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Football Trounces Temple 36-14
November 23, 2002 | Football
Nov 23, 2002
PHILADELPHIA (AP) - Brandon Brokaw ran for three touchdowns and Derrick Knight added 73 yards rushing and a touchdown as Boston College defeated Temple 36-14 Saturday.
The Eagles (7-4, 2-4 Big East) outgained Temple (4-8, 2-5) 351-222 in total yardage, and quarterback Brian St. Pierre was 13-of-28 for 203 yards and an interception. Brokaw had 55 yards on 18 carries.
Boston College has now won three of its last four heading into its final regular season game at home against Rutgers. The Eagles, who are going to a bowl game for the fourth straight year, have won 10 of the last 12 against the Owls.
Temple lost four of its last five games and finished with four wins for the third straight season. It's also the fifth straight year that the Owls have failed to win three conference games.
The Eagles scored 10 unanswered points in the second quarter to pull ahead 17-7 at halftime. Knight's 11-yard run capped a 64-yard drive that included two defensive pass-interference penalties.
Sandro Sciortino made a 43-yard field goal with 6:10 left to give B.C. a 10-point lead. He also hit a 32-yarder on the Eagles' first drive of the third quarter and a 37-yarder later in the third to make it 23-7.
Defensive end Mathias Kiwanuka had his first interception after Mike McGann's pass was tipped at the line, giving the Eagles the ball at Temple's 24-yard line. Two plays later, Brokaw went 20 yards for his second score to give Boston College a 30-7 lead with 5:11 left in the third.
Brokaw's next touchdown was also set up by an interception, this one by Vinny Ciurciu, which gave the Eagles the ball on the Temple 7. Two plays later, Brokaw went 7 yards for the score with 4:56 remaining.
A 1-yard plunge by Brokaw gave Boston College a 7-0 lead in the first quarter. The score was set up by a 17-yard quarterback sneak by St. Pierre and two long passes, a 22-yarder to Grant Adams and a 10-yard strike to Joel Hazard that gave the Eagles the ball at the 1.
Tanardo Sharps scored the Owls' lone touchdown in the first half, on a 1-yard plunge. That play was one of six that Temple ran from inside the 2-yard line on the drive. A pass-interference penalty in the end zone gave them an extra set of downs.
McGann, who was 12-of-26 for 133 yards and three interceptions, scored on a 10-yard keeper late in the third quarter that made it 30-14.
Sean Dillard caught five passes for 48 yards and set Temple's all-time career receptions record (130). Sharps left the game in the third quarter with a bruised right thigh. He gained 32 yards on 18 carries and finished his career second on the Owls' all-time list with 3,269 yards. Paul Palmer had 4,895 from 1983-86.
