COLLEGE PARK, Md. — Nick Ferrara kicked a 32-yard field goal with 1:39 left, Danny O’Brien threw for 348 yards and a touchdown and Maryland beat short-handed Miami 32-24 on Monday night in coach Randy Edsall’s first game with the Terrapins.
Miami was playing its initial game under Al Golden without eight suspended players, including quarterback Jacory Harris, linebacker Sean Spence and defensive linemen Marcus Forston and Adewale Ojomo.
Stephen Morris capably filled in for Harris, going 19-for-28 for 195 yards and running for a touchdown. But on a fourth-and-4 in the final minute, the sophomore threw an interception that Cameron Chism took 54 yards for the clinching score with 39 seconds remaining.
It was the second touchdown by the Maryland defense, both involving Chism. He also forced a fumble that provided the Terps with a 20-14 halftime lead.
Maryland amassed 311 yards and 19 first downs in the first half alone and finished with 499 yards, including 92 yards on 21 carries by Davin Meggett.
But the seesaw game came down to the closing minutes.
Soon after O’Brien completed a 52-yard pass to Kevin Dorsey down the right sideline, Ferrera entered only one series after missing from 23 yards out. This one, however, was down the middle.
Chism then provided the clincher.
Huskers’ Compton day to day
LINCOLN, Neb. — Nebraska linebacker Will Compton is day to day with an injured right foot, coach Bo Pelini said, while cornerback Alfonzo Dennard continues to improve from his strained right leg muscle.
Footnotes.
Northwestern quarterback Dan Persa remains day to day while recovering from a ruptured Achilles tendon.
• Boston College receiver Ifeanyi Momah will miss the rest of the season after tearing a ligament in his left knee in the season opener against Northwestern.
• Missouri cornerback Kip Edwards is expected back this week after missing the opener with a hamstring injury, but the defense will be without linebacker Will Ebner (ankle) and end Jacquies Smith (elbow) this week.
• Florida cornerback Jeremy Brown (knee) and receiver Robert Clark (hamstring) are questionable for Saturday’s game against Alabama-Birmingham.
