Joel Statham completed 18 of 25 passes for 268 yards and two touchdowns in No. 23 Maryland's 45-22 victory over Temple on Saturday night before 51,000 in College Park, Maryland. The two touchdowns were the first two of the sophomore's career.
Sammy Maldonado ran for a career-high 106 yards and two touchdowns to help Maryland (2-0) win its 12th straight game at Byrd Stadium and improve to 5-0 against the Owls. Maryland rolled up 319 first-half yards -- 201 of them on Statham's 15-of-20 passing -- while Temple had only 100 yards of total offense. Nick Novak added 9 kicking points to put him within 79 points of the all-time NCAA scoring record. Josh Allen had 43 yards rushing and Derrick Fenner caught 4 passes for 70 yards.
After Maldonado scroed from a yard out for a 35-7 lead with 3:30 remaining in the third, Maryland pulled its first team and used a lot of freshmen and sophomores for the rest of the game. Temple scored 15 points and made most of their yards in the fourth quarter against Maryland second and third stringers.
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