Week 12 saw some action that will affect the bowl season as the Rutgers Scarlet Knights went on the road and took down the Maryland Terrapins by a final score of 31-16. Quarterback Athan Kaliakmanis and running back Kyle Monangai played incredibly well in this game and were significant factors to get the Scarlet Knights the victory.
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Rutgers (6-4, 3-4 Big Ten) are now officially bowl eligible after this game. Maryland (4-6, 1-6) are still struggling for answers in conference play as they only are ahead of the Purdue Boilermakers in the standings. They had a chance to strike here but Rutgers scored the final 17 points in this game.
Let’s look at the box scores for this game and determine how the game ended up going.
The Rutgers Scarlet Knights played a good football as the team had 370 total yards of offense and moved the chains at a great level. Rutgers went 6-of-14 on third downs and converted all three of their fourth down tries.
Athan Kaliakmanis threw the ball incredibly well, averaging 7.9 yards per pass and that opened up the running game to rush for 3.6 yards per carry. The one major concern was the Scarlet Knights getting called for eight penalties for 80 yards. This team has some outstanding skill position players and should control a majority of the games they play in.
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