Three times Dobbs fumbled the ball. And the last time, the decisive fourth and trust play from 1 to 37 seconds before the end, Dobbs barrel forward, but collided with safety Kenny Tate and fell 12 inches short in the end zone.
Terrapins, whose coach said his team of 2009 has been cursed by chronic failure, were nothing if not lucky for almost cloudless Monday, winning 17-14 at times, in spite of himself.
Students who had designs on going undefeated, amassed 485 total meters. They controlled the ball nearly two-thirds of the game. And they converted 10 of 18 third down chances. But Dobbs, dynamic player who has scored 27 rushing touchdowns last season, failed to come through time and again his feet from the goal line, did not play more than one at the last minute.
“I can not tell you how many of those plays I have,” Maryland coach Ralph Friedgen said, without finishing the phrase. “How many did not go my way [through] years, I say so.
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