Washington storms back from a 20-point deficit, hands Maryland first loss, 24-20

Maryland running back Dejuan Williams runs against Washington defensive lineman Deshawn Lynch right during the first half of an NCAA college football battle Saturday Oct in College Park Md AP Photo Stephanie Scarbrough AP Stephanie Scarbrough Maryland running back Dejuan Williams runs against Washington defensive lineman Deshawn Lynch right during the first half of an NCAA college football match Saturday Oct in College Park Md AP Photo Stephanie Scarbrough AP Stephanie Scarbrough COLLEGE PARK Md AP When Washington settled for a field goal late in the third quarter it at least put the Huskies on the scoreboard Still their margin for error was essentially gone since they were down by points with just under minutes to play Our guys just kept believing kept competing Huskies coach Jedd Fisch declared The Huskies needed a dominant fourth quarter and got it storming back to a - win over Maryland on Saturday What was remarkable was they did it without forcing any late turnovers Washington only shut down the Terrapins and then capitalized against a Maryland defense that wilted late Washington s final five drives plays yards points and a game-ending kneel-down Maryland s final four drives plays yards no points You have to learn to put people away Terrapins coach Mike Locksley noted Especially a good group like Washington when you have them here at home Jonah Coleman scored on a -yard run with remaining capping Washington s furious rally from a - third-quarter deficit Washington - - won on the road in Big Ten play for the first time since debuting in the league last season It took a while for them to produce much of anything offensively and Coleman finished with just yards on carries but the Huskies scored on four straight possessions when they had to Maryland - - hadn t trailed all season before Coleman s touchdown and it didn t look like the Terrapins would on this day either after freshman Malik Washington threw a -yard touchdown pass to AJ Szymanski on the first possession of the second half The Huskies then settled for a field goal and a - deficit at the end of a -play drive but after that Maryland s offense had no response The Terps seemed oddly uninterested in running the ball with a big lead and they went three-and-out on their next two possessions We just did what we re supposed to do Fisch announced We played sound football We covered we rushed the passer we tackled really really well when the opportunities were there They didn t get any leaky yardage Demond Williams Jr threw touchdown passes of yards to Denzel Boston and yards to Dezmen Roebuck to make it - After one more Maryland punt the Huskies drove yards for the winning touchdown Maryland had one last chance on offense but Jalil Farooq dropped a pass near the Washington and the Terps turned the ball over on downs on the next play After an early interception led to a Maryland field goal the Terps Washington ran for a -yard touchdown to make it - They led - at halftime The takeaway Washington The Huskies could be second-guessed for not using Coleman more early but once they started stopping Maryland on defense they began to roll on offense It s a big win after a cross-country trip Just having our backs against the wall and knowing that if we didn t do what we had to do then we knew the tournament was over Williams explained Just going out there with that mindset take it one play at a time Don t try to force ourselves back into the encounter and I felt like the tournament just came to us Maryland It was a huge missed opportunity for the Terps who were coming off a big win at Wisconsin and had a good crowd on hand for this one The coaching staff failed to come up with plays that would help Maryland keep the ball a bit when the defense began to weaken Too much time This contest was the continuation of a bizarre trend in which Maryland has not won a meeting coming out of a regular-season bye week since Up next Washington hosts Rutgers on Friday night Maryland hosts Nebraska on Saturday Get poll alerts and updates on the AP Top throughout the season Sign up here and here AP News mobile app AP college football https apnews com hub ap-top- -college-football-poll and https apnews com hub college-football Source