Maryland 32, Connecticut 21: C.J. Brown accounted for 399 total yards, passed for a touchdown and ran for another as the visiting Terrapins gave coach Randy Edsall his first win over his former team.
Stefon Diggs finished with five catches for 110 yards and hauled in Brown’s only touchdown throw for Maryland (3-0), which opened the season with three straight wins for the first time since 2001. Brandon Ross added 95 yards rushing for the Terrapins, who won two straight to open last season but suffered a 24-21 setback at Connecticut that triggered a 2-8 finish.
Chandler Whitmer threw for a career-high 349 yards and a late score for the Huskies (0-2), who dropped consecutive games to open the season for the first time since 2002. Lyle McCombs finished with 53 yards rushing on 19 carries and scored a first-quarter touchdown.
McCombs gave Connecticut an early lead with a 5-yard score on the team’s second possession, but Brown knotted it with 11:10 left before intermission with a 41-yard touchdown run up the middle. The Terrapins’ Brad Craddock and Huskies’ Chad Christen exchanged field goals before Craddock put Maryland ahead with a short field goal as time expired in the first half.
Brown stretched the lead to 20-10 at the 9:04 mark of the third quarter when he faked an inside zone play and connected with Diggs on a 12-yard score. Christen countered with a field goal, but Whitmer was intercepted on the next drive by Dexter McDougle, who returned it 49 yards for a touchdown.
GAME NOTEBOOK: Edsall led Connecticut to a 70-63 record and five bowl game appearances in 11 seasons. … Huskies coach Paul Pasqualoni lost to Edsall for the first time in three tries. The two served together as assistants at Syracuse from 1987-90. … Maryland is 3-8 on the road under Edsall.