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CFB : ATS Matchup
Saturday 11/24/2018Line$ LineOU LineScore
MARYLAND
 
PENN ST
+11.5  

-11.5  
+340

-475

51.5
 
3
Final
38

MARYLAND (5 - 6) at PENN ST (8 - 3)
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Week 13 Saturday, 11/24/2018 3:30 PM
Board OpenLatest
201MARYLAND55.551.5
202PENN ST-14-11.5
ADVANCED TEAM STATS
MARYLAND - Current Season Performance
 Straight UpAgainst SpreadTeamOpponent
 W-LUnitsW-LO-UScoreHalfYardsYPPTOScoreHalfYardsYPPTO
All Games5-6-8.56-56-530.814.8381.6(6.3)1.327.814.0374.5(5.3)2.0
Road Games2-3+1.52-33-226.411.2369.8(5.7)1.628.417.4342.4(5.2)1.4
Last 3 Games0-3-31-22-128.714.0392.3(5.9)2.336.716.0472.7(6.4)2.0
Grass Games1-0+3.51-01-034.024.0407.0(5.1)0.029.022.0405.0(5.4)3.0
Conference Games3-5-34-45-330.715.2378.9(6.5)1.428.512.1391.0(5.5)2.1
MARYLAND - Current Season Statistics
 RushingPassingTotal
 PPGHalfFDTOPATT-YDSYPRCMP-ATTPCTYDSPYAATT-YDSYPPYPPT
Offense (All Games)30.814.817.228:4141-244(6)10-2050.9%137(6.9)61-382(6.3)(12.4)
Opponents Defensive Avg.27.21420.129:5738-172(4.6)18-3157.5%210(6.8)69-382(5.6)(14.1)
Offense Road Games26.411.218.029:3644-231(5.3)11-2153.8%139(6.7)64-370(5.7)(14)
Defense (All Games)27.814.020.932:4042-172(4.1)15-2954.0%202(7.1)70-375(5.3)(13.5)
Opponents Offensive Avg.28.615.121.331:0839-165(4.3)20-3359.5%231(7)72-396(5.5)(13.8)
Defense Road Games28.417.419.430:2437-137(3.7)17-2958.2%206(7)66-342(5.2)(12.1)

PENN ST - Current Season Performance
 Straight UpAgainst SpreadTeamOpponent
 W-LUnitsW-LO-UScoreHalfYardsYPPTOScoreHalfYardsYPPTO
All Games8-3-46-56-434.314.8411.5(6)1.621.59.9363.6(4.7)1.8
Home Games4-2-54-23-333.816.3436.8(6.2)1.221.79.7349.7(4.5)1.5
Last 3 Games2-101-20-216.39.7283.7(4.4)2.319.77.0302.0(4.6)2.3
Grass Games5-2-45-24-336.316.0430.1(6.2)1.319.49.1342.6(4.5)1.7
Conference Games5-3-54-43-427.213.9382.5(5.6)1.922.910.4378.5(4.8)2.0
PENN ST - Current Season Statistics
 RushingPassingTotal
 PPGHalfFDTOPATT-YDSYPRCMP-ATTPCTYDSPYAATT-YDSYPPYPPT
Offense (All Games)34.314.820.827:3540-199(5)16-2954.5%212(7.3)69-412(6)(12)
Opponents Defensive Avg.25.612.619.629:0237-162(4.3)18-3157.6%212(7)68-374(5.5)(14.6)
Offense Home Games33.816.320.828:4041-202(4.9)17-3057.0%235(7.9)71-437(6.2)(12.9)
Defense (All Games)21.59.921.032:2543-177(4.1)18-3452.9%187(5.4)77-364(4.7)(16.9)
Opponents Offensive Avg.29.215.12131:0440-198(5)18-3159.7%209(6.8)71-407(5.8)(13.9)
Defense Home Games21.79.720.231:2037-131(3.5)20-4050.6%219(5.4)77-350(4.5)(16.1)
Average power rating of opponents played: MARYLAND 37.6,  PENN ST 38.6
SCHEDULE AND RESULTS
MARYLAND - Season Results
 Team StatsOpp Stats
DateOpponentScoreSULineATSTot.O/URushingPassingTORushingPassingTO
10/6/2018@ MICHIGAN21-42L17.5L44.5O37-1477-13-73140-17120-28-2941
10/13/2018RUTGERS34-7W-23.5W50.5U40-2909-20-85145-1712-17-85
10/20/2018@ IOWA0-23L10L44.5U23-686-16-47252-22411-24-861
10/27/2018ILLINOIS63-33W-15.5W56.5O48-43113-21-281035-23214-32-2611
11/3/2018MICHIGAN ST3-24L3.5L43.5U29-268-24-74246-26911-22-872
11/10/2018@ INDIANA32-34L1.5L55O59-35314-25-189430-13116-28-2431
11/17/2018OHIO ST51-52L14W61.5O48-3397-14-196156-28328-38-4053
11/24/2018@ PENN ST            

