Northwestern 37, Maryland 21
When: 3:30 PM ET, Saturday, October 14, 2017
Where: Capital One Field at Maryland Stadium, College Park, Maryland
Temperature:
°
Head Official:
Jeff Servinski
Attendance:
38325
By The Sports Xchange
Quarterback Clayton Thorson threw for 293 yards and Justin Jackson rushed for 171 as Northwestern beat Maryland 37-21 in a Big Ten game Saturday in College Park, Md., in the first meeting between the programs.
Thorson was 27 of 49 with two interceptions and a touchdown, as the Wildcats (3-3, 1-2 Big Ten) overcame a 14-10 second-quarter deficit, scored 17 unanswered points and snapped a two-game losing streak.
Maryland (3-3, 1-2), despite a career day from wide receiver D.J. Moore, fell for the second straight week. Moore had career-highs of 12 catches, 210 receiving yards and two touchdowns.
Charlie Kuhbander booted three field goals for the Wildcats, the last from 32 yards with 13:02 to play to make it 30-21, after the Terrapins had pulled close on Max Bortenschlager's 20 yard touchdown pass to Taivon Jacobs.
The Wildcats scored two touchdowns in the final 4:33 of the second quarter to take a 24-14 lead to halftime. Thorson completed a 13-play, 75-yard drive with an 18-yard scramble for a score to make it 17-14, and when Northwestern got the ball back with 2:45 left, he guided a 61-yard march, hitting Flynn Nagel with a 14-yard scoring pass with just 24 seconds left before intermission.
The Wildcats actually scored the last four times they had the ball in the first half, including Jackson's 5-yard scoring run at 9:35 of the second quarter to put them up 10-7. Jackson had 28 rushing attempts and a big chunk of Northwestern's 531 total yards.
Maryland scored first when Bortenschlager hit Moore for a 12-yard touchdown at 8:46 of the first period. That combination hooked up again at 8:14 of the second quarter, with Moore taking a bubble screen for a 52-yard touchdown for a 14-10 Maryland lead before Northwestern took control.
Top Game Performances
Receiving
| Northwestern |
|
Maryland |
|
Macan Wilson
|
Player |
D.J. Moore
|
|
5 |
Receptions |
12 |
|
74 |
Yards |
210 |
|
14.8 |
Avg Yards |
17.5 |
|
0 |
Touchdowns |
2 |
|
0 |
Long |
0 |
Team Stats Summary
| |
Yards |
Scoring |
Defense |
| Team |
Tot |
Rus |
Pas |
TD |
FG |
INT |
Sck |
FF |
| Northwestern
|
531 |
238 |
293 |
4 |
3 |
0 |
2.0 |
0 |
| Maryland
|
340 |
85 |
255 |
3 |
0 |
2 |
1.0 |
0 |
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