Sept. 27, 1997
Vanderlinden Gets First Win
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PHILADELPHIA - Brian Underwood ran for 114 yards and two touchdowns and Troy
Davidson's interception with 32 seconds remaining helped
Maryland hold on for a 24-21 victory over Temple.
Underwood scored the game's first touchdown on a 37-yard run,
then took it in from three yards out to give the Terrapins a
24-14 lead with 3:22 left in the third quarter.
Stacey Mack's three-yard touchdown run pulled the Owls (1-3)
within a field goal with 11:16 to play and Temple had one final
drive late in the game, starting from its own 12. Pat Bonner
hit Mack on a 30-yard pass with less than a minute to go, but
his next attempt was picked off by Davidson on the left sideline
and Maryland (1-3) ran out the clock.
Underwood fumbled earlier in the fourth quarter and Temple
recovered at its own 49-yard line with just over 10 minutes
remaining. Bonner, who had a one-yard TD run in the second
quarter, drove the Owls to the 1 but fumbled the snap on
1st-and-goal and the Terrapins recovered.
Lamont Jordan rushed for 135 yards on 21 carries and Brian
Cummings passed for 71 yards and a touchdown for Maryland, which
forced seven Temple turnovers and gave coach Ron Vanderlinden
his first win.
Bonner was 11-for-22 for 203 yards with four interceptions,
including three by Lewis Sanders. Mack rushed for 90 yards and
two scores.
