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2018 Maryland Terrapins football team

The 2018 Maryland Terrapins football team represents the University of Maryland during the 2018 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Terrapins play their home games at Maryland Stadium in College Park, Maryland and compete in the East Division of the Big Ten Conference. Matt Canada had been the acting head coach since August 11. Head coach DJ Durkin was fired on October 31, and Matt Canada was appointed as interim head coach that same day.[1]

2018 Maryland Terrapins football
Maryland Terrapins logo.svg
ConferenceBig Ten Conference
DivisionEast Division
2018 record5-3 (3-2 Big Ten)
Head coachMatt Canada
(interim Aug. 11 through Oct. 30 and since Oct. 31)
D. J. Durkin (3rd season, fired Oct. 31)
Offensive coordinatorMatt Canada (1st season)
Defensive coordinatorAndy Buh (3rd season)
Home stadiumMaryland Stadium
(Capacity: 51,802)
Seasons
← 2017
2019 →
2018 Big Ten football standings
Conf     Overall
Team   W   L         W   L  
East Division
No. 4 Michigan   6 – 0         8 – 1  
No. 10 Ohio State   5 – 1         8 – 1  
No. 18 Michigan State   4 – 2         6 – 3  
No. 20 Penn State   3 – 3         6 – 3  
Maryland   3 – 3         5 – 4  
Indiana   1 – 5         4 – 5  
Rutgers   0 – 6         1 – 8  
West Division
Northwestern   5 – 1         5 – 4  
Wisconsin   4 – 2         6 – 3  
Purdue   4 – 2         5 – 4  
No. 21 Iowa   3 – 3         6 – 3  
Illinois   2 – 4         4 – 5  
Nebraska   1 – 5         2 – 7  
Minnesota   1 – 5         4 – 5  
Championship: December 1, 2018
As of November 9, 2018; Rankings from College Football Playoff

Contents

Previous seasonEdit

The Terrapins finished the 2017 season 4–8, 2–7 in Big Ten play to finish in a tie for sixth place in the East Division.

Player death and culture controversyEdit

Main article: Jordan McNair

On May 29, Jordan McNair, a 19-year-old offensive lineman for Maryland, collapsed during a strenuous practice. He was hospitalized after visibly showing signs of extreme exhaustion with a body temperature of 106 °F (41 °C) recorded upon arrival.[2] He was later airlifted to the R Adams Cowley Shock Trauma Center to receive an emergency liver transplant,[3] where he died on June 13.[4] Though no cause of death was initially listed for McNair,[5] findings published by ESPN in August show that he likely died of a heat stroke, with teammates and medical staff noticing an apparent seizure one hour before a 911 call was placed. This corroborated a statement made by his parents a month earlier.[6]

An investigation started immediately after his death showed that McNair first showed signs of heat illness at 4:59 PM[7]:27–29 but did not arrive at the hospital for treatment until 6:36 PM[7]:32 and that trainers failed to recognize the signs of heat illness, nor did they take aggressive measures to cool him.[7]:18 A second investigation, into the culture of the Maryland football program, was started after ESPN published an investigative article in August 2018. Multiple staffers were suspended[8] and the strength and conditioning coach named as the main abuser in the ESPN report, Rick Court, resigned almost immediately after being suspended.[9] Head coach D.J. Durkin was also suspended and Matt Canada was named interim coach;[10] after the second investigation concluded that Maryland football did not have, by definition, a toxic culture, Durkin was reinstated on October 30,[11] only to be fired the next day by University President Wallace Loh.[12]

PreseasonEdit

Award watch listsEdit

Award Player Position Year
Rimington Trophy[13] Brendan Moore C SR
Maxwell Award[14] Ty Johnson RB SR
Ray Guy Award[15] Wade Lees P JR
Paul Hornung Award[16] Ty Johnson RB/KR SR
Wuerffel Trophy[17] Taivon Jacobs WR SR
Earl Campbell Tyler Rose Award[18] Brendon Moore[1] C SR

