2015 Maryland Terrapins football team

2015 Maryland Terrapins football
Conference	Big Ten Conference 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 xy		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 head coach for the rest of the season.^[1] They finished the season 3–9, 1–7 in the conference play, in last place in the Big Ten east. They played their home games at Byrd Stadium.

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 Cardinals 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	#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	#22 Michigan	Byrd Stadium • College Park, MD	BTN	L 0–28	51,802
October 10	12:00 PM	at #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 #10 Iowa	Kinnick Stadium • Iowa City, IA	ABC/ESPN2	L 15–31	62,667
November 7	3:30 PM	Wisconsin	Byrd Stadium • College Park, MD	BTN	L 24–31	44,678
November 14	12:00 PM	at #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	BTN	W 46–41	44,846
*Non-conference game. Homecoming. ^#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 Randy Edsall Mike Locksley (Interim Head Coach / Offensive Coordinator / Quarterbacks) 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.