Maryland (4-5, 1-5 B1G) vs. Rutgers (5-4, 2-4 B1G)
November 16, 2024
SECUÂ Stadium
6:00 PMÂ
FS1
COLLEGE PARK, MD -- Maryland will host Rutgers on Saturday, Nov. 16 at SECU Stadium. The game is set to kickoff at 6:05 p.m. and will be broadcast on FS1 and the Maryland Sports Radio Network. It will be Military Appreciation Day as the Terps and Scarlet Knights meet for the 11th straight season. Maryland is 7-3 against Rutgers as members of the Big Ten, including wins in each of the last three meetings.
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Recently against the scarlet knights
- Maryland is 7-3 against Rutgers since both joined the Big Ten in 2014, including an active three-game win streak. The Terps have scored 24+ points in all 10 games, marking the longest such streak against an opponent in school history.
- The last time the two teams met in College Park in 2022, the Terps shutout the Scarlet Knights 37-0, marking the first Big Ten shutout for the program. RB Roman Hemby scored three touchdowns for the second time that season. The Maryland defense held Rutgers to just 135 total yards and forced 10 punts on the day.
Maryland has won five of the last six meetings between the two teams.Â
Tremendous tai
- Through nine games, senior WR Tai Felton has 80 receptions, 979 receiving yards and six receiving touchdowns. Felton leads the Big Ten in receptions and receiving yards and is tied for sixth in receiving touchdowns. His 80 receptions are the most among power conference players and his 907 receiving yards rank fourth. Felton has 214 more receiving yards than the next closest Big Ten receiver, Ohio State's Jeremiah Smith. Similarly, Felton has 16 more receptions than the next closest Big Ten receiver, Oregon's Tez Johnson.
- With seven catches against Oregon on Saturday, the Biletnikoff Award Watch List member tied D.J. Moore (2017) for the most catches in a single season (80). With his next catch, Felton will set the single-season record for receptions at Maryland. Additionally, with just 21 more yards, he can become just the fourth Terp ever with 1,000 receiving yards in a single season and the first since current Chicago Bear D.J. Moore had 1,033 in 2017. The school record for a single season is 1,240 receiving yards by Marcus Badgett in 1992. Against Oregon on Saturday, Felton surpassed the 2,000 yard mark for his career, becoming just the ninth Terp to accomplish this in program history.
- Against Minnesota on Oct. 26, Felton had his sixth game of the season with nine or more catches, the most such games by any FBS player this season. The only Big Ten players with more such games in a season this century are Purdue's Charlie Jones (eight in 2022) and Rondale Moore (seven in 2018).
- Felton started the season with four consecutive 100+ receiving yard games, the first Terp in program history to accomplish this feat. He became just the third Big Ten player since 1996 to start a season with 100 receiving yards in each of the first four games. Felton is one of just four power conference players this season with five 100+ receiving-yard games total (Colorado's Travis Hunter, Ole Miss' Tre Harris, and Miami's Xavier Restrepo).
Felton is one of just two Big Ten players this century to have 900+ receiving yards and 80+ receptions through nine gamesÂ
billy Ball
- Redshirt junior QB Billy Edwards Jr. currently ranks No. 5 among all FBS quarterbacks and No. 1 in the Big Ten in completions per game (26.22). Edwards Jr., who was named to the Johnny Unitas Golden Arm Award Top 25 on Oct. 7, ranks No. 11 nationally and No. 3 in the Big Ten in passing yards per game (280.0).
- He has thrown for at least 200 passing yards in each of his last nine games, tied with USC's Miller Moss for longest active streak by a Big Ten QB. The last Big Ten quarterback with a longer such streak was C.J. Stroud (13 straight ended in September 2022).
- Edwards Jr. has six games this season with multiple touchdown passes and zero or one interception. Over the last 30 Maryland seasons, only two QBs have more such games in a season—Taulia Tagovailoa (seven in both 2021 & 2023) and Danny O'Brien (six in 2010).
- Against USC on Oct. 19, he completed 39-of-50 passes for a career-high 373 yards and three total touchdowns (two passing and the game-winning rushing score). Edwards' 300-yard performance was the second of his career. His other was against Villanova on Sept. 21, where he passed for 328 yards. He also set career-highs in yards and completions. His 39 completions rank third in program history for a single game.
