COLLEGE PARK, MD -- Quarterback Taulia Tagovailoa threw for a career-high 419 yards in leading Maryland to a 38-35 win over Indiana on Homecoming Saturday at Capital One Field at Maryland Stadium. Tagovailoa connected with Carlos Carriere for two touchdowns as the receiver had a career day with eight catches and 134 receiving yards -- both new personal bests. 

Tagovailoa completed 26-of-40 as he became the first Terps quarterback to throw for 400 yards in a game since Danny O'Brien threw for 417 vs. NC State in 2010. His single-game passing yardage, ranks third all-time in Maryland history. 

The Terps (5-3 overall, 2-3 Big Ten) scored three 1-yard rushing touchdowns as Challen Faamatau scored the first two touchdowns of his career and Tayon Fleet-Davis added another score from a yard away. 

Facing a third and 13 with just over six minutes remaining and up 35-28, Tagovailoa stepped up into a collapsing pocket and fired a pass to Marcus Fleming for 22 yards and a key first down for the Terps. The play allowed Maryland to kick a field goal, making the game 38-28. When the Hoosiers cut it to a three-point game, Darryl Jones recovered an onside kick, allowing the Terps to secure their fifth win of the season.

A quick three-and-out and a short punt by Indiana to open the game gave the Terps a short field and after a seven play, 35-yard drive, Tayon Fleet-Davis punched the ball into the end zone on a one-yard rush. 

Up 7-0, another defensive stop allowed Maryland to drive 90-yards in 10 plays, with Faamatau punctuating the drive with a one-yard rushing touchdown of his own, putting the team up 14-0. 

The Hoosiers would respond with 17 unanswered points, but the Terps found their groove again after a 42-yard pass from Tagovailoa to Rakim Jarrett, and Faamatau's second one-yard rushing touchdown of the day. A 14-yard pass from Tagovailoa to Carriere would extend the lead to 28-17, but a fake punt allowed the Hoosiers to kick a field goal, making it 28-20. 

Carriere would continue his career-day with his second touchdown, a 45-yard pass from Tagovailoa early in the fourth quarter.

Indiana is now 2-6 and 0-5 in the Big Ten. 

From The Coach:

"As I just told the team, that definitely wasn't pretty, but we'll take it. Our players deserve it. Obviously, a lot of things to still get cleaned up from it. But it's always good when you can clean up the mistakes with a victory. Proud of how our guys fought, and stuck together this week. They really worked hard this week and we continue to challenge them each and every day as coaches. And like I said, I feel like they deserved the win. We always prepare for a four quarter game. Today it was. It didn't have to be, but it was, and we found a way to make the plays whether it was on our four minute drive with the offense or going up two scores with the field goal, or whether it was the hands team finishing on the field. I give credit to Tom Allen and Indiana. They're another banged up team and they fought until the end. That's what the Big Ten is all about. We need to build off of this win. Obviously we've got an opponent coming in next week that we know all too well. It's a great opportunity for us to kind of go back to neutral and refocus, and like I said, welcome Penn State into The Shell. Hopefully, we get our fans out here to help support next week to try to help us get to [win] number six."


Taulia's Career Day

• Taulia Tagovailoa threw for a career-high 419 passing yards on Saturday. It was the first Maryland 400-yard passing game since Danny O'Brien threw for 417 against NC State (11/27/2010). 
• The total is third all-time at Maryland behind Scott Milanovich's 498 vs. Virginia Tech in 1993 and 451 vs. West Virginia in 1993. 
• He has now tallied five 300-yard passing games in his Maryland career --  only 12 games as a Terp, surpassing Chris Turner (2007-09), and John Kaleo (1991-92) to tie for the second-most in program history in a career with Dan Henning (1985-87). Scott Milanovich (1992-95) posted 10 300-yard games for the program record. 
• Four of Tagovailoa's five 300-yard passing games have happened this season (previously with 384 vs. Kent State, 350 at Illinois and 332 vs. West Virginia), the most in the Big Ten and the fourth-most in a single season in program history, trailing only Milanovich (five in 1993). He's tied with Kaleo (four in 1992) and Henning (four in 1986) for second all-time.

