At the end of the first quarter against No. 19 Iowa on Saturday at Kinnick Stadium, Maryland had run a total of five plays from scrimmage and trailed the Hawkeyes by a field goal.
Midway through the second quarter, the Terps had still barely touched the ball but had kept Iowa without a touchdown, most impressively on a 17-play drive that lasted more than nine minutes.
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But the much-improved Maryland defense could bend only so much without breaking. Suffocated by Iowa’s defense and swirling winds which gusted to more than 30 mph, Maryland’s offense got worse over the course of the game, its defense tired and the result was a disheartening 23-0 defeat.