Content removal request!


Maryland uses big fourth quarter to overcome Indiana 42-39

AP) Up and down the field they went, Indiana and Maryland in a duel to see which team would outlast the other. After accumulating 828 yards and 53 first downs, attempting 78 passes and running 153 plays, the Terrapins and Hoosiers finally walked off the field Saturday after a game that lasted nearly four hours and ended with Maryland celebrating a 42-39 victory. “Everyone was jumping up and down, the music was playing,” Terps quarterback Max Bortenschlager said of the locker room scene. “It was an awesome feeling.” Bortenschlager threw two touchdown passes, Jake Funk ran for a pair of fourth-quarter scores and Maryland outlasted Indiana to keep the Hoosiers winless in the Big Ten. “There was a lot of back and forth, a lot of momentum swings,” Terrapins coach DJ Durkin said. Maryland (4-4, 2-3) trailed 33-28 before rallying to snap a three-game losing streak. The comeback began with an 82-yard kickoff return by Javon Leake, and Funk put the Terrapins in front for good with a 1-yard touchdown with 14:56 remaining. Funk scored again from the 1 with 10:14 left after Bortenschlager connected with DJ Moore for a 44-yard completion to the Indiana 17. Indiana (3-5, 0-5) cut the gap to 42-39 but came up short in its bid to provide first-year coach Tom Allen his initial conference victory. “Very disappointing loss for us,” Allen said. “It hurts our guys because the offense played well enough for us to win. Special teams prevented that, as well as some costly defensive mistakes, which h