The 2016 Maryland Terrapins football team represented the University of Maryland, College Park in the 2016 NCAA Division I FBS football season. It was the Terrapins' third season as a member of the Big Ten Conference, and a member of the East Division. Maryland played its home games at Maryland Stadium in College Park, Maryland. It was their first year under new head coach D. J. Durkin. They finished the season 6–7, 3–6 in Big Ten play to finish in fifth place in the East Division. They were invited to the Quick Lane Bowl where they were defeated by Boston College.
Schedule Maryland announced its 2016 football schedule on July 11, 2013. The 2016 schedule consists of 7 home and 5 away games in the regular season. The Terrapins will host Big Ten foes Michigan State, Minnesota, Ohio State, Purdue, and Rutgers, and will travel to Indiana, Michigan, Nebraska, and Penn State.
The team will play three non–conference games, one home game against Howard Bison from the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference, and two road games which are against the Central Florida Knights (UCF) from the American Athletic Conference and the Florida International Panthers (FIU) from Conference USA.
Game summaries Howard
At FIU
At UCF
Purdue
At Penn State
Minnesota
Michigan State
At Indiana
At Michigan
Ohio State
At Nebraska
Rutgers
Boston College–Quick Lane Bowl
Roster
Awards and honors
Weekly Weekly Awards Ty Johnson Big Ten Offensive Player of the Week October 3, 2016 Lorenzo Harrison Big Ten Freshman of the Week October 24, 2016 Teldrick Morgan Big Ten Special Teams Player of the Week November 29, 2016
All-Conference All-Big Ten Michael Dunn Honorable Mention (Coaches & Media) Jermaine Carter Honorable Mention (Media) Shane Cockerille Honorable Mention (Media)
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