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American college football season
The 2016 Maryland Terrapins football team represented the
University of Maryland, College Park in the
2016 NCAA Division I FBS football season. It was the Terrapins' third season as a member of the
Big Ten Conference, and a member of the East Division. Maryland played its home games at
Maryland Stadium in
College Park,
Maryland. It was their first year under new head coach
D. J. Durkin. They finished the season 6–7, 3–6 in Big Ten play to finish in fifth place in the East Division. They were invited to the
Quick Lane Bowl where they were defeated by
Boston College.
Schedule
Maryland announced its 2016 football schedule on July 11, 2013. The 2016 schedule consists of 7 home and 5 away games in the regular season. The Terrapins will host Big Ten foes
Michigan State,
Minnesota,
Ohio State,
Purdue, and
Rutgers, and will travel to
Indiana,
Michigan,
Nebraska, and
Penn State.
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The team will play three non–conference games, one home game against
Howard Bison from the
Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference, and two road games which are against the
Central Florida Knights (UCF) from the
American Athletic Conference and the
Florida International Panthers (FIU) from
Conference USA.
Date | Time | Opponent | Site | TV | Result | Attendance |
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September 3 | 12:00 pm |
Howard* | |
BTN | W 52–13 | 35,474 |
September 9 | 7:30 pm | at
FIU* | |
CBSSN | W 41–14 | 17,084 |
September 17 | 7:00 pm | at
UCF* | | CBSSN | W 30–24 2OT | 43,197 |
October 1 | 3:30 pm |
Purdue![dagger](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/37/Dagger-14-plain.png) | - Maryland Stadium
- College Park, MD
| BTN | W 50–7 | 41,206 |
October 8 | 12:00 pm | at
Penn State | | BTN | L 14–38 | 100,778 |
October 15 | 12:00 pm |
Minnesota | - Maryland Stadium
- College Park, MD
|
ESPNU | L 10–31 | 41,465 |
October 22 | 7:30 pm |
Michigan State | - Maryland Stadium
- College Park, MD
| BTN | W 28–17 | 41,235 |
October 29 | 3:30 pm | at
Indiana | | ESPNU | L 36–42 | 38,291 |
November 5 | 3:30 pm | at No. 2
Michigan | |
ESPN | L 3–59 | 110,626 |
November 12 | 3:30 pm | No. 6
Ohio State | - Maryland Stadium
- College Park, MD
| ESPN | L 3–62 | 48,090 |
November 19 | 12:00 pm | at No. 19
Nebraska | |
ESPNews | L 7–28 | 89,704 |
November 26 | 12:00 pm |
Rutgers | - Maryland Stadium
- College Park, MD
| ESPNews | W 31–13 | 30,220 |
December 26 | 2:30 pm | vs.
Boston College* | | ESPN | L 30–36 | 19,117 |
- *Non-conference game
Homecoming- Rankings from
AP Poll released prior to the game
- All times are in
Eastern time
|
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Game summaries
Howard
|
1
|
2
|
3
|
4 |
Total |
Bison
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
13 |
13 |
Terrapins
|
21
|
14
|
7
|
10 |
52 |
At FIU
|
1
|
2
|
3
|
4 |
Total |
Terrapins
|
10
|
21
|
10
|
0 |
41 |
Panthers
|
0
|
7
|
0
|
7 |
14 |
At UCF
|
1
|
2
|
3
|
4 | OT | 2OT |
Total |
Terrapins
|
0
|
10
|
7
|
0 | 7 | 6 |
30 |
Knights
|
7
|
0
|
7
|
3 | 7 | 0 |
24 |
Purdue
|
1
|
2
|
3
|
4 |
Total |
Boilermakers
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
7 |
7 |
Terrapins
|
8
|
21
|
7
|
14 |
50 |
At Penn State
|
1
|
2
|
3
|
4 |
Total |
Terrapins
|
7
|
7
|
0
|
0 |
14 |
Nittany Lions
|
7
|
17
|
7
|
7 |
38 |
Minnesota
|
1
|
2
|
3
|
4 |
Total |
Golden Gophers
|
0
|
14
|
3
|
14 |
31 |
Terrapins
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
10 |
10 |
Michigan State
|
1
|
2
|
3
|
4 |
Total |
Spartans
|
0
|
14
|
3
|
0 |
17 |
Terrapins
|
8
|
6
|
0
|
14 |
28 |
At Indiana
|
1
|
2
|
3
|
4 |
Total |
Terrapins
|
7
|
14
|
3
|
12 |
36 |
Hoosiers
|
13
|
3
|
13
|
13 |
42 |
At Michigan
|
1
|
2
|
3
|
4 |
Total |
Terrapins
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
3 |
3 |
#2 Wolverines
|
14
|
21
|
10
|
14 |
59 |
Ohio State
|
1
|
2
|
3
|
4 |
Total |
#6 Buckeyes
|
21
|
24
|
10
|
7 |
62 |
Terrapins
|
3
|
0
|
0
|
0 |
3 |
At Nebraska
|
1
|
2
|
3
|
4 |
Total |
Terrapins
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
7 |
7 |
#19 Cornhuskers
|
14
|
7
|
7
|
0 |
28 |
Rutgers
|
1
|
2
|
3
|
4 |
Total |
Scarlet Knights
|
0
|
7
|
6
|
0 |
13 |
Terrapins
|
14
|
7
|
7
|
3 |
31 |
Boston College–Quick Lane Bowl
|
1
|
2
|
3
|
4 |
Total |
Terrapins
|
0
|
13
|
14
|
3 |
30 |
Eagles
|
6
|
23
|
7
|
0 |
36 |
Roster
Awards and honors
Weekly
Weekly Awards
Player
|
Award
|
Date Awarded
|
Ref.
|
Ty Johnson
|
Big Ten Offensive Player of the Week
|
October 3, 2016
|
[3]
|
Lorenzo Harrison
|
Big Ten Freshman of the Week
|
October 24, 2016
|
[4]
|
Teldrick Morgan
|
Big Ten Special Teams Player of the Week
|
November 29, 2016
|
[5]
|
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All-Conference
|
References
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"2016-17 BIG TEN FOOTBALL SCHEDULES ANNOUNCED" (Press release). University of Maryland Department of Athletics. July 11, 2013. Retrieved December 1, 2015.
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"2016 Maryland Terrapins Football Schedule". FB Schedules. Retrieved December 1, 2015.
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"Big Ten Football Players of the Week".
Big Ten Conference. Big Ten Conference. October 3, 2016. Archived from
the original on October 5, 2016. Retrieved November 16, 2016.
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"Big Ten Football Players of the Week".
Big Ten Conference. Big Ten Conference. October 24, 2016. Archived from
the original on October 25, 2016. Retrieved November 16, 2016.
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^
"Big Ten Football Players of the Week".
Big Ten Conference. Big Ten Conference. November 29, 2016. Archived from
the original on November 30, 2016. Retrieved November 29, 2016.
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^
"2016 Big Ten Individual Award Winners" (PDF). www.grfx.cstv.com. Big Ten Conference. Archived from
the original (PDF) on September 28, 2018. Retrieved December 1, 2016.
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b
"2016 Big Ten Individual Award Winners" (PDF). www.grfx.cstv.com. Big Ten Conference. November 29, 2016. Archived from
the original (PDF) on November 29, 2016. Retrieved November 30, 2016.
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