Maryland (4-6, 1-6 B1G) vs. Iowa (6-4, 4-3 B1G)
November 21, 2024
SECU Stadium
Noon
BTN
COLLEGE PARK, MD -- Maryland will host Iowa for its final home game of the 2024 season on Saturday, Nov. 23 at SECU Stadium. The game is set to kickoff at noon and will be broadcast on Big Ten Network and the Maryland Sports Radio Network. It will be Senior Day in College Park as the Terrapins and Hawkeyes meet for the first time since 2021.
Senior day
- Maryland hosts Iowa on Saturday at noon on BTN at SECU Stadium for Senior Day. Maryland will honor 22 seniors before the game: RB Ryne Acheson, DL Tommy Akingbesote, LB Donnell Brown, TE Maxwell Brown, OL Marcus Dumervil, QB Billy Edwards Jr., WR Tai Felton, LS Ethan Gough, DB Chantz Harley, RB Roman Hemby, K Jack Howes, DL Taizse Johnson, OL Kevin Kalonji, OL Josh Kaltenberger, OL Kyle Long, RB Colby McDonald, DB Glendon Miller, WR Kaden Prather, WR Robert Smith, DL Tre Smith, DB Dante Trader Jr. and LB Caleb Wheatland.
This senior class has helped Maryland win a bowl game in three straight seasons for the first time in program history.
Tremendous tai
- Through 10 games, senior WR Tai Felton has 86 receptions,1,040 receiving yards and seven receiving touchdowns. With his first of six catches against Rutgers on Saturday, he officially passed D.J. Moore (80 in 2017) and set the program record for the most catches in a single season. In the same game, Felton became the fourth wide receiver in program history to eclipse 1,000 receiving yards in a single season. He accomplished the feat with his 12-yard TD catch at 4:37 in the second quarter.
- Felton, who was named one of 11 semifinalists for the Biletnikoff Award this week, leads the Big Ten in receptions and receiving yards and is sixth in receiving touchdowns. His 86 receptions are the most among power conference players and second in all of FBS. His 1,040 receiving yards rank second in the Power Four and fourth in FBS. Felton has 174 more receiving yards than the next closest Big Ten receiver, Ohio State's Jeremiah Smith. Similarly, Felton has 18 more receptions than the next closest Big Ten receiver, Washington's Giles Jackson.
- Felton is one of five Big Ten players since 2020 with 1,000 or more receiving yards through 10 games, joining Ohio State's Jaxon Smith-Njigba (2021) and Marvin Harrison Jr. (2023) and Purdue's David Bell (2021) and Charlie Jones (2022).
- Felton now stands exactly 200 yards away from the school record for receiving yards in a single season (1,240 receiving yards by Marcus Badgett in 1992). Against Oregon on Nov. 9, Felton surpassed the 2,000 yard mark for his career, becoming just the ninth Terp to accomplish this in program history.
- 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 five power conference players this season with five 100+ receiving-yard games total (Colorado's Travis Hunter, Ole Miss' Tre Harris, Louisville's Ja'Corey Brooks, and Miami's Xavier Restrepo).
Six of Felton's receiving touchdowns this season have come at home. The only Maryland player this century with more TD catches in home games in a single season was Torrey Smith with eight in 2010.
billy Ball
- Redshirt junior QB Billy Edwards Jr. currently leads the Big Ten in both passing yards per game (285.5) and completions (268). His 268 completions rank fifth in FBS and third among Power Four QBs. Similarly, his 285.5 average passing yards ranks ninth in FBS and seventh among Power Four QBs.
- He has thrown for at least 200 passing yards in each of his last 10 games, the 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.
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). Since then, Hemby has added two more rushing scores, one in each of this last two games, to bring his career total to 22.
- 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 eighth on Maryland's all-time rushing touchdown list (22) and sits 12th on Maryland's all-time rushing yards list (2,264). His 27 total touchdowns (22 rush, 5 receiving) are tied for fourth 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 24 straight games dating back to December of 2022, the second longest active streak by an FBS RB (Woody Marks, USC, 55). 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.
Saturday was
Roman Hemby's third game of the season with at least five catches and a rushing touchdown. Hemby is one of six FBS players with at least three such games this season
Boomin' Bryce
- Notre Dame transfer P Bryce McFerson leads the Big Ten and sits sixth in FBS with a 46.2 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. He has 15 punts of 50+ yards this season, the third-most in the Big Ten and tied for 12th-most among all FBS punters. Additionally, McFerson is tied for eighth among all FBS players and second 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.
Wade's Way
- Sophomore TE Dylan Wade had a career-day against Rutgers on Nov. 16, hauling in a career-highs in receptions (7), receiving yards (92), and long reception (44).
- It was the most receiving yards by a Maryland tight end since Corey Dyches had 108 yards in the 2023 season opener against Towson. It was the most yards in a Big Ten game since Dyches had 106 receiving yards against Purdue on Oct. 8, 2022.
Wade has 357 receiving yards this season, the third-most on the team.
Quick hitters
- Maryland has scored at least 10 points in all 29 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 (305.7 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.
- Maryland has thrown for at least 200 passing yards in 17 straight games, the fourth-longest active streak in the FBS. Only two Big Ten teams have a longer such streak since 1996 – 26 straight by Purdue from 2019-22 and 21 straight by Ohio State from 2018-19.
- 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.
Maryland has won 18 straight games when allowing less than 20 points.
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