2001 Maryland Terrapins football team

2001 Maryland Terrapins football
ACC champion
Orange Bowl, L 23–56 vs. Florida
ConferenceAtlantic Coast Conference
Ranking
CoachesNo. 10
APNo. 11
Record10–2 (7–1 ACC)
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorCharlie Taaffe (1st season)
Defensive coordinatorGary Blackney (1st season)
Home stadiumByrd Stadium
2001 Atlantic Coast Conference football standings
Conf. Overall
Team   W   L     W   L  
No. 11 $   7 – 1     10 – 2  
No. 15 Florida State   6 – 2     8 – 4  
North Carolina   5 – 3     8 – 5  
Clemson   4 – 4     7 – 5  
No. 24 Georgia Tech   4 – 4     8 – 5  
NC State   4 – 4     7 – 5  
Wake Forest   3 – 5     6 – 5  
Virginia   3 – 5     5 – 7  
Duke   0 – 8     0 – 11  
  • $ – BCS representative as conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

The 2001 Maryland Terrapins football team represented the University of Maryland in its 49th season in the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC). The Terps closed the regular season with a record of 10–1, with its only loss coming to Florida State. The Terps won the ACC championship and were granted a Bowl Championship Series berth in the 2002 Orange Bowl. It was Maryland's first bowl game since 1990, first winning season since 1995, and first conference championship since 1985.

Preseason

In 2001, despite the Terrapins' disappointing recent finishes, Ralph Friedgen inherited a good situation as their new head coach. His predecessor, Ron Vanderlinden, and the Maryland team had just barely fallen shy of winning seasons for the last two years in a row. Additionally, the 2001 squad was returning many experienced, quality players.[1]

Regular season

Maryland won its first four games, including against strong conference competitor Wake Forest (27–20) and regional rival West Virginia (32–20), to earn a spot in the AP rankings for the first time since September 1995, at #25. The Terrapins then met their main rival Virginia in College Park, and beat them by a 20-point margin (41–21).[2]

The Terps went on to Atlanta to face #15 Georgia Tech. With 5 seconds left on the clock in the fourth quarter, and Maryland trailing 17–14, the Terps were forced to try for the tying field goal from 46 yards. Their kicker, redshirt freshman Nick Novak, had earlier missed a field goal attempt, bouncing it off an upright, and had an overall unimpressive record in his early career. However, Novak made the 46-yard field goal, sending the game into overtime, where he again made good on a 26-yard field goal, winning the game for Maryland (20–17). By the end of his college career Novak would go on to become the ACC all-time leading point scorer with 393 points, and capture the ACC record for 80 field goals.

After sailing past Duke (59–17) on Homecoming weekend, then #10 Maryland traveled to Tallahassee to face #18 Florida State. Despite being tied through the third quarter (31–31), Florida State handed Maryland their only defeat (52–31) during the season, dropping their AP ranking to #15.[2]

Maryland then defeated Troy State, 47–14.[2] The Terrapins played the season's final home game against Clemson, which they defeated, 37–20, to ensure at least a share of the ACC championship.[3] The following week, Maryland secured the ACC title outright when quarterback Shaun Hill threw a short touchdown pass to Guilian Gary in the front corner of the end zone with 41 seconds remaining to defeat NC State, 23–19.[4] The Terrapins closed the regular season ranked #6 in the nation and first in the conference, with a record of 10–1 (ACC: 7–1). The Terrapins, having secured the 2001 ACC championship, became the first time any team other than Florida State had won it outright since Florida State entered the conference in 1991. Additionally, Ralph Friedgen became the only first-year coach to ever win the ACC title.[2]

Postseason

As ACC champions, the Terps earned a berth in the Orange Bowl to face Steve Spurrier's #5 Florida out of the SEC, in a BCS match-up. The Gators beat the Terrapins with a lop-sided result (56–23). Thus, Maryland ended the post-season with a 10–2 record, ranked #10 in the nation.[2]

