at NORTH CAROLINA SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 12 KENAN MEM. STADIUM (60,000) CHAPEL HILL, N.C. NOON FOOTBALL SCHEDULES/RESULTS MARYLAND (4-4, 2-3 ACC) GAME 9 GAME NOTES S3 vs. Navy# (CSTV) ....................... W 23-20 Originally Released: November 7, 2005 S10 #25/RV CLEMSON* (ESPN) ......... L 24-28 S17 WEST VIRGINIA (JP Sports) ...... L 19-31 THE GAME S24 at Wake Forest* (ESPNU) ........... W 22-12 • The University of Maryland football team returns to action after its first full bye week of 2005 as it heads to Chapel O1 #19/18 VIRGINIA* + (JP Sports) W 45-33 Hill, N.C., to take on the North Carolina Tar Heels. Kickoff from Kenan Memorial Stadium is set for 12:09 p.m. O8 at Temple ..................................... W 38-7 with the game being televised regionally on JP Sports and broadcast on the Terrapin Sports Radio Network O20 #3/3 VIRGINIA TECH* (ESPN) ...... L 9-28 (radio pregame starts at 10:30 a.m.). O29 at #10/9 Florida State* (ABC) ......... L 27-35 N12 at North Carolina* (JP Sports) ......... Noon • Maryland (4-4, 2-3 ACC) has lost a pair of tough games in its last two outings, both coming at the hands of Top N19 BOSTON COLLEGE* (JP Sports) .. Noon 10 opponents. In its last game, the Terps carried a six-point lead to the nine-minute mark of the fourth quarter at N26 at NC State* .................................... TBA then No. 10/9 Florida State before falling 35-27 on homecoming in Tallahassee. For more on the loss to Florida *ACC game; + Homecoming State, see “Quick Hits, Week Eight.” #M&T Bank Stadium, Baltimore, Md. • The Terrapins will need two wins in their last three games to become bowl-eligible. NORTH CAROLINA (4-4, 3-2 ACC) S10 at Georgia Tech* .............................. L 21-27 • North Carolina got back in the bowl picture last weekend with a 16-14 home win over 19th-ranked Boston S17 WISCONSIN .................................... L 5-14 College. The Tar Heels made the most of their only touchdown -- a 90-yard return on the opening kick by S24 at NC State* .................................... W 31-24 Wallace Wright -- and three field goals by Connor Barth, handing BC its second consecutive loss. O1 UTAH .............................................. W 31-17 O8 at Louisville ..................................... L 14-69 • This week’s game is the last of three road contests in a four-game stretch for the Terrapins. In addition, beginning O22 VIRGINIA* ....................................... W 7-5 with the Temple game, the Terps will have finished the season playing four of its final six games away from O29 at Miami* ......................................... L 16-34 home. N5 BOSTON COLLEGE* ..................... W 16-14 • Neither team is ranked or receiving votes in either of the latest major polls. N12 MARYLAND* ..................................... Noon N19 DUKE* ............................................... TBA N26 at Virginia Tech* ................................. TBA SERIES NOTES -- TERPS vs. HEELS * ACC game • Saturday’s game will mark the 66th meeting between the Terrapins and Tar Heels with UNC leading the all-time ALL CAPS indicates home game; all times Eastern series 35-29-1. • The Maryland/North Carolina series is one that can best be defined by spurts by one team or the other. The BROADCAST INFORMATION series began with Maryland winning four of seven, but from there it went UNC 9-0-1 from 1927-50; Maryland 8-3 from 1951-62; UNC 6-2 from ‘63-72; Maryland 9-3 from ‘73-85; UNC 11-4 from 1986-2000; Maryland three TV: JP Sports - Steve Martin, play-by-play; Rick “Doc” Walker, color analysis; Mike Hogewood, sidelines. straight from 2001-present. RADIO: Terrapin Sports Radio Network (10:30 a.m.) - • The Terrapins are seeking a four-game win streak in the series for the first time since the mid ‘80s, when they ran Johnny Holliday, play-by-play; Jonathan Claiborne, color analysis; Tim Strachan, sidelines. XM Radio Channel off four in a row from 1982-85. 193. • The last meeting between the two teams was in College Park in 2003 and the game was pointed to as a turning INTERNET: Audio can be accessed by logging on to point in the season by Friedgen. The Terps trailed 14-6 early, but stormed back to score 39 points in the second www.umterps.com. quarter, an Atlantic Coast Conference record. Maryland rolled to 612 yards of offense and went on to win their next four games, including a season-ending 41-7 victory over West Virginia in the Toyota Gator Bowl. QUICK FACTS • In their last trip to UNC, the Terrapins got their first win in Chapel Hill since 1988, breaking a string of seven Head Coach ........... Ralph Friedgen (Maryland, ‘70) losses to the Tar Heels on their home turf. They did so in dominating fashion. After UNC took an early 7-0 lead Record at Maryland (years) .......................... 