Maryland football to face North Carolina State in Duke’s Mayo Bowl

Maryland soccer has been chosen to play within the Duke’s Mayo Bowl in opposition to North Carolina State on Dec. 30 in Charlotte, North Carolina, Motion Community’s Brett McMurphy reported Sunday. The sport — which is able to air on ESPN — will begin at midday and be performed at Financial institution of America Stadium, the house stadium for the Carolina Panthers.

The Terps completed 7-5 on the season and have become bowl eligible with their sixth win of the season over Northwestern on Oct. 22, the earliest they clinched a spot in a bowl recreation since 2001. That is the second consecutive season Maryland is heading to a bowl.

With a 6-6 file final season, Maryland participated within the Pinstripe Bowl at Yankee Stadium in New York, the place it dominated Virginia Tech, 47-10, for its first bowl victory since 2010.

Maryland has not been in back-to-back bowl video games since 2013-14 and has not received two in a row for the reason that 2002-03 seasons. A win would mark the Terps’ first eight-win season since 2010.

Maryland’s opponent, NC State, completed the common season with an 8-4 file, its third consecutive season qualifying for a bowl recreation. The Wolfpack have been very profitable below Dave Doeren, as this season is the sixth in his 10 as head coach that they’ve received a minimum of eight regular-season video games. NC State briefly appeared like a contender for the ACC championship this yr, however as soon as quarterback Devin Leary went down with a season-ending torn pectoral muscle, issues received much more tough. They went 5-1 in video games that Leary performed however simply 3-3 with out him.

NC State had another main soccer information come out Sunday, as earlier within the day, offensive coordinator Tim Beck was introduced as the following head coach at Coastal Carolina.

The Terps and Wolfpack have a protracted historical past, as they have been each founding members of the ACC and performed 70 occasions earlier than Maryland left for the Huge Ten. The all-time collection is cut up evenly, with each groups holding a file of 33-33-4.

The Terps might be with out a few key gamers in Charlotte. Broad receivers Dontay Demus Jr. and Jacob Copeland declared for the NFL Draft earlier this week and tight finish C.J. Dippre introduced he was coming into the switch portal, amongst others. It’s anticipated that extra gamers will decide out of the bowl recreation for the draft or enter the portal within the coming weeks.