Jonah Coleman scored on a 1-yard run with 3:21 remaining as Washington rallied from a 20-point deficit to defeat Maryland 24-20 Saturday in College Park, Md.
Demond Williams Jr. completed 28 of 41 passes for 275 yards and two touchdowns and added 57 yards on 18 carries for the Huskies (4-1, 1-1 Big Ten), who scored 21 unanswered points in the fourth quarter.
Freshman Malik Washington was 30-of-49 passing for 219 yards with one touchdown and one interception for the Terrapins (4-1, 1-1), who hadn’t trailed this season until Coleman’s deciding score.
The Huskies trailed 20-0 when Grady Gross kicked a 36-yard field goal with 3:44 left in the third quarter.
Williams Jr. hit Denzel Boston on a 3-yard slant with 14:23 remaining to cut Maryland’s lead to 20-10.
After forcing Maryland into a three-and-out, Williams Jr. found Dezmen Roebuck on a 34-yard scoring strike in the back of the end zone with 11:32 left to make it a three-point game.
Coleman’s TD capped an 11-play, 80-yard drive. Coleman rushed 18 times for 57 yards.
Williams Jr. was intercepted by Maryland’s Jalen Huskey on the game’s opening possession. Huskey picked off the pass at his own 40-yard line and returned it 32 yards. It was the first interception thrown by Williams Jr. this season and he compounded the mistake with a personal foul at the end of the return, giving the Terrapins the ball on Washington’s 24-yard line. The Huskies’ defense held and Maryland had to settle for Sean O’Haire’s 26-yard field goal.
After a Huskies punt, Washington drove Maryland 71 yards in 16 plays for a touchdown. Washington scored untouched on a 4-yard run around the left end to make it 10-0. The Terrapins went 5 for 5 on third-down conversions on the possession.
The Terrapins also ran 16 plays on their next drive, capped by O’Haire’s 29-yard field goal with 4:01 left in the half to make it 13-0.
The Huskies, who amassed 167 points in their three nonconference victories, scoring on 21 consecutive possessions, were held scoreless in the first half after failing to reach the end zone in a 24-6 loss to No. 1 Ohio State the previous week.
The Terrapins took the second-half kickoff and marched 75 yards in nine plays, with Washington faking a handoff and hitting wide-open tight end AJ Szymanski on a 2-yard pass to make it 20-0.
