2015 Maryland Terrapins football team

2015 Maryland Terrapins football
2015 Maryland Terrapins football
Conference	Big Ten Conference
	East Division
Record	3–9 (1–7 Big Ten)
Head coach	Randy Edsall (5th season; first 6 games); Mike Locksley (interim, final 6 games);
Offensive coordinator	Mike Locksley (4th season)
Offensive scheme	Multiple
Defensive coordinator	Keith Dudzinski (1st season)
Base defense	3–4
Home stadium	Byrd Stadium
	Seasons ← 2014 2016 →

2015 Big Ten Conference football standings
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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

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.

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 the game All times are in Eastern time

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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

^ Stubbs, Roman (October 11, 2015). "Maryland Fires Football Coach Randy Edsall". The Washington Post. Retrieved October 26, 2015.
^ "2015 Big Ten Football Schedule Announced" (Press release). University of Maryland Department of Athletics. June 3, 2013. Retrieved January 16, 2015.
^ "2015 Maryland Terrapins Football Schedule". FB Schedules. Retrieved January 16, 2015.

[1] Stubbs, Roman (October 11, 2015). "Maryland Fires Football Coach Randy Edsall". The Washington Post. Retrieved October 26, 2015.

[MU15-2] "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.

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2015 Maryland Terrapins football

Conference	Big Ten Conference
Division	East Division
Record	3–9 (1–7 Big Ten)
Head coach	Randy Edsall (5th season; first 6 games) Mike Locksley (interim, final 6 games)
Offensive coordinator	Mike Locksley (4th season)
Offensive scheme	Multiple
Defensive coordinator	Keith Dudzinski (1st season)
Base defense	3–4
Home stadium	Byrd Stadium
Seasons ← 2014 2016 →