Maryland football’s Torrey Smith and Frank Reich are Super Bowl champions

In what has seemingly become a custom in American sports, a championship game came down to the wire and became an instant classic.

Former Maryland football standouts Torrey Smith (‘10) and Frank Reich (‘84) helped the Philadelphia Eagles take down the dynastic New England Patriots, 41-33, in Super Bowl LII on Sunday night. Reich, the Eagles’ offensive coordinator, engineered an offense that put up 374 yards through the air and 164 yards on the ground. Smith had five receptions for 49 yards.

It is the sixth year out of the last seven that a former Maryland player has been on a Super Bowl-wining team. Smith now has two rings after winning one in the 2012 season with the Baltimore Ravens. Reich avenged four straight losses with the Buffalo Bills in the early 1990s.

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