2016 Maryland Terrapins football team

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.

2016 Maryland Terrapins football
Quick Lane Bowl, L 30–36 vs. Boston College
Conference	Big Ten Conference
Division	East Division
2016 record	6–7 (3–6 Big Ten)
Head coach	D. J. Durkin (1st season)
Offensive coordinator	Walt Bell (1st season)
Offensive scheme	Spread
Defensive coordinator	Andy Buh (1st season)
Base defense	4–2–5
Home stadium	Maryland Stadium (Capacity: 51,802)

2016 Big Ten Conference football standings
	Conf							Overall
Team		W		L					W		L
East Division
No. 7 Penn State xy$		8	–	1					11	–	3
No. 6 Ohio State x^		8	–	1					11	–	2
No. 10 Michigan		7	–	2					10	–	3
Indiana		4	–	5					6	–	7
Maryland		3	–	6					6	–	7
Michigan State		1	–	8					3	–	9
Rutgers		0	–	9					2	–	10
West Division
No. 9 Wisconsin xy		7	–	2					11	–	3
Iowa		6	–	3					8	–	5
Nebraska		6	–	3					9	–	4
Minnesota		5	–	4					9	–	4
Northwestern		5	–	4					7	–	6
Illinois		2	–	7					3	–	9
Purdue		1	–	8					3	–	9
Championship: Penn State 38, Wisconsin 31
^ – College Football Playoff participant $ – Conference champion x – Division champion/co-champions y – Championship game participant Rankings from AP Poll

Previous season

They finished the season 3–9, 1–7 in Big Ten play to finish in last place in the East Division.

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.[1]

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*	Maryland Stadium College Park, MD	BTN	W 52–13	35,474
September 9	7:30 PM	at FIU*	FIU Stadium Miami, FL	CBSSN	W 41–14	17,084
September 17	7:00 PM	at UCF*	Bright House Networks Stadium Orlando, FL	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	Beaver Stadium University Park, PA (rivalry)	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	Memorial Stadium Bloomington, IN	ESPNU	L 36–42	38,291
November 5	3:30 PM	at No. 2 Michigan	Michigan Stadium Ann Arbor, MI	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	Memorial Stadium Lincoln, NE	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*	Ford Field Detroit, MI (Quick Lane Bowl)	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

Howard

	1	2	3	4	Total
Bison	0	0	0	13	13
Terrapins	21	14	7	10	52

See also: 2016 Howard Bison football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
First meeting

at FIU

	1	2	3	4	Total
Terrapins	10	21	10	0	41
Panthers	0	7	0	7	14

Further information: 2016 FIU Panthers football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
4–0	2013	MD, 43–10

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

See also: 2016 UCF Knights football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
First meeting

Purdue

	1	2	3	4	Total
Boilermakers	0	0	0	7	7
Terrapins	8	21	7	14	50

See also: 2016 Purdue Boilermakers football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
1–0	December 29, 2006	Maryland, 24–7

at Penn State

	1	2	3	4	Total
Terrapins	7	7	0	0	14
Nittany Lions	7	17	7	7	38

See also: 2016 Penn State Nittany Lions football team and Maryland–Penn State football rivalry

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
2–36–1	October 24, 2015	Penn State, 31–30

Minnesota

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

See also: 2016 Minnesota Golden Gophers football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
1–0	December 22, 1977	Maryland, 17–7

Michigan State

	1	2	3	4	Total
Spartans	0	14	3	0	17
Terrapins	8	6	0	14	28

See also: 2016 Michigan State Spartans football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
1–6	November 14, 2015	Michigan State, 24–7

at Indiana

	1	2	3	4	Total
Terrapins	7	14	3	12	36
Hoosiers	13	3	13	13	42

See also: 2016 Indiana Hoosiers football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
1–3	November 21, 2015	Indiana, 47–28

at Michigan

	1	2	3	4	Total
Terrapins	0	0	0	3	3
#2 Wolverines	14	21	10	14	59

See also: 2016 Michigan Wolverines football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
1–4	October 3, 2015	Michigan, 28–0

Ohio State

	1	2	3	4	Total
#6 Buckeyes	21	24	10	7	62
Terrapins	3	0	0	0	3

See also: 2016 Ohio State Buckeyes football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
0–2	October 10, 2015	Ohio State, 49–28

at Nebraska

	1	2	3	4	Total
Terrapins	0	0	0	7	7
#19 Cornhuskers	14	7	7	0	28

See also: 2016 Nebraska Cornhuskers football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
First meeting

Rutgers

	1	2	3	4	Total
Scarlet Knights	0	7	6	0	13
Terrapins	14	7	7	3	31

See also: 2016 Rutgers Scarlet Knights football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
6–5	November 28, 2015	Maryland, 46–41

Boston College–Quick Lane Bowl

	1	2	3	4	Total
Terrapins	0	13	14	3	30
Eagles	6	23	7	0	36

See also: 2016 Boston College Eagles football team and 2016 Quick Lane Bowl

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
3–8	November 23, 2013	Boston College, 29–26

