Saturday, September 8
Chestnut Hill, Mass.
1:00 PM
Boston College
2-0
62
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14
Holy Cross
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2nd
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4th
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Holy Cross
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7
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Boston College
21
13
14
14
62
Dillon, BC Run Past Crusaders
September 08, 2018 | Football
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AJ Dillon rushed for 149 yards in the first quarter in BC's victory over Holy Cross
CHESTNUT HILL, Mass. -- Â For the second straight week, AJ Dillon made an early impact in a Boston College win. Â The sophomore All-American running back accounted for all of the Eagles' first three touchdowns, setting the pace for a 62-14 victory.
In the game's first play from scrimmage, Dillon ran for 54 yards setting up a BC redzone opportunity. Â After a 17-yard pass to Tommy Sweeney set up 1st-and-goal, Dillon found the end zone from seven yards out, making it 7-0 with 13:46.
Dillon found the end zone on a bruising 74-yard run - his second-longest career TD rush - on BC's next possession, pushing it to 14-0. Â His third trip into the end zone - a seven-yard scamper - was set up by a 20-yard rush by Jeff Smith and a 26-yard reception by Kobay White from quarterback Anthony Brown. Â BC led 21-0 at the end of the first quarter.
Signal caller EJ Perry capped a 10-play, 58-yard drive early in the second quarter with a TD strike to Ben Glines - the first passing and receiving touchdowns, respectively for each player, pushing the score to 28-0. Â For the second straight week, first-half scoring would end on a pick-six. Junior cornerback Hamp Cheevers intercepted an Emmitt Clifford pass, returning it 81 yards for the score. BC led 34-0 at the half.
BC added two more touchdowns in the third quarter. Â Davon Jones made it 41-0, finding the end zone from one yard out with 9:46 to play in the period, capping a 10-play, 67-yard drive. Â CJ Lewis made his first TD reception as an Eagle with 4:20 left in the quarter, extending the advantage to 48-0.
With 1:38 remaining in the third, Holy Cross returned a blocked punt, as the Crusaders' Spencer Gilliam made initial contact and Cristos Argos returned the ball 32 yards for the score, which made it 48-7.
Matt McDonald and Hunter Long connected to start the fourth quarter to push it to 55-7, before Holy Cross again converted a blocked punt into a touchdown with 11 minutes left in regulation. Â The Crusaders' Mack Cortebein blocked the kick and Gilliam made his way 16 yards in for the TD.
Noah Jordan-Williams corralled his first career TD pass on a 65-yard connection from McDonald with just under 10 minutes to play, making it 62-14.
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HOW IT HAPPENED
NOTABLES
WHAT'S NEXT
In the game's first play from scrimmage, Dillon ran for 54 yards setting up a BC redzone opportunity. Â After a 17-yard pass to Tommy Sweeney set up 1st-and-goal, Dillon found the end zone from seven yards out, making it 7-0 with 13:46.
Dillon found the end zone on a bruising 74-yard run - his second-longest career TD rush - on BC's next possession, pushing it to 14-0. Â His third trip into the end zone - a seven-yard scamper - was set up by a 20-yard rush by Jeff Smith and a 26-yard reception by Kobay White from quarterback Anthony Brown. Â BC led 21-0 at the end of the first quarter.
Signal caller EJ Perry capped a 10-play, 58-yard drive early in the second quarter with a TD strike to Ben Glines - the first passing and receiving touchdowns, respectively for each player, pushing the score to 28-0. Â For the second straight week, first-half scoring would end on a pick-six. Junior cornerback Hamp Cheevers intercepted an Emmitt Clifford pass, returning it 81 yards for the score. BC led 34-0 at the half.
BC added two more touchdowns in the third quarter. Â Davon Jones made it 41-0, finding the end zone from one yard out with 9:46 to play in the period, capping a 10-play, 67-yard drive. Â CJ Lewis made his first TD reception as an Eagle with 4:20 left in the quarter, extending the advantage to 48-0.
With 1:38 remaining in the third, Holy Cross returned a blocked punt, as the Crusaders' Spencer Gilliam made initial contact and Cristos Argos returned the ball 32 yards for the score, which made it 48-7.
Matt McDonald and Hunter Long connected to start the fourth quarter to push it to 55-7, before Holy Cross again converted a blocked punt into a touchdown with 11 minutes left in regulation. Â The Crusaders' Mack Cortebein blocked the kick and Gilliam made his way 16 yards in for the TD.
