The University Of Maryland Takes On Virginia Tech At The New Era Pinstripe Bowl

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COLLEGE PARK, Md. (WJZ) – The University of Maryland volition marque an quality astatine the New Era Pinstripe Bowl connected Dec. 29 astatine Yankee Stadium successful New York, N.Y.

This is volition beryllium the 28th clip the squad volition marque an quality astatine a vessel crippled erstwhile they instrumentality connected Virginia Tech. The matchup is acceptable to kickoff astatine 2:15 p.m. and volition beryllium televised nationally connected ESPN.

“We are excited to beryllium selected to play successful the New Era Pinstripe Bowl,” said Maryland Head Coach Michael Locksley. “Returning to postseason play is the adjacent measurement successful the upward inclination of our program.

The Terps caput into the postseason with a grounds of 6-6 portion playing the 19th toughest docket successful the country. After beating Rutgers, they were eligible for this vessel crippled for the archetypal clip since 2016.

Junior backmost Taulia Tagovailoa leads the Terps and helium acceptable single-season records for some passing yards (3,595) and completions (308). He ranks among the apical 3 successful the Big Ten successful astir each passing category.

The Terps are 16-15 all-time against the Hokies and played Virginia Tech 5 times erstwhile some programs were members of the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC).

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