The University of Maryland football team capped off its 2021 season with a 54-10 win over Virginia Tech in the New Era Pinstripe Bowl on December 29. The Terrapins not only finished with a winning record in 2021, but they also set numerous school records while doing so. Let's take a look at the team, individual and bowl records that fell in 2021.
Single-Season Records Set in 2021
Redshirt sophomore
Taulia Tagovailoa elevated Maryland's passing game to heights it has never seen before. Let's take a look at the
SEVEN single-season school records that Tagovailoa set during his second season as a Terp.
Passing Yards - 3,860
Passing Touchdowns - 26 (ties school record)
Completions - 328
Completion Percentage - 69.2%
300-yard passing games (seven)
Efficiency Rating - 151.06
Total Offense - 3,941
Single-Season Team Records Set in 2021
Tagovailoa's individual success also led to numerous team single-season records being broken, including those for passing yards and total yards.
Passing yards - 3,960
Completions - 339
Completion Percentage - 69.3%
Total yards - 5,740
A Few More...
Tagovailoa wasn't the only Terp breaking records in 2021. Check out what records
Tarheeb Still,
Colton Spangler and
Dontay Demus Jr. set.
Tarheeb Still ripped off a school-record long 92 yard punt return in Maryland's New Era Pinstripe Bowl victory.
Colton Spangler set a new Maryland single-season punting record by averaging 45.5 yards per boot.
Despite only playing in five games, wide receiver
Dontay Demus Jr. proved his consistency while on the field by setting a new Maryland record for consecutive games with a TD reception. The Washington, D.C. native ended the 2020 season with TD grabs in four straight games and then pulled in touchdown receptions in each of the Terps first two games of 2021.
Bowl Game Records
Points - 54
- Most in Maryland history
- Most in Pinstripe Bowl history
- Most by a Power 5 team in a bowl game this season
Longest fumble return for a TD (
Greg Rose, 11 yards)
Touchdown Receptions -
Darryl Jones, 2 (ties school record)
Longest touchdown pass (
Taulia Tagovailoa to
Darryl Jones, 70 yards)
