Maryland (3-1, 0-1 B1G) vs. Indiana (4-0, 1-0 B1G)
September 28, 2024
Memorial Stadium
Noon
BTN
COLLEGE PARK, MD -- Maryland will play its first road Big Ten game of the 2024 season on Saturday when the Terps travel to Bloomington to face undefeated Indiana at Memorial Stadium. The game is set for a noon kickoff and will be broadcast on Big Ten Network and the Maryland Sports Radio Network.
The Hoosiers, who beat UCLA 42-13 in its Big Ten opener two weeks ago, are averaging 50.5 points per game, have yet to trail in a game this season and haven't turned the ball over in four games. Â
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Recently vs. the hoosiers
- Dating back to the 2021 season, the Terps have won three straight against the Hoosiers (two in College Park and one in Bloomington). Maryland has scored at least 38 points in all three of those matchups, highlighted by a 44-17 win at SECU Stadium last year. It's the Terrapins' longest streak of games scoring 38+ points against a single opponent since a four-game streak against Duke between 1982 & 1985.
- Billy Edwards Jr. made a massive impact against the Hoosiers in 2022, coming in to replace an injured Taulia Tagovailoa late in a close game and engineering two scoring drives in the final seven minutes of the game to lead the Terps to a 38-33 road victory. Maryland took a commanding 38-27 lead as Edwards scored on a three-yard touchdown run with 2:11 left in the game. Edwards ran for 53 yards, all in the decisive final minutes. RB Roman Hemby also rushed for 107 yards in the contest.
- In 2023, Tai Felton made history against Indiana when he hauled in three first-half touchdown receptions, as part of career-highs (at the time) of seven catches and 134 yards. Felton became the first Terp in program history to have three receiving touchdowns in the first half.Â
The last time Tai Felton faced the Hoosiers he became just the sixth – and first since Torrey Smith (four) in 2010 – to have three receiving touchdowns in a game in Maryland history.
Tremendous tai
- Through four games, senior WR Tai Felton has 41 receptions, 604 receiving yards and five receiving touchdowns. Those totals rank second, third and tied for fourth in the nation, respectively. Furthermore, Felton leads the Big Ten in receptions and receiving yards and is tied for second in the league in receiving touchdowns. He has 14 more receptions and 262 more yards than the next closest Big Ten receiver in both categories.
- Felton, PFF's top-graded wide receiver among all FBS school, has 100+ receiving yards in each game this season and is the first Terp in program history to start the season with four consecutive 100-yard games. He is just the third Big Ten player since 1996 to start a season with 100 receiving yards in each of the first four games, joining Garrett Wilson (Ohio State, 2020) and Charles Rogers (Michigan State, 2002). Colorado's Travis Hunter is the only other FBS player with 100+ receiving yards in each game this season.
- The 2023 All-Big Ten honoree's 14 catches on Saturday against Villanova were tied for the second-most in program history and were the most since Torrey Smith had 14 against NC State in 2010.
- Felton's 41 receptions through four games surpassed Frank Wycheck's previous school record of 38 catches in the first four games of the 1991 season. His 14.7 yards per catch are the highest for a power conference player through four games since 2014 when Alabama's Amari Cooper and West Virginia's Kevin White both did so.
- Felton is the first power-conference player with 600+ receiving yards and 40+ receptions in their team's first four games of a season since Syracuse's Amba Etta-Tawo and Cal's Chad Hansen in 2016.
Felton is the second Terp to have any four consecutive games with 100+ receiving yards since Jermaine Lewis in 1994.
Big Game Billy
- Redshirt junior QB Billy Edwards Jr. completed 28-of-32 (87.5%) passes for a career-high 328 yards and two touchdowns against Villanova. His completion percentage broke the single-game school record held by Taulia Tagovailoa, who completed 87.1% (27-of-31) of his passes at Charlotte in 2022.
- Against Villanova, Edwards Jr. became the second Big Ten QB since 1996 to have a game with at least an 87.5% completion percentage on 30+ passes and 300+ passing yards. The other was Ohio State's C.J. Stroud in 2021.
- Through four games, Edwards has completed 102 of his 136 pass attempts. His 75.0 completion percentage ranks fifth in the nation. Edwards has thrown for 1,155 yards and has accounted for 10 total touchdowns. He leads the Big Ten in completions and passing yards, while tying for second in the league in passing touchdowns (8).
- According to Pro Football Focus, Edwards Jr. is the seventh-highest graded QB in all of FBS and the top-graded QB in the Big Ten with a 90.8 grade.
Edwards Jr. earned a top-five grade among all FBS QBs in Week One and Week Four.
Dominating the turnover battle
- Through four games, Maryland is tied for the best turnover margin (+7) in the Big Ten (Illinois, Indiana).
- Maryland's six interceptions have come from Glendon Miller (two), Jalen Huskey (two), Dante Trader Jr. and Ruben Hyppolite II. That total ranks tied for eighth among FBS teams and tied for first in the Big Ten (Illinois).
- The Terps have also recovered four fumbles this season, one each by Glendon Miller, Quashon Fuller, Donnell Brown and Ricardo Cooper Jr. Kellan Wyatt leads the way with two fumbles forced.
- The Terps' six fumbles gained rank tied for 10th in the nation and first in the Big Ten
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Glendon Miller had a 44-yard pick-six against Auburn in the 2023 TransPerfect Music City Bowl.Â
First-Quarter Fun
- Under coach Michael Locksley, Maryland is 22-5 (.815) when leading after the first quarter, including 14-0 when being up by double-digits.
- Maryland scored 129 points in the first quarters of games last season, the seventh most among power conference teams. Currently, the Terps have 45 first quarter points in 2024, on pace for 135. That number ranks second in the Big Ten (Indiana) and is tied for 11th among power conference teams.
- Additionally, the Terps have won 27 straight when being up by double-digits heading into the halftime break (streak began in 2015).
The Terps have scored touchdowns on three of four opening drives this season.Â
Long Drives
- Maryland had 23 touchdown drives of at least 75 yards during the 2023 campaign, the second most in the Big Ten (Michigan - 27).
- So far this season, the Terps have had 11 scoring drives of 75+ yards--on pace for a total of 33. That number ranks second in the Big Ten (Penn State - 12) and seventh among power conference teams.
The Terps are on pace for 33 scoring drives of 75+ yards this season.
Quick hitters
- Maryland outgained Villanova by 269 yards on Saturday, the Terps' second game this season outgaining an opponent by 250+ yards. Maryland had two such games between the 2020 and 2023 seasons (once each in 2021 and 2022).
- Maryland is averaging 73.0 offensive plays per game, which is the second most in the Big Ten this season (Wisconsin – 74.0). Last season, the Terrapins averaged 66.0 plays per game on offense, which was sixth in the conference.
- Dating back to last season, Maryland has won three straight road games, its longest road win streak since a three-gamer spanning 2015 & 2016. The last longer road win streak for the Terps was a five-game streak from November 2013-September 2014.
- With 4-0 Indiana next on the schedule, the Terps will have faced an undefeated team in each of its first five games of the 2024 season.
With a win, the Terps will move to 15-2 in September games over the last four seasons.Â
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