Temple University Athletics
Saturday, September 14
Philadelphia, Pa.
12:00pm
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Photo by: Zamani Feelings
Football Stands Tall on Defense, Takes Down #21 Maryland 20-17
9.14.19 | Football
PHILADELPHIA- In front of 30,610 fans the Temple Owls defeated the #21 Maryland Terrapins 20-17 in a hard-nosed defensive battle at Lincoln Financial Field. Both Temple and Maryland were coming off high-scoring affairs, but the defenses were up to the challenge and showed their dominance. The Owls stood tall on the goal line three times, and prevented a last minute comeback to seal the victory. The Owls are now 2-0 to start the season.
How it happened
> Maryland started the game with the ball first. They drove to midfield before Temple CB Harrison Hand intercepted a third-down pass to set the Owls up with great field position for their first offensive drive of the game.
> QB Anthony Russo connected with WR Branden Mack for 10-yards, then TE Kenny Yeboah for 15-yards, before finishing off the drive with a 29-yard touchdown to WR Isaiah Wright for a 7-0 lead.
> Temple forced another punt, but it was accidentally touched by an Owl and recovered by Maryland inside the redzone. Temple's defense stopped the Terrapins on the goal-line, forcing a turnover on downs.
> The Owls couldn't get much going from inside their own five yard-line and were forced to punt. An errant snap forced a safety and Maryland trailed, 7-2.
> On the following drive, Maryland drove to the Temple 25 yardline and missed a field goal wide left.
> The Temple defense gave the Terrapins fits throughout the second quarter. DT Ifeanyi Maijeh was in the backfield early and often, forcing the Terrapins to punt. At the half, the Owls led 7-2.
> Maryland struck first in the second half. The Terrapins took the ball 86 yards on 11 plays and scored on a four-yard rushing touchdown to take the lead, 9-7 with 8:20 left in the third quarter.
> On the first play of the next drive, Russo connected with Jadan Blue down the sideline for a 79 yard touchdown to take the lead back, 13-9.
> The Owls forced a quick three-and-out, but thwarted their opportunity at a score with an interception. Maryland took advantage of the turnover and scored a touchdown. Maijeh was able to get a hand on the extra-point, blocking it, to make the score 15-13 Maryland.
> The Owls had their next drive cut short on another fumble and Maryland took over as the third quarter ended.
> After forcing the Terrapins to punt on their next drive, the Owls put together a long scoring drive to take the lead back. RB tandem Jager Gardner and Re'Mahn Davis did the heavy lifting on the drive. The Owls got the ball into the redzone as Russo connected with Kenny Yeboah on a 7 yard bootleg pass. The Owls fooled the Terrapins with misdirection and Yeboah was alone in the corner of the endzone for the easy touchdown to give TU the 20-15 lead with 7:30 left to play.
> With five minutes remaining, the Terrapins were inside the Owls' five yardline and threatening to score. The defense had another goal line stand, stopping the Terrapins on consecutive runs from the one yardline to prevent the score.
> Following a Temple punt, the Owls defense had to hold strong again in their own redzone with three minutes left. It came down to another goal line stand and Temple stopped Maryland in its tracks and forced another turnover on downs.
> The Owls bled the clock and eventually took a safety as time expired to account for the final score in the 20-17 win.
Notes
> Temple coach Rod Carey becomes just the second Owl coach to defeat a nationally-ranked team in his first season. He joins Bobby Wallace, who defeated #14 Virginia Tech, 28-24, on Oct. 17, 1998.
> Career long touchdown throw from Russo to Jadan Blue 79-yards.
> Blue now has back-to-back 100-yard receiving games. He is the first Owl to do so since Jalen Fitzpatrick in 2014.
> Russo finished 20-of-37 for 277 yards with three touchdowns, and an interception.
> Blue finished with five catches for 132 yards and a touchdown.
> Davis finished with 15 carries for 92-yards.
> Gardner had 16 carries for 62-yards.
> Hand had 10 tackles and an interception.
> Bradley had eight tackles and three TFLs.
> Maijeh had six tackles, three TFLs, and two sacks.
Next Up
> Temple travels to Buffalo on September 21 for a 3:30 pm kickoff. The game will be televised by ESPNU and can be heard on 97.5 The Fanatic
How it happened
> Maryland started the game with the ball first. They drove to midfield before Temple CB Harrison Hand intercepted a third-down pass to set the Owls up with great field position for their first offensive drive of the game.
> QB Anthony Russo connected with WR Branden Mack for 10-yards, then TE Kenny Yeboah for 15-yards, before finishing off the drive with a 29-yard touchdown to WR Isaiah Wright for a 7-0 lead.
