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.

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.
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 from the American Athletic Conference and the Florida International Panthers from Conference USA.

Game summaries

Howard

at FIU

Overall recordLast meetingResult
4–02013MD, 43–10

at UCF

Purdue

Overall recordLast meetingResult
1–0December 29, 2006Maryland, 24–7

at Penn State

Overall recordLast meetingResult
2–36–1October 24, 2015Penn State, 31–30

Minnesota

Overall recordLast meetingResult
1–0December 22, 1977Maryland, 17–7

Michigan State

Overall recordLast meetingResult
1–6November 14, 2015Michigan State, 24–7

at Indiana

Overall recordLast meetingResult
1–3November 21, 2015Indiana, 47–28

at Michigan

Overall recordLast meetingResult
1–4October 3, 2015Michigan, 28–0

Ohio State

Overall recordLast meetingResult
0–2October 10, 2015Ohio State, 49–28

at Nebraska

Rutgers

Overall recordLast meetingResult
6–5November 28, 2015Maryland, 46–41

Boston College–Quick Lane Bowl

Overall recordLast meetingResult
3–8November 23, 2013Boston College, 29–26

Roster

Awards and honors

Weekly
PlayerAwardDate AwardedRef.
Ty JohnsonBig Ten Offensive Player of the WeekOctober 3, 2016
Lorenzo HarrisonBig Ten Freshman of the WeekOctober 24, 2016
Teldrick MorganBig Ten Special Teams Player of the WeekNovember 29, 2016

All-Conference
PlayerSelectionRef.
Michael DunnHonorable Mention
Jermaine CarterHonorable Mention
Shane CockerilleHonorable Mention