GAME INFO SETTING THE STAGE TELEVISION BIG TEN NETWORK MARYLAND #3 OHIO STATE Brandon Gaudin (pxp) 2020 Record: 2-1 (2-1 B1G) 2020 Record: 3-0 (3-0 B1G) James Laurinaitis (analyst) Head Coach: Michael Locksley (Towson ‘92) Head Coach: Ryan Day (New Hampshire ‘02) Elise Menaker (sideline) Top Passer: Taulia Tagovailoa (So.) / 770 yds / 6 TDs Top Passer: Justin Fields (Jr.) / 908 yds / 11 TDs Top Rusher: Jake Funk (R-Sr.) / 336 yds / 2 TD / 7.8 ypc Top Rusher: Master Teague III (So.) / 211 yds / 4 TDs / 4.5 ypc MARYLAND SPORTS RADIO NETWORK Johnny Holliday (pxp) / 42nd season Top Receiver: Dontay Demus Jr. (Jr.) / 17 rec / 228 yds / 2 TDs Top Receiver: Garrett Wilson (So.) / 24 rec / 344 yds / 2 TDs CJ Brown (analyst) / 2nd season Top Tackler: Chance Campbell (Jr.) / 34 TT / 4.5 TFL / 1.5 Sacks Top Tackler: Tuf Borland (Gr.) / 16 TT / 1.5 TFL / 1 Sack LaMont Jordan (analyst) / 3rd season 105.7FM (Balt.) / 980AM (DC) TuneIn Radio App WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW XM 83 / Sirius 83 Coming off two straight wins, a 45-44 comeback win vs. Minnesota and a 35-19 victory at Penn State, the 2020 SCHEDULE 1 Maryland football team will host #3 Ohio State on November 14 at 3:30 p.m. at Capital One Field at Maryland Stadium. The game will be broadcasted on the Big Ten Network and the Maryland Sports Radio Network. DATE OPPONENT TIME O24 at Northwestern * L, 3-43 QB Taulia Tagovailoa has thrown for 676 passing yards in the last two games (394 vs. Minnesota and 282 O30 MINNESOTA *^ W, 45-44 (OT) at Penn State), the most by a Maryland quarterback in back-to-back wins since Scott Milanovich passed for N7 at Penn State BTN * W, 35-19 692 yards in back-to-back games in 1994 (341 vs. N.C. State and 351 vs. Virginia). Over the last two weeks, N14 #3 OHIO STATE BTN * 3:30 p.m. 5 Tagovailoa has the fifth most passing yards among all Power Five quarterbacks and the most in the Big Ten N21 MICHIGAN STATE * TBD only trailing Florida’s Kyle Trask (819), Clemson’s D.J. Uiagalelei (781), Miami’s D’Eriq King (752) and North N28 at #10 Indiana * TBD Carolina’s Sam Howell (678). D5 at Michigan * TBD D12 RUTGERS * TBD Maryland tallied seven sacks in the win at Penn State (11/7), the most in a game since also totaling seven D19 B1G Champions Week * TBD vs. Rutgers on 11/26/16 and the most in a conference road game since notching seven at Virginia Tech on ALL CAPS indicates home game; *Big Ten game.; 7 11/16/13. Newcomers DL Mosiah Nasili-Kite and LB Ruben Hyppolite II led the Terps with two sacks apiece, ^ Homecoming game; All times Eastern the first time Maryland has had two players post two sacks since Jesse Aniebonam and Jermaine Carter Jr. did it in the 2016 Rutgers game. Hyppolite is the first Maryland freshman to have two sacks in a game since Andre SERIES NOTABLES Monroe had 2.5 vs. Wake Forest on 11/19/11. MARYLAND: RB Jake Funk is averaging 7.81 yards per carry (336 yards on 43 carries), the third-highest average among • The last time Maryland and Ohio State all FBS running backs with more than 40 carries, only trailing Virginia Tech’s Khalil Herbert (8.36) and Liberty’s played in College Park, the Terps nearly Shedro Louis (7.92). Funk broke out in the Terps win over Minnesota (10/30), rushing for 221 yards, the upset the ninth-ranked Buckeyes with 7.81 11th-most in a single game in program history and the most since Anthony McFarland Jr. had 298 vs. Ohio running back Anthony McFarland Jr. State (11/17/18) and followed that up with another 80 yards including a 38-yard touchdown in the win this past rushing for 298 yards and a pair of touch- weekend at Penn State (11/7). downs, the second-most rushing yards in The Terps have the 11th youngest team in the country and the youngest in the Big Ten by percentage of a single game in Maryland football history. underclassmen on the roster, with 63.6 percent of the 118 student-athletes being freshmen or sophomores (46 Ohio State escaped College Park with a true/redshirt freshmen, 29 sophomores). Maryland has started two true freshmen in the first three games of the narrow 52-51 overtime win. 11 season, WR Rakim Jarrett, who has tallied 12 receptions for 213 yards and two touchdowns and CB Tarheeb Still, who has posted 13 tackles and four pass breakups. It is the first time the Terps have started two true . freshmen in the first two games of a season since K Brad Craddock, QB Perry Hills and S Sean Davis started the first three contests of 2012 (William & Mary, Temple & UConn). The Terps have had 21 players and 10 true freshmen see the first action of their careers over the