two seasons ranked in the nation's top 15 in both major polls while also residing in the top 15 of both preseason polls for 2003 (Miami (Fla.), Oklahoma and Texas are the others).

Trimming the field even further, the Terps are joined only by Miami (Fla.) and Texas as the only three teams in the nation to finish in the NCAA's top 25 in both scoring offense and scoring defense in '01 and '02. Maryland ranked 21st in scoring offense (32.2 ppg) and seventh in scoring defense (16.3 ppg) a year ago while ranking 12th (35.4) and 18th (19.1), respectively, in 2001.

ACC Football on the Rise

Long considered a basketball league, the Atlantic Coast Conference is in the midst of somewhat of shift in the balance of power.

Last season, four ACC schools finished the season in the Associated Press' Top 25. In this year's preseason Top 25, four ACC schools were ranked in the nation's top 18 in the Associated Press poll and four of the top 17 in the coaches' poll.

With the addition of Miami and Virginia Tech -- schools who will be a part of the conference next year -- the ACC total in this year's preseason polls rises to six of the top 18 teams in the country, a claim no other conference can boast.

Scouting The Mountaineers

West Virginia will take the field this weekend with a 1-2 record (0-0 Big East) after falling, 15-13, to upstart Cincinnati last week. The Mountaineers two losses this season have come by a combined total of nine points.

WVU was held to just 243 net yards and 12 first downs by the Bearcats, a mild surprise a week after racking up 555 yards against East Carolina.

Despite the stumble, the Mountaineers are averaging 26 points per outing, doing most of their damage on the ground (213.7 ypg).

Quarterback Rasheed Marshall and tailback Quincy Wilson have been the stars on offense. In his second year as the starter, Marshall has thrown for six touchdowns and just two interceptions on 31-of-64 passing. Wilson is averaging 95 yards per game and 4.7 per carry while posting three rushing touchdowns this year.

Opponents are averaging 359 yards per game against the WVU defense. The Mountaineers have been adept at causing turnovers this year, forcing eight fumbles and a pair of interceptions.

The team's defensive standout for three years now, senior Grant Wiley is again leading WVU in tackles. Through three games, he has posted 39 total (22 solo) with 2.5 TFLs, two PBUs, a QB hurry and a fumble recovery.

WVU's Rich Rodriguez

Rich Rodriguez is in his third year as the head coach at West Virginia. He owns a 13-14 record in his first stint as a head coach and is coming off of his best season in Morgantown. In 2002, the Mountaineers finished 9-4, earning a bid in the Continental Tire Bowl.

Rodriguez is WVU's 31st head coach after coming to Morgantown following two successful two-year stints serving under Tommy Bowden. The first was as offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach at Tulane in 1997 and '98. In 1999 and 2000, he served under Bowden as offensive coordinator and associate head coach at Clemson.

In their years together, Rodriguez and Bowden took little time to turn things around at Tulane and Clemson. At both schools, teams struggled somewhat in year one (a combined 13-10 record) only to have strong second years (21-3).

The best year Rodriguez had as an assistant was at Tulane in 1998 when the Green Wave rode the strong play of quarterback Shaun King to a perfect 12-0 record and a berth in the Liberty Bowl.

A native of Grant Town, W. Va., Rodriguez was a three-time letterwinner at defensive back for WVU from '82-84.

Byrd Stadium

Now in its 54th 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 million, 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.

Heading into the season, the Terrapins are 175-101-1 within the friendly confines of Byrd.

With temporary bleachers installed for the remainder of this season, Byrd Stadium can hold up to 51,500.

In two seasons under Ralph Friedgen, the Terrapins are 14-1 in games played at Byrd Stadium.

Terp Alley

In an effort to restore some tradition on gameday in College Park, the football staff created Terp Alley in 2001, a tradition that has become a part of the gameday experience outside Byrd Stadium.

For every football home game, the entire football team makes its first appearance of the day at "Terp Alley." The team is 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 is led past fans gathered along the street to the football complex by the Maryland band and cheerleaders.

A Class Act

The success of the Maryland football team has not stopped on the playing field in recent years, as the team has improved its academic standing under Ralph Friedgen's watch.

A total of 23 of Maryland's 24 players who count as part of this year's senior class are on schedule to earn their degrees on time.

Five players on this year's team -- OG Ed Tyler, OG Lamar Bryant, CB Curome Cox, TE Jeff Dugan and DT Tosin Abari -- have already earned their degrees.

Tyler earned his degree in economics prior to last season, finishing his course work in just three years. He is currently pursuing a second degree (history).

From the membership has its benefits file: Friedgen lets players line up to eat by grade point average. The Terps must be hungry -- 24 players earned a 3.5 grade point average or better in the spring of 2003.

Building For The Future

When the Terrapins take the field at Byrd Stadium this year, changes will still be taking place at the site that has been home to the Terps since 1950. Some will be apparent as soon as one sets foot in the stadium and others would only be noticeable to the men who wear the Maryland colors on game day.

After getting a state-of-the-art scoreboard and a new academics unit a year ago, the renovation has now moved on to improving other areas. Included in the changes are a remodeled weight room and a dining hall, a hall of fame area and a team meeting auditorium.

In addition to the bright visible new video board, it may go overlooked by some that expansion has already taken place on the building below it, the Gossett Football Team House. Thus far, the coaches' offices have been refurbished as have meeting rooms and the equipment room.

One other change noticeable at the start of fall camp and appreciated by players and coaches alike was the Terps' new practice facility, which features two state-of-the-art grass fields and a field turf, perfect for weeks when Maryland plays on an artificial surface.

A 25-Year Holliday

"Voice of the Terrapins" Johnny Holliday is celebrating his silver anniversary with the Terps this year, as the hall-of-fame broadcaster is celebrating his 25th season as the key cog in the Maryland broadcast team.

With a long list of credentials that includes covering the 1996 and 2000 Summer Olympics, the Winter Olympics in '84, '88 and '94, and the Masters, the Terps' director of broadcasting may be best known to some fans from his days as a disc jockey in Cleveland, work which ultimately landed him in that town's Rock & Roll Hall of Fame.

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 Comcast Center. Tickets may also be purchased online at www.ticketmaster.com.

For additional info or to order by phone, call (800) 462-TERP.

Season Ticket Sales Hit Record Highs

In the last two years, season ticket sales for Maryland football games have been moving higher and higher.

Now less than a week from the Terps' home opener, the athletics department has sold a school-record total of more than 28,000 season tickets.

As of September 8, the total sold was 28,350, an improvement of almost 10,000 tickets from Ralph Friedgen's first season in College Park and more than 12,000 more sold than in 1999.

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