2017 Maryland Terrapins football team

The 2017 Maryland Terrapins football team represented the University of Maryland during the 2017 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Terrapins played their home games at Maryland Stadium in College Park, Maryland and competed in the East Division of the Big Ten Conference. Maryland celebrated their 125th anniversary of the program that was established in 1892, when the University of Maryland, College Park was still known as the Maryland Agricultural College. They were led by second-year head coach D. J. Durkin. They finished the season 4–8, 2–7 in Big Ten play to finish in a tie for sixth place in the East Division.

2017 Maryland Terrapins football
Conference	Big Ten Conference
Division	East Division
Record	4–8 (2–7 Big Ten)
Head coach	D. J. Durkin (2nd season)
Offensive coordinator	Walt Bell (2nd season)
Offensive scheme	Spread
Defensive coordinator	Andy Buh (2nd season)
Base defense	4–2–5
Home stadium	Byrd Stadium
Seasons ← 2016 2018 →

2017 Big Ten Conference football standings

v t e	Conf							Overall
Team		W		L					W		L
East Division
No. 5 Ohio State xy$		8	–	1					12	–	2
No. 15 Michigan State		7	–	2					10	–	3
No. 8 Penn State		7	–	2					11	–	2
Michigan		5	–	4					8	–	5
Rutgers		3	–	6					4	–	8
Indiana		2	–	7					5	–	7
Maryland		2	–	7					4	–	8
West Division
No. 7 Wisconsin xy		9	–	0					13	–	1
No. 17 Northwestern		7	–	2					10	–	3
Iowa		4	–	5					8	–	5
Purdue		4	–	5					7	–	6
Nebraska		3	–	6					4	–	8
Minnesota		2	–	7					5	–	7
Illinois		0	–	9					2	–	10
Championship: Ohio State 27, Wisconsin 21
$ – Conference champion x – Division champion/co-champions y – Championship game participant Rankings from AP Poll

Schedule

Maryland announced its 2017 football schedule on July 11, 2013. The 2017 schedule consisted of 6 home, 5 away and 1 neutral site game in the regular season. The Terrapins hosted Big Ten foes Indiana, Michigan, Northwestern, and Penn State, and traveled to Michigan State, Minnesota, Ohio State, and Wisconsin. Maryland played Rutgers in Bronx, New York at Yankee Stadium.^[1]

The Terrapins hosted two of the three non-conference opponents, Towson from the Colonial Athletic Association, Central Florida (UCF) from the American Athletic Conference and traveled to Austin, Texas to face Texas from the Big 12 Conference.

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 2	12:00 p.m.	at No. 23 Texas*	Darrell K Royal–Texas Memorial Stadium Austin, TX	FS1	W 51–41	88,396
September 9	12:00 p.m.	Towson*	Byrd Stadium College Park, MD	BTN	W 63–17	37,105
September 23	3:00 p.m.	UCF*	Maryland Stadium College Park, MD	FS1	L 10–38	33,280
September 30	12:00 p.m.	at Minnesota	TCF Bank Stadium Minneapolis, MN	FS1	W 31–24	43,511
October 7	4:00 p.m.	at No. 10 Ohio State	Ohio Stadium Columbus, OH	FOX	L 14–62	107,180
October 14	3:30 p.m.	Northwestern	Maryland Stadium College Park, MD	ESPN2	L 21–37	38,325
October 21	12:00 p.m.	at No. 5 Wisconsin	Camp Randall Stadium Madison, WI	FOX	L 13–38	78,058
October 28	3:30 p.m.	Indiana	Maryland Stadium College Park, MD	BTN	W 42–39	35,144
November 4	3:30 p.m.	at Rutgers	High Point Solutions Stadium Piscataway, NJ	BTN	L 24–31	35,221
November 11	3:30 p.m.	No. 21 Michigan	Maryland Stadium College Park, MD	BTN	L 10–35	44,325
November 18	4:00 p.m.	at No. 22 Michigan State	Spartan Stadium East Lansing, MI	FOX	L 7–17	70,216
November 25	3:30 p.m.	No. 12 Penn State	Maryland Stadium College Park, MD (rivalry)	BTN	L 3–66	49,680
*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