first three games of the season. JUCO transfers Johari Branch and Ami Finau have both started both games for Maryland. STREAKS SOCIAL MEDIA CONTACT Starts on Offense: WR Dontay Demus Jr. (16) Twitter: @TerpsFootball Dustin Semonavick Starts on Defense: Four Players (3) @CoachLocks (Asst. AD/FB Communications) Games with a Catch: WR Dontay Demus Jr. (17) Instagram: @TerpsFootball Email: [email protected] Wins when Maryland commits no turnovers: 7 @CoachLocks O: 301-314-7065 // C: 757-544-8393 Facebook: /MarylandFootball YouTube: /MarylandAthletics Ben Kessler (Secondary Football) Email: [email protected] O: 301-314-7068 // C: 908-770-3059 MARYLAND TERRAPINS 2020 MARYLAND FOOTBALL ON THE OFFENSE By The Numbers 1 START FAST: QB Taulia Tagovailoa and the Maryland offense have performed exceptionally well in the beginning of games, outscoring opponents 38-21 in the first quarter through three games and 35-7 over the past two games. Tagovailoa is 22-of-27 (81.5%) passing for 331 yards and four touchdowns in the first quarter, the third highest completion percentage in the country, only trailing Ohio State’s Justin Fields (100%) and Clemson’s D.J. Uiagalelei (84.2%). Tagovailoa also has the second highest passer efficiency (218.54) of any quarterback in the first quarter, only trailing Fields (284.73) and has the most yards of any Big Ten quarterback. 1 On the first drive of the game, Tagovailoa is 14-of-16 passing (87.5%) for 157 yards and two touchdown passes, scoring in each of the past two weeks, an eight-yard pass to Jake Funk to cap an 11 play, 80 yard drive vs. Minnesota (10/30) and a 42-yard pass to Rakim Jarrett to cap a six play, 75 yard drive at Penn State (11/7), the first time Maryland has scored a touchdown on the opening offensive posession in back-to-back games since 2010 (Navy, 9/6 & Morgan State, 9/11). 1 Maryland’s game against Minnesota (10/30) was the first time in program history that Maryland has had a 300-yard passer (Taulia Tagovailoa) and 200-yard rusher (Jake Funk) and only the second time that Maryland has had a 200-yard rusher and 100-yard wide receiver (Dontay Demus Jr., Jeshaun Jones), first happening when Chris Downs rushed for 212 yards and Scooter Monroe had 106 receiving yards against Georgia Tech on Oct. 17, 2002. 2 A Terp has earned Big Ten Player of the Week honors in back-to-back weeks with QB Taulia Tagovailoa earning Big Ten Co- Offensive Player of the Week recognition after a 26-of-35, 394 yard, five touchdown performance against Minnesota (10/30) and WR Rakim Jarrett earning Big Ten Freshman of the Week honors after a five reception, 144 yard, two touchdown performance at Penn State (11/7), the first time Maryland has had back-to-back weekly honors since William Likely (Defensive) and Cole Farrand (Defensive) did it in consecutive weeks vs. Syracuse (9/20) and Indiana (9/27) in 2014. 3 QB Taulia Tagovailoa had a sensational game vs. Minnesota (10/30), completing 26-of-35 passes for 394 yards and three passing touchdowns while rushing for 59 yards and another two touchdowns, including the game-winning score in overtime. Tagovailoa is only the third Big Ten player in the last 20 seasons with 350 passing yards, three passing touchdowns and two rushing touchdowns in a game, joining Dwayne Haskins (Ohio State, 2018) and Zak Kustok (Northwestern, 2001). The sophomore quarterback was named the Big Ten Co-Offensive Player of the Week for his performance. 2 GAME 4: MARYLAND vs. #3 OHIO STATE 2020 MARYLAND FOOTBALL ON THE OFFENSE By The Numbers 3 WR Rakim Jarrett had a standout game at Penn State (11/7), becoming the first true freshman wide receiver to have over 100 yards receiving and two touchdowns since Stefon Diggs at West Virginia in 2012 (9/22). Jarrett finished the game with five receptions for 144 yards and two touchdowns, the second-most receiving yards ever by a true freshman, only trailing Stefon Diggs’ 152 vs. Boston College on October 27, 2012 and the third-most by any freshman, trailing Diggs and Darrius Heyward- Bey (redshirt freshman), who had 175 vs. Miami on November 11, 2006. Jarrett ranks third among all freshman wide receivers in the FBS in receptions per game (four) and yards per game (71) and fourth in touchdowns (two). 6 Maryland spread the ball out on offense in the win over Minnesota (10/30), seeing six players tally at least three receptions (Dontay Demus Jr., 7; Rakim Jarrett, 6; Brian Cobbs, 4; Jake Funk, 3; Darryl Jones, 3 and Jeshaun Jones, 3), the first time Maryland has had six or more players with three receptions since November 18, 1995 at Florida State.