ANN ARBOR, MI -- Maryland battled No. 4 Michigan for four quarters before dropping a 34-27 decision before 110,225 at Michigan Stadium on Saturday. The Terps (3-1, 0-1 Big Ten) led 13-10 in the second quarter, marking the first time the Wolverines (4-0, 1-0) trailed this season. 

Quarterback Taulia Tagovailoa was 20-of-30 for 207 yards with a touchdown pass. On the ground, the Terps picked up 128 yards led by Antwain Littleton II (39 yards and a rushing touchdown) and Roman Hemby (48 yards). 

Rakim Jarrett and Jacob Copeland led the Terps with four receptions each. Corey Dyches had three catches for a career-high 60 receiving yards. Tai Felton scored his first-career touchdown to draw the Terps within 24-19 with 9:10 left in the fourth quarter. 

Billy Edwards Jr. orchestrated a late touchdown drive to get the Terps back within eight points, but their subsequent onside kick was recovered. 

Kicker Chad Ryland continued to add to his nation-leading field-goal streak, connecting on long kicks of 53 and 52 yards. He has now made 23 consecutive kicks in his career. 

The Terp defense held the Wolverines to a season-low 34 points. Entering today's game, the Wolverines were averaging 55.3 points a game and had crossed the 50-point threshold in each of their three matchups.

Coach Michael Locksley's Take

"Obviously, got to give credit to Michigan, a top-five program. I told our team we don't believe in moral victories. Close is not good enough. But, I'm proud of the way our team fought. I like the effort that we played with...I thought our penalties went down. We got a good pace of play, we got over 70 plays run on offense. I thought situationally on offense we played good on third and fourth down."

Player's Perspective

"I love our guys," Ryland said. "If that's the number four team in the country, I love our guys. I love them going forward. We have a true belief in each other and we came up here fully expecting to play our hearts out and play our best. We're obviously not satisfied with a moral victory; I don't think anybody is going home on the bus happy. But I think when we watch the tape and do that other stuff, we're trending in the right direction with where we're at as a team and we can do some special things."

"We all had the belief that we were coming in here to cause a big upset," offensive lineman Spencer Anderson said. "Obviously, it didn't turn out how we wanted it to be. I feel like we had the right confidence today, it just wasn't in our favor."

Breaking Down The Action

• Michigan capitalized off a fumble on the opening kick and struck first with a touchdown, but the Terps responded with a nice drive that resulted in a Ryland 53-yard field goal. That kick resulted in the first points any team had scored all season against the Wolverines in the first half. 
• After the Wolverines notched a 52-yard field goal by Jake Moody, Maryland put together a 13-play, 75-yard drive to steadily march down the field until Littleton punched it in from the two-yard line.
• The Terp defense came up huge towards the end of the first quarter as VanDarius Cowan punched the ball out from Michigan's C.J. Stokes. Ahmad McCullough recovered the fumble to give the Terps the ball back on their 27 yard line.  
• Maryland capitalized on the turnover as Ryland converted on a 52-yarder to give the Terps a 13-10 edge, 1:45 into the second quarter. That play marked the first time Michigan had trailed all season. 
• Maryland's defense buckled down after a questionable interception call, forcing the Wolverines into a 43-yard field goal attempt that sailed wide left with 2:34 remaining in the half. 
• Michigan grabbed the lead going into halftime on a 33-yard Blake Corum run, making it 17-13, Wolverines. 
• Maryland gained 195 yards in the first half, surpassing what Michigan (194.0) was allowing per game, which was third in the nation for fewest yards allowed. 
• Both defenses were strong in the third quarter and no scoring took place on either side. 
• Michigan opened the final frame with a touchdown, but the Terps responded yet again, driving 75-yards down the field in 10 plays and finishing with a four-yard touchdown grab from Felton. The Terps' two-point conversion attempt was unsuccessful and the game stood at 24-19 with 9:10 remaining. 
• Michigan added another Moody field goal to make it 27-19 with 6:28 left in the fourth and then added a late touchdown. 
• Billy Edwards Jr. connected with CJ Dippre with 46 seconds remaining and then hooked up with Jeshaun Jones to make it a 34-27 game. 

