Link: Full Game Notes (Huskers.com)
WHEN: Saturday, October 11 | 2:30 PM (CT)
WHERE: SECU Stadium | College Park, Maryland
TV: Big Ten Network (Guy Haberman, Jake Butt, Brooke Fletcher)
RADIO: Huskers Radio Network (Kyle Crooks, Damon Benning, Jessica Coody)
HUSKERS
Record: 4-1 (1-1 Big Ten)
Last Game: vs. Michigan State (W 38-27)
Streak: Won 1
Rank: AP (RV) | Coaches (RV)
Head Coach: Matt Rhule (16-14, 3rd year NU | 63-57, 10th year overall | 0-1 vs. Maryland)
TERRAPINS
Record: 4-1 (1-1 Big Ten)
Last Game: vs. Washington (L 20-24)
Streak: Lost 1
Rank: AP (NR) | Coaches (NR)
Head Coach: Mike Locksley (37-42, 7th year MD | 39-68, 10th year overall | 1-1 vs. Nebraska)
THIS WEEK'S NUMBERS
6 - Nebraska is +6 in turnover margin through five games, including a +2 margin in a 38-27 win over Michigan State. The Huskers' +1.2 turnover margin per game ranks eighth nationally
8 - Junior running back Emmett Johnson has eight touchdowns in five games this season, including a career-high three rushing touchdowns against Michigan State and three total touchdowns against Akron. Johnson ranks eighth nationally with his eight touchdowns
264 - Nebraska has a 264-yard advantage in punt return yards through five games. The Huskers have 263 punt return yards and rank 13th nationally by averaging 16.4 yards per return. Husker opponents have minus-1 punt return yards on just one punt return attempt. Nebraska had a 109-yard edge in punt returns in last week's win over Michigan State
THE MATCHUP
Nebraska continues Big Ten play on Saturday afternoon when the Huskers head to the East Coast to take on the Maryland Terrapins at SECU Stadium. Kickoff between the Huskers and Terrapins is set for 3:30 p.m. ET (2:30 p.m. CT) and the game will be televised by BTN. The contest can be heard on the Huskers Radio Network, Huskers.com and the Huskers App.
The trip to Maryland represents Nebraska's first true road game of the 2025 season. Following a season-opening victory over Cincinnati in Kansas City, Nebraska had a stretch of four consecutive home games capped by last week's 38-27 victory over Michigan State. This season marks the latest in the calendar Nebraska has played its first true road game since 2013 when the Huskers played their first five games at Memorial Stadium and had their first road game on Oct. 12.
Nebraska comes into the game at 4-1 overall and 1-1 in Big Ten Conference play after last Saturday's victory over the Spartans. Nebraska trailed 21-14 late in the third quarter before reeling off 24 consecutive points in a span of 12 minutes to take a 17-point lead and secure the victory. The win was keyed by contributions from all three phases of the team. Nebraska's offense got going in the final 20 minutes, while the defense stymied Michigan State for much of the day, holding MSU to just 240 yards. Nebraska's special teams pitched in with a blocked punt for a touchdown and recovered a fumbled kickoff, leading directly to 10 points.
Maryland also comes into the contest at 4-1 overall and 1-1 in Big Ten Conference play, following a 24-20 loss to Washington last Saturday in College Park. The Terrapins led 20-0 in the third quarter, before the Huskies rallied for a victory. Maryland completed non-conference play unbeaten and opened Big Ten action with a win at Wisconsin on Sept. 20 before the setback last week against Washington.
SERIES HISTORY
Saturday's game is the fourth all-time meeting between Nebraska and Maryland, all since the Terrapins joined the Big Ten before the 2014 season
- Nebraska holds a 2-1 edge in the series, including a 54-7 victory at Maryland in 2019. The 47-point margin is Nebraska's second-largest in a Big Ten Conference game and the largest in a conference road game since joining the league. The 54 points are also Nebraska's most in a Big Ten road game.
- Maryland picked up its first win in the series in the most recent meeting in Lincoln, recording a 13-10 victory at Memorial Stadium in 2023. The Terrapins kicked a field goal on the game's final play to provide the winning margin.
Nebraska vs. Maryland History
2016: Nebraska 28, Maryland 7 (Lincoln)
2019: Nebraska 54, Maryland 7 (College Park)
2023: Maryland 13, Nebraska 10 (Lincoln)
NEBRASKA HEADS BACK ON THE ROAD
After opening the season with a neutral site victory over Cincinnati on Aug. 28 at Kansas City's Arrowhead Stadium, Nebraska has enjoyed the comforts of home for its past four games over a five-week span. Saturday's game at Maryland will mark the Huskers' first true road game of the season and the first game away from Lincoln in 44 days.
