Maryland (3-0) vs. Kent State (1-2)
September 25, 2021
Capital One Field at Maryland Stadium
3:40Â pm EDT
COLLEGE PARK, Md. -Â The University of Maryland football team will wrap up its non-conference slate against the Kent State Golden Flashes on Saturday, September 25 at 3:30 p.m. at Capital One Field at Maryland Stadium and broadcast on the Big Ten Network.
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GAME FOURÂ STORYLINES
DOING IT ON BOTH SIDES OF THE BALL
- Maryland is one of only three teams in the FBS to have a top-20 total offense and total defense (Auburn & Baylor).
- The Terps are averaging 517.0 yards of offense per game through three games, the 15th-best mark in the country and only allowing 279.7 yards per game, the 20th-best mark in the country.Â
demus streaking
- WR Dontay Demus Jr., who leads the Big Ten and ranks 14th in the country with 338 receiving yards, has caught a pass in 25 straight games, dating back to October 27, 2018, tied for the 12th-longest streak in the country and fourth-longest in the Big Ten.Â
- Demus Jr. is also second in the Big Ten with 6.7 receptions per game and has two touchdowns to give him 12 in his career, tied with Gary Collins (1959-61) for the eighth-most in program history.
- The senior had a touchdown reception in six straight games from the Minnesota game (10/30/20) last season to the Howard game (9/11/21) this season, which was the longest streak by any Maryland pass catcher since at least 1985.
DEMUS + JARRETT = STARDOM
- ​​The wide receiver duo of Dontay Demus Jr. (338 yards) and Rakim Jarrett (259 yards) have combined for the second-most yards of any pass catching duo among all Power Five teams so far this season with 597, only trailing Ole Miss' duo of Dontario Drummond (339 yards) and Jonathan Mingo (290 yards).
- Both Demus Jr. (14th) and Jarrett (33rd) rank top-35 in the country in receiving yards per game.
- The duo's 255 receiving yards vs. West Virginia (9/4) was the most combined yardage of any pass catching duo in a Week One and the most by a Maryland receiving tandem since Torrey Smith (224) and Will Yeatman (46) combined for 270 yards against North Carolina State on November 27, 2010.Â
 TAULIA TERRIFIC
- In his time as a Terp beginning in 2020, QB Taulia Tagovailoa has averaged 281.0 passing yards per game, the fourth-highest over that time span of any Power Five quarterback playing in 2021 and the most in the Big Ten.
- Tagovailoa, who has totaled 1,967 yards in seven games as a Terp, trails only Ole Miss' Matt Corral (334.1 per game), UNC's Sam Howell (296.9 per game) and Virginia's Breenan Armstrong (284.6 per game).
- Tagovailoa is 10th in the country and 2nd in the Big Ten, averaging 318.7 passing yards per game this season.Â
120 Minutes. 6Â points.
- For the eight quarters between the second half of the West Virginia game and the first half of the Illinois game, the Maryland defense only allowed six points, the lowest amount by a Maryland team over 120 minutes of play since 1983 when they allowed just three points over 145 minutes of gameplay against Pittsburgh, Virginia, and Syracuse.
- The Terps have the 16th-ranked scoring defense in the country, only allowing 13.7 points per game.Â
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