Taulia On The Charts

• Taulia Tagovailoa continue to add to his record-setting Maryland career numbers as he threw for 207 yards on 20-of-30 passing and a score. 
• Tagovailoa continues to stand third all-time career touchdowns with 40 and third in career completions with 491 while standing fourth in passing yards with 5,973. 

Ryland Rings Em Up

• Kicker Chad Ryland kicked the third-longest field goal in Maryland football history with his first-quarter 53-yard field goal. That ranks only behind Brad Craddock's 57-yarder vs. Ohio State in 2014 and Nick Novak's 54-yarder in 2003. 
• Ryland added to his nation-leading streak of consecutive field goals with successful kicks of 53 and 52-yards, bringing him to 23 in a row. 
• The NCAA record for most consecutive field goals made in a career is 30 by Chuck Nelson, Washington, who did it in 1981-82 (last 5 in 1981, from vs. Southern California, Nov. 14, and first 25 in 1982, ending with last attempt vs. Washington St., Nov. 20)
• Ryland is the first Terp with two field goals of 50-yards or more since at least 1996 and the first  to record two field goals of 45-yards or more since Brad Craddock did so at Indiana on 09/27/14.
• Ryland is the first Big Ten kicker to hit two 50-yard field goals in the same game since Emmitt Carpenter of Minnesota had two in 2016 against Purdue. 

Littleton Continues To Come Up Big 

• Littleton II continued his scoring dominance with a two-yard touchdown rush in the first quarter to knot the game at 10. 
• That score made it five consecutive games that Littleton scored a rushing touchdown.
• With his streak of five games in a row with a touchdown, dating to last season's Pinstripe Bowl, he has the longest such streak for a Terp since Keon Lattimore scored TDs in five games in a row in 2007. 
• With five touchdowns in the first four games of the season, Littleton is the first Terp since Anthony McFarland to scored five or more TDs in the first four games of a season. McFarland had five in the first four games of the 2019 season. Prior to McFarland, C.J. Brown had six TDs in the first four games of the 2013 season. 
• Littleton finished with 39 yards on eight carries and the score. 

Spreading It Around

• 10 different Maryland players recorded a reception.
• This is the second time this season the Terps have had 10 or more guys catch a pass, the first was against Charlotte with 13. 
• Last season, the Terps had five games with 10 or more players catching a pass, with a season-high of 13 against Ohio State.

Demus Climbing The Ranks

• With his pair of receptions in the first quarter, Dontay Demus Jr. officially claimed sole possession of tenth place all-time at Maryland in career receptions with 114, passing Guillian Gary (113). Demus finished the game with two receptions, giving him 114 overall. Next up is Russ Weaver with 120.
• He also recorded a reception for the 31st consecutive game when he caught the Terps' first pass of the game.

Streaks Extended

• Rakim Jarrett caught a pass for the 18th game in a row. 
• On offense, Spencer Anderson and Johari Branch both started their 22nd games in a row on the line. 
• Jakorian Bennett started his 11th game in a row at cornerback on defense. 

Notes and Nuggets

• Corey Dyches had a career-high 60 receiving yards, including a career-long 44-yard grab in the fourth quarter. 
• Felton's touchdown catch was the first of his young career. 
• CJ Dippre also recorded his first career touchdown reception to go along with a career-long 26-yard reception in the second quarter. 
• Anthony Booker Jr., was credited with his first-career sack in the second quarter.
• Gavin Gibson also had his first-career sack, coming in the third quarter. 
• Cowan's forced fumble was his first as a Terp, he recorded one previously while at West Virginia.

Up Next

• The Terps will host Michigan State at the newly-named SECU Stadium on Saturday at 3:30 pm. That game will air on FS1 and the Maryland Sports Radio Network.