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Three takeaways from Maryland football’s season-opening debacle against Northwestern

Maryland football entered the 2020 Big Ten football restart with lots questions as it welcomed 57 new players to its roster after ending last season on a nine-game losing skid.

The Terps certainly did not have any answers in week one, as they got dominated, 43-3, by the Northwestern Wildcats Saturday night.

Here are some of the biggest takeaways from the loss.

Maryland struggled with gap assignments of defense

Northwestern tallied a whopping 325 yards on the ground against the Terps, and there was no answer to stop the bleeding other than the final whistle.