2015 Maryland Terrapins football team

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 interim head coach for the remainder of the season.[1] They played their home games at Byrd Stadium. They finished the season 3–9, 1–7 in Big Ten play to finish in last place in the East Division.

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 season)
Offensive coordinator	Mike Locksley (4th season)
Offensive scheme	Multiple
Defensive coordinator	Keith Dudzinski (1st as DC, 4th overall season)
Base defense	4–3
Home stadium	Byrd Stadium (Capacity: 51,802)

2015 Big Ten Conference football standings
	Conf							Overall
Team		W		L					W		L
East Division
No. 6 Michigan State xy$^		7	–	1					12	–	2
No. 4 Ohio State x		7	–	1					12	–	1
No. 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
No. 9 Iowa xy		8	–	0					12	–	2
No. 23 Northwestern		6	–	2					10	–	3
No. 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 Rankings from AP Poll

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 Cardinal 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	No. 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	No. 22 Michigan	Byrd Stadium College Park, MD	BTN	L 0–28	51,802
October 10	12:00 pm	at No. 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 No. 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 No. 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

Schedule Source:[3]

Roster

2015 Maryland Terrapins football team roster
Players			Coaches
Offense Pos. # Name Class WR 1 D. J. Moore Fr QB 2 Shane Cockerille So RB 5 Wes Brown Jr RB 6 Ty Johnson Fr WR 6 Zac Morton  Fr QB 7 Caleb Rowe  Jr WR 8 Levern Jacobs  Jr QB 11 Perry Hills Jr WR 12 Tavion Jacobs  Jr WR 13 DeAndre Lane Jr QB 14 Gage Shaffer Fr QB 16 Dexter Foreman  Sr QB 18 Daxx Garman Sr RB 29 Joe Riddle Jr RB 30 Kenneth Goins Jr RB 33 Andrew Stefanelli Jr RB 35 Marcus Smith  So FB 40 Eddison Reinoso So RB 42 Tehuti Miles Jr TE 44 Andrew Isaacs Jr RB 45 Brandon Ross Sr TE 48 Derrick Hayward So OL 50 Evan Mulrooney Sr OL 53 Quarvez Boulware Fr OL 54 JaJuan Dulaney So OL 55 Ryan Doyle Sr OL 58 Damian Prince  Fr OL 60 Stephen Grommer Sr OL 63 Mike Minter So OL 64 Brendan Moore  Fr OL 65 Mason Zimmerman Fr OL 66 Andrew Zeller Sr OL 68 Ellis McKennie Fr OL 69 Joe Marchese So OL 70 Sean Christie  Fr OL 71 E. J. Donahue Fr OL 74 Tyler Smith Fr OL 75 Derwin Gray  Fr OL 76 Michael Dunn Jr OL 77 Will McClain Fr OL 79 Maurice Shelton Jr WR 81 Josh Bekoe Jr TE 82 Avery Edwards Fr WR 83 Malcolm Culmer Jr WR 84 Amba Etta-Tawo Jr WR 85 Jahrvis Davenport Fr TE 86 Andrew Gray  Fr WR 87 Michael Cornwell Fr TE 88 P. J. Gallo Jr TE 89 Eric Roca So	Defense Pos. # Name Class DB 2 Milan Collins So DB 3 Milan Barry-Pollock Jr DB 4 William Likely Jr DL 7 Yannick Ngakoue Jr LB 9 Tyler Burke  Fr DB 11 Denzel Conyers Jr DB 17 Josh Woods So DB 19 A. J. Hendy  Sr DB 20 Anthony Nixon Sr DB 21 Sean Davis Sr ILB 22 Isaiah Davis Fr LB 23 Jermaine Carter So DB 24 Daniel Ezeagwu So DB 24 J. T. Ventura So DB 25 Antwaine Carter So DB 26 Darnell Savage So DB 27 Alvin Hill  Jr LB 31 Nnamdi Egbuaba  Fr DB 32 Jarrett Ross Jr LB 34 Jefferson Ashiru Sr DB 36 Elvis Dennah So LB 37 Avery Thompson Sr ILB 38 Brett Zanotto Fr DL 39 Cavon Walker Jr DL 41 Jesse Aniebonam So LB 42 Brock Dean Jr LB 43 Jalen Brooks So LB 46 Abner Logan Jr DE 47 Melvin Keihn So DL 49 Ruben Franco Jr ILB 49 Gus Little Fr DL 52 Malik Jones So LB 56 Matt Gillespie  Fr DL 57 Kingsley Opara So DL 59 Keiron Howard Fr OLB 61 Mbi Tanyi Fr DL 67 David Shaw So DL 78 Ty Tucker Jr DL 90 Roman Braglio Jr DL 92 Chandler Burkett So DL 93 Oseh Saine Fr DL 95 Azubuike Ukandu Jr DL 96 Brett Kulka  Fr DL 99 Quinton Jefferson  Jr	Special teams Pos. # Name Class K 3 Adam Greene So K 15 Brad Craddock Sr P 16 Nicholas Rubinowicz Fr P 38 Lee Shrader  Fr LS 51 Matt Oliveira Fr LS 56 Nate Adams So LS 59 Christian Carpenter Jr P, K 95 Nicolas Pritchard Fr K, P 97 Daniel 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.