Noah Jordan-Williams corralled his first career TD pass on a 65-yard connection from McDonald with just under 10 minutes to play, making it 62-14.
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HOW IT HAPPENED
- AJ Dillon scored three times in the first quarter, on runs of 7, 74, and 7 yards, respectively. Â He finished the game with six rushes for 149 yards - an average of 24.8 yards per carry.
- Over his last nine games, the All-American running back has rushed for 1,503 yards.
- Freshman running back David Bailey rushed for a career-best 80 yards on 11 carries.
- Several Eagles earned their first respective passing and receiving touchdowns. Â Late in the third quarter, CJ Lewis caught his first TD pass on a 33-yard strike from quarterback EJ Perry. Â On the first play of the fourth quarter, the duo of Matt McDonald and Hunter Long each made their first career touchdown pass and catch, respectively, from 35-yards out.
- In the fourth quarter, Noah Jordan-Williams converted his first career TD catch on a 65-yard pass from McDonald.
- Perry ended the game 9-of-12 passing for 95 yards and two touchdowns. Â He also ran four times for 37 yards.
- McDonald was 5-for-6 for 107 yards and two touchdown passes.
- Max Richardson led the Eagles with seven tackles, including four solo stops and two tackles-for-loss.
NOTABLES
- Boston College registered 22 first downs en route to totalling 610 yards of offense.
- Twelve different BC receivers hauled in 16 passes. Â Noah Jordan-Williams, CJ Lewis, Michael Lewis, and Joey Lucchetti each had two apiece.
- Davon Jones made an impact on both sides of the ball. Â On offense, he rushed five times for 11 yards and a touchdown. Â Defensively, he made five tackles - two solo stops.
- John Lamot tallied five tackles (four solo) while Wyatt Ray had four tackles - two for a loss, including a sack - and a pass breakup.
- In addition to Hamp Cheevers' interception, Mehdi El-Attrach also tallied his first career pick midway through the third quarter.
- John Tessitore was 7-for-8 on point-after attempts on the afternoon. Â Colton Lichtenberg converted his lone attempt.
- BC was 5-for-14 on third-down conversions and 2-for-3 on fourth-down conversions.
WHAT'S NEXT
- Boston College opens ACC play on Thursday night, when it travels to Wake Forest. Â Kickoff is set for 7:30 p.m. and the game will air live on ESPN. Dave Flemming, Brock Huard, and Laura Rutledge will have the broadcast call. The BC IMG Sports Network will air the game on 850 WEEI AM beginning with the pregame show at 7 p.m.
Team Stats
HC
BC
Total Yards
263
610
Pass Yards
66
245
Rushing Yards
197
365
Penalty Yards
51
40
1st Downs
13
22
3rd Downs
3
5
4th Downs
0
2
TOP
32:56
27:04
1st Quarter
HC 0, BC 7
BC - Dillon,A 7 yd run (Lichtenberg,C kick), 4 plays, 76 yards, TOP 1:14
HC 0, BC 14
BC - Dillon,A 74 yd run (Tessitore,J kick), 1 plays, 74 yards, TOP 0:14
HC 0, BC 21
BC - Dillon,A 7 yd run (Tessitore,J kick), 4 plays, 62 yards, TOP 1:17
2nd Quarter
HC 0, BC 28
BC - Glines,B 17 yd pass from Perry,E (Tessitore,J kick) 10 plays, 58 yards, TOP 3:17
HC 0, BC 34
BC - Cheevers,H 81 yd interception (Tessitore,J kickfailed)
3rd Quarter
HC 0, BC 41
BC - Jones,D 1 yd run (Tessitore,J kick), 10 plays, 67 yards, TOP 3:23
HC 0, BC 48
BC - Lewis,C 33 yd pass from Perry,E (Tessitore,J kick) 3 plays, 48 yards, TOP 1:01
HC 7, BC 48
HC - Argys,Cristos 32 yd punt return (Ng,Derek kick)
4th Quarter
HC 7, BC 55
BC - Long,H 35 yd pass from McDonald,M (Tessitore,J kick) 5 plays, 75 yards, TOP 1:43
HC 14, BC 55
HC - Gilliam,Spencer 1 yd blocked punt return (Ng,Derek kick)
HC 14, BC 62
BC - Jordan-Williams 65 yd pass from McDonald,M (Tessitore,J kick) 3 plays, 69 yards, TOP 1:03
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