- Nebraska is the last Big Ten team to play a true road game in the 2025 season.
- This marks the first time Nebraska has played its first true road game in the month of October since 2022 when Nebraska opened in Ireland against Northwestern and played its first true road game at Rutgers on Oct. 7.
- The Oct. 11 date for Nebraska's first game in an opposing stadium is its latest since playing its first true road game of 2013 at Purdue on Oct. 12.
ABOUT MARYLAND
Maryland has fielded a football team since 1892 and has an all-time record of 685-632-43. The Terps claim one national title (1953) and 11 conference titles. However, none of the team's conference titles have been since joining the Big Ten.
The Terrapins have an overall bowl record of 14-14-2. Most recently, Maryland picked up a 31-13 win against Auburn in the Transperfect Music City Bowl in 2023.
First Year: 1892
All-Time Record: 685-632-43
Bowl Record: 14-14-2
Conference Titles: 11
National Titles: 1 (1953)
Stadium: SECU Stadium
Capacity: 51,802
Surface: FieldTurf
Location: College Park, Maryland
Enrollment: 40,521
Colors: Red, White, Black & Gold
ABOUT 2025 MARYLAND FOOTBALL
Schedule/Results
Florida Atlantic (W 39-7)
Northern Illinois (W 20-9)
Towson (W 44-17)
at Wisconsin (W 27-10)
Washington (L 20-24)
Nebraska
at UCLA
Indiana
at Rutgers
at Illinois
Michigan
at Michigan State
Maryland is 4-1 on the season with victories against FAU, Northern Illinois, Towson and Wisconsin before last Saturday's loss to Wisconsin. The Terrapins are averaging 349.6 yards per game, with 256.4 yards per game through the air and 93.2 rushing yards per game. DeJuan Williams leads the Maryland rushing attack with 59 carries for 209 yards and a touchdown, followed by Nolan Ray with 126 yards and a score on 36 rushes.
In the passing game, Malik Washington has completed 110-of-183 passes for 1,257 yards with nine touchdowns and two interceptions. Octavian Smith Jr. has a team-high 324 receiving yards on 19 receptions, followed by Shaleak Knotts with 18 grabs for 305 yards and a team-best five touchdowns.
Defensively, the Terrapins are allowing 13.4 points and 318.4 yards per game this season. Daniel Wingate leads Maryland with 49 tackles, while Sidney Stewart has a team-high seven tackles for loss and 4.5 sacks through five games.
ABOUT MIKE LOCKSLEY
Michael Locksley is in his eighth season leading the Maryland football program and has led the Terrapins to a 4-1 mark this season.
Locksley returned to Maryland after a three-year stop at Alabama in 2016-18, where he spent time as an offensive analyst for one season and offensive coordinator in 2017 and 2018. Before his three seasons with the Crimson Tide, Locksley worked as an offensive coordinator on the Maryland coaching staff from 2012 to 2015.
Locksley earned his first experience as a head coach at New Mexico, where he posted a 2-26 overall record in three seasons with the Lobos.
Prior to his stops at Maryland, Alabama and New Mexico, Locksley was an assistant coach at Illinois (2006-08), Florida (2003-04), Maryland (1997-02), Army (1996), Pacific (1995) and Towson State (1992).
Locksley played four seasons as a defensive back at Towson State in 1988-91 and was also a member of the Towson State men's basketball team in 1991 and 1992.
Locksley will be facing Nebraska for the third time in his career after splitting the first two matchups against the Big Red.
LAST MEETING: NOVEMBER 11, 2023
Maryland 13, Nebraska 10
Lincoln - Maryland kick a short field goal as time expired to give the Terrapins a 13-10 win over Nebraska at Memorial Stadium on Saturday afternoon.
Both teams moved to 3-4 in the Big Ten, while Nebraska slipped to 5-5 overall and Maryland improved to 6-4 on the season.
Maryland place-kicker Jack Howes accounted for all of Maryland's scoring in the second half, including his 24-yard walk-off field goal. He opened the fourth with a 35-yard field goal with 12:42 left, following a Nebraska fumble on the opening play of the period.
While Maryland won the fourth quarter, the Huskers dominated the third by turning a pair of Terrapin turnovers into 10 quick points to turn a 7-0 halftime deficit into a 10-7 Nebraska lead heading to the final quarter.
The Blackshirts held Maryland's high-powered offense to 384 total yards, including 283 passing and 101 rushing, while also forcing three turnovers. But the toughness of the Blackshirts could not overcome five turnovers by the Husker offense.
