Maryland football seemed to be finding its footing trailing 10-7 in the early stages of the second quarter of its matchup in College Park against the undefeated No. 5 Iowa Hawkeyes, but things on the field went from bad to worse in the blink of an eye.
Senior wide receiver Dontay Demus Jr. fumbled a kickoff return back into Iowa’s possession, which led directly to the Hawkeyes’ second touchdown of the night almost right away. Assisted by glaring mistakes from Maryland’s offense, Iowa then added on two more quick touchdowns to balloon its advantage to an unreachable 31-7 margin.