COLLEGE PARK, Md. - The University of Maryland football team is set to host Big Ten East foe Indiana on Saturday at Capital One Field. The game will kick at 3:30 pm and be broadcast on BTN and the Maryland Sports Radio Network. 

THIS WEEKEND'S STORYLINES

1. Against Rutgers, RB Javon Leake returned the opening kickoff of the second half 100 yards for his second career kick return touchdown, marking the first time any Big Ten team has returned a kick to the house this season. With a WR DJ Turner punt return touchdown in Week One vs. Howard, Maryland is one of only seven FBS teams with both a kick return and punt return touchdown this season, joining Appalachian State, Houston, Memphis, Southern Miss, UCLA and Utah State. Maryland leads the Big Ten in punt return average (15.14) and is third kick return average (24.93).

2. RB Anthony McFarland Jr. has tallied seven rushing touchdowns through six games this season (2 vs. Howard, 2 vs. Syracuse, 1 at Temple, 2 at Rutgers), the 13th highest total in the country and the most for a Maryland RB in the first six games of the season since Keon Lattimore also had seven in 2007. 

3. Maryland has forced a turnover in 18 straight contests, the third-longest streak in the FBS, trailing only Mississippi State (22) and Syracuse (20). The Terps, who notched a takeaway in every game last season continued the streak last week at Purdue when LB Keandre Jones recovered a fumble forced by LB Chance Campbell. The Terps have forced 10 turnovers and only lost seven, a plus-three margin this season, the 27th best in the country and fourth in the Big Ten. Maryland won the turnover battle in four of the first six games. 

4.The Terps have been explosive on offense this season, tallying 10 rushes of over 30 yards, tied for the fourth highest total in the country. In addition, four of those 10 explosive plays have gone for 50-plus yards, tied for the most by any team in the FBS. Maryland has scored on four of these big play rushes, two from RB Javon Leake (64 vs. Syracuse & 42 at Rutgers), one from RB Anthony McFarland Jr. (80 at Rutgers )and one from QB Tyrrell Pigrome (61 at Purdue). 

5. Senior DB Antoine Brooks Jr. has totaled 35 solo tackles this year, the most per game in the Big Ten and the 17th highest total in the country. Brooks has led Maryland in tackles in three of the six games and tallied a career-best 13, all solo, at Temple (9/14). 

6. All three of the Terps wins this season have been by at least 40 points (79 vs. Howard, 43 vs. Syracuse, 41 at Rutgers), making Maryland one of only three teams in the country (Ohio State and Wisconsin) to have three 40-plus point wins. It is the first time since 1974 that Maryland has had three 40-plus point wins in a single season. 

7. Maryland has 221 points through six games, the highest total in the first six games of a season in program history and the most over any five game span since scoring 268 during a six game win streak in the 2002 season. The Terps 36.8 points per game is the 28th highest in the country and fourth-most in the Big Ten. 

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