> Temple forced another punt, but it was accidentally touched by an Owl and recovered by Maryland inside the redzone. Temple's defense stopped the Terrapins on the goal-line, forcing a turnover on downs.
> The Owls couldn't get much going from inside their own five yard-line and were forced to punt. An errant snap forced a safety and Maryland trailed, 7-2.
> On the following drive, Maryland drove to the Temple 25 yardline and missed a field goal wide left.
> The Temple defense gave the Terrapins fits throughout the second quarter. DT Ifeanyi Maijeh was in the backfield early and often, forcing the Terrapins to punt. At the half, the Owls led 7-2.
> Maryland struck first in the second half. The Terrapins took the ball 86 yards on 11 plays and scored on a four-yard rushing touchdown to take the lead, 9-7 with 8:20 left in the third quarter.
> On the first play of the next drive, Russo connected with Jadan Blue down the sideline for a 79 yard touchdown to take the lead back, 13-9.
> The Owls forced a quick three-and-out, but thwarted their opportunity at a score with an interception. Maryland took advantage of the turnover and scored a touchdown. Maijeh was able to get a hand on the extra-point, blocking it, to make the score 15-13 Maryland.
> The Owls had their next drive cut short on another fumble and Maryland took over as the third quarter ended.
> After forcing the Terrapins to punt on their next drive, the Owls put together a long scoring drive to take the lead back. RB tandem Jager Gardner and Re'Mahn Davis did the heavy lifting on the drive. The Owls got the ball into the redzone as Russo connected with Kenny Yeboah on a 7 yard bootleg pass. The Owls fooled the Terrapins with misdirection and Yeboah was alone in the corner of the endzone for the easy touchdown to give TU the 20-15 lead with 7:30 left to play.
> With five minutes remaining, the Terrapins were inside the Owls' five yardline and threatening to score. The defense had another goal line stand, stopping the Terrapins on consecutive runs from the one yardline to prevent the score.
> Following a Temple punt, the Owls defense had to hold strong again in their own redzone with three minutes left. It came down to another goal line stand and Temple stopped Maryland in its tracks and forced another turnover on downs.
> The Owls bled the clock and eventually took a safety as time expired to account for the final score in the 20-17 win.
Notes
> Temple coach Rod Carey becomes just the second Owl coach to defeat a nationally-ranked team in his first season. He joins Bobby Wallace, who defeated #14 Virginia Tech, 28-24, on Oct. 17, 1998.
> Career long touchdown throw from Russo to Jadan Blue 79-yards.
> Blue now has back-to-back 100-yard receiving games. He is the first Owl to do so since Jalen Fitzpatrick in 2014.
> Russo finished 20-of-37 for 277 yards with three touchdowns, and an interception.
> Blue finished with five catches for 132 yards and a touchdown.
> Davis finished with 15 carries for 92-yards.
> Gardner had 16 carries for 62-yards.
> Hand had 10 tackles and an interception.
> Bradley had eight tackles and three TFLs.
> Maijeh had six tackles, three TFLs, and two sacks.
Next Up
> Temple travels to Buffalo on September 21 for a 3:30 pm kickoff. The game will be televised by ESPNU and can be heard on 97.5 The Fanatic
Team Stats
UMD
TEM
Total Yards
340
427
Pass Yards
179
277
Rushing Yards
161
150
Penalty Yards
88
65
1st Downs
19
21
3rd Downs
5
3
4th Downs
1
0
TOP
30:37
29:23
1st Quarter
UMD 0, TEM 7
TEM - WRIGHT,Isaiah 29 yd pass from RUSSO,Anthony (MOBLEY,Will kick) 4 plays, 59 yards, TOP 1:17
UMD 2, TEM 7
UMD - TEAM 8 yd safety
3rd Quarter
UMD 9, TEM 7
UMD - McFarland, A. 4 yd run (Montgomery, K. kick), 11 plays, 86 yards, TOP 4:34
UMD 9, TEM 13
TEM - BLUE,Jadan 79 yd pass from RUSSO,Anthony (RUSSO,Anthony passfailed) 1 plays, 79 yards, TOP 0:11
UMD 15, TEM 13
UMD - Mabry, Tyler 17 yd pass from Jackson, Josh (Inzerillo, Paul kickblocked) 7 plays, 73 yards, TOP 2:37
4th Quarter
UMD 15, TEM 20
TEM - YEBOAH,Kenny 7 yd pass from RUSSO,Anthony (MOBLEY,Will kick) 14 plays, 76 yards, TOP 5:43
UMD 17, TEM 20
UMD - TEAM 1 yd safety
Game Leaders
Passing Leaders
CMP
20
TD
3
YDS
277
INT
1
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