Questionable Officiating Oregon Ducks vs. Maryland Terrapins: Pass Interference Penalty

The Oregon Ducks lead the Maryland Terrapins on Saturday night at Autzen Stadium, and the officiating crew has made some questionable penalty calls that extended drives for the Maryland offense. The Ducks have 70 penalty yards so far. It was a rough start on special teams for the Ducks as well.

Lanning: “We Can Be A Lot Better” 

The Oregon Ducks took a 21-10 lead into the half against the visiting Maryland Terrapins. Even with the double-digit halftime lead, Ducks’ coach Dan Lanning was adamant that the Ducks can be much better in the second half. He spoke to Big Ten Network’s Brooke Fletcher after the first half.

“We can be a lot better. We’re not playing clean right now,” Lanning said. “To our standard, we’ve got a lot more left in the tank that we can go attack right now into halftime.”

The Ducks have had penalties to extend multiple Maryland drives. Lanning and the Ducks will try to start fresh in the second half.

“It’s a new quarter, it’s a new game right now,” Lanning said. “We get he opportunity to have the ball at the half, and we have the opportunity to be aggressive and take advantage of that.”

Oregon has not faced much adversity of late, so learning how to bounce back from these mistakes could be a good thing moving forward.

Ducks Making Careless Mistakes

On the opening drive of the game, the Ducks forced a Maryland three and out. While Maryland was punting on fourth down, Oregon roughed the Maryland punter, giving the Terrapins an automatic first down. Maryland ended up driving for a field goal on that drive. 

The Ducks had their own three and out to start the game. Oregon had a bad punt off the side of punter Ross James’s foot and only traveled 32 yards. 

Luckily for the Ducks, their defense stepped up and forced a three-and-out. However, on the punt, the Ducks muffed it and got lucky to retain possession.

This would not be the last mistake Oregon would make. On the lone Maryland touchdown drive in the first half, the Ducks committed multiple drive-extending penalties. Oregon defensive back Tysheem Johnson committed some questionable defensive pass interference penalties to keep the drive going. There was also a facemask called on the Ducks’ defensive lineman Derrick Harmon during a sack. 

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