GAME INFO SETTING THE STAGE TELEVISION BIG TEN NETWORK MARYLAND PURDUE Brandon Gaudin (pxp) 2019 Record: 3-2 (1-1 B1G) 2019 Record: 1-4 (0-2 B1G) James Laurinaitis (analyst) Head Coach: Michael Locksley (Towson ‘92) Head Coach: Jeff Brohm (Louisville, ‘94) Elise Menaker (sideline) Record at Maryland: 4-7 Record at Purdue: 14-17 Top Passer: Josh Jackson (Jr.) / 968 yds / 10 TDs Top Passer: Jack Plummer (R-Fr.) / 545 yds / 3 TD MARYLAND SPORTS RADIO NETWORK Johnny Holliday (pxp) / 41st season Top Rusher: Anthony McFarland Jr. (So.) / 336 yds / 7 TDs Top Rusher: King Doerue (Fr.) / 157 yds / 2 TDs CJ Brown (analyst) / 1st season Top Receiver: Dontay Demus Jr. (So.) / 279 yds / 3 TDs Top Receiver: David Bell (Fr.) / 300 yds / 1 TDs LaMont Jordan (analyst) / 2nd season Top Tackler: Ayinde Eley (So.) / 35 TT / 3 TFL / 1 INT Top Tackler: Ben Holt (Gr.) / 55 TT / 2.0 TFL 105.7FM (Balt.) / 980AM (DC) TuneIn Radio App XM 391 WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW 2019 SCHEDULE The University of Maryland football team will play its second straight Big Ten road game on Saturday when it travels to DATE OPPONENT TIME 1 West Lafayette, Indiana for the frst time ever to take on Purdue. The game will kick at noon and be broadcast on BTN A31 HOWARD BTN W, 79-0 and the Maryland Sports Radio Network. S7 #21 SYRACUSE ESPN W, 63-20 CBSSN Against Rutgers, RB Javon Leake returned the opening kickoff of the second half 100 yards for his second career kick S14 at Temple L, 17-20 return touchdown, marking the frst time any Big Ten team has returned a kick to the house this season. With a WR DJ FS1 S27 #12 PENN STATE * L, 0-59 5 Turner punt return touchdown in Week One vs. Howard, Maryland is one of only fve FBS teams with both a kick return O5 at Rutgers * BTN W, 48-7 and punt return touchdown this season, joining Appalachian State, Houston, UCLA and Utah State. Maryland leads the O12 at Purdue * BTN Noon Big Ten in both kick return average (29.44 ypr) and punt return average (15.13 ypr). O19 INDIANA * BTN 3:30 p.m. O26 at Minnesota * ABC/ESPN/ESPN2 TBA RB Anthony McFarland Jr. has tallied seven rushing touchdowns through fve games this season (2 vs. Howard, 2 N2 MICHIGAN* & Noon 7 vs. Syracuse, 1 at Temple, 2 at Rutgers), the ninth highest total in the country and the most for a Maryland RB in the N9 at Ohio State * TBA frst fve games of the season since Keon Lattimore also had seven in 2007. N23 NEBRASKA * TBA The Maryland defense has tallied 16 sacks through four games, the 19th highest total in the country and the Terrapins N30 at Michigan State * TBA most over a fve-game span since Maryland fnished the year with 18 (1 at Michigan, 2 vs. Ohio State, 3 at Nebraska, 7 ALL CAPS indicates home game; *Big Ten game.; 16 vs. Rutgers, 5 vs. Boston College) in 2016. LB Keandre Jones has 4.5 to lead the Terps, the sixth highest total in the & Homecoming game; All times Eastern Big Ten and 20th best in the country. WITH A WIN... Maryland has forced a turnover in 17 straight contests, the third-longest streak in the FBS, trailing only Mississippi MARYLAND WILL: State (21) and Syracuse (19). The Terps, who notched a takeaway in every game last season continued the streak last • Defeat Purdue for the third consecutive 17 week at Rutgers when they picked off the Scarlet Knights twice, frst by LB Ayinde Eley and then by LB Isaiah Davis, time his frst career interception. The Terps have forced nine turnovers and only lost fve, a plus-four margin this season, the 21st best in the country and top fve in the Big Ten. Maryland won the turnover battle in four of the frst fve games. • Win two straight Big Ten road games for the frst time since 2014 (Penn State Senior DB Antoine Brooks Jr. has totaled 30 solo tackles this year, the most per game in the Big Ten and the 15th & Michigan) 30 highest total in the country. Brooks has led Maryland in tackles in three of the fve games and tallied a career-best 13, • Move to 2-1 in the Big Ten for the all solo, at Temple (9/14). second year in a row and third time since All three of the Terps wins this season have been by at least 40 points (79 vs. Howard, 43 vs. Syracuse, 41 at Rutgers), joining the conference 40 making Maryland one of only three teams in the country (Ohio State and Wisconsin) to have three 40-plus point wins. It • Start the season 4-2 for the third time in is the frst time since 1974 that Maryland has had three 40-plus point wins in a single season. the last four seasons Maryland has 207 points through fve games, the highest total in the frst fve games of a season