2007 Maryland Terrapins football team

2007 Maryland Terrapins football
Emerald Bowl, L, 14-21 vs. Oregon State
Conference Atlantic Coast Conference Atlantic
2007 record 6-7 (3-5 ACC)
Head coach Ralph Friedgen
Offensive coordinator Ralph Friedgen
Offensive scheme Pro-style
Defensive coordinator Chris Cosh
Base defense 4-3
Home stadium Byrd Stadium (51,500)
Seasons
« 2006 2008 »
2007 ACC football standings
Conf     Overall
Team   W   L         W   L  
Atlantic
#10 Boston College x   6 – 2         11 – 3  
#21 Clemson   5 – 3         9 – 4  
Wake Forest   5 – 3         9 – 4  
Florida State   4 – 4         7 – 6  
Maryland   3 – 5         6 – 7  
NC State   3 – 5         5 – 7  
Coastal
#9 Virginia Tech x†   7 – 1         11 – 3  
Virginia   6 – 2         9 – 4  
Georgia Tech   4 – 4         7 – 6  
North Carolina   3 – 5         4 – 8  
Miami   2 – 6         5 – 7  
Duke   0 – 8         1 – 11  
Championship: Virginia Tech 30, Boston College 16
† – BCS representative as champion
‡ – BCS at-large representative
x – Division champion/co-champions
Rankings from AP Poll

The 2007 Maryland Terrapins football team represented the University of Maryland in the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS) college football season. It was the Terrapins' 55th season as a member of the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) and its third within the framework of the ACC Atlantic Division. Ralph Friedgen led the team for his seventh season as head coach, and also performed the duties of offensive coordinator. Chris Cosh served for the second season as the team's defensive coordinator. Maryland lost three close games, but gained bowl eligibility with six wins. In the postseason, the Terrapins lost to Oregon State in the 2007 Emerald Bowl.

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Coaching staff

Name Position Year at
Maryland		 Alma Mater (Year)
Ralph Friedgen Head Coach/Offensive Coordinator 7th Maryland (1970)
Chris Cosh Defensive Coordinator/Inside Linebackers 2nd Virginia Tech (1983)
Bryan Bossard Assistant Coach - Wide Receivers 3rd Delaware (1989)
Tom Brattan Assistant Coach - Offensive Line 7th Delaware (1972)
John Donovan Assistant Coach - Quarterbacks 7th Johns Hopkins (1997)
Kevin Lempa Assistant Coach - Secondary 1st Southern Connecticut State (1974)

Schedule

Date Time Opponent# Rank# Site TV Result Attendance
September 1 6:00 p.m. Villanova* Byrd Stadium • College Park, MD ESPN360 W 31-14   50,389[1]
September 8 7:00 p.m. at Florida International* Orange Bowl • Miami, FL ESPNU W 26-10   12,201[1]
September 13 7:30 p.m. #4 West Virginia* Byrd Stadium • College Park, MD (Maryland-West Virginia rivalry) ESPN L 31-14   53,107[1]
September 22 3:30 p.m. at Wake Forest BB&T Field • Winston-Salem, NC ESPNU L 31-24   31,964[1]
September 29 3:30 p.m. at #10 Rutgers* Rutgers Stadium • Piscataway, NJ ABC W 34-24   43,803[1]
October 6 12:00 p.m. Georgia Tech Byrd Stadium • College Park, MD Raycom/LFS W 28-26   47,527[1]
October 20 8:00 p.m. #24 Virginia Byrd Stadium • College Park, MD (Maryland-Virginia rivalry) ESPN2 L 18-17   52,782[1]
October 27 3:30 p.m. Clemson Byrd Stadium • College Park, MD ABC L 30-17   50,948[1]
November 3 3:45 p.m. at North Carolina Kenan Stadium • Chapel Hill, NC ESPNU L 16-13   56,000[1]
November 10 8:00 p.m. #8 Boston College Byrd Stadium • College Park, MD ABC W 42-35   52,827[1]
November 17 12:00 p.m. at Florida State Doak Campbell Stadium • Tallahassee, FL Raycom/LFS L 24-16   80,213[1]
November 24 12:00 p.m. at North Carolina State Carter-Finley Stadium • Raleigh, North Carolina Raycom/LFS W 37-0   54,856[1]
December 28 8:30 p.m. vs. Oregon State San Francisco, CA (Emerald Bowl) ESPN L 21-14   32,517[1]
#Rankings from Coaches' Poll released prior to game. All times are in Eastern Time.


2007 Squad

Depth chart

Bold indicates starter as of 02 Dec 07

Offense

X-Receiver

Left Tackle

Left Guard

  • 72 Phil Costa
  • 71 Paul Pinegar

Center

Right Guard

Right Tackle

  • 75 Dane Randolph
  • 67 Jack Griffin
  • 73 Stephen St. John

Tight End

Quarterback

Tailback

Fullback

Z-Receiver

Slot Receiver

  • 83 Emani Lee-Odai
  • 89 Matt Goldberg

H-Back

Injured:

  

Defense

Defensive End

Defensive Tackle

  • 68 Carlos Feliciano
  • 40 Jeremy Navarre
  • 97 Dean Muhtadi

Defensive Tackle

  • 92 Dre Moore
  • 90 Travis Ivey
  • 96 Olugbemi Otulaja
  • 56 Deegee Galt

LEO

  • 55 Trey Covington
  • 50 Jermaine Lemons
  • 47 Jeff Clement

MIKE

WILL

SAM

Cornerback

Free Safety

  • 30 J.J. Justice
  • 10 Terrell Skinner
  • 4 Jamari McCollough

Strong Safety

  • 3 Christian Varner
  • 29 Jeff Allen
  • 27 Dominique Herald

Cornerback

Injured:

  • DE 91 Mack Frost
  • LB 43 Rick Costa
  • LB 33 Alex Wujciak
  • SS 22 Drew Robinson
  

Special Teams

Placekicker

KO

Punter

Punt Returner

  • 6 Anthony Wiseman
  • 3 Christian Varner

Kick Returner

Holder

Long snapper

  • 31 Andrew Schmitt

Strong Safety

  • 53 Brendan McDermond

     
See also: American football positions and Glossary of American football

Statistics

Passing

Player G QB Rat. Comp. Att. Pct. Yards TD INT Long
Chris Turner 10 136.7 136 212 64.2 1,753 5 5 78
Jordan Steffy 7 121.4 70 104 67.3 686 2 4 39

Rushing

Player G Att. Yards Avg. TD Long Avg./G
Keon Lattimore 11 206 789 3.8 13 42 71.7
Lance Ball 12 172 763 4.4 12 32 63.6

Receiving

Player G No. Yards Avg. TD Long Avg./G
Darrius Heyward-Bey 12 48 687 14.3 2 47 57.2
Joey Haynos 12 27 287 10.6 0 28 23.9

Team players in the NFL

The following players were selected in the 2008 NFL Draft.

Player Position Round Overall NFL Team
Dre Moore Defensive Back 4 115 Tampa Bay Buccaneers

At the end of the season, Erin Henderson declared himself eligible for the 2008 NFL Draft; he was signed by the Vikings as an undrafted free agent.

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m "Year-By-Year Results 1960-Present". University of Maryland. http://www.umterps.com/sports/m-footbl/recordbook/all-time_results_present.html. 

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