Maryland Football Early Season Game Times Announced

GREENSBORO, N.C. – The Atlantic Coast Conference on Thursday announced the start times for Maryland’s first two games of the 2013 season.

The Terrapins open the 2013 season on Saturday, Aug. 31 at 12:30 p.m., against Florida International University at Capital One Field at Byrd Stadium. The following week they will face Old Dominion, a Football Championship Subdivision (FCS) quarterfinalist in 2012, at 4:00 p.m.

Remaining game times will be announced at a later date. League home games are selected on a 12-day option by ESPN or the ACC Network. During the season, ESPN can choose certain ACC games on a six-day window. Times for early-season nonconference home games are announced in the summer.
2013 University of Maryland Football Schedule

Aug. 31            FIU

Sept. 7             OLD DOMINION

Sept. 14            at Connecticut

Sept. 21            vs. West Virginia (M&T Bank Stadium, Baltimore, Md.)

Sept. 28            Open

Oct. 5               at Florida State

Oct. 12             VIRGINIA 

Oct. 19             at Wake Forest

Oct. 26             CLEMSON

Nov. 2              Open

Nov. 9              SYRACUSE                                    

Nov. 16             at Virginia Tech

Nov. 23             BOSTON COLLEGE

Nov. 30             at NC State

Terps and Golden Panthers to meet in 2013 and 2016

COLLEGE PARK, Md. – The University of Maryland and Florida International University have agreed to a two-year home-and-home football series.

FIU will travel to Maryland on Aug. 31, 2013 for the season opener inside Capital One Field at Byrd Stadium. Maryland will travel to Miami, Fla. on Sept. 10, 2016 for the second matchup with the Golden Panthers.

The two schools have played three times, with Maryland winning all three contests. The last matchup came in 2010, when the Terrapins defeated the Golden Panthers 42-28 in College Park.