Schedule

DateTimeOpponentRankSiteTVResultAttendance
September 112:00 pmNorth Carolina
ABCW 23–744,080
September 86:00 pmEastern Michigan*
  • Byrd Stadium
  • College Park, MD
W 50–342,105
September 223:30 pmat Wake Forest
W 27–2022,372
September 2912:00 pmWest Virginia*
  • Byrd Stadium
  • College Park, MD (rivalry)
W 32–2040,166
October 612:00 pmVirginiaNo. 25
  • Byrd Stadium
  • College Park, MD (rivalry)
JPSW 41–2144,197
October 117:30 pmat No. 15 Georgia TechNo. 22
ESPNW 20–17 OT40,574
October 201:00 pmDukeNo. 12
  • Byrd Stadium
  • College Park, MD
JPSW 59–1743,528
October 273:30 pmat No. 18 Florida StateNo. 10
ABCL 31–5282,565
November 31:00 pmTroy State*No. 15
  • Byrd Stadium
  • College Park, MD
W 47–1438,415
November 107:00 pmClemsonNo. 13
  • Byrd Stadium
  • College Park, MD
ESPN2W 37–2052,462
November 177:45 pmat NC StateNo. 10
ESPNW 23–1951,500
January 28:00 pmvs. No. 5 Florida*No. 6
ABCL 23–5673,640
  • *Non-conference game
  • Homecoming
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game
  • All times are in Eastern time

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Roster

2001 Maryland Terrapins football team roster
Players Coaches
Offense
Pos. # Name Class
OL C.J. Brooks
OL Lamar Bryant
RB 9 Jason Crawford Fr
OT 78 Matt Crawford Jr
RB Chris Downs Sr
TE 82 Jeff Dugan So
RB Bernie Fiddler So
TE 87 Ryan Flynn Fr
C 67 Melvin Fowler Sr
WR 21 Guilian Gary Sr
QB Latrez Harrison Jr
QB 14 Shaun Hill Sr
QB Chris Kelley Fr
RB Chad Killian Jr
FB 5 James Lynch So
WR Scooter Monroe
TE 88 Matt Murphy Sr
RB 22 Rich Parson Fr
RB 1 Bruce Perry So
RB Marc Riley Sr
WR Ike Roberts Fr
WR Maurice Shanks Fr
WR Steve Suter Fr
WR Daryl Whitmer Sr
OL Todd Wike
WR Jafar Williams So
Defense
Pos. # Name Class
LB Leroy Ambush So
LB Kevin Bishop
LB 51 Omid Janloo Fr
DB Jamal Chance Jr
LB 47 Jon Condo Fr
CB 30 Curome Cox So
DL C.J. Feldheim
CB 6 Domonique Foxworth Fr
LB Monte Graves
CB 19 Richard Harrigan Sr
LB 42 E. J. Henderson Jr
DT 98 Charles Hill Sr
DB Tony Jackson Sr
LB 32 Leon Joe So
DB Randall Jones Sr
DB Rod Littles Sr
LB Marlon Moore Sr
DB 28 Mohammad Emamhosseini Sr
CB 11 Tony Okanlawon Sr
DL Durrand Roundtree
DT 57 Randy Starks So
DB Tyrone Stewart Jr
DL Ryan Swift
LB Aaron Thompson
LB Mike Whaley
DB Curtis Williams Fr
S 34 Madieu Williams  Jr
DB Dennard Wilson
Special teams
Pos. # Name Class
P 16 Brooks Barnard Jr
K 46 Nick Novak Fr
K Vedad Siljkovic Sr
Head coach
Coordinators/assistant coaches
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  • Injured
  • Redshirt

Roster
Last update: 2001-11-07

Rankings

See also: 2001 NCAA Division I-A football rankings
Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking
— = Not ranked т = Tied with team above or below
Week
PollPre123456789101112131415Final
AP—————25221210151310877611
Coaches—————252014121611997 т7610
BCSNot released8—151212111010Not released

