NEWARK — The Delaware football team won’t have to go far to face its newest opponent.

UD announced that it will play a 2028 game at Maryland as it begins to play as a Division I FBS program. The matchup will take place on Sept. 9 at the Terrapins’ SECU Stadium.

The contest at Maryland will be Delaware’s second game of the ‘28 season as the Hens will open the campaign the week before in a Sept. 2 matchup at James Madison. The game with the Dukes was originally scheduled for Sept. 9, but has been moved up to week one.

Maryland is coming off an 8-5 season in 2023, including starting the year with five-consecutive wins, and a 4-5 record in Big Ten play. The Terrapins earned a bid to the Transperfect Music City Bowl in Nashville where they came away with a 31-13 victory over Auburn.

Delaware and Maryland have met 10 times prior with the Hens holding a 5-4-1 all-time record against the Terrapins. The first matchup between the two programs took place in 1899, a 32-0 Delaware victory and UD won five of the first six meetings.

There has only been one contest since 1948, a 14-7 Maryland win in the 2008 season opener.