2015 Maryland Terrapins football team

2015 Maryland Terrapins football
Conference Big Ten Conference
Division East Division
2015 record 3–9 (1–7 Big Ten)
Head coach Randy Edsall (fired after 6 games),
Mike Locksley (interim) (1st year)
Offensive coordinator Mike Locksley (4th year)
Offensive scheme Multiple
Defensive coordinator Keith Dudzinski (1st as DC, 4th overall year)
Base defense 4–3
Home stadium Byrd Stadium
(Capacity: 51,802)
2015 Big Ten football standings
Conf     Overall
Team   W   L         W   L  
East Division
#6 Michigan State xy$^   7 – 1         12 – 2  
#4 Ohio State x   7 – 1         12 – 1  
#12 Michigan   6 – 2         10 – 3  
Penn State   4 – 4         7 – 6  
Indiana   2 – 6         6 – 7  
Rutgers   1 – 7         4 – 8  
Maryland   1 – 7         3 – 9  
West Division
#9 Iowa x   8 – 0         12 – 2  
#23 Northwestern   6 – 2         10 – 3  
#21 Wisconsin   6 – 2         10 – 3  
Nebraska   3 – 5         6 – 7  
Minnesota   2 – 6         6 – 7  
Illinois   2 – 6         5 – 7  
Purdue   1 – 7         2 – 10  
Championship: Michigan State 16, Iowa 13
  • ^ – College Football Playoff participant
  • $ – Conference champion
  • x – Division champion/co-champions
  • y – Championship game participant
As of January 2, 2016; Rankings from AP Poll

The 2015 Maryland Terrapins football team represented the University of Maryland, College Park in the 2015 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Terrapins were led by fifth-year head coach Randy Edsall, who was fired after starting the season 2–4. Offensive Coordinator Mike Locksley was promoted to interim head coach for the remainder of the season.[1] They played their home games at Byrd Stadium. They finished the season 3–9, 1–7 in Big Ten play to finish in last place in the East Division.

Previous season

The 2014 Maryland Terrapins football team finished the regular season 7-5, with a highlight win against Indiana the team's first Big Ten Conference win. After defeating the Penn State Nittany Lions the Terrapins become bowl eligible and was invited to play in the 2014 Foster Farms Bowl against the Stanford Cardinal of the Pac-12 Conference. Maryland lost to the Cardinal in Santa Clara, California 21–45 finishing their 2014 Season at 7-6.

Schedule

Maryland announced their 2015 football schedule on June 3, 2013. The 2015 schedule consisted of 6 home, 5 away, and 1 neutral site games in the regular season. The Terrapins hosted Big Ten foes Indiana, Michigan, and Wisconsin and traveled to Iowa, Michigan State, the defending champions Ohio State, and Rutgers. Maryland played Penn State in Baltimore at the M&T Bank Stadium for the 39th meeting of their rivalry[2]

The Terrapins hosted three of their four non conference games against Bowling Green, Richmond and South Florida (USF). Maryland traveled to Morgantown, West Virginia to face rival West Virginia of the Big 12 Conference on September 26.

Date Time Opponent Site TV Result Attendance
September 5 12:00 PM No. 18 (FCS) Richmond* Byrd Stadium • College Park, MD ESPNU W 50–21   38,117
September 12 12:00 PM Bowling Green* Byrd Stadium • College Park, MD BTN L 27–48   36,332
September 19 12:00 PM South Florida* Byrd Stadium • College Park, MD ESPNU W 35–17   36,827
September 26 3:00 PM at West Virginia* Mountaineer Field • Morgantown, WV (Rivalry) FS1 L 6–45   61,174
October 3 12:00 PM No. 22 Michigan Byrd Stadium • College Park, MD BTN L 0–28   51,802
October 10 12:00 PM at No. 1 Ohio State Ohio Stadium • Columbus, OH BTN L 28–49   107,869
October 24 3:30 PM vs. Penn State M&T Bank Stadium • Baltimore, MD (Rivalry) ESPN L 30–31   68,948
October 31 3:30 PM at No. 10 Iowa Kinnick Stadium • Iowa City, IA ABC/ESPN2 L 15–31   62,667
November 7 3:30 PM Wisconsindagger Byrd Stadium • College Park, MD BTN L 24–31   44,678
November 14 12:00 PM at No. 14 Michigan State Spartan Stadium • East Lansing, MI ESPN2 L 7–24   73,406
November 21 12:00 PM Indiana Byrd Stadium • College Park, MD BTN L 28–47   33,685
November 28 12:00 PM at Rutgers High Point Solutions Stadium • Piscataway, NJ (Rivalry) BTN W 46–41   44,846
*Non-conference game. daggerHomecoming. #Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Eastern Time Zone.
Schedule Source:[3]