Fantastic Faamatau

• Challen Faamatau had his first-career multi-touchdown game -- the first touchdowns of his career -- with 1-yard scoring rushes in the first and third quarter.  
• Faamatu had a career-long 37-yard reception in the first quarter. His previous long was a 12-yard reception against Ohio State (10/9/21).
• Faamatau had a career-high 20 carries. His previous high was nine against Ohio State (10/9/21).

Carriere Carrying The Load

• Carlos Carriere set a career-high in receiving yards with 134, surpassing his previous high of 35 yards, accomplished twice before. 
• Carriere became the third Terps receiver to have 100-yard receiving game this season, joining Rakim Jarrett and Deontay Demus. 
• His eight catches also set his career-high, surpassing his old high of five most recently set at Ohio State (11/9/21).
• He posted his first-career multi-touchdown game. 
• Carriere's 45-yard touchdown catch in the fourth quarter was the longest catch of his career. 
• Carriere scored his third touchdown of the season on a 14-yard reception from Tagovailoa in the third quarter. 

Fleet-Davis, Touchdown-Maker

• Tailback Tayon Fleet-Davis scored his sixth rushing touchdown of the season on a 1-yard score four minutes into the game 
• The six rushing TDs sets a new single-season best, surpassing his total of five in 2018.
• His seven overall touchdowns, with one receiving, also set a new single-season best, bettering his total in 2018, with five rushing and one receiving in both seasons. 
• He now has 13 rushing touchdowns in his career and 17 overall touchdowns. 

Heeb Island

• With two pass breakups in Saturday's game, CB Tarheeb Still now has 16 (seven this season) over the first 12 games of his career, the most over a player's first 12 games of his career since Domonique Foxworth in 2001-02 had 16 in his first dozen games. 

Sackin' Success

• The Terps racked up four sacks of Indiana on Saturday with sacks by Greg Rose, Mosiah Nasili-Kite, Tarheeb Still and Nick Cross.
• It was the fourth time this season Maryland has three or more sacks. The Terps had a season high six at Illinois (9/17/21). 
• Entering the game, Maryland ranked 31st in the country and third in the Big Ten with 19 sacks through seven games, an average of 2.71 per game. 
• The Terps 20 sacks are the most through the first seven games of a season since totaling 24 in 2015.
• Sam Okuayinonu has five solo sacks on the season, tied for most in the Big Ten. Okuayinonu's 45 sack yards are also the most in the Big Ten and 14th-most in the country.

Series History

• Four of the last five games between Maryland and Indiana have been decided by six points or less, including the last two played in College Park (34-28 Indiana in 2019 & 42-39 Maryland in 2017). 
• Maryland has averaged 30.6 points against the Hoosiers since the Terps joined the Big Ten in 2014. 
• The Terps defeated Indiana, 37-15, in their first-ever game as members of the Big Ten on September 27, 2014.

Honoring The 2001 ACC Champs

• Maryland's homecoming football game featured a celebration of the 2001 ACC Champion Terrapins. Twenty seasons ago, under then-first year head coach Ralph Friedgen, the Terps captured the attention of the nation by winning a conference championship for the first time since 1985 and playing in the Orange Bowl in posting a 10-2 overall record. 
• The Terps welcomed back many members of that 2001 team including ACC Player of the Year E.J. Henderson, who will be inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame this December. Current head coach Michael Locksley was a member of that staff, serving as the running backs coach and recruiting coordinator. 

Homecoming Success

• Maryland has won 63 percent of its homecoming games all-time, a 60-35-4 record after winning on Saturday. The Terps have won five of their past six homecoming games, defeating Purdue in 2016, Indiana in 2017, Rutgers in 2018 and Minnesota last season, while falling to Michigan in 2019. This will be the second time the Terps have hosted Indiana for homecoming, defeating the Hoosiers, 42-39, in 2017 behind two fourth quarter touchdown runs by Jake Funk. 

Notables

• Colton Spangler also had two 50-yard punts (50 and 57) for his fourth and fifth 50-yarders this season. 

Up Next

• Maryland will host Penn State next Saturday, Nov. 6 in College Park. The game time and television network will be announced later on Saturday.