Saturday, September 29
Chestnut Hill, Mass.
12:00 PM
Boston College
4-1
45
vs
35
Temple
2-3
1st
2nd
3rd
4th
F
Temple
14
7
7
7
35
Boston College
13
18
7
7
45
BC Moves to 4-1 with 45-35 Win over Temple
September 29, 2018 | Football
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Dillon and Glines both go over 100 yards on the ground
CHESTNUT HILL, Mass. -- Boston College moved to 4-1 on the season with a 45-35 win over Temple at Alumni Stadium on Parents Weekend.
AJ Dillon (161) and Ben Glines (120) combined for 281 rushing yards and three touchdowns in the win, while Anthony Brown was 15-for-33 for 139 yards and two touchdowns.
The Eagles struck first, as Tommy Sweeney hauled in a pass from Anthony Brown from seven yards out, capping a 12-play, 64-yard drive midway through the first quarter. The Owls would tie the score 18 seconds later, as Ryquell Armstead ripped off a 75-yard run to the end zone.
Temple took a 14-7 lead, recovering a Michael Walker fumble on the ensuing kickoff and returning it 25 yards for the score with 7:39 left in the quarter. But BC would strike again, this time as Brown found Jeff Smith on a 16-yard crossing pattern. The PAT kick was no good, making it 14-13, Temple with 3:31 left.
The Owls extended their lead - 21-13 - with 6:46 to play in the first half but the Eagles manufactured two turnovers and two touchdowns to take control. A Hamp Cheevers interception of Temple's Anthony Russo with 5:07 set up a three-play, 55-yard scoring drive. Dillon accounted for all the gains on the drive, including a 52-yard TD run. The Eagles tied the game at 21-21, as Sweeney hauled in the two-point conversion.
Taj-Amir Torres notched his first interception of the season with 3:31 left, picking off a Russo pass and returning it 29 yards to the Temple nine-yard line. Dillon's second TD rush of the game from two yards out gave the Eagles a 28-21 lead with just under three minutes left. A 26-yard field goal from Danny Longman closed out the first half, with BC leading 31-21.
Boston College's opening drive to start the second half saw Dillon and Kobay White leave the field due to injury and ended with a bad snap on a punt deep in Eagles' territory. But Zach Allen's strip sack of Temple QB Russo set up another scoring drive for BC. The Eagles took a 38-21 lead as Anthony Brown and Jeff Smith connected for a nine-yard TD strike. But it was Smith who found Brown after a double-reverse reversed the roles of the wideout and signal caller with 9:22 left. Temple responded with a nine-play, 72-yard scoring drive to make it 38-28 with 6:31 remaining in the third.
Armstead scored his fourth TD of the game with 9:02 left in the game, capping a 14-play, 83-yard drive, getting Temple within three at 38-35. BC sealed the victory with a touchdown with 3:11 to play. Glines' one-yard push into the endzone on 4th-and-goal extended the Eagles' lead to 45-35. Glines accounted for 43 of the 45 yards on the scoring drive.
HOW IT HAPPENED
AJ Dillon (161) and Ben Glines (120) combined for 281 rushing yards and three touchdowns in the win, while Anthony Brown was 15-for-33 for 139 yards and two touchdowns.
The Eagles struck first, as Tommy Sweeney hauled in a pass from Anthony Brown from seven yards out, capping a 12-play, 64-yard drive midway through the first quarter. The Owls would tie the score 18 seconds later, as Ryquell Armstead ripped off a 75-yard run to the end zone.
Temple took a 14-7 lead, recovering a Michael Walker fumble on the ensuing kickoff and returning it 25 yards for the score with 7:39 left in the quarter. But BC would strike again, this time as Brown found Jeff Smith on a 16-yard crossing pattern. The PAT kick was no good, making it 14-13, Temple with 3:31 left.
The Owls extended their lead - 21-13 - with 6:46 to play in the first half but the Eagles manufactured two turnovers and two touchdowns to take control. A Hamp Cheevers interception of Temple's Anthony Russo with 5:07 set up a three-play, 55-yard scoring drive. Dillon accounted for all the gains on the drive, including a 52-yard TD run. The Eagles tied the game at 21-21, as Sweeney hauled in the two-point conversion.
Taj-Amir Torres notched his first interception of the season with 3:31 left, picking off a Russo pass and returning it 29 yards to the Temple nine-yard line. Dillon's second TD rush of the game from two yards out gave the Eagles a 28-21 lead with just under three minutes left. A 26-yard field goal from Danny Longman closed out the first half, with BC leading 31-21.
Boston College's opening drive to start the second half saw Dillon and Kobay White leave the field due to injury and ended with a bad snap on a punt deep in Eagles' territory. But Zach Allen's strip sack of Temple QB Russo set up another scoring drive for BC. The Eagles took a 38-21 lead as Anthony Brown and Jeff Smith connected for a nine-yard TD strike. But it was Smith who found Brown after a double-reverse reversed the roles of the wideout and signal caller with 9:22 left. Temple responded with a nine-play, 72-yard scoring drive to make it 38-28 with 6:31 remaining in the third.