Nebraska's final turnover was the most costly, an interception by Chubba Purdy after he had guided the Husker offense on an 11-play, 90-yard march. Purdy's pass into the end zone on 3rd and Goal eliminated a chance for Nebraska to potentially pull ahead on a short field with just over 3:30 left in the game.
On the drive, Nebraska's third quarterback in the game rushed three times for 33 yards and completed a 24-yard pass to Billy Kemp to put the Huskers on the threshold of victory.
That Nebraska drive started after defensive tackle Ty Robinson recovered a fumble forced by Javin Wright inside the Husker 5. It was the third turnover forced by the Blackshirts in the half, following a fumble forced and recovered by Omar Brown. The play by Brown set up Janiran Bonner's two-yard scoring run to tie the score 7-7 just 3:25 into the second half.
On Maryland's next drive, Wright came up with a spectacular interception on the Nebraska sideline to set the Huskers up with another short field, ultimately resulting in Tristan Alvano's 38-yard field goal to give the Big Red a 10-7 lead with 8:26 left in the third quarter.
Heinrich Haarberg opened the game at quarterback for the Huskers but went just 1-of-5 passing with an early interception. He gave way to Jeff Sims, who completed 8-of-13 passes for 62 yards but threw a pair of interceptions. He also rushed 10 times for 37 yards but lost a fumble early in the fourth quarter deep in Nebraska territory that led to the game-tying field goal for the Terps.
As a team, Nebraska managed just 269 total yards, including 183 yards rush and 86 passing. Emmett Johnson led the Big Red on the ground with 84 yards on 17 totes, while adding three receptions for nine yards.
Taulia Tagovailoa led the Terp offense by completing 27-of-40 passes for 283 yards, while adding five carries for 27 yards. Jeshaun Jones hauled in five receptions for 86 yards, while Tai Felton added five catches for 73 yards and a touchdown. Roman Henby led the Maryland ground game with 74 yards on 16 carries.
Wright led the Nebraska defense with eight tackles, an interception and forced a fumble. Robinson added seven stops, including 1.5 sacks, a fumble recovery and two pass breakups. Isaac Gifford contributed seven stops of his own, while Omar Brown and Tommi Hill each contributed six tackles.
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WHEN: Saturday, October 11 | 2:30 PM (CT)
WHERE: SECU Stadium | College Park, Maryland
TV: Big Ten Network (Guy Haberman, Jake Butt, Brooke Fletcher)
RADIO: Huskers Radio Network (Kyle Crooks, Damon Benning, Jessica Coody)
HUSKERS
Record: 4-1 (1-1 Big Ten)
Last Game: vs. Michigan State (W 38-27)
Streak: Won 1
Rank: AP (RV) | Coaches (RV)
Head Coach: Matt Rhule (16-14, 3rd year NU | 63-57, 10th year overall | 0-1 vs. Maryland)
TERRAPINS
Record: 4-1 (1-1 Big Ten)
Last Game: vs. Washington (L 20-24)
Streak: Lost 1
Rank: AP (NR) | Coaches (NR)
Head Coach: Mike Locksley (37-42, 7th year MD | 39-68, 10th year overall | 1-1 vs. Nebraska)
THIS WEEK'S NUMBERS
6 - Nebraska is +6 in turnover margin through five games, including a +2 margin in a 38-27 win over Michigan State. The Huskers' +1.2 turnover margin per game ranks eighth nationally
8 - Junior running back Emmett Johnson has eight touchdowns in five games this season, including a career-high three rushing touchdowns against Michigan State and three total touchdowns against Akron. Johnson ranks eighth nationally with his eight touchdowns
264 - Nebraska has a 264-yard advantage in punt return yards through five games. The Huskers have 263 punt return yards and rank 13th nationally by averaging 16.4 yards per return. Husker opponents have minus-1 punt return yards on just one punt return attempt. Nebraska had a 109-yard edge in punt returns in last week's win over Michigan State
THE MATCHUP
Nebraska continues Big Ten play on Saturday afternoon when the Huskers head to the East Coast to take on the Maryland Terrapins at SECU Stadium. Kickoff between the Huskers and Terrapins is set for 3:30 p.m. ET (2:30 p.m. CT) and the game will be televised by BTN. The contest can be heard on the Huskers Radio Network, Huskers.com and the Huskers App.
