A Look Back at a Record-Setting 2021 Season for the Terps
1/5/2022 10:33:00 AM | Football
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)What a season for Lia.
— Maryland Football (@TerpsFootball) November 28, 2021
The Maryland single season passing yards king. pic.twitter.com/vvl6eadb63
Completions - 328The T in Taulia is for Touchdowns.@tauliaa12 tied the Maryland single season passing touchdowns record with 26 this year! pic.twitter.com/1ivdpOP0qi
— Maryland Football (@TerpsFootball) December 30, 2021
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
Record Breakers.
— Maryland Football (@TerpsFootball) December 31, 2021
The 2021 Terps passed for more yards than any Maryland team in history (3,960). pic.twitter.com/6uV7gODzHA
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.
Heeb hit a lead off homer.
— Maryland Football (@TerpsFootball) December 30, 2021
We never looked back @tarheebstill pic.twitter.com/VS9boVuFKw
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.
Six straight with a TD catch for @_godof5.
— Maryland Football (@TerpsFootball) September 13, 2021
Longest streak in the country. pic.twitter.com/1yvhBZGe0p
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
The most points in a bowl game in Maryland history!
— Maryland Football (@TerpsFootball) December 30, 2021
Relive them all ⬇️➡️ https://t.co/LkjWeRtOhO pic.twitter.com/eYCE1vioPJ
Longest fumble return for a TD (Greg Rose, 11 yards)
A defensive exclamation point. @Nick_Cross26 x @gregrose24 pic.twitter.com/5GmIUqfd78
— Maryland Football (@TerpsFootball) December 31, 2021
Touchdown Receptions - Darryl Jones, 2 (ties school record)
Longest touchdown pass (Taulia Tagovailoa to Darryl Jones, 70 yards)
The longest TD pass in Maryland bowl history.
— Maryland Football (@TerpsFootball) December 29, 2021
What a time for @DarrylJones_' first career TD! pic.twitter.com/Oe1Br6ZxfL
