Maryland
4-0 , 1-0
Purdue
2-2 , 0-1
| Team | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final F |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Purdue | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 7 |
| Maryland | 8 | 21 | 7 | 14 | 50 |
Unbeaten Terps Rout Purdue 50-7 in B1G Opener
10/1/2016 7:09:00 PM | Football
COLLEGE PARK, Md. (AP) -- Ty Johnson ran for 204 yards on seven carries, and unbeaten Maryland used a strong defensive performance to breeze past Purdue 50-7 Saturday and provide first-year coach DJ Durkin a victory in his first Big Ten game.
The Terrapins (4-0, 1-0) scored four touchdowns and amassed 293 yards in taking a 29-0 halftime lead. Maryland finished with 400 yards rushing and outgained the Boilermakers 496-205 overall.
Purdue (2-2, 0-1) had no answer for the no-huddle offense that has scored a school-record 173 points over its first four games.
Taking over at Maryland after serving as Michigan's defensive coordinator in 2015, Durkin has the Terrapins operating at a high level on both sides of the ball.
Perry Hills threw two touchdown passes to Teldrick Morgan and ran for an 11-yard score. Johnson peeled off a 76-yard run and scored on carries of 8 and 48 yards, and Lorenzo Harrison chipped in with a 62-yard touchdown sprint.
The defense sacked David Blough six times. The Boilermakers were ranked second in the nation in third-down conversions (59 percent), but in this game they went 6 for 20.
It was 36-0 before Purdue finally scored, on a 4-yard touchdown pass from Blough to Cole Herdman with 13:30 remaining.
Coming off two straight 300-yard games, Blough was limited to 46 yards passing before halftime and finished 18 for 41 for 132 yards.
The Boilermakers were guilty of a variety of ill-timed penalties, poor tackling and shoddy blocking by the offensive line.
Even when the Terrapins made mistakes of their own, Purdue couldn't capitalize. Maryland hadn't committed a turnover all year until Hill threw an interception on the opening series. The Terrapins subsequently jumped offside on third down, but Purdue's J.D. Dellinger was wide right on a 35-yard field goal try.
Maryland promptly moved 80 yards in six plays, then fooled the Boilermakers with an unbalanced formation on the 2-point conversion.
On Purdue's next series, an illegal formation wiped out a successful third-down play and forced a punt. Not long after that, Harrison burst up the middle on his 62-yard run.
Johnson's first touchdown made it 22-0.
Desperate for a spark, Purdue coach Darrell Hazell opted to for it on a fourth down from the Boilermakers 32. They made it, but it merely delayed Maryland's next touchdown.
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Team Stats
PUR 0, UMD 8
UMD - Morgan, T. 11 yd pass from Hills, P. (Goins, K. pass) 6 plays, 80 yards, TOP 1:58
PUR 0, UMD 15
UMD - Harrison, L. 62 yd run (Greene, A. kick), 2 plays, 79 yards, TOP 1:11
PUR 0, UMD 22
UMD - Johnson, T. 8 yd run (Greene, A. kick), 6 plays, 39 yards, TOP 1:30
PUR 0, UMD 29
UMD - Hills, P. 11 yd run (Greene, A. kick), 8 plays, 91 yards, TOP 3:58
PUR 0, UMD 36
UMD - Morgan, T. 5 yd pass from Hills, P. (Greene, A. kick) 6 plays, 81 yards, TOP 3:02
PUR 7, UMD 36
PUR - Herdman, Cole 4 yd pass from Blough, David (Dellinger, J.D. kick) 12 plays, 55 yards, TOP 4:33
PUR 7, UMD 43
UMD - Johnson, T. 48 yd run (Greene, A. kick), 4 plays, 59 yards, TOP 1:11
PUR 7, UMD 50
UMD - Funk, J. 9 yd pass from Pigrome, T. (Greene, A. kick) 8 plays, 46 yards, TOP 3:02