Armstead scored his fourth TD of the game with 9:02 left in the game, capping a 14-play, 83-yard drive, getting Temple within three at 38-35. BC sealed the victory with a touchdown with 3:11 to play. Glines' one-yard push into the endzone on 4th-and-goal extended the Eagles' lead to 45-35. Glines accounted for 43 of the 45 yards on the scoring drive.
HOW IT HAPPENED
- AJ Dillon posted his sixth career game with at least 150 rushing yards. The sophomore All-American rushed 28 times for 161 yards (5.8 yards/carry) and two touchdowns. He left the game early in the third quarter.
- Ben Glines filled in as the Eagles' primary running back in the second half. He finished the game with 23 carries for 120 yards and a touchdown. The carries and net yardage were both career-highs.
- It marked the first time two BC players rushed for at least 100 yards apiece since Nov. 18, 2017 vs. Connecticut (Dillon - 200; Jon Hilliman - 107).
- Anthony Brown threw for two touchdowns on the afternoon. He has 12 passing TD's on the season.
- Brown connected with eight different receivers on the afternoon. Jeff Smith led the way with four receptions for 36 yards and a touchdown.
- Kobay White (34 yards) and Michael Walker (19 yards) each made three catches.
- Tommy Sweeney connected with Brown in the endzone for the third time this season - tying him with White for the team lead in receiving TD's.
- Walker finished with 142 all-purpose yards. He returned four kicks for 77 yards and two punts for 46 yards on the afternoon.
- Danny Longman connected on a 26-yard field goal to close out the first half. It was the first attempted field goal of the season for BC.
- Zach Allen finished the game with two sacks for a loss of 13 yards and led BC with eight tackles (six solos; four for a loss). He forced a fumble on a strip sack and made two pass breakups.
- Will Harris made seven tackles (four solo), while four others - Hamp Cheevers, Brandon Sebastian, Max Richardson, and Ray Smith - each made six stops.
- Cheevers and Taj-Amir Torres tallied interceptions.
- All-American defensive back Lukas Denis was ejected in the second quarter for targeting.
- Boston College totaled 423 total yards (148 passing/275 rushing) on 100 total plays.
- The Eagles made 28 first downs and were 10-of-22 on third down conversions and 3-of-5 on fourth down.
- BC forced three Temple turnovers, which accounted for 22 points. The Eagles committed two turnovers of their own - two lost fumbles - but yielded just seven points.
- There were 21 combined penalties between Boston College and Temple - including three ejections for targeting.
- Boston College heads to N.C. State on Saturday, Oct. 6 to take on the Wolfpack in an ACC contest. Kickoff is set for 12:30 p.m. in Raleigh and the game will air live on regional sports networks via the ACC. Locally the game can be seen live on NESN. The BC IMG Sports Network will air the game on 850 WEEI AM, beginning with the pregame show at noon.
Team Stats
TEM
BC
Total Yards
452
423
Pass Yards
261
148
Rushing Yards
191
275
Penalty Yards
95
79
1st Downs
24
28
3rd Downs
8
10
4th Downs
1
3
TOP
26:03
33:57
1st Quarter
TEM 0, BC 7
BC - Sweeney,T 7 yd pass from Brown,A (Tessitore,J kick) 12 plays, 64 yards, TOP 3:33
TEM 7, BC 7
TEM - ARMSTEAD,R. 75 yd run (MOBLEY,Will kick), 2 plays, 75 yards, TOP 0:37
TEM 14, BC 7
TEM - GRAHAM-MOBLEY,I 19 yd fumble recovery (MOBLEY,Will kick)
TEM 14, BC 13
BC - Smith,J 16 yd pass from Brown,A (Tessitore,J kickfailed) 11 plays, 85 yards, TOP 3:31
2nd Quarter
TEM 21, BC 13
TEM - ARMSTEAD,R. 1 yd run (MOBLEY,Will kick), 13 plays, 69 yards, TOP 5:07
TEM 21, BC 21
BC - Dillon,A 52 yd run (Sweeney,T pass), 3 plays, 55 yards, TOP 0:42
TEM 21, BC 28
BC - Dillon,A 2 yd run (Longman,D kick), 2 plays, 9 yards, TOP 0:32
TEM 21, BC 31
BC - Longman,D 26 yd field goal 10 plays, 26 yards, TOP 2:06
3rd Quarter
TEM 21, BC 38
BC - Brown,A 9 yd pass from Smith,J (Longman,D kick) 9 plays, 63 yards, TOP 3:05
TEM 28, BC 38
TEM - ARMSTEAD,R. 1 yd run (MOBLEY,Will kick), 9 plays, 72 yards, TOP 2:51
4th Quarter
TEM 35, BC 38
TEM - ARMSTEAD,R. 1 yd run (MOBLEY,Will kick), 14 plays, 83 yards, TOP 5:03
TEM 35, BC 45
BC - Glines,B 1 yd run (Longman,D kick), 8 plays, 45 yards, TOP 2:43
Game Leaders
Passing Leaders
CMP
15
TD
2
YDS
139
INT
0
CMP
1
TD
1
YDS
9
INT
0
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