Game Facts and Coverage Terps to Byrd for First of Back-To-Back
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Contact: Dave Haglund ([email protected]) or Kevin Messenger ([email protected]) • www.umterps.com MARYLAND (1-1, 0-0 ACC) S9 Temple ............................. W 17-10 2000 Football Notes September 17, 2000 S16 [-] [rv] at West Virginia (ESPN2) . L 17-30 S23 Middle Tennessee ............ 6 p.m. Terps To Byrd For First Of Back-To-Back Home Dates S28 * Florida State (ESPN) ........ 8 p.m. COLLEGE PARK, Md. - Maryland returns to Byrd Stadium this week to face NCAA I-A Independent foe O7 * at Virginia ............................ TBA Middle Tennessee in what is the first meeting ever between the two schools. The Terrapins hope for a O14* at Clemson .......................... TBA O21* Wake Forest ...................... TBA return to the win column after last weekend’s loss at West Virginia. Middle Tennessee, meanwhile, got its O28* at Duke ................................ TBA first win of the season by defeating Murray State. The Blue Raiders are 0-2 on the road this year though, N4 * NC State ............................. TBA falling at No. 21 Illinois and No. 8 Florida. N11 * at North Carolina ................ TBA For Maryland, 1-1, a second-half rally put the Terps in position to win N18* Georgia Tech .................... TBA * Atlantic Coast Conference game Game Facts and Coverage in Morgantown last Saturday, but a quarterback sneak on fourth-and- [ ] [ ] indicates Maryland and opponent AP rankings Middle Tennessee at Maryland goal from the 1-yard line was ruled short of the goal line with 6:38 re- Date: September 23, 2000 maining. The Mountaineers then mounted a five-minute, 99-yard scor- MIDDLE TENNESSEE (1-2) S2 [-] [21] at Illinois ............................. L 6-35 Kickoff: 6 p.m., ET ing drive which sealed Maryland’s first loss of the 2000 season. Site: Byrd Stadium (48,055 / Natural S9 [-] [8] at Florida ............................ L 0-55 LaMont Jordan (Forestville, Md.) encountered another tough day S16 Murray State .................... W 44-28 Grass) while eluding tacklers in his own backfield, but did manage to become S23 at Maryland ......................... 6:00 p.m. O7 Louisiana Tech ................. 6:00 p.m. Maryland’s career rushing leader midway through the third quarter. The Radio: WTEM (980-AM) in Washing- O14 Louisiana-Monroe ............ 6:00 p.m. ton, D.C. and WBAL (1090-AM) in 5-11, 220-pound senior bulled his way to 38 yards on 18 carries against O21 at UAB ................................. 3:00 p.m. Baltimore are flagship stations for the WVU, ending the day with 3,327 career yards to break the previous O28 at Mississippi State ............ 1:30 p.m. Maryland/Learfield Radio Network. mark of 3,317 by Charlie Wysocki (1978-81). N4 at Connecticut ..................... 11:30 a.m. Pregame show 40 minutes prior to N11 South Florida .................... 2:00 p.m. N18 Louisiana-Lafayette ......... 2:00 p.m. kickoff. (John Wagner, play-by-play; The Jordan Watch Jonathan Claiborne, color; Tim [ ] [ ] indicates Middle Tennessee and opponent AP LaMont Jordan, a unanimous preseason first team All-American in rankings Strachan, sideline) preview magazines nationwide, rushed for a school-record 1,632 yards as a junior and last Saturday officially became the leading rusher in 2000 ACC STANDINGS AND SCHEDULE umterps.com: Maryland sports news school history. He trails only TCU’s Ladainian Tomlinson among active ACC Overall on the World Wide Web, updated NCAA career rushing leaders entering games of Sept. 16. Teams W L W L Streak daily. Live in-game statistics and play- — After leading the country in rushing over last year’s final six games, Florida State 2 0 3 0 W3 Clemson 1 0 3 0 W3 by-play for all home games. he is 1,276 yards from becoming the ACC’s all-time rushing leader. Virginia 1 0 2 1 W2 — A season of just 100 yards better than last season will result in a MediaTeamLink.com: Releases, North Carolina 1 1 2 1 L1 top 10 finish among the NCAA’s all-time rushing leaders. statistics and other sports information NC State 0 0 3 0 W3 Maryland 0 0 1 1 L1 from all ACC schools are available by Records Georgia Tech 0 1 2 1 W1 accessing mediateamlink.com. Docu- Maryland is 1-1 after its 30- LAMONT JORDAN NEEDS Duke 0 1 0 3 L3 ments can be viewed online, or deliv- 17 loss at West Virginia. Middle Wake Forest 0 2 0 3 L3 ered to your email address or fax Tennessee bested Murray State 22 yards to pass Virginia’s machine the moment they are up- 44-28 to move to 1-2 on the sea- Terry Kirby (No. 14) and 63 yards to Thursday, September 21 dated. MediaTeamLink is a free ser- • Georgia Tech at NC State (ESPN), 8 p.m. son. pass the Cavs’ Tiki Barber (No. 13) vice to all accredited media. on the ACC career rushing chart. Saturday, September 23 Rankings 61 