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Ja'Quan Sheppard
31
Winner Michigan MIC 11-0 , 8-0
24
Maryland UMD 6-5 , 3-5
Winner
Michigan MIC
11-0 , 8-0
31
Final
24
Maryland UMD
6-5 , 3-5
Score By Quarters
Team 1st 2nd 3rd 4th F
MIC Michigan 16 7 6 2 31
UMD Maryland 3 7 14 0 24

Game Recap: Football |

Maryland Pushes No. 2 Michigan In 31-24 Loss

COLLEGE PARK, MD -- Maryland was within a possession late in the fourth quarter against No. 2 Michigan and scored the most points against the Wolverines this season as the Terps gave Michigan all they could handle in a 31-24 loss on Saturday afternoon at SECU Stadium. 

The Terps have scored the two highest point totals against Michigan in the regular-season over the last two seasons with 27 last year and 24 on Saturday. 

The Terp defense forced three consecutive punts late in the second half, the third of which took a Wolverine bounce and gave Maryland the ball back on the one-yard line with 4:10 left to play down five, but an intentional grounding call in the end zone resulted in a safety. 

Back-up quarterback Billy Edwards Jr., scored all three of the Terps' touchdowns on 1-yard rushing plunges. 

Taulia Tagovailoa threw for 247 yards on 21-of-31 passing on his Senior Day. It was the most passing yards allowed by Michigan this season. 

The Maryland defense came to play, holding the Wolverines to just six points over 38 minutes of game action, spanning from midway through the second to the end of the game. On his Senior Day, Beau Brade led the Terps' defense with 11 tackles, along with a tackle for loss and a pass break-up. Jaishawn Barham had his first career interception. Ruben Hyppolite II, also celebrating his Senior Day, had 10 tackles. 
Prior to Maryland scoring 24 points, the most allowed by Michigan this season was 15 by Penn State. The Terps became the first team to score against the Wolverines in the third quarter all season long as the Wolverines had also outscored opponents 117-0 in the third stanza this season entering the game. 

Coach Locksley's Takes

"I'm proud of the way our team fought. I'm not up here to celebrate a moral victory at all. But to have a breakthrough win, our team played the script to a tee except for the finish. Down 20, and we still had a chance to win. Our team continued to fight. We knew we would have to take their best and we withstood the onslaught early in the first half…There's no moral victories but this is definitely one that I feel like we'll be able to build off of as a program." 

"We've got one more regular season opportunity for our seniors. And a game like this hurts more because of the group of seniors and their leadership. The leadership this group has provided has been phenomenal for us. And we owe it to them as we go up to Rutgers next week. This team will continue to fight and I'm proud of them. This team showed up today and fought the champion until the fourth quarter."

Breaking Down The Action
  • The Maryland defense forced a three-and-out on the game's opening drive and then put together an eleven-play drive to open the scoring with a 35-yard field goal by Jack Howes. Michigan held a 16-3 lead at the end of the first quarter. 
  • Billy Edwards, Jr., scored his second rushing touchdown of the season on a 1-yard 'tush push' play on 4th-and-1 with 1:59 left in the first half, cutting the Terps' deficit to 23-10. 
  • The Terps made it a 14-0 run with 8:28 remaining in the third-quarter as Tagovailoa orchestrated another scoring drive that was capped off by a successful Edwards tush-push, bringing the Terps within 23-17. 
  • After Michigan scored a touchdown, the Terps responded with a scoring drive of their own. Tagovailoa connected with receivers on back-to-back beautifully thrown balls to set up Edwards' third rushing score, making it a 29-23 game. 
  • The Maryland defense came up with a huge stop to give the Terps the ball back with 4:19 left to play, forcing the third consecutive Wolverine punt. 

Taulia Adds To His Records
  • Tagovailoa continued to add to his career passing yardage today with 247 passing yards in the game as he now has 10,895 in his career. The quarterback holds the Maryland career records for passing yards, passing touchdowns (73), total touchdowns (83), completions (931), completion percentage (66.8),passing efficiency (145.9) and total offense (11,109). 
  • He moved to fourth in career passing yards in the Big Ten with 10,895 as he passed Penn State's Sean Clifford (10,661 from 2018-22) and Clayton Thorson (10,731 from 2015-18) with Northwestern. Next on the list is No. 3 Drew Brees who threw for 10,909 passing yards at Purdue from 1997-2000. 
  • Tagovailoa is still seventh in career passing touchdowns in Big Ten history 73 in his Maryland career. Next on the list with 77 is Trace McSorley of Penn State from 2015-18. 
  • He also moved up the career completions list in the Big Ten with 21 in the game, giving him 931 to stand third. He passed Northwestern's Brett Basanez (913 from 2002-05). No. 3 is Purdue's Drew Brees with 942 from 1997-2000. 
  • On the single-season lists, Tagovailoa is now:
    • Third in single-season touchdowns with 22 behind only his mark of 26 set in 2021 and Scott Milanoich with 26 in 1993. 
    • Fifth in single-season passing yards (3,016). Tagovailoa is fourth on the list with 3,008 in 2022. 
    • Fourth in single-season completions (266). 

Billy The Kid!
  • Quarterback Billy Edwards Jr., had three one-yard rushing touchdowns in the game for the Terps. He now has three rushing touchdown runs this season and four in his career. 
  • He became the first Terps quarterback with three rushing touchdowns in a game since C.J. Brown had three against James Madison on Aug. 30, 2014. . 

Jones In The Record Books
  • Jones moved into sole possession of sixth in career receptions with four catches in the game, giving him 142 in his career. He broke a tie with Darrius Heyward-Bey, who had 138 from 2006-08. Next on the list at No. 5 is DJ Moore with 146 from 2015-17.
  • He moved to eighth in career receiving yards with 70 yards in the game, as he now has 1,930. He passed Azizuddin Abdur-Ra'oof with 1,895 from 1984-87. 
  • With four catches today for 50 catches for the season, Jones is the 20th Terp with 50 catches in a season. The last being Rakim Jarrett in 2021 with 62. 
Defensive Highlights
  • Beau Brade's 11 tackles were the second-most in a game in his career and his third-career game with double-figure tackles. He had 10 solo stops.  His career-high is 15 vs. SMU (Sept. 17, 2022). 
  • Ruben Hyppolite had a season-best 10 tackles, his second-career game with double-figure tackles. He had a career-best 12 against Virginia Tech in the Pinstripe Bowl on Dec. 29, 2021. 
  • Jaishawn Barham notched his first career interception, stopping a Michigan red zone threat in the first half's closing seconds. 

Senior Day Big Noon Kickoff
  • College Park was rocking prior to the game, as FOX's Big Noon Kickoff was set up at La Plata Beach on Maryland's campus. Thousands of Terp fans stormed the area and made for an exciting scene of Maryland Pride. 
Streaks
  • Corey Dyches caught a pass in his 24th game in a row.
  • Delmar Glaze has started 28 games in a row on the offensive line. 
Up Next
  • The Terps head to Piscataway, New Jersey to face Rutgers in the regular season finale. Kickoff is slated for 3:30 pm on Big Ten Network.
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