in program history • Go to 2-0 in October and the most over any fve game span since scoring 223 during a fve game win streak in the 2002 season. The Terps 207 41.4 points per game is the 14th highest in the country and fourth-most in the Big Ten. STREAKS SOCIAL MEDIA CONTACT Starts at Maryland: OL Sean Christie (29) Twitter: @TerpsFootball Dustin Semonavick LB Antoine Brooks Jr. (28) @CoachLocks (Asst. AD/FB Communications) Career Starts: TE Tyler Mabry (35) Instagram: @TerpsFootball Email: [email protected] Games with a takeaway: 17 @CoachLocks O: 301-314-7065 // C: 757-544-8393 Games with a reception: WR Dontay Demus Jr. (7) Facebook: /MarylandFootball Games with a tackle for loss: LB Keandre Jones (5) YouTube: /MarylandAthletics Ben Kessler (Secondary Football) Email: [email protected] O: 301-314-7068 // C: 908-770-3059 MARYLAND TERRAPINS 2019 MARYLAND FOOTBALL PURDUE: SERIES HISTORY: AT A GLANCE Maryland vs. Purdue Series: Maryland leads 2-0 Away: 0-0 2019 RECORD: 1-3, 0-2 B1G Last Meeting: October 1, 2016 (Maryland, 50-7) Home: 1-1; Away: 0-2; Neutral: 0-0 LAST TWO MEETINGS Year Site Result Final 2019 SCHEDULE 2016 Maryland W 50-7 Aug. 30 at Nevada L, 31-34 Sept. 7 Vanderbilt W, 42-24 2006 Champ Sports Bowl W 24-7 Sept. 14 TCU L, 13-34 Sept. 28 Minnesota * L, 31-38 THE LAST TIME Oct. 5 at #12 Penn State * L, 7-35 100-Yard Rusher Oct. 12 Maryland * Noon Ty Johnson, 204 yards (10/1/16) Oct. 19 at Iowa * Noon Oct. 26 Illinois * TBA 50-Plus Yard Run Nov. 2 Nebraska * TBA Lorenzo Harrison, 62 yards (10/1/16) Nov. 9 at Northwestern * TBA RB Ty Johnson vs. Purdue (10/1/16) Nov. 23 at Wisconsin * TBA Interception Nov. 30 Indiana * TBA Alvin Hill (10/1/16) MARYLAND-PURDUE 2019 STAT LEADERS CONNECTIONS Rushing No. Yds. Avg. Lg. TD King Doerue 48 157 3.3 15 2 COACHING Zander Horvath 33 92 2.8 13 0 · Purdue Head Coach Jeff Brohm and defensive line coach Reggie Johnson coached at Ala- bama-Birmingham in 2012 when Maryland tight Passing C-A-I Pct. Yds. Lg. TD ends coach Mike Miller was a student-athlete there. Elijah Sindelar 72-112-3 64.3% 978 70 9 Jack Plummer 49-97-4 50.5% 545 54 4 AREA · Purdue has one player from the state of Maryland Receiving No. Yds. Lg TD · Maryland has one player from the state of Indiana Rondale Moore 29 387 70 2 David Bell 17 300 49 1 HOMETOWN · Maryland DL Bryce Brand, Purdue S Jalen Gra- Defense U-A Total Sacks TFL ham and S Marvin Grant are all from Detroit, Mich. Ben Holt 30-25 55 1.0-10 2.0 · Maryland LS James Rosenberry and Purdue LB George Karlaftis 13-14 27 4.0-26 8.0 Markus Bailey are both from Columbus, Ohio · Maryland DL Anthony Booker, Jr. and Purdue DE Jack Cravaavk are both from Cincinnati, Ohio · Maryland QB Max Bortenschlager, Purdue LB Zach Randall, OL Sam Garvin, and OL Matt Mc- Cann are all from Fishers, Ind. · Maryland WR Jeshaun Jones, OL Marcus Finger, and Purdue OL Viktor Beach are all from Fort Myers, Fla. HIGH SCHOOL · Maryland QB Max Bortenschlager, Purdue LB Will Chapman and WR Malcolm Dotson all played at Cathedral HS in Indianapolis, Ind. 2 GAME 6: MARYLAND at PURDUE 2019 MARYLAND FOOTBALL GAME MATCHUP Maryland Terrapins Purdue Boilermakers (FBS - 130 ranked) (FBS - 130 ranked) Total Offense Total Defense 446.2 41st 113th 452.8 Passing Offense Passing Defense 227.8 81st 117th 290.0 Rushing Offense Rushing Defense 218.4 29th 78th 162.8 Scoring Offense Scoring Defense 41.4 14th 110th 33.0 Sacks Allowed Sacks 2.20 75th 53rd 2.40 Third Down Offense Third Down Defense 39.0 70th 81st 38.4% Red Zone Offense Red Zone Defense 70.8% 113th 71st 83.3% Total Defense Total Offense 365.6 52nd 101st 356.2 Passing Defense Passing Offense 251.6 95th 20th 305.4 Rushing Defense Rushing Offense 114.0 35th 129th 50.8 Scoring Defense Scoring Offense 21.2 37th 93rd 24.8 Sacks Sacks Allowed 3.20 19th 116th 3.20 Third Down Defense Third Down Offense 31.2% 23rd 104th 35.1% Red Zone Defense Red Zone Offense 73.3% 26th 21st 92.9% Takeaways Giveaways 9 37th 106th 11 Giveaways Takeaways 5 19th 106th 5 Kick Return Average Kick Return Average 29.44 8th 117th 16.69 Punt Return Average Punt Return Average 15.14 17th 113th 3.86 Time of Possession Time of Possession 29:25 81st 114th 27:21 GAME 6: MARYLAND at PURDUE 3 2019 MARYLAND FOOTBALL ON THE OFFENSE By The Numbers 1 TE Tyler Mabry caught a touchdown pass in each of the frst three games of the season, the frst Maryland tight end to so since Vernon Davis in 2005 (at North Carolina, #23 Boston College, at NC State) and the frst time any player has done so since WR DJ Moore in the frst three games of 2017 (at #23 Texas, Towson, UCF).