Maryland to Meet Stanford in Foster Farms Bowl
12/7/2014 12:00:00 AM | Football
COLLEGE PARK, Md. – The Maryland football team will make its second consecutive bowl appearance and 26th all-time when it meets Stanford in the Foster Farms Bowl on December 30 at Levi's Stadium in Santa Clara, Calif., the San Francisco Bowl Game Association announced Sunday.
The game is scheduled for a 10 p.m. ET kickoff and will be televised nationally on ESPN. It is Maryland's second postseason appearance in San Francisco. The Terps faced Oregon State in the Emerald Bowl in 2007.
“We are honored to be selected to play in the Foster Farms Bowl,” said head coach Randy Edsall. “This is a great opportunity for our team to play in Levi's Stadium and experience all of the special events that the bowl game and the city of San Francisco have to offer. It will be a well-deserved reward for our student-athletes for their commitment to our program.”
For the Terps, it is their sixth bowl appearance in the last nine seasons and will be their first matchup all-time with the Cardinal. Maryland is 11-12-2 all-time in bowl games and has won five of its past seven.
Maryland finished the regular season with a 7-5 record and a Big Ten-best five road victories including the program's first-ever wins at Penn State and against Michigan.
Stanford enters the game also with a 7-5 record and finished second in the PAC-12 North Division. The Cardinal is led by its defense. The defense is second in the nation allowing 16.0 points per game and has yielded 287.4 yards per game, which ranks fifth nationally.
On the offensive side of the ball, Stanford averages 25.7 points per game with Kevin Hogan under center. Hogan has thrown for 2,603 yards and 17 touchdowns. Remound Wright leads a ground attack that averages 154.8 yards per game. Wright has rushed 552 yards and eight touchdowns this season.
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