Maryland (4-2, 1-2Â B1G) at Minnesota (4-2, 2-1 B1G)
October 23, 2021
Huntington Bank Stadium
3:35 pm EDT
COLLEGE PARK, Md. -Â The University of Maryland football team will travel to Minnesota on Saturday, October 23. The game is set to kick at 3:30 p.m. and will be broadcast on ESPN2 and the Maryland Sports Radio Network.
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GAME SEVENÂ STORYLINES
TOUCHDOWN JARRETT
- WR Rakim Jarrett has seven receiving touchdowns in only 10 games as a Terp, tied for the most in the first 10 games of a Maryland career in program history (Greg Hill, 1982).
- Jarrett has caught a touchdown pass in three-straight games, tied for the longest streak in the Big Ten (Chris Olave, Ohio State) and the third-longest streak of any Power Five player (8: Josh Downs, North Carolina; 4: AT Perry, Wake Forest).
- Jarrett hauled in a 43-yard touchdown at #7 Ohio State (10/9), a seven-yard score vs. #5 Iowa (10/1) and a six-yard grab against Kent State (9/25).
- The sophomore has scored a touchdown in five of six games this season (every game but Illinois (9/17)), ranking 30th in the FBS and fifth in the Big Ten with five receiving touchdowns.
SAM O. Sack O.
- DL Sam Okuayinonu has been a constant presence in opponents backfields this season, standing 18th in the country and second in the Big Ten (trailing only AP Preseason All-American Aidan Hutchinson from Michigan) with 0.83 sacks per game this season (five).
- The graduate student has secured a sack in four of six games this season with a career-best two in the win at Illinois (9/17).
- Okuayinonu's five sacks have been for a loss of 45 yards, the most in the Big Ten.
- All of Okuayinonu's sacks have been solo sacks, also giving him the most in the Big Ten and tying him for the fifth-most per game among all Power Five players (trailing Will Anderson Jr., Alabama; Isaiah Foskey, Notre Dame, Cody Roscoe, Syracuse and Sam Williams, Ole Miss).Â
 TAULIA TERRIFIC
- In his time as a Terp beginning in 2020, QB Taulia Tagovailoa has averaged 278.7 passing yards per game, the sixth-highest over that time span of any Power Five quarterback that has played in 2020 & 2021 and the most in the Big Ten.
- Tagovailoa, who has totaled 2,787 yards in 10 game as a Terp, trails only Ole Miss' Matt Corral (316.6 per game), Virginia's Brennan Armstrong (308.8 per game), Pittsburgh's Kenny Pickett (289.5), USC's Kedon Slovis (286.7 per game) and UNC's Sam Howell (286.2 per game).
- Tagovailoa is 13th in the country and second in the Big Ten, averaging 296.0 passing yards per game this season and is on pace to set the all-time Maryland record for passing yards in a season (Scott Milanovich, 3,499 in 1993).
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- CB Jakorian Bennett stands third in the country and first in the Big Ten with 1.6 pass breakups per game and has the most per game of any Power Five player.
- In only five games played, Bennett has eight total pass breakups (six pass breakups and two interceptions), the second-most of any Power Five player (Kyu Blu Kelly, Stanford).
LAST TIME VS. MINNESOTA...
- The Terps and Gophers played a classic last year in College Park with Maryland defeating Minnesota, 45-44 in overtime.
- Maryland came back from 17-points down in the fourth quarter, the largest comeback in program history behind QB Taulia Tagovailoa's coming out party.Â
- Tagovailoa was just the third Big Ten player in the last 20 seasons with 350 passing yards, three passing touchdowns and two rushing touchdowns in a game after going 26 for 35 for 394 yards and three touchdowns in his second college start.Â
- Maryland has won three of the last four meetings with Minnesota (2017, 2018 & 2020), averaging 39.3 points per game in the victories.Â
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