ScheduleEdit

DateTimeOpponentSiteTVResultAttendance
September 1 12:00 p.m. vs. No. 23 Texas*
FS1 W 34–29 47,641
September 8 6:00 p.m. at Bowling Green*
ESPN+ W 45–14 16,142
September 15 12:00 p.m. Temple*
BTN L 14–35 32,057
September 22 12:00 p.m. Minnesota
  • Maryland Stadium
  • College Park, MD
BTN W 42–13 36,211
October 6 12:00 p.m. at No. 15 Michigan
ABC L 21–42 110,452
October 13 12:00 p.m. Rutgers 
  • Maryland Stadium
  • College Park, MD
BTN W 34–7 32,995
October 20 12:00 p.m. at No. 19 Iowa
ESPN2 L 0–23 69,250
October 27 3:30 p.m. Illinois
  • Maryland Stadium
  • College Park, MD
BTN W 66–33 30,387
November 3 12:00 p.m. Michigan State
  • Maryland Stadium
  • College Park, MD
ESPN2 L 3–24
November 10 12:00 p.m. at Indiana
BTN
November 17 Ohio State
  • Maryland Stadium
  • College Park, MD
November 24 at Penn State
  • *Non-conference game
  •  Homecoming
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game
  • All times are in Eastern time

Source[19]

Game summariesEdit

vs TexasEdit

1 2 3 4 Total
No. 23 Longhorns 7 15 7 0 29
Terrapins 14 10 0 10 34
See also: 2018 Texas Longhorns football team
Overall record Last meeting Result
1–3 2017 W, 51–41

After a tumultuous offseason, Maryland emerged victorious against Texas 34-29 after shaking off a 30+ minute thunder delay. In Matt Canada's debut as interim head coach, Maryland forced three turnovers in the final 6:09 of the game after losing a 24-7 lead. Freshman Jeshaun Jones, in his first career game, completed the trifecta by passing for a touchdown, receiving a touchdown, and rushing for a touchdown. Most notably, the Terrapins paid tribute to the late Jordan McNair by lining up with 10 players on their first offensive play. Maryland waited for a delay of game penalty and Texas declined the penalty in a show of good sportsmanship. [20]

at Bowling GreenEdit

1 2 3 4 Total
Terrapins 0 10 7 28 45
Falcons 7 7 0 0 14
See also: 2018 Bowling Green Falcons football team
Overall record Last meeting Result
0–1 2015 L, 27–48

TempleEdit

1 2 3 4 Total
Owls 7 14 7 7 35
Terrapins 0 7 0 7 14
See also: 2018 Temple Owls football team
Overall record Last meeting Result
7–1 2012 W, 36–27

MinnesotaEdit

1 2 3 4 Total
Golden Gophers 0 10 3 0 13
Terrapins 14 7 14 7 42
See also: 2018 Minnesota Golden Gophers football team
Overall record Last meeting Result
2–1 2017 W, 31–24

at MichiganEdit

1 2 3 4 Total
Terrapins 7 0 0 14 21
No. 15 Wolverines 3 14 10 15 42
See also: 2018 Michigan Wolverines football team
Overall record Last meeting Result
1-6 2017 L, 10–35

RutgersEdit

1 2 3 4 Total
Scarlet Knights 0 0 0 7 7
Terrapins 10 14 10 0 34
See also: 2018 Rutgers Scarlet Knights football team
Overall record Last meeting Result
7–6 2017 L, 24–31

at IowaEdit

1 2 3 4 Total
Terrapins 0 0 0 0 0
No. 19 Hawkeyes 3 10 10 0 23
See also: 2018 Iowa Hawkeyes football team
Overall record Last meeting Result
1–1 2015 L, 15–31

IllinoisEdit

1 2 3 4 Total
Fighting Illini 0
Terrapins 0
See also: 2018 Illinois Fighting Illini football team
Overall record Last meeting Result
First meeting

Michigan StateEdit

1 2 3 4 Total
Spartans 0
Terrapins 0
See also: 2018 Michigan State Spartans football team
Overall record Last meeting Result
2–7 2017 L, 7–17

at IndianaEdit

1 2 3 4 Total
Terrapins 0
Hoosiers 0
See also: 2018 Indiana Hoosiers football team
Overall record Last meeting Result
2–4 2017 W, 42–39

Ohio StateEdit

1 2 3 4 Total
Buckeyes 0
Terrapins 0
See also: 2018 Ohio State Buckeyes football team
Overall record Last meeting Result
0–4 2017 L, 14–62

at Penn StateEdit

1 2 3 4 Total
Terrapins 0
Nittany Lions 0
See also: 2018 Penn State Nittany Lions football team
Overall record Last meeting Result
2–38–1 2017 L, 3–66

