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.
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Previous season[edit]
They finished the season 3–9, 1–7 in Big Ten play to finish in last place in the East Division.
Schedule[edit]
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.[1]
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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
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
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 game
All times are in Eastern time
Schedule Source:[2]
Game summaries[edit]
Howard[edit]
1
2
3
4
Total
Bison
0
0
0
13
13
Terrapins
21
14
7
10
52
At FIU[edit]
1
2
3
4
Total
Terrapins
10
21
10
0
41
Panthers
0
7
0
7
14
At UCF[edit]
1
2
3
4
OT
2OT
Total
Terrapins
0
10
7
0
7
6
30
Knights
7
0
7
3
7
0
24
Purdue[edit]
1
2
3
4
Total
Boilermakers
0
0
0
7
7
Terrapins
8
21
7
14
50
At Penn State[edit]
1
2
3
4
Total
Terrapins
7
7
0
0
14
Nittany Lions
7
17
7
7
38
Minnesota[edit]
1
2
3
4
Total
Golden Gophers
0
14
3
14
31
Terrapins
0
0
0
10
10
Michigan State[edit]
1
2
3
4
Total
Spartans
0
14
3
0
17
Terrapins
8
6
0
14
28
At Indiana[edit]
1
2
3
4
Total
Terrapins
7
14
3
12
36
Hoosiers
13
3
13
13
42
At Michigan[edit]
1
2
3
4
Total
Terrapins
0
0
0
3
3
#2 Wolverines
14
21
10
14
59
Ohio State[edit]
1
2
3
4
Total
#6 Buckeyes
21
24
10
7
62
Terrapins
3
0
0
0
3
At Nebraska[edit]
1
2
3
4
Total
Terrapins
0
0
0
7
7
#19 Cornhuskers
14
7
7
0
28
Rutgers[edit]
1
2
3
4
Total
Scarlet Knights
0
7
6
0
13
Terrapins
14
7
7
3
31
Boston College–Quick Lane Bowl[edit]
1
2
3
4
Total
Terrapins
0
13
14
3
30
Eagles
6
23
7
0
36
2016 Maryland Terrapins football team roster
Players
Coaches
Offense
Defense
Special teams
Pos.
#
Name
Class
K
3
Adam Greene
Jr
P
16
Nicholas Rubinowicz
Fr
P
38
Lee Shrader
So
K
41
Mike Shinsky
Fr
LS
51
Matt Oliveira
So
LS
56
Nate Adams
Jr
P
88
Wade Lees
Fr
P, K
95
Nicolas Pritchard
So
K, P
97
Daniel Sutton
Jr
Head coach
Coordinators/assistant coaches
Andy Buh (defensive coordinator)
Walt Bell (offensive coordinator / quarterbacks)
Mike London (Associate head coach / Defensive Line)
Pete Lembo (assistant head coach / special teams coordinator / tight ends)
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