- The quarterback became the second Terp this century with 350+ passing yards and 35+ completions in a single game with his performance against USC. The only other time that happened since 1996 was when Taulia Tagovailoa had 41 completions with 371 passing yards against No. 22 Penn State on Nov. 6, 2022. He is just the second player in the Big Ten this season and second in the conference in the last two seasons with 350+ passing yards and 35+ completions (Oregon's Dillon Gabriel).
In going 39-of-50 against the Trojans, Edwards Jr. posted a 78 percent completion percentage. He's the first Big Ten player since at least 1996, with at least 50 pass attempts and a 78 percent completion mark.Â
The roman empire
- With a huge fourth-quarter score against USC on Oct. 19, RB Roman Hemby became the fourth Maryland player this century to rush for 20+ career touchdowns, joining Lance Ball (26), C.J. Brown (25) and Josh Allen (21). He made it 21 career touchdowns with a rushing touchdown at Oregon on Saturday.
- Against Indiana on Sept. 28, Hemby had his second career game with at least 100 rushing yards and five receptions (also Nov. 25, 2023 at Rutgers). All other Maryland players this century combined have two such games (Keon Lattimore in 2007 & Bruce Perry in 2001).
- A two-time All-Big Ten honoree, Hemby is tied for eighth on Maryland's all-time rushing touchdown list (21) and sits 12th on Maryland's all-time rushing yards list (2,177). His 26 total touchdowns (21 rush, 5 receiving) are tied for fifth all-time.
- He is one of just three active players to have at least 2,000 rushing yards and 800 receiving yards in his FBS career, along with Boise State's Ashton Jeanty and USC's Woody Marks. He is the only Maryland player to reach those numbers with the program all-time.
- Hemby has also recorded a reception in 23 straight games dating back to December of 2022, the second longest active streak by an FBS RB (Woody Marks, USC, 54). This is the longest such streak by any Maryland running back this century. He needs one catch to become the second active FBS player with at least 2,000 career rushing yards and 100 catches, joining USC's Woody Marks.
Hemby is one of just nine active FBS players who have recorded 1000+ scrimmage yards in each of the last two complete seasons.
Boomin' Bryce
- Notre Dame transfer P Bryce McFerson leads the Big Ten and sits seventh in FBS with a 46.4Â punting average through seven games among punters with a minimum of 3.6 punts per game.
- McFerson has had a 50+ yard punt in eight games this season, tied for the second-most in the Big Ten. He has 15 punts of 50+ yards this season, tied for the second-most in the Big Ten and tied for 9th-most among all FBS punters. Additionally, McFerson is tied for fourth among all FBS players and first in the Big Ten in punts downed inside the 20-yard line.
McFerson was named to the Ray Guy Award's Ray's 8 in each of the first three weeks this season for his efforts, the only punter in the nation to do so.
Samuels' big day
- Sophomore LB DJ Samuels made history against Minnesota, becoming one of just five FBS players since 2012 with both a receiving touchdown and three tackles for loss in the same game. Of that group, only one is a power conference player (UCLA's Datone Jones in 2012).
- Over the past two seasons, Maryland has had a total of three scrimmage touchdowns scored by primarily defensive players, with LB Sean Greeley catching two touchdown passes during the 2023 campaign. That number is tied for the third most among power conference teams. Additionally, Maryland has the most receiving TDs scored by defensive linemen and linebackers since 2023.
Only Ole Miss and Utah (five) have more TDs by primarily defensive players than Maryland since 2023.
Quick hitters
- Maryland has scored at least 10 points in all 28 of its home games since the beginning of the 2020 season. That's the school's longest streak of home games with double-digit points since a 34-game streak between 1984 and 1990.
- The Terrapins are leading the Big Ten in passing offense this season (302.4 per game) after leading the conference last season (278.9). The last time Maryland led its conference in passing offense in consecutive years was 1992 and 1993 in the ACC.
- On Nov. 9 at Oregon, the Terps' defense limited Dillon Gabriel to a season-low 183 passing yards. It was also his fewest passing yards since Oct. 29, 2022, against Iowa State, where he threw for 148 yards at Oklahoma.
- The Terps have six games this season where a WR has had 100+ receiving yards (Tai Felton has five and Kaden Prather has one). That number is tied for first among Big Ten teams (Oregon). Maryland is one of just eight power conference teams with six or more such games.
- Maryland has blocked six field goal attempts under coach Mike Locksley. That number is tied with Nebraska for the most in the Big Ten over that span (since 2019). Maryland has blocked two field goals in just seven games this season (Dillan Fontus vs. Villanova & Donnell Brown vs. USC).
Maryland has won 18 straight games when allowing less than 20 points.Â
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