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COLLEGE PARK, Md. - Maryland will play its first Big Ten road game of the 2019 season on Saturday when it travels to Rutgers to take on the Scarlet Knights at SHI Stadium. The contest is set for a noon kick and will be broadcast on the Big Ten Network.


THIS WEEKEND'S STORYLINES

1. Senior DB Antoine Brooks Jr. has totaled 28 solo tackles this year, the most per game in the Big Ten and the fifth highest total in the country. Brooks has led Maryland in tackles in each of the last three games and tallied a career-best 13, all solo, at Temple (9/14). Last week against #12 Penn State, Brooks recorded two tackles for loss to lead the Terps, tying his career-high. 

2. Junior transfer quarterback Josh Jackson has thrown eight touchdowns over the first four games of the season, while throwing for 789 yards, the most touchdowns thrown by any Maryland quarterback through the first four games of the season since Scott Milanovich threw 16 in 1993.

3. The Maryland defense has tallied 13 sacks through four games, the 17th highest total in the country and the Terrapins most over a four-game span since Maryland finished the year with 17 (2 vs. Ohio State, 3 at Nebraska, 7 vs. Rutgers, 5 vs. Boston College) in 2016. LB Keandre Jones has 3.5 to lead the Terps, the third highest total in the Big Ten. 

4. Maryland has forced a turnover in 16 straight contests, the third-longest streak in the FBS, trailing only Mississippi State (21) and Syracuse (19). The Terps, who notched a takeaway in every game last season continued the streak last week vs. #12 Penn State when freshman DB Nick Cross recorded his first career interception in the second quarter. The Terps have forced seven turnovers and only lost five, a plus-two margin this season. Maryland won the turnover battle in three of the first four games. 

5. When Head Coach Michael Locksley was the interim coach for the Terrapins in 2015, Maryland came back from a 21 point deficit in the final game of the season at Rutgers to win 46-41. The comeback was the largest deficit overcame by a Maryland football team since 2006. The Terps were down 31-13 in the second quarter before outscoring the Scarlet Knights 33-10 the rest of the game. RB Brandon Ross tallied three rushing touchdowns and 173 yards in the contest. 

6. The Terps have been strong on the ground, in both running the ball and stopping the run. Maryland ranks in the top 30 in both rushing offense (223 ypg) and rushing defense (104.8 ypg) and have scored 12 touchdowns on the ground, the fourth-highest total in the Big Ten, trailing only Ohio State, Penn State and Wisconsin. RB Anthony McFarland Jr. ranks  fourth in the Big Ten and 20th in the country with five rushing touchdowns.

7. Maryland has had no issues scoring against Rutgers in five meetings as conference foes, averaging 34.6 points across five games. The Terps have averaged 291.4 yards per game rushing over those five contests, four times securing over 250 yards on the ground. 

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