Maryland Terrapins vs Texas Longhorns Match Player Stats On Sep 02, 2017

The Sports Xchange
Sep 2, 2017

AUSTIN, Texas -- Maryland's Tyrrell Pigrome passed for 175 yards and two touchdowns and ran for 64 yards and another score for before suffering a knee injury late in the third quarter as the Terrapins stunned No. 23 Texas 51-41 in a wild game on Saturday afternoon at Darrell K. Royal-Texas Memorial Stadium.

Ty Johnson added 132 yards and a touchdown on 12 carries for the Terrapins, who outgained Texas 482-473 despite running just 58 plays to 84 for the Longhorns. Maryland enjoyed a 263-98 advantage in rushing yards.

Texas quarterback Shane Buechele passed for 375 yards and two touchdowns and ran three yards for another score in a losing cause as the Longhorns opened the Tom Herman coaching era in Austin with a thud.

Buechele connected with 10 different receivers in the game, but was sacked several times as the Longhorns struggled to run the ball despite return four starters on the offensive line.

With Pigrome out of the game in the fourth quarter, true freshman backup Kasim Hill led a scoring drive that allowed the Terrapins a 44-34 lead. Hill converted a 3rd-and-19 pass before running three yards for the crucial touchdown.

Maryland put the game out of reach via a 12-yard TD run by Jake Funk with 2:08 remaining.

Pigrome ran 25 yards for Maryland's first touchdown, hit D.J. Moore for a 20-yard score and found Tavion Jacobs on a 46-yard TD pass in the first half. The Terrapins also got a 71-yard blocked field goal return by Antoine Brooks for a score while building a 27-7 lead midway through the second quarter.

Texas' two touchdowns in the first half came from its defense, special teams and defensive back Holton Hill. Hill was in the right place at the right time twice on Maryland's mistakes, intercepting a tipped pass on the Terrapins' first drive and scooting untouched for a 31-yard TD return.

In the second quarter, Texas defensive tackle Poona Ford blocked a field goal attempt by Maryland's Adam Greene and the ball bounced right into Hills' hand before he set sail for a 65-yard TD return that kept the Longhorns in the game.

Greene converted a 26-yard field goal late in the half to push the Terrapins to a 30-14 advantage at halftime.

Maryland outgained Texas 271-171 in the first half and owned a whopping 167-28 advantage in rushing yards. The Longhorns had five penalties in the first two quarters -- three which directly stopped drives -- and Buechele was sacked three times.

Texas crawled back to within 30-27 in the third quarter on a 23-yard TD pass from Buechele to Armanti Foreman and a 91-yard punt return touchdown by Reggie Hemphill-Mapps. But the Terrapins answered on a 40-yard TD run by Johnson to stall the Texas comeback.

Buechele cut the Maryland lead to 37-34 with his 3-yard TD keeper near the end of the third quarter, setting the table for a furious fourth quarter.

NOTES: The Longhorns' 2017 roster features five players whose fathers also lettered in football at Texas (reserve QB Josh Covey, LB Breckyn Hager, RB Kirk Johnson, WR Collin Johnson and DS Michael David Poujol). ... Maryland had been outscored 102-0 in three previous meetings with Texas. ... The Longhorns had no defense or special teams TDs in 2016; it took just 1:20 of the game to score their first defensive touchdown this season.