The trip to Maryland represents Nebraska's first true road game of the 2025 season. Following a season-opening victory over Cincinnati in Kansas City, Nebraska had a stretch of four consecutive home games capped by last week's 38-27 victory over Michigan State. This season marks the latest in the calendar Nebraska has played its first true road game since 2013 when the Huskers played their first five games at Memorial Stadium and had their first road game on Oct. 12.
Nebraska comes into the game at 4-1 overall and 1-1 in Big Ten Conference play after last Saturday's victory over the Spartans. Nebraska trailed 21-14 late in the third quarter before reeling off 24 consecutive points in a span of 12 minutes to take a 17-point lead and secure the victory. The win was keyed by contributions from all three phases of the team. Nebraska's offense got going in the final 20 minutes, while the defense stymied Michigan State for much of the day, holding MSU to just 240 yards. Nebraska's special teams pitched in with a blocked punt for a touchdown and recovered a fumbled kickoff, leading directly to 10 points.
Maryland also comes into the contest at 4-1 overall and 1-1 in Big Ten Conference play, following a 24-20 loss to Washington last Saturday in College Park. The Terrapins led 20-0 in the third quarter, before the Huskies rallied for a victory. Maryland completed non-conference play unbeaten and opened Big Ten action with a win at Wisconsin on Sept. 20 before the setback last week against Washington.
SERIES HISTORY
Saturday's game is the fourth all-time meeting between Nebraska and Maryland, all since the Terrapins joined the Big Ten before the 2014 season
- Nebraska holds a 2-1 edge in the series, including a 54-7 victory at Maryland in 2019. The 47-point margin is Nebraska's second-largest in a Big Ten Conference game and the largest in a conference road game since joining the league. The 54 points are also Nebraska's most in a Big Ten road game.
- Maryland picked up its first win in the series in the most recent meeting in Lincoln, recording a 13-10 victory at Memorial Stadium in 2023. The Terrapins kicked a field goal on the game's final play to provide the winning margin.
Nebraska vs. Maryland History
2016: Nebraska 28, Maryland 7 (Lincoln)
2019: Nebraska 54, Maryland 7 (College Park)
2023: Maryland 13, Nebraska 10 (Lincoln)
NEBRASKA HEADS BACK ON THE ROAD
After opening the season with a neutral site victory over Cincinnati on Aug. 28 at Kansas City's Arrowhead Stadium, Nebraska has enjoyed the comforts of home for its past four games over a five-week span. Saturday's game at Maryland will mark the Huskers' first true road game of the season and the first game away from Lincoln in 44 days.
- Nebraska is the last Big Ten team to play a true road game in the 2025 season.
- This marks the first time Nebraska has played its first true road game in the month of October since 2022 when Nebraska opened in Ireland against Northwestern and played its first true road game at Rutgers on Oct. 7.
- The Oct. 11 date for Nebraska's first game in an opposing stadium is its latest since playing its first true road game of 2013 at Purdue on Oct. 12.
ABOUT MARYLAND
Maryland has fielded a football team since 1892 and has an all-time record of 685-632-43. The Terps claim one national title (1953) and 11 conference titles. However, none of the team's conference titles have been since joining the Big Ten.
The Terrapins have an overall bowl record of 14-14-2. Most recently, Maryland picked up a 31-13 win against Auburn in the Transperfect Music City Bowl in 2023.
First Year: 1892
All-Time Record: 685-632-43
Bowl Record: 14-14-2
Conference Titles: 11
National Titles: 1 (1953)
Stadium: SECU Stadium
Capacity: 51,802
Surface: FieldTurf
Location: College Park, Maryland
Enrollment: 40,521
Colors: Red, White, Black & Gold
ABOUT 2025 MARYLAND FOOTBALL
Schedule/Results
Florida Atlantic (W 39-7)
Northern Illinois (W 20-9)
Towson (W 44-17)
at Wisconsin (W 27-10)
Washington (L 20-24)
Nebraska
at UCLA
Indiana
at Rutgers
at Illinois
Michigan
at Michigan State
Maryland is 4-1 on the season with victories against FAU, Northern Illinois, Towson and Wisconsin before last Saturday's loss to Wisconsin. The Terrapins are averaging 349.6 yards per game, with 256.4 yards per game through the air and 93.2 rushing yards per game. DeJuan Williams leads the Maryland rushing attack with 59 carries for 209 yards and a touchdown, followed by Nolan Ray with 126 yards and a score on 36 rushes.
In the passing game, Malik Washington has completed 110-of-183 passes for 1,257 yards with nine touchdowns and two interceptions. Octavian Smith Jr. has a team-high 324 receiving yards on 19 receptions, followed by Shaleak Knotts with 18 grabs for 305 yards and a team-best five touchdowns.
