2001 Maryland Terrapins football team

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 football
ACC champion
Orange Bowl, L 23–56 vs. Florida
ConferenceAtlantic Coast Conference
Ranking
CoachesNo. 10
APNo. 11
2001 record10–2 (7–1 ACC)
Head coachRalph Friedgen (1st season)
Offensive coordinatorCharlie Taaffe
Defensive coordinatorGary Blackney
Home stadiumByrd Stadium
(Capacity: 48,055)
2001 Atlantic Coast Conference football standings
Conf  Overall
Team 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 champion
Rankings from AP Poll

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 1, 200112:00 PMNorth Carolina
ABCW 23–744,080[5]
September 8, 20016:00 PMEastern Michigan*
  • Byrd Stadium
  • College Park, Maryland
W 50–342,105[5]
September 22, 20013:30 PMat Wake Forest
W 27–2022,372[5]
September 29, 200112:00 PMWest Virginia*
  • Byrd Stadium
  • College Park, Maryland (rivalry)
W 32–2040,166[5]
October 6, 200112:00 PMVirginiaNo. 25
  • Byrd Stadium
  • College Park, Maryland (rivalry)
JPSW 41–2144,197[5]
October 11, 20017:30 PMat No. 15 Georgia TechNo. 22
ESPNW 20–17 OT40,574[5]
October 20, 20011:00 PMDukeNo. 12
  • Byrd Stadium
  • College Park, Maryland
JPSW 59–1743,528[5]
October 27, 20013:30 PMat No. 18 Florida StateNo. 10
ABCL 31–5282,565[5]
November 3, 20011:00 PMTroy State*No. 15
  • Byrd Stadium
  • College Park, Maryland
W 47–1438,415[5]
November 10, 20017:00 PMClemsonNo. 13
  • Byrd Stadium
  • College Park, Maryland
ESPN2W 37–2052,462[5]
November 17, 20017:45 PMat NC StateNo. 10
ESPNW 23–1951,500[5]
January 2, 20028:00 PMvs. No. 5 Florida*No. 6
ABCL 23–5673,640[5]
  • *Non-conference game
  • Homecoming
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game
  • All times are in Eastern time

Roster
2001 Maryland Terrapins football team roster
Players Coaches
Offense
Pos.#NameClass
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.#NameClass
LB Leroy Ambush So
LB Kevin Bishop
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
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.#NameClass
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

Game summaries

Duke
See also: 2001 Duke Blue Devils football team
Overall record Last meeting Result
26–18 2000 W, 20–9

Florida State
Maryland at Florida State
1 234Total
No. 10 Terrapins 7 10140 31
• No. 19 Seminoles 0 211021 52
See also: 2001 Florida State Seminoles football team
Overall record Last meeting Result
0–11 2000 L, 7–59

[6]

Troy State
See also: 2001 Troy State Trojans football team
Overall record Last meeting Result
First meeting

[7]

Clemson
See also: 2001 Clemson Tigers football team
Overall record Last meeting Result
21–27–2 2000 L, 14–35

[8]

NC State
Maryland at NC State
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, Clear
  • Referee: Joseph Rider
  • Television network: ESPN
See also: 2001 NC State Wolfpack football team
Overall record Last meeting Result
25–28–4 2000 W, 35–28

[9]

Orange Bowl (vs. Florida)
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)
1 2 34Total
Florida 14 14 21756
Maryland 7 3 01323

at Pro Player Stadium, Miami, Florida

  • Date: January 2, 2002
  • Game time: 8:00 p.m. EST
  • Game weather: Clear, 71 °F (22 °C)
  • Game attendance: 73,640
  • Referee: James Sprenger
  • TV announcers (ABC): Brad Nessler and Bob Griese
  • Box Score

Team players in the NFL

The following players were selected in the 2002 NFL Draft.

PlayerPositionRoundOverallNFL team
Melvin FowlerCenter376Cleveland Browns
Charles HillDefensive tackle383Houston Texans
Matt MurphyTight end7252Detroit Lions

[10]

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

References
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  2. "2001 Season Results". University of Maryland Terrapins football official website. Archived from the original on 2013-01-21. Retrieved December 6, 2008.
  3. "Terrapins Play Like Champs". The Washington Times. November 11, 2001. Archived from the original on July 30, 2009. 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 July 30, 2009. Retrieved July 27, 2009.
  5. "Year-By-Year Results 1960-Present". University of Maryland. Archived from the original on 2011-10-27. Retrieved 2011-10-27.
  6. "Florida St. 52, Maryland 31". UPI. October 27, 2001. Retrieved August 4, 2019.
  7. "No. 15 Terrapins Roll Over Troy State, 47-14". University of Maryland Athletic Department. November 3, 2001. Retrieved August 4, 2019.
  8. "Terps Throttle Tigers, 37-20". University of Maryland Athletic Department. November 10, 2001. Retrieved August 4, 2019.
  9. "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.
  10. "2002 NFL Draft Listing". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Archived from the original on October 7, 2009. Retrieved October 4, 2009.
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