COLLEGE PARK, MD. - Playing on a wet field and starting 82 yards from the end zone, Maryland desperately needed a score against North Carolina.

Chris Turner made it happen, engineering a dramatic 19-play drive that gave the Terrapins (7-3, 4-2 ACC) a 17-15 victory against the No. 17 Tar Heels (7-3, 3-3) on Saturday.

Obi Egekeze kicked a 26-yard field goal with 1:42 left to cap a 73-yard march that lasted nearly nine minutes and produced the only points of the second half.

"We were just determined to get it in. Our defense was playing great, and we knew it was our opportunity," Terrapins guard Jaimie Thomas said. "We were 11 guys on one mission. We knew to had to come out with points to win this game."

An 18-yard completion from Turner to Ronnie Tyler on a third-and-11 from the Maryland 44 helped, but the key was an impromptu 9-yard run by Turner on a fourth-and-5 at the Carolina 32.

"They had us all covered in that situation, and I didn't expect Chris to run," Terrapins coach Ralph Friedgen said.

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