COLLEGE PARK, Md. -- Maryland football’s 2021 home game against Iowa will be played on Friday, October 1 at Capital One Field at Maryland Stadium. This will mark the third consecutive year the Terps will host a home Friday night game.
The contest was originally scheduled for Saturday, Oct. 2. Kick time and television designation will be announced at a later date.
Last season, Maryland outlasted Minnesota, 45-44, in a thrilling overtime game on Friday, Oct. 30, 2020. With 1.912 million viewers, that game is the most-viewed Friday night game since the start of Big Ten Friday night games in 2017. It was the highest-rated ESPN Friday night game in 2020 and highest since Washington State/Houston on Sept. 13, 2019 (2.07M). It was Maryland’s highest-rating game on cable TV since the 2017 Texas win (2.081M on FS1).
In 2019, Maryland hosted Penn State before a sellout crowd of 53,228, the sixth-largest turnout in Maryland Stadium history.
With yesterday’s announcement of Maryland’s road game at Illinois also being moved to Friday night, this marks the first time since 1954 that the Terps will play two games in one season on Friday.
An updated 2021 Maryland football schedule is listed below.
Season tickets for the 2021 season are now on sale. Maryland Football is excited to welcome fans back to College Park for the Terps' best home schedule in years, featuring West Virginia, Iowa, Penn State and Michigan. Join us this fall by purchasing your season tickets today.
New this year, fans may secure their season tickets by only initially placing 1% down. To explore ticket options, click here.
2021 Maryland Football Schedule
*Home games listed in ALL CAPS
The contest was originally scheduled for Saturday, Oct. 2. Kick time and television designation will be announced at a later date.
Last season, Maryland outlasted Minnesota, 45-44, in a thrilling overtime game on Friday, Oct. 30, 2020. With 1.912 million viewers, that game is the most-viewed Friday night game since the start of Big Ten Friday night games in 2017. It was the highest-rated ESPN Friday night game in 2020 and highest since Washington State/Houston on Sept. 13, 2019 (2.07M). It was Maryland’s highest-rating game on cable TV since the 2017 Texas win (2.081M on FS1).
In 2019, Maryland hosted Penn State before a sellout crowd of 53,228, the sixth-largest turnout in Maryland Stadium history.
With yesterday’s announcement of Maryland’s road game at Illinois also being moved to Friday night, this marks the first time since 1954 that the Terps will play two games in one season on Friday.
An updated 2021 Maryland football schedule is listed below.
Season tickets for the 2021 season are now on sale. Maryland Football is excited to welcome fans back to College Park for the Terps' best home schedule in years, featuring West Virginia, Iowa, Penn State and Michigan. Join us this fall by purchasing your season tickets today.
New this year, fans may secure their season tickets by only initially placing 1% down. To explore ticket options, click here.
2021 Maryland Football Schedule
| Date | Opponent |
| Saturday, Sept. 4 | WEST VIRGINIA |
| Saturday, Sept. 11 | HOWARD |
| Friday, Sept. 17 | at Illinois |
| Saturday, Sept. 25 | KENT STATE |
| Friday, Oct. 1 | IOWA |
| Saturday, Oct. 9 | at Ohio State |
| Saturday, Oct. 23 | at Minnesota |
| Saturday, Oct. 30 | INDIANA |
| Saturday, Nov. 6 | PENN STATE |
| Saturday, Nov. 13 | at Michigan State |
| Saturday, Nov. 20 | MICHIGAN |
| Saturday, Nov. 27 | at Rutgers |
*Home games listed in ALL CAPS