RosterEdit

2018 Maryland Terrapins football team roster
Players Coaches
Offense
Pos. # Name Class
WR 1 D. J. Turner Jr
RB 2 Lorenzo Harrison III Jr
QB 3 Tyrrell Pigrome   So
QB 4 Brian Clarkin Fr
RB 5 Anthony McFarland   Fr
WR 6 Jeshaun Jones Fr
WR 7 Dontay Demus Fr
RB 8 Tayon Fleet−Davis So
WR 9 Jahrvis Davenport Sr
WR 10 Jayden Comma   Fr
QB 11 Kasim Hill   Fr
WR 12 Tavion Jacobs   Sr
QB 13 Tyler Desue Fr
WR 14 Tahj Capehart So
QB 15 Legend Brumbaugh So
WR 15 Brian Cobbs Fr
QB 16 Brayden Hawkins Fr
TE 17 Chigoziem Okonkwo Fr
QB 18 Max Bortenschlager Jr
WR 19 M. J. Jarrell   Fr
RB 20 Javon Leake So
WR 21 Darryl Jones Fr
RB 23 Ikechukwu Ogwuegbu Jr
RB 24 Ty Johnson Sr
WR 26 Justin Brown Fr
RB 34 Jake Funk Jr
TE 45 Zack Roski So
TE 46 Robert Schwob So
OL 52 Evan Gregory Fr
OL 54 Spencer Anderson Fr
OL 55 Derwin Gray   Sr
OL 57 T. J. Bradley So
OL 58 Damian Prince   Sr
OL 63 Tyler Hamilton So
OL 64 Brendan Moore   Sr
OL 67 Tyran Hunt   Fr
OL 68 Ellis McKennie   Jr
OL 69 Gabriel Matthews Fr
OL 70 Sean Christie   Sr
OL 71 Jaelyn Duncan Fr
OL 72 Marcus Minor So
OL 73 Johnny Jordan So
OL 74 Brian Plummer   So
OL 75 Terrence Davis Jr
OL 76 Jack Wagman So
OL 79 Jordan McNair So
TE 80 Noah Barnes   So
TE 82 Avery Edwards Sr
WR 83 Carlos Carriere   Fr
WR 84 Chris Jones Sr
WR 85 Sean Nelson   Fr
TE 87 Michael Cornwell Sr
TE 89 Andrew Park   Fr
Defense
Pos. # Name Class
DB 2 Ravon Davis Sr
DB 3 Qwuantrezz Knight Jr
DB 4 Darnell Savage Jr. Sr
DL 6 Jesse Aniebonam   Sr
DB 7 Tino Ellis Jr
DB 8 Marcus Lewis   Jr
DL 9 Byron Cowart Jr
DL 10 Tyler Baylor Fr
DB 11 Fofie Bazzie   Fr
DB 12 Vincent Flythe Fr
DB 13 Rayshad Lewis   So
DB 14 Deon Jones   Fr
DB 15 Ken Montgomery Fr
LB 16 Ayinde Eley   Fr
LB 18 Jordan Mosley Fr
LB 19 Ahmad McCullough Fr
DB 20 Antwaine Richardson Jr
DB 21 Raymond Boone Fr
ILB 22 Isaiah Davis   Jr
DB 23 Fa′Najae Gotay Fr
DB 24 Kenny Bennett   Fr
DB 25 Antoine Brooks, Jr.   Jr
DB 26 Chigozie Onyekwere   Sr
DL 27 Bryce Brand So
LB 30 Durell Nchami Fr
LB 31 Nnamdi Egbuaba   Sr
DL 32 Antonio Dicerbo So
LB 32 Bruce Miller Sr
LB 33 Tre Watson Sr
DB 38 Freddie Montgomery Fr
LB 39 Steve Baca Jr
LB 40 Tanyi Makia   Fr
LB 42 Nick Underwood   Jr
LB 43 Wyatt Cook Sr
LB 44 Chance Campbell Fr
LB 48 Oladimeji Olayinka Fr
LB 49 David Brownlee Fr
DL 52 Oluwaseun Oluwatimi Jr
DL 55 Cam Spence   Fr
DL 59 Keiron Howard   Jr
DL 77 Cherokee Glasgow Fr
DL 88 Jalen Alexander Fr
DL 90 B'Ahmad Miller   Fr
DL 91 Adam McLean Jr
DL 92 Austin Fontaine Fr
DL 93 Oseh Saine   Jr
DL 95 Lawtez Rogers   Fr
DL 96 Brett Kulka   Sr
DL 97 Celso Rivera Sr
DL 98 Brandon Gaddy   Fr
DL 99 Breyon Gaddy   Fr
Special teams
Pos. # Name Class
K 27 Joseph Petrino Fr
K, P 32 Matt Barber Sr
LS 36 Matt Oliveira Sr
K 38 Paul Inzerillo So
K 41 Mike Shinsky Jr
LS 47 James Rosenberry Fr
P 88 Wade Lees Jr
K, P 97 Bentley Faulkner Fr
Head coach
Coordinators/assistant coaches
  • Andy Buh (Defensive Coordinator)
  • Matt Canada (Offensive Coordinator / Quarterbacks)
  • Chris Beatty (Associate Head Coach / Wide Receivers)
  • Jimmy Brumbaugh (Co-Defensive Coordinator / Defensive Line)
  • Dave Bucar (Tight Ends)
  • Bryan Stinespring (Offensive Line)
  • Aazaar Abdul-Rahim (Cornerbacks)
  • Chuck Heater (Safeties)
  • Matt Barnes (Linebackers / Special Teams Coordinator)
  • Jafar Williams (Running Backs)
  • Alex Garwig (Graduate Assistant)
  • Desmond Morgan (Graduate Assistant)
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  •   Injured
  •   Redshirt

