Game 10: Maryland at Illinois Preview

Football
11/11/2025 10:00:00 AM

Maryland (4-5) vs. Illinois (6-3)

COLLEGE PARK, MD. — Maryland (4–5, 1–5 Big Ten) travels to Champaign to face Illinois (6–3, 3–3 Big Ten) on Saturday at 3:30 p.m. ET/ 2:30 p.m. CT. The sport will air on FS1 and the Maryland Sports Radio Network.

Maryland-Illinois Series History

• The Terps are 2-1 all-time towards the Illini, together with a 20-17 win of their lone sport taking part in in Champaign in the course of the 2021 season.
• In the primary matchup between these groups on October 27, 2018, Maryland scored 63 factors towards the Fighting Illini. That stands as their most factors scored in any convention sport (Big Ten or ACC) during the last 45 seasons.

Maryland’s 20-17 win of their lone sport taking part in in Champaign in the course of the 2021 season.

Ball Hawks

• Maryland leads the Big Ten and ranks second nationally with 17 interceptions.
• Maryland’s protection has snagged an interception in seven straight video games, which is tied for the second longest streak within the nation with Florida.

Maryland leads the Big Ten and ranks second nationally with 17 interceptions

Defensive Dominance

• Maryland ranks tied for second within the Big Ten and tied for tenth nationally with a +8 turnover margin.
• The Terps have pressured 19 turnovers whereas giving the ball away solely 11 occasions.
• Maryland has not allowed its opponent to attain on its first drive of the sport this season. The Terps are considered one of simply three groups nationally which have but to permit a rating on an opponent’s opening drive (Nebraska, Texas Tech).
• The Terps have solely allowed 14 factors within the first quarter of convention video games this season.
• Maryland has eight video games this season with at the least one sack and one defensive interception, tied with Mississippi State for probably the most within the FBS. The Terps have recorded considered one of every in seven straight video games, tied for his or her second-longest such streak during the last 30 seasons (12 straight in 2001, seven straight in 2010).
• The Terps have posted 15 shutout quarters this season.
• Maryland’s 4 defensive touchdowns lead the Big Ten and ranks third nationally.
• Linebacker Daniel Wingate ranks third within the Big Ten and Top 20 nationally by averaging 9.2 tackles per sport. He has recorded 10 or extra tackles in a sport 5 occasions this season.

Linebacker Daniel Wingate ranks third within the Big Ten and Top 20 nationally by averaging 9.2 tackles per sport. He has recorded 10 or extra tackles in a sport 5 occasions this season.

MALIK Washington’s Historic Season

• Malik Washington’s 2,056 passing yards on the season are second-most by a Power Conference true freshman quarterback by way of 9 profession video games since 2020 (Cal’s Jaron-Keawe Sagapolutele has 2,195 this season).
• Washington has 191 completions on the season, good for third-most by a Power Conference true freshman quarterback by way of 9 profession video games since 2020 (Mississippi State’s Will Rogers had 239 in 2020 and Jaron-Keawe Sagapolutele has 194 this season).
• His 13 passing touchdowns are tied for the second-most by a Power Conference true freshman quarterback by way of 9 profession video games since 2020 (15 from Oklahoma’s Caleb Williams in 2021, 13 by Virginia’s Anthony Colandrea in 2023).
• Washington’s seven completions of 40+ yards rank because the sixth-most within the Big Ten. Only one FBS true freshman has extra 40-yard completions than Washington (Bear Bachmeier, eight).
• Washington ranks second amongst FBS true freshmen with 17 whole touchdowns (passing, speeding, and receiving) this season, trailing solely BYU’s Bear Bachmeier, who leads with 21. Washington is adopted by Jaron-Keawe Sagapolutele (Cal, 15), Caleb Hawkins (North Texas, 14), and Mason Heintschel (Pitt, 13).
• Washington is simply the third true freshman quarterback from a Power Conference since 2000 to open his profession with eight consecutive video games of at the least 200 passing yards, becoming a member of Cal’s Jaron-Keawe Sagapolutele and Houston’s David Piland.

Malik Washington’s 2,056 passing yards on the season are second-most by a Power Conference true freshman quarterback by way of 9 profession video games since 2020 (Cal’s Jaron-Keawe Sagapolutele has 2,195 this season).

Malik on the bottom

• Malik Washington had a career-high 164 speeding yards on simply 8 makes an attempt (20.5 yards per rush) towards Rutgers.
• It marked the second-most rush yards by a Maryland quarterback in a sport and set a faculty report for speeding yards by a freshman quarterback. Only Perry Hills with 170 in 2015 has extra.
• It was the very best rush whole by a Power Conference true freshman quarterback since Ole Miss’ John Rhys Plumlee ran for 212 towards LSU in 2019.
• It marked probably the most rush yards by a Big Ten QB in a single sport since November 10, 2018 (Illinois’ AJ Bush – 187).
• Washington had a 73-yard rush for a landing on the second play of the sport. It was the longest rush by a Maryland quarterback since Perry Hills (2015) and the second-longest amongst Power Conference quarterbacks this season.
• The 73-yard run marked Maryland’s longest offensive play of the season and its longest speeding landing by a quarterback since 2014. It was additionally the third-longest rush TD by any Maryland QB during the last 30 seasons (C.J. Brown – 77-yarder & 74-yarder).

Malik Washington had a career-high 164 speeding yards on simply 8 makes an attempt (20.5 yards per rush) towards Rutgers.

More on the Ground Game

• The Terps rushed for 305 yards at Rutgers. It marked the primary time that Maryland collected over 300 whole floor yards since 2019 (354 vs. Syracuse, Sept. 7, 2019, Coach Locksley’s second profession sport as head coach).
• Maryland’s 305 speeding yards was its most in a convention sport since November 17, 2018 (339 vs. Ohio State).
• Maryland averaged 10.5 yards per carry, tying this system’s highest mark ever in a single sport, set again in 1950 towards Virginia Tech.
• Nolan Ray rushed for 77 yards on simply 5 carries towards the Scarlet Knights (15.4 ypc). He had a season-long 53-yard rush within the sport.
• DeJuan Williams rushed for 64 yards on 14 carries towards Rutgers. Williams has 293 all-purpose yards (97.7 per sport) over his final three video games.
  
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Maryland’s 305 speeding yards was its most in a convention sport since November 17, 2018 (339 vs. Ohio State).

Stacking Sacks

• Maryland has 24 sacks on the season. The 2.67 sacks per sport common ranks fourth within the Big Ten and tied for 18th nationally.
• Freshmen Zahir Mathis and Sidney Stewart every rank amongst the Top 15 gamers within the Big Ten in sacks.
• Stewart leads the Terps with six sacks and Mathis, who missed time with damage, is not far behind with 4.5 sacks on the yr. Both gamers rank Top 50 nationally in sacks per sport.
• Stewart has recorded at the least half a sack in seven of his 9 video games this season.

Freshmen Zahir Mathis ranks amongst the Top 15 gamers within the Big Ten in sacks.