At Texas

	1	2	3	4	Total
Terrapins	14	16	7	14	51
#23 Longhorns	7	7	20	7	41

See also: 2017 Texas Longhorns football team

Maryland spoiled Texas coach Tom Herman's debut by upsetting the Longhorns, 51–41. The Terps got off to a rough start, with quarterback Tyrell Pigrome throwing an interception that was returned for a touchdown on the Terps' first offensive drive of the game. But after that, Maryland scored 27 unanswered points. Texas did come back and got to within three points, but were never able to regain the lead.^[3]

Maryland's Ty Johnson rushed for 132 yards on 12 carries, while D. J. Moore caught seven passes for 133 yards. Johnson, Pigrome, Kasim Hill, and Jake Funk all had rushing touchdowns, and Moore and Taivon Jacobs each had a receiving touchdown.^[4] The game also featured several non-offensive touchdowns. In addition to the pick-six by Texas, each team returned a blocked kick for a touchdown, and Texas also returned a punt for a touchdown.^[3]

While Pigrome had to leave due to an injury in the third quarter, true freshman quarterback Kasim Hill took over for Maryland and performed well, leading the Terps to two touchdowns in the fourth quarter. When it was all finished, Maryland had completed its first win over a ranked opponent since 2010.^[3]

During the game, Maryland lost two key players to injury. Starting quarterback Tyrrell Pigrome was lost for the season after tearing his ACL, and senior defensive end Jessie Aniebonam will miss "several months" due to a fractured ankle.^[5]

Towson

	1	2	3	4	Total
Tigers	0	7	0	10	17
Terrapins	21	7	21	14	63

See also: 2017 Towson Tigers football team

Maryland's first home game of 2017 saw the Towson Tigers, Maryland's lone FCS opponent this season, visiting College Park. This game marked the first start of true freshman QB Kasim Hill, and he performed very well, completing 13 of 16 passes for 163 yards with no interceptions. Maryland jumped out to a quick 21-0 lead after the first quarter and ended up scoring nine touchdowns against Towson. It was the first time in Maryland history that the team has started a year by scoring at least 50 points in each of its first two games.^[6]

Ty Johnson rushed for 124 yards on only five carries, including two long runs for touchdowns (74 and 46 yards). Javon Leake, Jake Funk, Max Bortenschlager, and D. J. Moore also had rushing touchdowns. Moore led the receivers with 97 yards on seven catches, including two passes caught for touchdowns. Darnell Savage added a touchdown after he intercepted a pass thrown by Towson's Ryan Stover.^[6]

Maryland had big plays all afternoon. Six of Maryland's eight touchdowns by the offense were for at least 20 yards, including two that were over 60 yards. Maryland also had a 75-yard touchdown on an interception return. Moore and Johnson, who both had big games against Texas and also against Towson, combined for five of the nine touchdowns. Freshman tailback Javon Leake make his debut for the Terps and also got in on the big play action, scoring a touchdown after a 61-yard rush.^[7]

In the end, Maryland was far too much for Towson to handle, and the Terps ended up with a 63-17 victory.

UCF

	1	2	3	4	Total
Knights	0	14	7	17	38
Terrapins	3	0	7	0	10

See also: 2017 UCF Knights football team

Maryland's last non-conference game of the season saw Central Florida visiting College Park. The previous year, Maryland and UCF had met in Orlando, with Maryland winning in double-overtime.^[8]

Kasim Hill made his second start at QB for the Terps, but he would not stay in the game for long. In the first quarter during a QB scramble, Hill was injured, and was unable to put any weight on his right leg as he hobbled off the field with assistance. Sophomore QB Max Bortenschlager replaced Hill, but was unable to lead the Terps to victory. He finished 15 for 26 with 132 yards, one touchdown, and two interceptions.^[9]

