Maryland (5-6, 2-6 B1G) at Rutgers (5-6, 2-6 B1G)
November 27, 2021
SHI Stadium
12:01 pm EDT
COLLEGE PARK, Md. -Â The University of Maryland football team will travel to Rutgers for its regular season finale on Saturday, Nov. 27. The game is set to kick at Noon and will be broadcast on Big Ten Network and the Maryland Sports Radio Network.
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GAME 12 STORYLINES
TAULIA RISING THE RANKS
- QB Taulia Tagovailoa is rewriting the Maryland record books this season, this past week breaking the 29-year old single-season completion record with 19 completions against #8 Michigan to give him 287 on the season.
- The signal caller is also third all-time in single-season passing yards, only 109 yards behind John Kaleo (1992) for second all-time and 216 yards behind Scott Milanovich's program record of 3,499 set in 1993.
- The junior's 21 passing touchdowns is tied with Milanovich (1994) for third all-time, one behind Danny O'Brien (22 in 2010) for second all-time and five behind Milanovich (1993) for the program record.
- Tagovailoa is also seventh all-time in career completions (362), eighth in career passing touchdowns (28) and ninth in career passing yards (4,294).
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- DB Jakorian Bennett leads all Power Five players with 14 pass breakups this season.
- In 10 games played, Bennett has 12 pass breakups and two interceptions, for an average of 1.4 pass breakups per game.
- The senior has a pass breakup in four straight games, with six deflections over that span and has four games this season with at least two pass breakups, the second-most in the country.
- Bennett's 14 pass breakups are the most in a season since Will Likely had 15 in 2014.
- If Bennett passes Likely in Saturday's game, he will have the most in a season since Domonique Foxworth had 22 in 2002.Â
 TAULIA TERRIFIC
- In his time as a Terp beginning in 2020, QB Taulia Tagovailoa has averaged 286.2 passing yards per game, the fifth-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 4,294 yards in 15 games as a Terp, trails only Virginia's Brennan Armstrong (324.3 per game), Pittsburgh's Kenny Pickett (313.3 per game), Ole Miss' Matt Corral (306.5 per game) and Mississippi State's Will Rogers (304.6).
- Tagovailoa is 13th in the country and second in the Big Ten, averaging 298.5 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 Tarheeb Still has 17 pass breakups through only 15 games as a Terp, the most by a player over his first 15 games since Domonique Foxworth had 18 over the first 15 games of his career in 2001-02.
- As a freshman in 2020, Still led the nation in pass breakups per game, averaging two per game and eight on the season, the highest per game mark in program history.
- Still was selected to The Athletic's Freshman All-America Team, one of five defensive backs named to the team.
- The now-sophomore has nine so far this season, the second-most on the team and eighth-most in the Big Ten, and has one in seven of the last nine games.
RICHIGULOUS
- Over the past three weeks, TE Chigoziem Okonkwo has 25 receptions for 233 yards, the most receptions ever by a Maryland tight end over a three game span and the most by any Maryland player since Torrey Smith tallied 28 against Virginia (11/13), Florida State (11/20) and NC State (11/27) in 2010.
- The senior's 233 yards are the most yards by a Maryland tight end over three consecutive games since Vernon Davis had 326 against Clemson (9/10), West Virginia (9/17) and Wake Forest (9/24) in 2005.
- Okonkwo recorded 12 receptions vs. #22 Penn State (11/6), the second-highest reception total ever by a Maryland tight end, only trailing Frank Wycheck's 14 vs. Virginia Tech in 1990 (9/1).
- Okonkwo's 112 yards at #8 Michigan State (11/13) were the most by a Maryland tight end since Davis had 139 yards at North Carolina in 2005 (11/12).
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