PENN ST - Season Results
 Team StatsOpp Stats
DateOpponentScoreSULineATSTot.O/URushingPassingTORushingPassingTO
9/29/2018OHIO ST26-27L3.5W69.5U44-20616-32-286137-11922-39-2701
10/13/2018MICHIGAN ST17-21L-13.5L54U32-20519-32-192136-12325-53-2951
10/20/2018@ INDIANA33-28W-14L58O36-17420-37-243245-22435-55-3303
10/27/2018IOWA30-24W-5W52O35-11813-29-194238-13519-50-2152
11/3/2018@ MICHIGAN7-42L12.5L49P30-688-17-118352-25911-17-1440
11/10/2018WISCONSIN22-10W-7W53.5U47-18319-25-160237-2099-20-604
11/17/2018@ RUTGERS20-7W-28L53U39-13917-37-183255-1885-16-463
11/24/2018MARYLAND            
KEY GAME INFORMATION
MARYLAND: Maryland returns its entire offensive line from a year ago, and running backs Ty Johnson and Lorenzo Harrison III are more than capable of taking advantage of an experienced group up front. And redshirt freshman Kasim Hill is out to establish himself as one of the best dual-threat quarterbacks in the conference. On the other side of the ball, Maryland added some serious transfer talent. That should help a unit that also returns star LB Jesse Aniebonam, who suffered a serious ankle injury in Week 1 last season. The Terps are going to be a tougher team to beat this year, but asking them to compete with the national powers in the Big Ten East isn't realistic'especially given the turmoil that struck the program in August.
PENN ST: Superstar running back Saquon Barkley is gone, which is a tough pill to swallow no matter how you look at it. Luckily for Penn State, Trace McSorley is back under center. McSorley has proven to be as good of a playmaker as there is at the position in his two years as a starter, and he's now the undisputed focal point of this unit. The Nittany Lions offense will be just fine as long as he is healthy. The real concern for Penn State is on the defensive side of the ball. Nine starters from last year's team are gone, and that is bad news in arguably the nation's toughest division. Some amount of regression from head coach James Franklin's team feels likely, but don't get used to it going forward.
PREVIEW
No. 14 Penn State eyes bigger bowl; Maryland chasing any bowl
 

It's Senior Day in Happy Valley Saturday and 21 Nittany Lions will be playing their final home game in Beaver Stadium against Maryland.

While No. 14 Penn State (8-3, 5-3) has one more chance to jockey for bowl position in the postseason, the Terrapins (5-6, 3-6) have one more chance. Period. A sixth win makes Maryland bowl eligible.

And a loss will not only cap the career of Maryland's senior class, some of whom have played for four different coaches over their tenure, but it will likely mean more players and coaches leaving the program as the tumult from the summertime death of Terrapins lineman Jordan McNair from heatstroke continues.

"We're really proud of how our players have played," said Maryland interim head coach Matt Canada, who replaced DJ Durkin. "The last two weeks I wish we'd have won. I wish the kids would've had that success. Obviously Saturday my only focus will be finding a way to win the game."

Since reaching five victories, the Terrapins have lost their last two games by a total of three points, including last week's 52-51 overtime setback to powerful Ohio State. The Terrapins' effort in that game certainly got Penn State's attention, particularly the 51 points and 535 total yards Maryland rang up.

"What Coach Canada has done is really impressive," said Penn State coach James Franklin. "He is very respected as an offensive coordinator. Offensively, they do a great job with motions, shifts and unbalanced (formations). They try to create conflict those ways -- speed sweeps, fake speed sweeps, inside zone (runs) -- they have an absurd number of explosive plays."

Franklin, now in his fifth year at Penn State, knows of whence he speaks. He was once the young, up-and-coming offensive coordinator at, of all places, Maryland. The Pennsylvania native had two stints with the Terrapins around some time in the NFL, including serving as the "head coach in waiting" behind Ralph Friedgen in 2010.

Ultimately, he left for the head job at Vanderbilt when then-new Maryland athletic director Kevin Anderson forced Friedgen out and conducted a national search that landed Randy Edsall in College Park, after Friedgen's nine-win season in 2010.

The Terps haven't won more than seven games since, and Franklin has gone on to relaunch Vanderbilt's program and then help take Penn State back to national prominence. Based on his regional roots and experience in College Park, Franklin loves to beat Maryland and has done so handily in recent years, 38-14 in 2016, and that 66-3 beat-down last year in Maryland Stadium, Penn State's largest Big Ten win ever. In his postgame remarks after the Nittany Lions' 20-7 win over Rutgers last week, Franklin implored fans and former letter winners to come back to State College and fill the stadium for Senior Day to honor this senior class and help add to Penn State's 38-2-1 all-time record against the Terrapins.

"It's going to be a pretty significant week next week," Franklin said. "This senior class has a chance to do some really great things and end this season on a really positive note. You think about this senior class, these guys and what they've meant to Penn State in our history, in our resurrection in some ways, I hope the stadium is sold out."

One of Penn State's seniors is preseason Heisman Trophy candidate, quarterback Trace McSorley, who hasn't had that kind of year after all. He hasn't thrown for 300 yards in a game this season and is averaging just 181.4 yards in conference play. Overall, though, McSorley owns Penn State career records for passing yards (9,423), 300-yard passing games (10), 200-yard passing games (26), rushing touchdowns by a QB (27), passing touchdowns (74), among other records.

"Offensively, it starts with him, but they've got an awful lot of good players around him," said Canada of McSorley. "They make plays. They run the football. They've got good talent on the edge. They go up and make plays. We'll see what the weather is like Saturday. That could be challenging and that could have something to do with everything."

The Terrapins weathered No. 10 Ohio State well last week. That is until quarterback Dwayne Haskins got going. He threw for 405 yards, two touchdowns and ran for three more, and that's the worry with a talent like McSorley. The Maryland secondary has been improved this year, and in fact leads the nation with 18 total interceptions, including at least one in every game. This matchup -- McSorley vs. Maryland's pass defense -- could be key if cold, possibly rainy or icy weather allows.

Maryland, meanwhile, counters with a running attack ranked third in the Big Ten with 244.4 yards per game. Redshirt freshman Anthony McFarland rushed 21 times for 298 yards against Ohio State to earn conference freshman of the week honors, breaking the Maryland freshman record of 210 yards he set the week before.


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