The Maryland football team honored its seniors shortly before kickoff against Iowa in the final home game of the season Saturday afternoon. There was nothing more to celebrate as the Terrapins went on to a 29-13 loss that extinguished their flickering aspirations of gaining bowl eligibility.
A fourth consecutive defeat and sixth in seven games — each by double digits — became all but certain in the fourth quarter as the Hawkeyes scored the final 10 points over the closing nine-plus minutes. Maryland (4-7, 1-7 Big Ten) had drawn within 19-13 but faded down the stretch, ensuring its first losing season since the pandemic-shortened 2020 campaign.