Terrapins return to the Bay Area

By Jeremy Kahn

SAN FRANCISCO-The game may have a different name and a different stadium, but it is still in the San Francisco Bay Area.

After being called the Walnut Bowl, Diamond Walnut Bowl, Emerald Bowl, Kraft Fight Hunger Bowl, Fight Hunger Bowl, the game is now called the Foster Farms Bowl.

The first 12 games were played at AT&T Park, the home of the San Francisco Giants; however the game will now be played at Levi’s Stadium, the new home of the San Francisco 49ers.

Making their second appearance in the game will be the Maryland Terrapins, who played the Oregon State Beavers in the 2007 Emerald Bowl and lost to their opponents by the final of 21-14.

The Terrapins will be facing the Stanford Cardinal, who will be making their and the Cardinal will face each other on the gridiron.

Randy Edsall brings his Terrapins to the Bay Area after their inaugural season in very competitive Big Ten that saw the Terrapins finish with a 7-4 record and 4-4 in the Big Ten Conference.

Away from Byrd Stadium in College Park, the Terrapins won five games, the most in the conference, and the highest for the program since Frank Reich was under center for theTerrapins in 1984.

Sixth-year quarterback C.J. Brown comes off a game where he passed for 195 yards and gained 107 yards on the ground, his ninth 100-yard rushing game.

Overall during his career in College Park, Brown ranks fifth in school history in passing yards and fourth in completions.

His nine career 100-yard rushing games are fourth in school history, with former Oakland Raiders running back Lamont Jordan, who topped the 100-yard plateau on 18 different occasions from 1997-2000.

Between his passing and rushing yards, Brown is only 213 yards from tying Scott Milanovich for the most all-purpose yards in school history.

Wide receiver Stefon Diggs leads the Terrapins with 52 catches and 654 yards.

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