Roster

2015 Maryland Terrapins football team roster
Players Coaches
Offense
Pos. # Name Class
WR 1 Moore, D. J.D. J. Moore Fr
QB 2 Cockerille, ShaneShane Cockerille So
RB 5 Brown, WesWes Brown Jr
RB 6 Johnson, TyTy Johnson Fr
WR 6 Morton, ZacZac Morton  Fr
QB 7 Rowe, CalebCaleb Rowe  Jr
WR 8 Jacobs, LevernLevern Jacobs  Jr
QB 11 Hills, PerryPerry Hills Jr
WR 12 Jacobs, TavionTavion Jacobs  Jr
WR 13 Lane, DeAndreDeAndre Lane Jr
QB 14 Shaffer, GageGage Shaffer Fr
QB 16 Foreman, DexterDexter Foreman  Sr
QB 18 Garman, DaxxDaxx Garman Sr
RB 29 Riddle, JoeJoe Riddle Jr
RB 30 Goins, KennethKenneth Goins Jr
RB 33 Stefanelli, AndrewAndrew Stefanelli Jr
RB 35 Smith, MarcusMarcus Smith  So
RB 42 Miles, TehutiTehuti Miles Jr
TE 44 Isaacs, AndrewAndrew Isaacs Jr
RB 45 Ross, BrandonBrandon Ross Sr
TE 48 Hayward, DerrickDerrick Hayward So
OL 50 Mulrooney, EvanEvan Mulrooney Sr
OL 53 Boulware, QuarvezQuarvez Boulware Fr
OL 54 Dulaney, JaJuanJaJuan Dulaney So
OL 55 Doyle, RyanRyan Doyle Sr
OL 58 Prince, DamianDamian Prince  Fr
OL 60 Grommer, StephenStephen Grommer Sr
OL 63 Minter, MikeMike Minter So
OL 64 Moore, BrendanBrendan Moore  Fr
OL 65 Zimmerman, MasonMason Zimmerman Fr
OL 66 Zeller, AndrewAndrew Zeller Sr
OL 68 McKennie, EllisEllis McKennie Fr
OL 69 Marchese, JoeJoe Marchese So
OL 70 Christie, SeanSean Christie  Fr
OL 71 Donahue, E. J.E. J. Donahue Fr
OL 74 Smith, TylerTyler Smith Fr
OL 75 Gray, DerwinDerwin Gray  Fr
OL 76 Dunn, MichaelMichael Dunn Jr
OL 77 McClain, WillWill McClain Fr
OL 79 Shelton, MauriceMaurice Shelton Jr
WR 81 Bekoe, JoshJosh Bekoe Jr
TE 82 Edwards, AveryAvery Edwards Fr
WR 83 Culmer, MalcolmMalcolm Culmer Jr
WR 84 Etta-Tawo, AmbaAmba Etta-Tawo Jr
WR 85 Davenport, JahrvisJahrvis Davenport Fr
TE 86 Gray, AndrewAndrew Gray  Fr
WR 87 Cornwell, MichaelMichael Cornwell Fr
TE 88 Gallo, P. J.P. J. Gallo Jr
TE 89 Roca, EricEric Roca So
 Defense
Pos. # Name Class
DB 2 Collins, MilanMilan Collins So
DB 3 Barry-Pollock, MilanMilan Barry-Pollock Jr
DB 4 Likely, WilliamWilliam Likely Jr
DL 7 Ngakoue, YannickYannick Ngakoue Jr
LB 9 Burke, TylerTyler Burke  Fr
DB 11 Conyers, DenzelDenzel Conyers Jr
DB 17 Woods, JoshJosh Woods So
DB 19 Hendy, A. J.A. J. Hendy  Sr
DB 20 Nixon, AnthonyAnthony Nixon Sr
DB 21 Davis, SeanSean Davis Sr
ILB 22 Davis, IsaiahIsaiah Davis Fr
LB 23 Carter, JermaineJermaine Carter So
DB 24 Ezeagwu, DanielDaniel Ezeagwu So
DB 24 Ventura, J. T.J. T. Ventura So
