Maryland (6-3, 3-3 B1G) at #14 Penn State (7-2, 4-2 B1G)
November 12, 2022
Beaver Stadium
3:35 pm EDT
COLLEGE PARK, MD -Â The University of Maryland football team (6-3, 3-3 Big Ten) travels to No. 14 Penn State (7-2, 4-2 Big Ten) on Saturday, Nov. 12. The game will kickoff at 3:30 p.m. and be broadcast on FOX and the Maryland Sports Radio Network.
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GAME 10Â STORYLINES
REWRITING THE RECORD BOOKS
- QB Taulia Tagovailoa has established himself as one of the top quarterbacks in the country. Tagovailoa is now second all-time in Maryland history in completions (584), passing yards (6,949) and touchdowns (47). Tagovailoa only stands 67 completions, 353 yards and three touchdowns from setting the program passing records in those categories. With a 300-yard game against Purdue (315 yards), Tagovailoa now stands alone at the top of the all-time 300-yard game ranks in Terrapin history with 11. He also is first all-time in career completion percentage (68.3) and passing efficiency (149.1).
- Tagovailoa's 68.4 career completion percentage (including Alabama) is currently fifth among all active FBS quarterbacks, trailing only Mississippi State's Will Rogers (71.1), Ohio State's CJ Stroud (70.4), Coastal Carolina's Grayson McCall (70.4) and Missouri's Jack Abraham (69.0). He also stands top-20 among all FBS quarterbacks in career passing yards per game (235.0), completions per game (19.8) and passing efficiency (149.4).
defensive prowess
- The Terps have only allowed 13 points in the third quarter this season, the second-lowest amount in the FBS this season (Michigan: 9). The Terps have outscored opponents 54-13 in the third quarter this season and held six-of-nine opponents (SMU, Indiana & Wisconsin) scoreless.
- The Terps have had 11 different players record at least one sack so far this season, tied for the ninth-most in the nation and the second most in the Big Ten (Penn State). DL Greg-China Rose leads the way with four sacks, while LB Jaishawn Barham and LB Durell Nchami have three, DL Henry Chibueze and DL Tommy Akingbesote have two, and DL Anthony Booker Jr., DB Beau Brade, DL Quashon Fuller, DB Gavin Gibson, DL Taizse Johnson and DL Kellan Wyatt all have one.
- DB Jakorian Bennett leads the FBS in passes defended since the beginning of the 2021 season with 26 (16 in 2021, 10 in 2022) and has the most career passes defended per game of any active FBS player (1.17). Bennett has 24 pass breakups and four interceptions over his career as a Terp, with 26 of them coming since the beginning of last year.
- LB Jaishawn Barham is averaging five tackles per game played (40 in eight games), the seventh-highest per game of any FBS freshman and the most of any Big Ten freshman. Barham was named the Big Ten Freshman of the Week after tallying five tackles (four solo), two sacks, two tackles for loss and a fumble recovery against Purdue (10/8), only the third Terp freshman in the last 12 years to have two-plus sacks in a game (Ruben Hyppolite vs. Penn State in 2020 & Andre Monroe vs. Wake Forest in 2011).
Win the turnover battle
- Maryland has a plus-three turnover margin on the season. The Terps have intercepted seven passes and recovered five fumbles, while only coughing up the ball nine times, the third-fewest amount in the Big Ten. Over the four games in October, the Terps had a plus-seven turnover differential (eight-to-one).
- Â The Terps' one turnover in October was their fewest in any calendar month with at least four games in the last 25 years. The only other FBS team to play at least four games in October this year and have no more than one turnover was USC (also one in four games).
The Roman empire
- RB Roman Hemby has been one of the best running backs in the nation through eight games, standing 18th in the nation and second in the Big Ten with 6.17 yards per carry (747 yards on 121 carries).
- Hemby stands second among all FBS freshmen in yards from scrimmage with 986 (747 rushing, 239 receiving), only trailing Ole Miss' Quinshon Judkins (1,105). Against SMU (9/17), Hemby became the first Terrapin in the last 25 years to have 150+ rushing yards and 50+ receiving in a game (151 rushing, 62 receiving).
- The redshirt freshman is one of two FBS players averaging 6.0+ yards per rush and 9.0+ yards per reception this season (minimum 100 rushes and 25 receptions), along with Alabama's Jahmyr Gibbs.
- Â Hemby has six rushes over 30 yards this season, tied for the second-most in the nation, only trailing UAB's DeWayne McBride (eight). His two rushes over 70 yards is tied with five other players for the most in the FBS.
- The Edgewood, MD native has rushed for 100 yards in four of Maryland's seven wins (114 vs. Buffalo, 151 vs. SMU, 107 at Indiana & 179 vs. Northwestern), already tied with Anthony McFarland Jr. for the most in a single season of any freshman in Maryland history. He is the first Terp ever to earn multiple Big Ten Freshman of the Week honors (9/19 & 10/24) and leads all Big Ten freshmen in rushing yards and rushing touchdowns.
- Â Hemby has played a huge role in each of Maryland's last two wins, scoring the winning touchdown in each game, a six-yard run to put the Terps up 31-27 with 5:35 left at Indiana (10/15) and a 75-yard run with the game tied and 3:22 on the clock vs. Northwestern (10/22). Against Northwestern, he was the first Terp with three rushing touchdowns in a game since 2018 and is the first Maryland player to rush for 179 yards since Jake Funk had 180 against Rutgers in 2020.
penn state history
- Maryland is 2-2 at Penn State since joining the Big Ten in 2014, tied with Michigan and Michigan State for the second-most wins of any opponent in Happy Valley over that time span, only trailing Ohio State (four).
- The Terps defeated Penn State 35-19 the last time they played in State College on November 7, 2020, behind 282 passing yards and three touchdowns from QB Taulia Tagovailoa and five catches for 144 yards and two touchdowns from WR Rakim Jarrett. Maryland led 35-7 after three quarters to coast to the victory.
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