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Maryland Football: Michigan dominates the Terps
The Maryland football team traveled to Ann Arbor for an upset on their mind.
Unfortunately for the Terrapins, Saturday’s game was never in doubt. Michigan dominated Maryland for 60 minutes in a 59-3 rout.
Quarterback Wilton Speight completed 19-of-24 passes for 362 yards and two touchdowns through the air. He also added a rushing touchdown.
Michigan’s offense looked like a force to be reckoned with in the opening quarter.
The Wolverines scored touchdowns on their first two drives and made it look easy. Speight completed six of his first seven passes for 127 yards and a touchdown.
Speight also ran one in from 10 yards out when Maryland had all the Michigan wideouts smothered.
The Terps did get things going on their second drive.
After Ty Johnson was stopped for a five-yard loss in the backfield, quarterback Perry Hills looked to the screen game to accelerate the offense. Hills hit Levern Jacobs on the outside and Jacobs was able to scamper all the way to the Michigan 48-yard line.
The Terps got all the way down to the one-yard line before penalties set them back. Adam Greene ended up clanking a 29-yard field goal off the upright and Maryland came away with zero points on a once promising drive.
On the ensuing Wolverine drive, Michigan went 80 yards in seven plays and shredded the Maryland secondary. Running back De’Veon Smith punched it in from three yards out to give the Wolverines a 21-0 lead early in the second quarter.
Maryland’s offense was really set back after Hills was forced to exit the game with an apparent shoulder injury. Defensive end Chase Winovich hit Hills late and drove him into the turf.
Here’s the hit that took Perry out of the game: pic.twitter.com/b0whn8jxPH
— Terps Watch (@TerpsWatch) November 5, 2016
There was no flag thrown on the play.
Prior to the injury, Hills had completed 4-of-4 passes for 73 yards. Caleb Rowe replaced Hills for the remainder of the game.
Things really didn’t get any better once Rowe entered the game.
Rowe completed 11-of-20 passes for 180 yards, but did throw an interception. He did finally lead Maryland on a scoring drive, which ended in a 37-yard field goal from Greene with 10:34 left in the game.
It also didn’t help that Maryland couldn’t get the running game going.
The Terps averaged just 1.9 yards-per-carry. Lorenzo Harrison led the way with *nine carries for 58 yards on the afternoon.
The schedule doesn’t get any easier for Maryland.
The Terps host Ohio State next Saturday and face Nebraska on the road the following weekend. The best chance at bowl eligibility appears to be a home game against Rutgers to close out the regular season.
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