REcap: No. 5 Louisville 52, Boston College 7

Saturday, November 5

Chestnut Hill, Mass.

12 PM

Boston College

4-5 , 1-5

Louisville

8-1 , 6-1

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2nd

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Louisville

Boston College

Photo by: John Quackenbos

REcap: No. 5 Louisville 52, Boston College 7

November 05, 2016 | Football

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Kavalec led the BC defense with three tackles-for-a-loss and a forced fumble

GAME INFORMATION
Score: No. 5 Louisville 52, Boston College 7
Records: Boston College (4-5, 1-5), Louisville (8-1, 6-1)
Location: Alumni Stadium, Chestnut Hill, Mass.
Attendance: 30,644
Time of Game: 3:04
Weather: Partly cloudy, 48 degrees, winds W 7 mph

BC HIGHLIGHTS

Senior running back Tyler Rouse caught his first career touchdown pass on a 39-yard reception in the third quarter. His 50 receiving yards were three shy of his career high.
Junior wide receiver Charlie Callinan led the Eagles with a career-high four receptions and 54 receiving yards.
Junior linebacker Connor Strachan set a new personal season-high with a team-leading nine tackles, including eight solo stops. He also recorded his third fumble recovery of the season, the sixth of his career.
Senior defensive back John Johnson recorded his second interception of the season and the 22-yard return for Johnson was the longest of his career.
Senior defensive end Kevin Kavalec recorded his first career forced fumble and matched a season-high with three tackles for a loss of 15 yards.

KEY MOMENT
The Cardinals jumped out to a 21-0 lead in the first quarter, as Louisville quarterback Lamar Jackson ran in for a 69-yard touchdown 16 seconds into the game.

HOW IT HAPPENED

Louisville's Lamar Jackson scored on the third play of the game with a 69-yard touchdown run.
He went on to throw four touchdown passes in the first half, including a pair to James Quick, to lead the Cardinals to a 38-0 halftime lead.
Boston College got on the board early in the third quarter when Patrick Towles rolled out to the right and found Rouse out of the backfield for a 39-yard touchdown.
Louisville responded on its next drive with an eight-play, 77-yard drive to increase its lead to 45-7 with 8:19 left in the third quarter.
With just under two minutes to play in the third, Jackson ran 53 yards into the end zone to make it 52-7.

UP NEXT
The Eagles travel to Tallahassee, Fla., to take on No. 23/19 Florida State on Friday, Nov. 11 at 7:30 p.m. on ESPN2. The game can be heard on the BC IMG Sports Network.