Maryland football is roughed up by Michigan defense and injured by own penalty shoot-out

In the first three quarter-finals, Maryland only got the score for Michigan's formidable defense. Ty Johnson ran almost the length of the match on his 98-yard throw return for a touchdown, which gave the Terps (3-2, 1-1 Big Ten) a fast lead before the No. 15 Michigan (5-1, 3- 0) fed in advance.

"We did not come here to be close," said interim coach Matt Canada. "We did not come here to try. We came here to win.

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Michigan fans waited 70 minutes later to see quarterback Shea Patterson stand out and help lead Michigan's offense to a total of 465 yards. Maryland's defense was unanswered and was stuck in the field for nearly 36 minutes.

The Maryland offense was brilliant with Wolverines control, a 15-game mark with a touchdown from Javon Leake's touchdown to score 27-14 early in the fourth quarter. Substitute quarterback Tyrrell Pigrome added a five-yard touchdown for the Terps with a time remaining at 1:50 to complete the score.

Hill began his day by being crushed to the ground. Although the play resulted in a first attempt with a stab to pass, the Michigan defense showed how it was considering invading the backfield of Maryland. That attack ended when Michigan sacked Hill in the third and 13th. Hill's final pass was intercepted by Brandon Watson and brought in 46 yards for a touchdown to give Michigan a 42-14 lead.

Hill only completed 5 of his 10 passes for 62 yards and was sacked twice. Hill and Pigrome only made five assists in the first half, completing two while the team had 12 runs for 20 yards. Canada said it felt the first half was balanced and Hill's sacks masked some of the other pass attempts. At the end of the game, the Maryland quarterbacks combined for only seven finishes.

"We are practicing the practice of throwing football, and we need to run it and play it in games," said Canada. "It's my job, we're going to get it in. In the games we played well, we did not have to throw the ball."

Maryland's run, ranked fourth in the Big Ten with 258.5 yards per game, was not as successful against the Wolverines. The Terps scored 147 yards rushing, but 101 of them came in the last quarter.

"It was not our day today," said running back Tayon Fleet-Davis, who led his group with 63 yards rushing. "We got hurt somehow. But we will come back to practice and get better. You just have to continue.

Hill and the backs were working behind an offensive line that was full for the first time this year. Maryland sent off its five starters last season, but the unit did not play together in 2018 due to injuries.

Nevertheless, the line could not keep the Wolverines out of the backcourt, even though Michigan's defensive line was worn out by injuries. (Rashan Gary, the country's No. 1 rookie in 2016, was out of the game and Michael Dwumfour had to be sidelined in the second quarter.)

Pigromé came into play for the first time in the second quarter, but Maryland also had to put pressure on this record. He returned at the end of the fourth quarter to lead the final mark, including keeping the ball on a game for a 42-yard win, the longest game of the Terps since the scrum of the day. Shortly after, he carried the ball into the end zone to reduce Michigan's margin of victory.

Patterson singled the Maryland high school student for a record 282 yards with three touchdowns and one interception.

"We tried to keep it in the pocket," said Antoine Brooks Jr., Maryland defender, "but good quarterbacks are good games."

Maryland had a chance to start at the end of the first quarter, when Darnell Savage Jr. led the score 7-3, just after the return of the kickoff, and intercepted Patterson's pass to give the offensive a favorable position. But after two short runs and an incomplete pass, Maryland had to ping.

In what becomes a recurring problem for the Terps, Maryland has accumulated 107 penalty yards, its third game of the season having lost more than 100 yards of penalty kicks. Maryland started the second period with three penalties in four games.

Two of these targeting penalties resulted in the expulsion of linebacker Tre Watson and defenseman Rayshad Lewis. Watson led the team with 10 tackles at the time of his ejection.

"Sanctions, misunderstandings and those things come back to me," said Canada. "We have to find a way to fix them in critical moments against good teams."

As the season approaches mid-season, Maryland still has some way to go to become eligible. The Terps, who would need three more wins to qualify, still have Indiana, Illinois and Rutgers on schedule to qualify for their games against Iowa, Michigan, Penn States and l & # 39; Ohio.