Sunday, September 20, 2009

TWTW: Middle Tennessee Does It Again 32-31 Over Maryland

((HT: Goblueraiders.com))

Middle Tennessee's Alan Gendreau hit a 19-yard field goal as time expired, silencing the crowd of 43,167 at Byrd Stadium in College Park, Md., Saturday afternoon, as the Blue Raiders defeated Maryland for the second-straight season, 32-31, in a see-saw thriller. It gave Middle Tennessee its first road victory over a BCS-conference opponent since 2005 when it defeated Vanderbilt.

“I would think this is the biggest win ever for our program on the road,” said Blue Raiders Coach Rick Stockstill, whose team amassed 438 offensive yards. “To come into an ACC stadium like this and beat a very, very good Maryland team is a tremendous accomplishment."

"You lose when you fumble the ball,” Terrapins Coach Ralph Friedgen said. “It doesn’t matter what your stats are. You lose games, that’s the stat I’m looking at. ... To me, there’s no excuse for fumbling. I don’t care what the deal is. Hold on to that ball.”

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