Roster

2016 Maryland Terrapins football team roster
Players			Coaches
Offense Pos. # Name Class WR 1 D. J. Moore So QB 2 Caleb Henderson (I)  So QB 3 Tyrrell Pigrome Fr RB 5 Wes Brown Sr RB 6 Ty Johnson So QB 7 Caleb Rowe  Sr WR 8 Levern Jacobs  Sr RB 9 Trey Edmunds  Sr WR 10 D. J. Turner Fr QB 11 Perry Hills Sr WR 12 Tavion Jacobs  Jr WR 13 DeAndre Lane Sr QB 14 Gage Shaffer  Fr WR 17 Tino Ellis Fr QB 18 Max Bortenschlager Fr WR 19 Teldrick Morgan  Sr RB 23 Lorenzo Harrison III Fr RB 30 Kenneth Goins Sr RB 32 LaDerrien Wilson Fr RB 33 Andrew Stefanelli Sr RB 34 Jake Funk Fr RB 35 Marcus Smith  Jr WR 37 Josh Bekoe Sr WR 37 Chris Jones Jr RB 40 Ikechukwu Ogwuegbu Fr RB 42 Tehuti Miles Sr TE 44 Andrew Isaacs  Jr TE 47 Kevin Woodeshick So TE 48 Derrick Hayward Jr OL 53 Quarvez Boulware  Fr OL 54 JaJuan Dulaney Jr OL 55 Derwin Gray  So OL 57 Richard Merritt Fr OL 58 Damian Prince  So OL 63 Mike Minter Jr OL 64 Brendan Moore  So OL 68 Ellis McKennie  Fr OL 69 Joe Marchese  Jr OL 70 Sean Christie  So OL 71 E. J. Donahue  Fr OL 74 Brian Plummer Fr OL 75 Terrence Davis Fr OL 76 Michael Dunn Sr OL 77 Will McClain  Fr OL 79 Maurice Shelton Sr TE 80 Noah Barnes Fr WR 81 Zac Morton  So TE 82 Avery Edwards So WR 83 Malcolm Culmer Sr WR 84 Jacquille Veii Sr WR 85 Jahrvis Davenport So WR 87 Michael Cornwell So TE 89 Eric Roca Jr	Defense Pos. # Name Class LB 2 Shane Cockerille Jr DB 4 William Likely Sr DB 6 Milan Collins Jr DB 7 J. C. Jackson  So DB 10 Josh Woods Jr DB 11 Denzel Conyers Sr DB 12 Elijah Daniels Fr LB 13 Antoine Brooks Jr DB 14 J. T. Ventura  Jr DE 15 Melvin Keihn  So DB 16 Milan Barry-Pollock Sr DL 18 Cavon Walker  Jr LB 19 Cal Kee  Fr DB 20 Antwaine Richardson Fr DB 21 RaVon Davis  So ILB 22 Isaiah Davis  Fr LB 23 Jermaine Carter Jr DB 24 Qwuantrezz Knight Fr DB 26 Darnell Savage So DB 27 Alvin Hill  Sr DB 28 Elisha Daniels Fr DB 29 Allen Corbin Sr LB 31 Nnamdi Egbuaba  So DB 32 Jarrett Ross Sr DB 33 Luke Cheswick Jr ILB 38 Brett Zanotto So LB 39 Steve Baca Fr DL 41 Jesse Aniebonam Jr LB 43 Jalen Brooks Jr DB 45 Dimitri Lee  So LB 46 Tyler Burke  So ILB 49 Gus Little  Fr OLB 50 Mbi Tanyi So DL 52 Malik Jones Jr LB 54 Brett Shepherd Fr DE 55 Dion Goldbourne Fr LB 56 Matt Gillespie  So DL 57 Kingsley Opara Jr DL 59 Keiron Howard  Fr DL 60 Sean Oluwatimi Fr DL 67 David Shaw Jr DL 90 Roman Braglio Sr DL 91 Adam McLean Fr DL 92 Chandler Burkett Jr DL 93 Oseh Saine  Fr DL 95 Azubuike Ukandu Sr DL 96 Brett Kulka  So	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 D. J. Durkin 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) Dave Borbely (Offensive Line) Aazaar Abdul-Rahim (Defensive Backs) Matt Barnes (Linebackers) Chris Beatty (Wide Receivers) Anthony Tucker (Running Backs) Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible Injured Redshirt Roster Last update: September 30, 2016

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]

All-Conference All-Big Ten Player Selection Ref. Michael Dunn Honorable Mention (Coaches & Media) [6] Jermaine Carter Honorable Mention (Media) [7] Shane Cockerille Honorable Mention (Media) [7]

References

1. "2016-17 BIG TEN FOOTBALL SCHEDULES ANNOUNCED" (Press release). University of Maryland Department of Athletics. July 11, 2013. Retrieved December 1, 2015.
2. "2016 Maryland Terrapins Football Schedule". FB Schedules. Retrieved December 1, 2015.
3. "Big Ten Football Players of the Week". www.bigten.org. Big Ten Conference. October 3, 2016. Archived from the original on October 5, 2016. Retrieved November 16, 2016.
4. "Big Ten Football Players of the Week". www.bigten.org. Big Ten Conference. October 24, 2016. Archived from the original on October 25, 2016. Retrieved November 16, 2016.
5. "Big Ten Football Players of the Week". www.bigten.org. Big Ten Conference. November 29, 2016. Archived from the original on November 30, 2016. Retrieved November 29, 2016.
6. "2016 Big Ten Individual Award Winners" (PDF). www.grfx.cstv.com. Big Ten Conference. Retrieved December 1, 2016.
7. "2016 Big Ten Individual Award Winners" (PDF). www.grfx.cstv.com. Big Ten Conference. November 29, 2016. Retrieved November 30, 2016.