Maryland Overcomes Halftime Deficit To Beat Falcons

Saturday, September 8

Bowling Green, Ohio

6:00 PM

Bowling Green State University

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Maryland

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Photo by: BGSU Marketing and Communications

September 08, 2018 | Football

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BOWLING GREEN, Ohio – The Bowling Green State University football team led their 2018 home debut at halftime but ultimately fell to the University of Maryland 45-14 on a rainy Saturday evening (Sept. 8) at Doyt L. Perry Stadium in Bowling Green, Ohio. The Falcons played in front of 16,142 fans on Military and Heroes Appreciation Day.

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Jarret Doege opened the scoring with a three-yard touchdown pass to Scott Miller with 33 seconds left in the first quarter. After the Terrapins tied the contest late in the second quarter, Doege capped a five-play, 67-yard drive with a 29-yard pass to Quinton Morris for a 14-7 lead. Maryland narrowed the gap with a field goal on the final play of the half, then scored 35 unanswered points after halftime.

OFFENSIVE NOTES

Jarret Doege completed 17 of 27 passes (.630) for 143 yards
Doege threw two touchdown passes; he now has six consecutive games with multiple passing touchdowns
Scott Miller caught three passes for 11 yards and a touchdown
Miller has touchdown receptions in both 2018 games and in four of his last five overall
Miller is 14 receptions and one touchdown catch away from BGSU's top ten career lists
Quintin Morris led BGSU with five catches for 85 yards, setting career single-game bests for both
Morris also caught his third career touchdown pass and first of 2018
Bryson Denley and Dorian Hendrix each earned their first career reception
Andrew Clair carried the ball 16 times for 44 yards, giving him 157 yards on 41 carries in 2018
Justin Sawmiller was credited with his first career start

DEFENSIVE NOTES

Brandon Harris registered a team-best 11 tackles, one shy of his career high (12 at EMU, Nov. 21, 2017)
Kholbe Coleman set a new personal single-game high with seven tackles and has totaled 13 in two games
Jerry McBride (6) and Roland Walder (5) tied their career highs in tackles
Karl Brooks (5), Jordan Murphy (3) and Romeo Masuku (1) earned their first career tackles
Clint Stephens (1.5), Harris (1.0) and Walder (0.5) posted tackles for loss
Harris forced a fumble, the fifth of his career
Kyle Junior recovered his first fumble of 2018 and second of his career
BGSU allowed just 121 passing yards, their fewest since allowing 105 at Ohio last season

SPECIAL TEAMS NOTES

Nate Needham was a perfect 2-for-2 on extra points and has made all six of his kicks in 2018 (5 XP, 1 FG)
Needham boomed three kickoffs for an average of 58.5 yards
Grant Tinnerman punted nine times for 354 yards; his 39.3 average is six yards better than last week
Tinnerman earned his first 50-yard punt, and had one punt downed inside the 20
Ra'veion Hargrove returned four kickoffs for 91 yards and a 22.8 average

UP NEXT

BGSU returns to action Saturday (Sept. 15) against Eastern Kentucky
Kickoff at Doyt L. Perry Stadium is scheduled for 4:00 p.m. EST
The game will be broadcast on ESPN3
The Falcons will celebrate Falcon Family Weekend as well as Band and Cheer Day
EKU leads the all-time series 3-1; however, BGSU has won the only meeting since 1950 (63-13 in 2003)