Game summaries

North Carolina

North Carolina at Maryland
Team 1 234Total
Tar Heels 7 000 7
• Terrapins 7 2014 23
  • Date: September 1
  • Location: Byrd Stadium, College Park, MD
  • Game start: 12:10 pm EDT
  • Elapsed time: 2:50
  • Game attendance: 44,080
  • Referee: Jack Childress
  • TV announcers (ABC): Mike Tirico, David Norrie
  
Scoring summary
113:12UNCWillie Parker 77-yard run (J. Reed kick)UNC 7–0
6:33MDJ. Williams 20-yard pass from S. Hill (N. Novak kick)Tied 7–7
211:43MDSafety, T. StewartMD 9–7
413:19MDS. Monroe 5-yard pass from S. Hill (N. Novak kick)MD 16–7
6:35MDM. Riley 1-yard run (N. Novak kick)MD 23–7
See also: 2001 North Carolina Tar Heels football team

Eastern Michigan

Eastern Michigan at Maryland
Team 1 234Total
Eagles 0 003 3
• Terrapins 13 14149 50
     
Scoring summary
110:07MDB. Perry 8-yard run (B. Barnard run failed)MD 6–0
5:38MDM. Riley 1-yard run (N. Novak kick)MD 13–0
26:33MDG. Gary 19-yard pass from S. Hill (S. Hill pass failed)MD 19–0
3:37MDB. Perry 24-yard run (M. Shanks pass)MD 27–0
312:10MDB. Perry 31-yard run (N. Novak kick)MD 34–0
8:14MDS. Hill 4-yard run (N. Novak kick)MD 41–0
412:43MDV. Siljkovic 44-yard field goalMD 44–0
8:54EMUE. Klaban 44-yard field goalMD 44–3
5:07MDJ. Crawford 2-yard run (V. Siljkovic kick failed)MD 50–3
See also: 2001 Eastern Michigan Eagles football team

at Wake Forest

Maryland at Wake Forest
Team 1 234Total
• Terrapins 7 3710 27
Demon Deacons 3 0710 20
     
Scoring summary
114:40MDBruce Perry 80-yard run (N. Novak kick)MD 7–0
5:28WFT. Ashe 25-yard field goalMD 7–3
28:30MDNick Novak 27-yard field goalMD 10–3
38:20MDMarc Riley 1-yard run (N. Novak kick)MD 17–3
1:47WFT. Williams 11-yard run (T. Ashe kick)MD 17–10
412:31MDNick Novak 29-yard field goalMD 20–10
10:25WFT. Ashe 37-yard field goalMD 20–13
8:38MDBruce Perry 50-yard run (N. Novak kick)MD 27–13
6:54WFJ. Anderson 42-yard pass from J. MacPherson (T. Ashe kick)MD 27–20
See also: 2001 Wake Forest Demon Deacons football team

West Virginia

West Virginia at Maryland
Team 1 234Total
Mountaineers 0 1370 20
• Terrapins 7 1267 32
See also: 2001 West Virginia Mountaineers football team

Virginia

Virginia at No. 25 Maryland
Team 1 234Total
Cavaliers 0 7140 21
• No. 25 Terrapins 0 24017 41
  • Date: October 6
  • Location: Byrd Stadium, College Park, MD
  • Game start: 12:10 pm EDT
  • Elapsed time: 3:20
  • Game attendance: 44,197
  • Referee: Robert Wood
  • TV announcers (JPS): Steve Martin, Rick Walker, Mike Hogewood
See also: 2001 Virginia Cavaliers football team

at No. 15 Georgia Tech

See also: 2001 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets football team