all-purpose yards to pass • Clemson at Virginia (ABC), 3:30 p.m. Two Terp opponents are ranked in this week’s national college Jermaine Lewis as the Terps’ Louisville at Florida State (ESPN2), 6 p.m. football polls: Florida State (#2 AP, #2 ESPN/USA Today) and career-leader in all-purpose yards Middle Tennessee at Maryland, 6 p.m. Clemson (#11, #11). Georgia Tech and West Virginia received (rushing, receiving, returns). Marshall at North Carolina, 6 p.m. votes in both polls. NC State received ESPN/USA Today votes. Duke at Vanderbilt, 7 p.m. Maryland received votes in the ESPN/USA Today poll for consecu- 100 yards to match Steve Atkins with tive weeks on Sept. 3 and 10. his 15th career 100-yard rushing Thursday, September 28 game, No. 2 in Terp history. • Florida State at Maryland (ESPN), 8 p.m. Terp Coach Ron Vanderlinden 173 yards to become the first Terrapin Saturday, September 30 Terrapin head coach Ron Vanderlinden (Albion College ‘78) is and only the 13th back in ACC • Clemson at Duke, TBA in his fourth season at Maryland, guiding the re-shaping efforts from history to rush for 3,500 yards. • Georgia Tech at North Carolina, TBA a run-and-shoot offense to a power run game and more balanced, • Virginia at Wake Forest, TBA physical attack. After helping rebuild struggling programs at Colo- 200 yards to match Charlie Wysocki rado (1983-91) and Northwestern (1992-96), Vanderlinden is 11-24 with a Maryland record third 200- Saturday, October 7 as a college head coach. He was named the Terps’ field boss in yard rushing game. Florida State at Miami (CBS), Noon December of 1996. • NC State at Clemson 227 yards to pass NC State’s • Maryland at Virginia Vanderlinden, 44, arrived in College Park after a five-year stint Tremayne Stephens in the No. 12 Vanderbilt at Wake Forest as assistant head coach and defensive coordinator under Gary position on the ACC career rushing Barnett at Northwestern where the Wildcats won a pair of Big Ten chart. MARYLAND vs. Middle Tennessee ... 2-2-2 championships and made a 1996 Rose Bowl Weekend with the Terps’ football game sched- appearance. As defensive line coach in nine uled as its centerpiece. seasons under Bill McCartney at CU, the Buf- faloes won the 1990 national championship, Byrd Turns 50! three Big Eight titles, and six bowl games. Byrd Stadium celebrates its 50th birthday Counting two years at Michigan, as home of the Maryland Terrapins in 2000. Vanderlinden has coaching experience in 10 Constructed in 1950 at a cost of $1 million, Byrd major bowl games. Stadium first opened on Sept. 30, 1950 when Vanderlinden’s teams at Maryland have Maryland defeated in-state rival Navy 35-21 in been characterized by vast improvements the dedication game before a school-record Statistical Comparisons made to the rushing game and the overall de- crowd of 43,386 fans. TEAM COMPARISONS fense. In 1998, Maryland was the sixth-most Byrd has since undergone a series of ma- UM ..................... Category ....................... MT improved rushing team in America, and among jor facelifts, three of which occurred in the the top 15 most improved teams in the country 85.5 .................Rushing Offense ............... 190.0 1990s and resulted in its present form. in total, scoring and pass defense. Last sea- 184.5 .................Passing Offense ............... 220.3 Situated at the foot of the campus’ North son, the Terps completed a “worst-to-first” as- Hill, the stadium is named for Dr. H.C. “Curley” 270.0 ...................Total Offense ................. 410.3 cent among ACC rushing leaders, climbing to Byrd, a multi-sport athlete as an undergradu- 17.0 ................. Scoring Offense .................16.7 a league-best 231.4 yards per game after rank- ate who later became head football coach and ing ninth in 1997. eventually served as university president. Be- 190.0 ................ Rushing Defense............... 168.3 ginning its 51st season, Maryland has posted 252.0 ................ Passing Defense............... 238.0 MTSU Coach Andy McCollum an all-time record of 152-97-1 (.610) in games 442.0 .................. Total Defense ................. 406.3 Andy McCollum (Austin Peay ‘81) is in his at Byrd Stadium. 20.0 .................Scoring Defense .................39.3 second year as coach of the Blue Raiders, with a head coaching mark of 4-10. McCollum Ticket Information guided the Blue Raiders into their first I-A sea- 6-25 ................Third Down Conv. .............. 11-41 Individual game tickets for home games son in 1999, going 3-8 in his first year as a may be purchased locally at any Ticketmaster 2-3 ............... Fourth Down Conv. ................ 2-5 college head coach. outlet or by visiting the Maryland ticket office at A former Middle Tennessee assistant un- Cole Field House. Tickets also may be pur- 6-51 ....................