40-18 (fifth) on a one-yard sneak by QB C.J. Stephens, Maryland rattled off 59 consecutive points to post the largest margin Career Record ...................................................... Same of victory by either team in the series that began in 1920. Offensive Coordinator ............................. Charlie Taaffe Defensive Coordinator ........................... Gary Blackney • In the 2002 win, Maryland had three plays go for 60 yards or more, the most notable being Steve Suter’s 77- All-Time vs. North Carolina ............. UNC leads 35-29-1 2005 Home/Away/Neutral ........................ 1-3 / 2-1 / 1-0 yard punt return for a touchdown in the second quarter, his NCAA record-tying fourth of the season. Then- freshman Josh Allen also rushed for 91 yards on just six carries with a pair of touchdowns. MEDIA INFORMATION • Ralph Friedgen’s first win as a coach at Maryland came against North Carolina on September 1, 2001, a 23- Football Contact ..... Greg Creese, Assoc. Director 7 victory at Byrd Stadium. In that game, the Terps allowed a 77-yard touchdown to current Pittsburgh Steeler Phone ............................................... w: (301) 314-7065 Willie Parker on the game’s opening play but did not allow another Carolina score in what would be the first of e-mail .............................................. [email protected] Secondary Contact ............ Mike Gerton, Staff Asst. seven straight wins to open the season. Bruce Perry showed glimpses of what was to come in a season that Phone ............................................... w: (301) 314-8093 would garner him ACC Offensive Player of the Year as he rushed 21 times for 116 yards. e-mail .............................................. [email protected] Credentials ............. Kelly Bramble, Office Manager • The teams have split the last four meetings, but the Terrapins have won four of the last five in the series and fell e-mail ............................................ [email protected] just shy of a win in 2000 (13-10). In that 2000 game, both offenses struggled with the Terps holding UNC to four Media Relations Fax............................. (301) 314-9094 **for more media info, see the last page of this release 2005MARYLANDfootball MARYLAND at NORTH CAROLINA • NOTES/BY THE NUMBERS first downs through more than three quarters, but Maryland could not hold the 10-7 advantage it had staked itself with 14:14 remaining in the game. Ronald Curry scored the game-winner on a 25-yard run with 7:24 left. ...by the numbers • For a recap of the 2003 game against North Carolina, see the Opponent/Series Info page of this release. 1 Maryland has just two players (senior Ryan McDonald) QUICK HITS, WEEK EIGHT on the two-deep of its offensive line whose eligibility • Willie Reid’s 61-yard punt return at the start of the second quarter was the first for a touchdown against is older than that of a sophomore. The scheduled Maryland since Tremain Hall of NC State returned on 83 yards against the Terps, Nov. 22, 2003. starters for this week’s game are a senior, three • Sophomore Lance Ball ran for 120 yards against the Seminoles, the second 100+-yard rushing game of his sophomores and a true freshman. career. His hitting the century mark also was the third time ever for a Terp against Florida State (LaMont 3rd Jordan in 1999 and 2000). Junior tight end Vernon Davis is the third-leading • Sam Hollenbach was in the game a total of five snaps before exiting with an injured left shoulder. He receiving tight end in the country (and first in the completed his lone pass (the first completion of the game), a 29-yarder to Vernon Davis. ACC) in terms of yards per game (74.0). • Maryland’s first score of the day was a one-yard plunge by QB Joel Statham. The rushing TD was the 9th second of Statham’s career (first was against Florida State last year). Despite losing three regular starters in the defensive • The Terps first passing touchdown of the game was an amazing throw-and-catch from Statham to Derrick backfield from last season, Maryland ranks ninth Fenner, a 29-yard effort. The TD was the first of the season for Statham (first since the Florida State game nationally in pass defense, yielding an average of last year) and the second touchdown of the season for Fenner. 169.4 yards per game. • Maryland tied the score following the Fenner touchdown with a two-point conversion by pass, once again 14th from Statham to Fenner. The Terrapins’ 2005 schedule was ranked as the 14th- • The Terrapins took a 21-14 lead on a 20-yard strike from Statham to Jo Jo Walker, the second receiving toughest in the nation according to the Sagarin com- puter rankings following the Florida State game. touchdown of the season for the senior captain. • Maryland’s 21-14 halftime lead was its first-ever at the break in Tallahassee and the third in series history 21 (2005, 2004, 1994).