Defensively, the Terrapins are allowing 13.4 points and 318.4 yards per game this season. Daniel Wingate leads Maryland with 49 tackles, while Sidney Stewart has a team-high seven tackles for loss and 4.5 sacks through five games.
ABOUT MIKE LOCKSLEY
Michael Locksley is in his eighth season leading the Maryland football program and has led the Terrapins to a 4-1 mark this season.
Locksley returned to Maryland after a three-year stop at Alabama in 2016-18, where he spent time as an offensive analyst for one season and offensive coordinator in 2017 and 2018. Before his three seasons with the Crimson Tide, Locksley worked as an offensive coordinator on the Maryland coaching staff from 2012 to 2015.
Locksley earned his first experience as a head coach at New Mexico, where he posted a 2-26 overall record in three seasons with the Lobos.
Prior to his stops at Maryland, Alabama and New Mexico, Locksley was an assistant coach at Illinois (2006-08), Florida (2003-04), Maryland (1997-02), Army (1996), Pacific (1995) and Towson State (1992).
Locksley played four seasons as a defensive back at Towson State in 1988-91 and was also a member of the Towson State men's basketball team in 1991 and 1992.
Locksley will be facing Nebraska for the third time in his career after splitting the first two matchups against the Big Red.
LAST MEETING: NOVEMBER 11, 2023
Maryland 13, Nebraska 10
Lincoln - Maryland kick a short field goal as time expired to give the Terrapins a 13-10 win over Nebraska at Memorial Stadium on Saturday afternoon.
Both teams moved to 3-4 in the Big Ten, while Nebraska slipped to 5-5 overall and Maryland improved to 6-4 on the season.
Maryland place-kicker Jack Howes accounted for all of Maryland's scoring in the second half, including his 24-yard walk-off field goal. He opened the fourth with a 35-yard field goal with 12:42 left, following a Nebraska fumble on the opening play of the period.
While Maryland won the fourth quarter, the Huskers dominated the third by turning a pair of Terrapin turnovers into 10 quick points to turn a 7-0 halftime deficit into a 10-7 Nebraska lead heading to the final quarter.
The Blackshirts held Maryland's high-powered offense to 384 total yards, including 283 passing and 101 rushing, while also forcing three turnovers. But the toughness of the Blackshirts could not overcome five turnovers by the Husker offense.
Nebraska's final turnover was the most costly, an interception by Chubba Purdy after he had guided the Husker offense on an 11-play, 90-yard march. Purdy's pass into the end zone on 3rd and Goal eliminated a chance for Nebraska to potentially pull ahead on a short field with just over 3:30 left in the game.
On the drive, Nebraska's third quarterback in the game rushed three times for 33 yards and completed a 24-yard pass to Billy Kemp to put the Huskers on the threshold of victory.
That Nebraska drive started after defensive tackle Ty Robinson recovered a fumble forced by Javin Wright inside the Husker 5. It was the third turnover forced by the Blackshirts in the half, following a fumble forced and recovered by Omar Brown. The play by Brown set up Janiran Bonner's two-yard scoring run to tie the score 7-7 just 3:25 into the second half.
On Maryland's next drive, Wright came up with a spectacular interception on the Nebraska sideline to set the Huskers up with another short field, ultimately resulting in Tristan Alvano's 38-yard field goal to give the Big Red a 10-7 lead with 8:26 left in the third quarter.
Heinrich Haarberg opened the game at quarterback for the Huskers but went just 1-of-5 passing with an early interception. He gave way to Jeff Sims, who completed 8-of-13 passes for 62 yards but threw a pair of interceptions. He also rushed 10 times for 37 yards but lost a fumble early in the fourth quarter deep in Nebraska territory that led to the game-tying field goal for the Terps.
As a team, Nebraska managed just 269 total yards, including 183 yards rush and 86 passing. Emmett Johnson led the Big Red on the ground with 84 yards on 17 totes, while adding three receptions for nine yards.
Taulia Tagovailoa led the Terp offense by completing 27-of-40 passes for 283 yards, while adding five carries for 27 yards. Jeshaun Jones hauled in five receptions for 86 yards, while Tai Felton added five catches for 73 yards and a touchdown. Roman Henby led the Maryland ground game with 74 yards on 16 carries.
Wright led the Nebraska defense with eight tackles, an interception and forced a fumble. Robinson added seven stops, including 1.5 sacks, a fumble recovery and two pass breakups. Isaac Gifford contributed seven stops of his own, while Omar Brown and Tommi Hill each contributed six tackles.