Roster
Last update: September 15, 2018

NotesEdit

1.^ First name spelled as "Brendon" in the reference and as "Brendan" in the team roster.

ReferencesEdit

  1. ^ https://www.wusa9.com/article/news/local/college-park/umd-fires-head-football-coach-dj-durkin-after-reinstatement-announcement/610049736
  2. ^ Dougherty, Jesse (August 13, 2018). "Experts say Maryland may not have acted quickly enough to save football player". The Washington Post. Retrieved 1 November 2018.
  3. ^ Dougherty, Jesse (June 14, 2018). "Many questions remain unanswered in death of Maryland player Jordan McNair". The Washington Post. Retrieved 1 November 2018.
  4. ^ Dinich, Heather (June 14, 2018). "Maryland OL Jordan McNair, hospitalized after workout, dies at 19". ESPN. Retrieved 1 November 2018.
  5. ^ Dougherty, Jesse (June 13, 2018). "Jordan McNair, Maryland offensive lineman, dies". The Washington Post. Retrieved 1 November 2018.
  6. ^ Dinich, Heather (August 10, 2018). "Sources: Maryland OL Jordan McNair showed signs of extreme exhaustion". ESPN.
  7. ^ a b c Walters Inc. (September 21, 2018). An Independent Evaluation of Procedures and Protocols Related to the June 2018 death of a University of Maryland Football Student-athlete (PDF) (Report). University of Maryland. Archived (PDF) from the original on 23 September 2018. Retrieved 1 November 2018.
  8. ^ Dougherty, Jesse (August 10, 2018). "Maryland places athletic staffers on leave in wake of football player's death". The Washington Post.
  9. ^ Stubbs, Roman (August 15, 2018). "He came to Maryland to change its football culture. Now Rick Court is the first out the door". The Washington Post. Retrieved 1 November 2018.
  10. ^ Maese, Rick; Stubbs, Roman. "Maryland places DJ Durkin on administrative leave amid reports of football program's toxic culture". The Washington Post. Retrieved 11 August 2018.
  11. ^ Ginsberg, David (October 25, 2018). "Report: Maryland football not 'toxic,' but has problems". Associated Press. AP. Retrieved 1 November 2018.
  12. ^ "Maryland fires coach Durkin after reinstatement". October 31, 2018. Retrieved October 31, 2018.
  13. ^ "Rimington Trophy Press Release". May 30, 2018. Retrieved July 13, 2018.
  14. ^ "2018 Maxwell Award Watch List". July 16, 2018. Retrieved July 17, 2018.
  15. ^ "Ray Guy Award preseason watch list unveiled". July 25, 2018. Retrieved July 25, 2018.
  16. ^ "43 PLAYERS NAMED TO 2018 PAUL HORNUNG AWARD WATCH LIST". July 26, 2018. Retrieved July 26, 2018.
  17. ^ "Wuerffel Trophy Unveils 2018 Watch List". July 26, 2018. Retrieved July 26, 2018.
  18. ^ "2018 Nominations The Earl Campbell Tyler Rose Award" (PDF). August 16, 2018. Retrieved August 17, 2018.
  19. ^ "2018 Maryland Football Schedule".
  20. ^ "Maryland stuns No. 23 Texas 34-29 for interim coach Canada". September 3, 2018.
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