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.
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]
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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 2001 Maryland Terrapins footballACC championOrange Bowl L 23 56 vs FloridaConferenceAtlantic Coast ConferenceRankingCoachesNo 10APNo 11Record10 2 7 1 ACC Head coachRalph Friedgen 1st season Offensive coordinatorCharlie Taaffe 1st season Defensive coordinatorGary Blackney 1st season Home stadiumByrd Stadium capacity 48 055 Seasons 20002002 2001 Atlantic Coast Conference football standingsvte Conf OverallTeam W L W L No 11 Maryland 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 championRankings from AP Poll Contents 1 Preseason 2 Regular season 3 Postseason 4 Schedule 5 Roster 6 Rankings 7 Game summaries 7 1 Duke 7 2 Florida State 7 3 Troy State 7 4 Clemson 7 5 NC State 7 6 Orange Bowl vs Florida 8 Team players in the NFL 9 ReferencesPreseason EditIn 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 EditMaryland 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 EditAs 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 EditDateTimeOpponentRankSiteTVResultAttendanceSeptember 112 00 pmNorth CarolinaByrd StadiumCollege Park MDABCW 23 744 080September 86 00 pmEastern Michigan Byrd StadiumCollege Park MDW 50 342 105September 223 30 pmat Wake ForestGroves StadiumWinston Salem NCW 27 2022 372September 2912 00 pmWest Virginia Byrd StadiumCollege Park MD rivalry W 32 2040 166October 612 00 pmVirginiaNo 25Byrd StadiumCollege Park MD rivalry JPSW 41 2144 197October 117 30 pmat No 15 Georgia TechNo 22Bobby Dodd StadiumAtlanta GAESPNW 20 17 OT40 574October 201 00 pmDuke No 12Byrd StadiumCollege Park MDJPSW 59 1743 528October 273 30 pmat No 18 Florida StateNo 10Doak Campbell StadiumTallahassee FLABCL 31 5282 565November 31 00 pmTroy State No 15Byrd StadiumCollege Park MDW 47 1438 415November 107 00 pmClemsonNo 13Byrd StadiumCollege Park MDESPN2W 37 2052 462November 177 45 pmat NC StateNo 10Carter Finley StadiumRaleigh NCESPNW 23 1951 500January 28 00 pmvs No 5 Florida No 6Pro Player StadiumMiami Gardens FL Orange Bowl ABCL 23 5673 640 Non conference game HomecomingRankings from AP Poll released prior to the gameAll times are in Eastern time 5 Roster Edit2001 Maryland Terrapins football team rosterPlayers CoachesOffense Pos Name ClassOL C J BrooksOL Lamar BryantRB 9 Jason Crawford FrOT 78 Matt Crawford JrRB Chris Downs SrTE 82 Jeff Dugan SoRB Bernie Fiddler SoTE 87 Ryan Flynn FrC 67 Melvin Fowler SrWR 21 Guilian Gary SrQB Latrez Harrison JrQB 14 Shaun Hill SrQB Chris Kelley FrRB Chad Killian JrFB 5 James Lynch SoWR Scooter MonroeTE 88 Matt Murphy SrRB 22 Rich Parson FrRB 1 Bruce Perry SoRB Marc Riley SrWR Ike Roberts FrWR Maurice Shanks FrWR Steve Suter FrWR Daryl Whitmer SrOL Todd WikeWR Jafar Williams So Defense Pos Name ClassLB Leroy Ambush SoLB Kevin BishopLB 51 Omid Janloo FrDB Jamal Chance JrLB 47 Jon Condo FrCB 30 Curome Cox SoDL C J FeldheimCB 6 Domonique Foxworth FrLB Monte GravesCB 19 Richard Harrigan SrLB 42 E J Henderson JrDT 98 Charles Hill SrDB Tony Jackson SrLB 32 Leon Joe SoDB Randall Jones SrDB Rod Littles SrLB Marlon Moore SrDB 28 Mohammad Emamhosseini SrCB 11 Tony Okanlawon SrDL Durrand RoundtreeDT 57 Randy Starks SoDB Tyrone Stewart JrDL Ryan SwiftLB Aaron ThompsonLB Mike WhaleyDB Curtis Williams FrS 34 Madieu Williams JrDB Dennard Wilson Special teams Pos Name ClassP 16 Brooks Barnard JrK 46 Nick Novak FrK Vedad Siljkovic Sr Head coachRalph FriedgenCoordinators assistant coachesLegend C Team captain S Suspended I Ineligible Injured RedshirtRoster Last update 2001 11 07Rankings EditSee also 2001 NCAA Division I A football rankingsGame summaries EditDuke Edit See also 2001 Duke Blue Devils football team Florida State Edit Maryland at Florida State 1 234TotalNo 10 Terrapins 7 10140 31 No 19 Seminoles 0 211021 52Date October 13Location Doak Campbell Stadium Tallahassee FLGame attendance 82 836Television network ABCScoring summary1MDJames Lynch 65 yard run Novak kick MD 7 0 2MDMarc Riley 1 yard run Novak kick MD 14 0 2FSUTalman Gardner 16 yard pass from Chris Rix Beitia kick MD 14 7 2FSUMichael Boulware 23 yard interception return Beitia kick Tied 14 14 2FSUGardner 9 yard pass from Rix Beitia kick FSU 21 14 20 00MDNick Novak 51 yard field goalFSU 21 17 3MDBruce Perry 8 yard run Novak kick MD 24 21 3FSUXavier Beitia 31 yard field goalTied 