UCF lead 14-3 after the first half. Maryland's offense ended up being outgained 428-197 and was not able to mount any serious threat against UCF. Maryland converted only 2 out of 13 third down attempts.^[9] The scoring was capped for the day when a Bortenschlager pass was picked off and returned for a TD by Mike Hughes. Central Florida ended up defeating Maryland by a final score of 38-10.^[10]

At Minnesota

	1	2	3	4	Total
Terrapins	7	10	0	14	31
Golden Gophers	0	10	7	7	24

See also: 2017 Minnesota Golden Gophers football team

At Ohio State

	1	2	3	4	Total
Terrapins	7	0	0	7	14
No. 11 Buckeyes	20	21	14	7	62

See also: 2017 Ohio State Buckeyes football team

Northwestern

	1	2	3	4	Total
Wildcats	3	21	3	10	37
Terrapins	7	7	7	0	21

See also: 2017 Northwestern Wildcats football team

At Wisconsin

	1	2	3	4	Total
Terrapins	0	3	10	0	13
No. 5 Badgers	7	14	7	10	38

See also: 2017 Wisconsin Badgers football team

Indiana

	1	2	3	4	Total
Hoosiers	16	7	10	6	39
Terrapins	7	21	0	14	42

See also: 2017 Indiana Hoosiers football team

At Rutgers

	1	2	3	4	Total
Terrapins	7	7	10	0	24
Scarlet Knights	0	17	0	14	31

See also: 2017 Rutgers Scarlet Knights football team

Michigan

	1	2	3	4	Total
Wolverines	7	21	0	7	35
Terrapins	0	0	3	7	10

See also: 2017 Michigan Wolverines football team

At Michigan State

	1	2	3	4	Total
Terrapins	0	0	0	7	7
Spartans	7	7	3	0	17

See also: 2017 Michigan State Spartans football team

Penn State

	1	2	3	4	Total
No. 12 Nittany Lions	14	17	21	14	66
Terrapins	0	0	3	0	3

See also: 2017 Penn State Nittany Lions football team and Maryland–Penn State football rivalry

