Glaze was caught moving too far downfield, blocking in the endzone as the pass was caught. The flag came flying when offensive lineman D.J. The most painful one came late in the game, after Tagovailoa led them on a game-tying 68-yard drive in just 37 seconds, then seemingly completed the game-trying two-point conversion to Rakim Jarrett with 35 seconds left. The Terps, who were called for one penalty for five yards two weeks ago at Michigan, were hit with nine for 76 last week in a win over Michigan State and matched those totals precisely on Saturday. I don't think we got points on any of those turnovers and those are just critical that we come away with some points and when we get turnovers like that, especially on their side of the field.Īfter a week respite from their penalty issues, Maryland has fallen victim to its old self-defeating ways. "We had three opportunities with the turnovers on defense creative force there, the third quarter. When you fail to capitalize on a stretch of golden opportunities like that, it usually comes back to bite you. The playcalling also felt stale at times during that span, especially on a predictable Antwaine Littleton run that was stuffed on fourth down at the Maryland 48. "Our defense gave us a lot of opportunities to do that. "I think we did a good job of trying to fight back," Tagovailoa said. Amazingly, he completed all seven of his passes for a total of 19 yards during those three possessions after the takeaways.
Tagovailoa's final numbers look good and he played well overall, but he fell into a funk during that stretch and became shy about throwing downfield. In the three possessions following the turnovers, Maryland totaled 35 yards on 16 plays.
The defense forced those three consecutive turnovers, and the offense didn't squeeze a single point from them. The offense couldn't capitalize on a huge opportunity. Maryland also held Purdue to 63 rushing yards on 34 attempts. Turnovers have been hard to come by for Maryland, but not today. That third-quarter run of turnovers is the sort that usually pushes a team over the finish line in a tightly-matched game like this. Maryland's defense mostly kept up its string of stingy second halves, which had seen the Terps allow less than a touchdown per game in the second half during the first five games, before letting down late. It was far from a shutdown performance, as O'Connell went 30-41 for 360 yards and two touchdowns, but that's what he does he'd thrown for more yards than those 360 twice this season. But the defense stiffened aburptly, forcing turnovers on three straight Purdue possessions covering the third quarter: a Jakorian Benett interception, a fumble forced and recovered by Jaishawn Barham and a sack-fumble by Durell Nchami. The defense struggled early, allowing Purdue star quarterback Aidan O'Connell to lead his team to two touchdowns and a field goal in a span of three possessions to take a 17-10 lead and seize the momentum. Maryland's defense gave the team a good chance to win. Here's the good, the great, the bad and the ugly:ĭon't let Purdue's 31 points fool you. Maryland lost despite Taulia Tagovailoa's 315 passing yards and four total touchdowns, outgaining Purdue by 14 yards and winning the turnover battle, three to one. And I know that everybody in that locker room felt this was one that we let slip away." "A lot of disappointment in there and I think, you know we win as a team and we lose as a team. We have a lot of things not go our way today," Locksley said afterward. "This was one of these types of games, a 60-minute game, and they did the things necessary to win. But it fell by the wayside thanks to penalties and the offense's mid-game slump. That concern proved true on Saturday at SECU Stadium, when the Boilermakers outlasted Maryland in a game Mike Locksley's team will look back upon and focus on a long list of things it could've done differently to keep hope alive for that dream start. The Terps were playing well and facing a string of winnable games they could use to extend their 4-1 start into the sort of start they haven't had in years: 6-1, 7-1, maybe even 8-1, the kind of record and top-25 ranking this program has found impossible to come by in recent years. The biggest possible stumbling block during that string, it seemed, would be a dangerous Purdue team. Everything was lining up perfectly for Maryland football.
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