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Football Rolls Over Rutgers, 44-14
November 30, 2002 | Football
Nov 30, 2002
BOSTON (AP) - Derrick Knight ran for 205 yards and one touchdown and caught a 52-yard pass for another score Saturday as Boston College beat Rutgers 44-14, extending the Scarlet Knights' Big East losing streak to 22 games.
Boston College (8-4, 3-4) is likely to go to its school-record fourth consecutive postseason game, the San Francisco Bowl on Dec. 31. The Eagles have won eight or more games in consecutive regular seasons for the first time since Tom Coughlin's 1992-93 teams.
The Scarlet Knights (1-11, 0-7) are winless in three straight conference seasons. Their last Big East win was against Syracuse on Nov. 13, 1999, and their last conference win on the road was at Pittsburgh on Oct. 17, 1998.
Boston College quarterback Brian St. Pierre completed just 9 of 23 passes for 157 yards with two TDs and three interceptions.
The Eagles went ahead for good late in the first quarter on Brandon Brokaw's 6-yard TD run. He carried all three times on the drive after Ralph Parent intercepted Ryan Hart's pass at midfield.
Two plays after Josh Ott picked off Hart's pass at the Eagles' 47, St. Pierre hit Knight in the right flat and he raced down the sideline for a TD and a 17-7 lead.
BC made it 20-7 on Sandro Sciortino's 37-yard field as time expired in the first half, The Eagles got the ball when punter Mike Barr fumbled a high snap.
Knight's 3-yard TD burst made it 27-7 early in the third quarter.
Kevin McMyler, the punter, kicked a 23-yard field goal to make it 30-7 after Sciortino left with an ankle injury, and St. Pierre's 35-yard TD toss to Grant Adams made it 37-7.
Mathias Kiwanuka's 49-yard fumble return capped a 24-point third quarter and increased it to 44-7. Jason Nugent then had a TD run.
Rutgers took a 7-3 lead midway into the first quarter when flanker Corey Barnes threw a 36-yard TD pass to Shawn Tucker after Sciortino's 28-yard field goal put Boston College ahead 3-0.