DB 25 Carter, AntwaineAntwaine Carter So
DB 26 Savage, DarnellDarnell Savage So
DB 27 Hill, AlvinAlvin Hill  Jr
LB 31 Egbuaba, NnamdiNnamdi Egbuaba  Fr
DB 32 Ross, JarrettJarrett Ross Jr
LB 34 Ashiru, JeffersonJefferson Ashiru Sr
DB 36 Dennah, ElvisElvis Dennah So
LB 37 Thompson, AveryAvery Thompson Sr
ILB 38 Zanotto, BrettBrett Zanotto Fr
DL 39 Walker, CavonCavon Walker Jr
DL 41 Aniebonam, JesseJesse Aniebonam So
LB 42 Dean, BrockBrock Dean Jr
LB 43 Brooks, JalenJalen Brooks So
LB 46 Logan, AbnerAbner Logan Jr
DE 47 Keihn, MelvinMelvin Keihn So
DL 49 Franco, RubenRuben Franco Jr
ILB 49 Little, GusGus Little Fr
DL 52 Jones, MalikMalik Jones So
LB 56 Gillespie, MattMatt Gillespie  Fr
DL 57 Opara, KingsleyKingsley Opara So
DL 59 Howard, KeironKeiron Howard Fr
OLB 61 Tanyi, MbiMbi Tanyi Fr
DL 67 Shaw, DavidDavid Shaw So
DL 78 Tucker, TyTy Tucker Jr
DL 90 Braglio, RomanRoman Braglio Jr
DL 92 Burkett, ChandlerChandler Burkett So
DL 93 Saine, OsehOseh Saine Fr
DL 95 Ukandu, AzubuikeAzubuike Ukandu Jr
DL 96 Kulka, BrettBrett Kulka  Fr
DL 99 Jefferson, QuintonQuinton Jefferson  Jr
 Special teams
Pos. # Name Class
K 3 Greene, AdamAdam Greene So
K 15 Craddock, BradBrad Craddock Sr
P 16 Rubinowicz, NicholasNicholas Rubinowicz Fr
P 38 Shrader, LeeLee Shrader  Fr
LS 51 Oliveira, MattMatt Oliveira Fr
LS 56 Adams, NateNate Adams So
LS 59 Carpenter, ChristianChristian Carpenter Jr
P, K 95 Pritchard, NicolasNicolas Pritchard Fr
K, P 97 Sutton, DanielDaniel Sutton So
Head coach
Coordinators/assistant coaches
  • Keith Dudzinski (Defensive Coordinator / Inside Linebackers)
  • John Dunn (Tight Ends / Recruiting Coordinator)
  • Lyndon Johnson (Assistant Head Coach / Outside Linebackers)
  • Keenan McCardell (Wide Receivers)
  • Greg Studrawa (Offensive Line)
  • Chad Wilt (Defensive Line)
  • Terry Richardson (Running Backs)
  • Darrell Perkins (Defensive Backs)
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  • Injured
  • Redshirt

Roster
Last update: January 11, 2016

References

  1. ↑ Stubbs, Roman (October 11, 2015). "Maryland Fires Football Coach Randy Edsall". The Washington Post. Retrieved October 26, 2015.
  2. ↑ "2015 Big Ten Football Schedule Announced" (Press release). University of Maryland Department of Athletics. June 3, 2013. Retrieved January 16, 2015.
  3. ↑ "2015 Maryland Terrapins Football Schedule". FB Schedules. Retrieved January 16, 2015.
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