Duke

See also: 2001 Duke Blue Devils football team

Troy State

See also: 2001 Troy State Trojans football team

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Clemson

Clemson at No. 13 Maryland
Team 1 234Total
Tigers 3 3014 20
• No. 13 Terrapins 7 10713 37
  • Date: November 10
  • Location: Byrd Stadium, College Park, MD
  • Game start: 07:06 pm EST
  • Elapsed time: 3:20
  • Game attendance: 52,462
  • Referee: Joseph Rider
  • TV announcers (ESPN2): Dave Barnett, Mike Golic, Bill Curry, Michele Tafoya
See also: 2001 Clemson Tigers football team

[7]

at NC State

No. 10 Maryland at NC State
Team 1 234Total
• No. 10 Terrapins 0 3713 23
Wolfpack 3 637 19
  • Date: November 17
  • Location: Carter–Finley Stadium, Raleigh, NC
  • Game start: 7:45 pm EDT
  • Elapsed time: 3:25
  • Game attendance: 51,500
  • Game weather: 60 °F (16 °C), Clear
  • Referee: Joseph Rider
  • TV announcers (ESPN): Ron Franklin, Mike Gottfried, Adrian Karsten
Scoring summary
13:50NCSTA. Kiker 33-yard field goalNCST 3–0
210:40NCSTA. Kiker 23-yard field goalNCST 6–0
21:38NCSTA. Kiker 41-yard field goalNCST 9–0
20:05MDNick Novak 25-yard field goalNCST 9–3
38:51MDGuilian Gary 5-yard pass from Shaun Hill (Novak kick)MD 10–9
33:45NCSTA. Kiker 27-yard field goalNCST 12–10
49:32MDShaun Hill 6-yard run (pass failed)MD 16–12
43:59NCSTC. Jackson 1-yard pass from Philip Rivers (Kiker kick)NCST 19–16
40:41MDGuilian Gary 8-yard pass from Shaun Hill (Novak kick)MD 23–19
See also: 2001 NC State Wolfpack football team

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vs. No. 5 Florida (Orange Bowl)

Main article: 2002 Orange Bowl
See also: 2001 Florida Gators football team
Orange Bowl: #5 Florida Gators (9–2) vs. #6 Maryland Terrapins (10–1)
Quarter 1 2 34Total
Florida 14 14 21756
Maryland 7 3 01323

at Pro Player Stadium, Miami, Florida

Game information

Team players in the NFL

The following players were selected in the 2002 NFL draft.

Player Position Round Overall NFL team
Melvin Fowler Center 3 76 Cleveland Browns
Charles Hill Defensive tackle 3 83 Houston Texans
Matt Murphy Tight end 7 252 Detroit Lions

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Quarterback Shaun Hill was signed by the Minnesota Vikings as an undrafted free agent.

References

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  2. ^ a b c d e "2001 Season Results". University of Maryland Terrapins football official website. Archived from the original on January 21, 2013. Retrieved December 6, 2008.
  3. ^ "Terrapins Play Like Champs". The Washington Times. November 11, 2001. Archived from the original on October 14, 2012. Retrieved July 27, 2009.
  4. ^ Delong, John (November 25, 2005). "Pack Has Struggled Against Terps; With Bowl Eligibility on the Line for Both, It Will Likely Be Another Close Game". Winston-Salem Journal. Archived from the original on March 12, 2012. Retrieved July 27, 2009.
  5. ^ "Year-By-Year Results 1960-Present". University of Maryland. Archived from the original on October 27, 2011. Retrieved October 27, 2011.
  6. ^ "No. 15 Terrapins Roll Over Troy State, 47-14". University of Maryland Athletic Department. November 3, 2001. Retrieved August 4, 2019.
  7. ^ "Terps Throttle Tigers, 37-20". University of Maryland Athletic Department. November 10, 2001. Retrieved August 4, 2019.
  8. ^ "Terps Win First ACC Title In 16 Years With 23-19 Win Over NC State". University of Maryland Athletic Department. November 17, 2001. Retrieved August 4, 2019.
  9. ^ "2002 NFL Draft Listing". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Archived from the original on January 25, 2010. Retrieved October 4, 2009.
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