24 24 36 50FSUGreg Jones 4 yard run Beitia kick FSU 31 24 31 53MDShaun Hill 2 yard run Novak kick Tied 31 31 412 28FSUGardner 28 yard pass from Rix Beitia kick FSU 38 31 411 17FSUJavon Walker 22 yard pass from Rix Beitia kick FSU 45 31 46 58FSUAtrews Bell 32 yard pass from Rix Beitia kick FSU 52 31See also 2001 Florida State Seminoles football team 6 Troy State Edit See also 2001 Troy State Trojans football team 7 Clemson Edit See also 2001 Clemson Tigers football team 8 NC State Edit Maryland at NC State 1 234Total No 10 Terrapins 0 3713 23Wolfpack 3 637 19Date November 17Location Carter Finley Stadium Raleigh NCGame start 7 45 pm EDTElapsed time 3 25Game attendance 51 500Game weather 60 F ClearReferee Joseph RiderTelevision network ESPNScoring summary13 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 19See also 2001 NC State Wolfpack football team 9 Orange Bowl vs Florida Edit 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 Period 1 2 34TotalFlorida 14 14 21756Maryland 7 3 01323at Pro Player Stadium Miami Florida Date January 2 2002Game time 8 00 p m ESTGame weather Clear 71 F 22 C Game attendance 73 640Referee James SprengerTV announcers ABC Brad Nessler and Bob GrieseBox Score Game informationFirst quarterFLA Earnest Graham 1 yard run Jeff Chandler kick 9 51 Florida 7 0 Drive 10 plays 83 yards 3 59 FLA Taylor Jacobs 46 yard pass from Brock Berlin Jeff Chandler kick 0 12 Florida 14 0 Drive 2 plays 55 yards 0 47 MD Jafar Williams 64 yard pass from Shaun Hill Nick Novak kick 0 00 Florida 14 7 Drive 1 play 69 yards 0 12 Second quarterMD Nick Novak 20 yard field goal 12 20 Florida 14 10 Drive 4 plays 1 yard 0 45 FLA Taylor Jacobs 15 yard pass from Rex Grossman Jeff Chandler kick 2 18 Florida 21 10 Drive 10 plays 72 yards 3 45 FLA Jabar Gaffney 4 yard pass from Rex Grossman Jeff Chandler kick 0 03 Florida 28 10 Drive 6 plays 64 yards 1 21 Third quarterFLA Earnest Graham 6 yard run Jeff Chandler kick 11 02 Florida 35 10 Drive 10 plays 65 yards 3 38 FLA Robert Gillespie 11 yard run Jeff Chandler kick 7 26 Florida 42 10 Drive 4 plays 74 yards 1 29 FLA Jabar Gaffney 33 yard pass from Rex Grossman Jeff Chandler kick 2 52 Florida 49 10 Drive 2 plays 68 yards 0 19 Fourth quarterMD Marc Riley 1 yard run Nick Novak kick 11 56 Florida 49 17 Drive 15 plays 71 yards 5 56 FLA Carlos Perez 10 yard pass from Rex Grossman Jeff Chandler kick 10 16 Florida 56 17 Drive 4 plays 69 yards 1 40 MD Marc Riley 10 yard run pass failed 5 10 Florida 56 23 Drive 14 plays 80 yards 5 06 Top passersFLA Rex Grossman 20 28 248 yards 3 TD MD Shaun Hill 23 39 257 yards INTTop rushersFLA Earnest Graham 16 rushes 149 yards 2 TD MD Shaun Hill 11 rushes 31 yardsTop receiversFLA Taylor Jacobs 10 receptions 170 yards 2 TD MD Matt Murphy 5 receptions 42 yardsTeam players in the NFL EditThe following players were selected in the 2002 NFL Draft Player Position Round Overall NFL teamMelvin Fowler Center 3 76 Cleveland BrownsCharles Hill Defensive tackle 3 83 Houston TexansMatt Murphy Tight end 7 252 Detroit Lions 10 Quarterback Shaun Hill was signed by the Minnesota Vikings as an undrafted free agent References Edit 2001 Season Media Guide University of Maryland Terrapins football official website Archived from the original on 2007 11 01 Retrieved December 6 2008 a b c d e 2001 Season Results University of Maryland Terrapins football official website Archived from the original on 2013 01 21 Retrieved December 6 2008 Terrapins Play Like Champs The Washington Times November 11 2001 Archived from the original on October 14 2012 Retrieved July 27 2009 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 July 30 2009 Retrieved July 27 2009 Year By Year Results 1960 Present University of Maryland Archived from the original on October 27 2011 Retrieved October 27 2011 Florida St 52 Maryland 31 UPI October 27 2001 Retrieved August 4 2019 No 15 Terrapins Roll Over Troy State 47 14 University of Maryland Athletic Department November 3 2001 Retrieved August 4 2019 Terps Throttle Tigers 37 20 University of Maryland Athletic Department November 10 2001 Retrieved August 4 2019 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 2002 NFL Draft Listing Pro Football Reference com Archived from the original on January 25 2010 Retrieved October 4 2009 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title 2001 Maryland Terrapins football team amp oldid 1098990800, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
