Maryland Beats Pittsburgh on a Late Field Goal, 10-7

Dan Plocki kicked a 29-yard field goal with 2:10 to play Monday night to give Maryland a 10-7 victory over Pittsburgh, ruining the debut of Coach Mike Gottfried.

Pitt drove to the Maryland 38 in the final minute. But quarterback John Congemi, who completed 23 of 45 passes for 258 yards, was dropped for a nine-yard loss on a third-down play and threw a fourth-down incompletion to turn the ball back over to the Terrapins.

Congemi threw a 32-yard scoring pass to Reggie Williams on a second-and-15 play with 5:12 to go to rally Pitt to a 7-7 tie after Tommy Neal had given Maryland a 7-0 lead with a one-yard scoring dive with 2:15 to play in the third quarter.

Neal had runs of 14 and 5 yards, and Dan Henning hit Ferrell Edmunds for 13 yards and Azizuddin Abdur-Ra’oof for 15 to set up Plocki’s winning kick.

Henning, playing his first game as a college quarterback, hooked up with Vernon Joines on a 24-yard completion on a third-and-six play to set up Neal’s touchdown.