College Park—

Turnover, Turnover, Turnover, Turnover, Turnover, it almost seemed like that was all the crowd heard today at Capital One Field at Byrd Stadium as the Maryland Terps looked the sloppiest they have all year committing five turnovers and showing no offense when they needed to in the fourth quarter.

Celebrating their third straight victory, Rutgers (3-1), took advantage of the five Maryland turnovers, including three interceptions and a fumble by senior quarterback Chris Turner to run to an easy 34-13 victory.

Maryland had the game well within reach late in the fourth quarter at 20-13, before touchdown runs by  Scarlet Knights fullback Joe Martinek of 29 and 61 yards in the final five minutes turned a close game into a blowout.

"I am disappointed. I thought our defense played their hearts out and I really felt we had the chance to win it even though we played poorly on offense. Our kicking game was average; it just wasn't a very good effort. I am very disappointed and I'm sure our players and our fans are, said Terps Head Coach Ralph Friedgen.

Despite doubling Rutgers' yardage (200-95) in the first half, Maryland led only 13-10 at the break.   For most of the first half, the Terps seemed to control the game, but like the weather, their offense seemed to get a little worse as the game progressed.

Turner had one of the worst days he has seen at College Park throwing for 21 for 38 for 271 yards and most notably 3 interceptions. It was still better than Rutgers fifth-year senior Dom Natale, who went 4 for 12 for 42 yards. Key point here is did not make any errors and he helped Rutgers keep their running game in hand.

Rutgers defense stopping the running game was the huge difference in this game. A total of 28 yards rushing are the lowest the Terps have experienced under Friedgen.

"We do everything as a team. The kicking game, offense, defense are family. Certainly the defense played extremely well today. When you can hold someone to 25 yards rushing that to me is the key to the game. I know people will talk about the scores and the takeaways, but 25 yards rushing- that's a very telling stat to me,” said Rutgers Head Coach Greg Schiano.

Numbers      Rut    MD

1st Downs   14    12

Total Yards 249 299

Passing        42     271

Rushing       207     28

Penalties   4-25 10-85

3rd Down Conversions    5-14    5-15

4th Down Conversions    0-2     0-2

Turnovers        0      5

Possession     34:18      25:42