Roster

2017 Maryland Terrapins football team roster
Players			Coaches
Offense Pos. # Name Class WR 1 D. J. Moore Jr RB 2 Lorenzo Harrison III So QB 3 Tyrrell Pigrome  So RB 5 Anthony McFarland Jr. Fr RB 6 Ty Johnson Jr QB 8 Caleb Henderson   Jr WR 9 Jahrvis Davenport Jr WR 10 D. J. Turner So QB 11 Kasim Hill Fr WR 12 Tavion Jacobs  Sr WR 14 Tahj Capehart Fr QB 16 Ryan Brand  So QB 18 Max Bortenschlager So WR 19 M. J. Jarrell Fr RB 20 Javon Leake Fr RB 33 Tayon Fleet-Davis Fr RB 34 Jake Funk So RB 35 Marcus Smith  Sr WR 37 Josh Bekoe  Sr WR 37 Chris Jones Sr RB 40 Ikechukwu Ogwuegbu So TE 47 Kevin Woodeshick Jr TE 48 Derrick Hayward Sr OL 55 Derwin Gray  Jr OL 57 Richard Merritt  Fr OL 58 Damian Prince  Jr OL 64 Brendan Moore  Jr OL 67 Tyran Hunt Fr OL 68 Ellis McKennie  So OL 70 Sean Christie  Jr OL 72 Marcus Minor Fr OL 73 Johnny Jordan Fr OL 74 Brian Plummer  Fr OL 75 Terrence Davis So OL 77 Will McClain  So OL 79 Jordan McNair Fr TE 80 Noah Barnes  Fr TE 82 Avery Edwards Jr WR 83 Carlos Carriere Fr WR 84 Jacquille Veii  Sr WR 85 Sean Nelson Fr WR 86 Jayden Comma Fr WR 87 Michael Cornwell Jr TE 89 Andrew Park Fr	Defense Pos. # Name Class LB 1 Jermaine Carter Sr DB 3 Denzel Conyers  Sr DB 4 Darnell Savage Jr DL 5 Cavon Walker  Jr DL 6 Jesse Aniebonam  Sr DB 7 J. C. Jackson  Jr DL 8 Kingsley Opara Sr DB 10 Josh Woods Sr DB 11 Fofie Bazzie Fr DB 12 Elijah Daniels So DB 13 Markquese Bell Fr DB 14 Deon Jones Fr DB 14 J. T. Ventura  Sr DE 15 Melvin Keihn  Jr DB 16 Ayinde Eley Fr DB 17 Tino Ellis So LB 18 Shane Cockerille Sr DB 20 Antwaine Richardson  So DB 21 RaVon Davis  Jr ILB 22 Isaiah Davis  So DB 23 Alex Woods  Jr DB 24 Qwuantrezz Knight So LB 25 Antoine Brooks  So DB 26 Kenny Bennett Fr DL 27 Bryce Bland Fr DB 29 Elisha Daniels So DB 30 Allen Corbin  Sr LB 31 Nnamdi Egbuaba  Jr LB 39 Steve Baca So LB 42 Nick Underwood  So LB 43 Jalen Brooks Sr DL 44 Andrew Isaacs  Sr DB 45 Dimitri Lee  Jr DL 50 Mbi Tanyi Jr LB 53 Brett Shepherd So DE 55 Dion Goldbourne  Fr LB 56 Matt Gillespie  Jr DL 56 Cam Spence Fr DL 57 Sean Oluwatimi So DL 59 Keiron Howard  So DL 90 B'Ahmad Miller Fr DL 91 Adam McLean So DL 92 Chandler Burkett Sr DL 93 Oseh Saine  So DL 95 Lawtez Rogers Fr DL 96 Brett Kulka  Jr DL 97 Celso Rivera Jr DL 98 Brandon Gaddy Fr DL 99 Breyon Gaddy Fr	Special teams Pos. # Name Class K 3 Adam Greene Sr K 41 Mike Shinsky So LS 51 Matt Oliveira Jr LS 56 Nate Adams Sr P 88 Wade Lees So K, P 97 Daniel Sutton Sr	Head coach D. J. Durkin Coordinators/assistant coaches Andy Buh (defensive coordinator) Walt Bell (offensive coordinator / quarterbacks) Chris Beatty (Associate head coach / wide receivers) Jimmy Brumbaugh (Co-defensive Coordinator / Defensive Line) Pete Lembo (assistant head coach / special teams coordinator / tight ends) Tyler Bowen (offensive line) Aazaar Abdul-Rahim (defensive backs) Matt Barnes (linebackers) Anthony Tucker (running backs) Alex Garwig (graduate assistant) Micah James (graduate assistant) Fredi Knighten (graduate assistant) Desmond Morgan (graduate assistant) Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible Injured Redshirt Roster Last update: September 14, 2017

Awards and honors

Weekly Awards

Player	Award	Date Awarded	Ref.
Antoine Brooks	Co-Special Teams Player of the Week	September 4, 2017	[11]

Players in the 2018 NFL Draft

See also: 2018 NFL draft

Player	Position	Round	Pick	NFL club
D. J. Moore	WR	1	24	Carolina Panthers
Jermaine Carter	LB	5	161	Carolina Panthers

References

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2. "2017 Maryland Terrapins Football Schedule". FB Schedules. Retrieved January 25, 2017.
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5. Kendziora, Thomas (September 5, 2017). "Maryland football's Tyrrell Pigrome out for the season; Jesse Aniebonam out for 'several months'". Testudo Times. Retrieved September 23, 2017.
6. Kendziora, Thomas (September 9, 2017). "Maryland football cruises past Towson, 63-17, in home opener". Testudo Times. Retrieved September 23, 2017.
7. Kendziora, Thomas (September 9, 2017). "Explosive plays key Maryland football to convincing win over Towson". Testudo Times. Retrieved September 23, 2017.
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