First Terps Game

The Terps first game of the season was on Labor Day at M&T Bank Stadium, where the Ravens play. Jeremy and Jill were out of town and my dad purchased an extra ticket, so we brought Peyton, Hunter, and my mom along with us to the game. Hunter was quite excited for his first Terps game! It was scheduled to start at 4:00, so we met my parents around 3:00 outside of the stadium. We went inside and found our seats. They were on the 500 level in the end zone, so they weren't the best seats. But it's not like our seats in College Park are really that great either.

Anyway, we took lots of pictures before the game started.

My boys and I.

All of us minus Kyle, who was taking the picture.

Hunter's first Terps game!

Proud grandparents.

Kyle and I.

Little dude.

My dad was Hunter's personal shade umbrella.

Before the game, all of the Navy cadets marched onto the field in formation. As they walked out onto the field, the announcer named each of the unit's commanders. It took a really long time for all of the cadets to get onto the field. It seemed like a Navy home game, but it actually was a Terps home game.

It did look pretty cool once all of the cadets were on the field though.

After the singing of the National Anthem, the Terps finally ran onto the field.

The stadium was almost completely full and about 75% of the people were Terps fans. It was nice to see. The game was great, with Maryland scoring a touchdown on their first possession. Navy turned the ball over twice as they were about to score and they missed a field goal. Heading into the 4th quarter, the score was 17-14 Maryland. With about one minute left in the game, Navy was facing 3rd down within the 10 yard line. They got down to the inch line and on 4th down chose to go for the touchdown rather than kick the field goal. Maryland had a great defensive play and stopped Navy from scoring! Time ran out and the Terps held on to win 17-14. It was a great game.

The weather was a little hot that day because the sun was directly in our eyes for the entire game. Having to hold Hunter didn't help anything either. He ended up falling asleep right before the game started and slept pretty much through the entire game. He would stir when the crowd erupted in cheers, but stayed asleep. Peyton got bored pretty early on, but he had popcorn to eat, so he was happy. He also cheered for the Terps and stayed on the lookout for Testudo. We got several comments from other fans on how cute our kids are. To that I say, "Well, duh!" Ha.