Rakim Jarrett is the first true freshman wide receiver to have two receiving touchdowns since Stefon Diggs against Georgia Tech (11/3/12) and the first to have 100-yards receiving since Diggs that same year against Boston College (10/27).
Jarrett is the first true freshman wide receiver to have over 100 yards receiving and two touchdowns since Diggs at West Virginia in 2012 (9/22). Jarrett finished the game with five receptions for 144 yards and two touchdowns, the second-most receiving yards ever by a true freshman, only trailing Stefon Diggs' 152 vs. Boston College on 10/27/12 and the third-most by any freshman, trailing Diggs and Darrius Heyward-Bey (redshirt freshman), who had 175 vs. Miami on November 11, 2006.
Taulia Tagovailoa became the first Maryland quarterback with three first-half passing touchdowns in any conference game since Danny O'Brien had three vs. Wake Forest (10/30) in 2010.
Taulia Tagovailoa's 676 passing yards in the last two games (394 vs. Minnesota/282 vs. Penn State) is the most by a Maryland quarterback in back-to-back wins since Scott Milanovich passed for 692 yards in back-to-back games in 1994 (341 vs. N.C. State/351 vs. Virginia).
Maryland's seven sacks in the game were the most by the Terps in a Big Ten game since tallying seven vs. Rutgers on November 26, 2016.
Dontay Demus Jr. finished the game with six receptions for 86 yards and a touchdown, his 16th-straight game with a reception and his second-straight game with over 85 yards.
Ruben Hyppolite II is the first Maryland freshman to have two sacks in a game since Andre Monroe had 2.5 vs. Wake Forest on 11/19/11.
The Terps went down the field on the first drive of the game, going 75 yards on six plays capped off by a
Taulia Tagovailoa to
Rakim Jarrett 42-yard touchdown. The drive featured Tagovailoa going 3-for-3 for 65 yards. Tagovailoa is now 14-of-16 passing (87.5%) for 157 yards and two touchdown passes on the first drive this season.
Maryland has scored at least 21 points in the first half in two consecutive conference games, the first time the Terps have ever done that in the Big Ten and the first time in any conference since scoring 21 and 27 against Boston College (10/23) and Wake Forest (10/30) in 2010.
Maryland's 676 passing yards in the last two games (394 vs. Minnesota/282 vs. Penn State) was the most passing yards in back-to-back games since also passing for 676 total yards in back-to-back games 2013 (332 vs. Virginia/344 vs. Wake Forest).
The Terps 35 points were the most they've ever scored against Penn State as Maryland notched their first win over the Nittany Lions since November 1, 2014.
