Boston College earned its first ACC victory of the season in a brutal slugfest with Louisville at Saturday at Alumni Stadium.
Connor Lytton drilled a 26-yard subject aim with 1:56 to play and the Eagles held on to beat the Cardinals, 34-33, earlier than 38,517 on Parents Day.
BC nostril sort out Chibueze Onwuka made the opposite decisive particular groups play when he blocked the PAT on Louisville’s second landing.
BC improved to 2-3, 1-2 within the ACC, and can host No. 5 Clemson subsequent Saturday at 7:30 p.m.
“It was pretty emotional after the game, pretty emotional in the locker room after everything these guys have been through,” stated BC coach Jeff Hafley. “This wasn’t the best win we’ve ever had here but it was the stuff we had to overcome to get it.”
The recreation featured two dynamic quarterbacks with various taking part in types. BC’s Phil Jurkovec accomplished 18-of-21 passes for 304 yards, three touchdowns with three completions for 50 yards or extra. He was additionally strip-sacked twice and threw an interception. It was Jurkovec’s eighth recreation with over 300 passing yards.
Louisville’s Malik Cunningham, the ACC’s prototype dual-threat quarterback, rushed for 62 internet yards with a protracted of 23 and three touchdowns. He accomplished 19-of-28 passes for 186 yards and a landing earlier than leaving the sport in late the fourth quarter with an undisclosed harm.
“You have to set the edges on him and you can’t be passive,” stated BC linebacker Vinny DePalma, who had 11 tackles. “As much as you’ve got to respect his game, you can’t be passive. You have to set edges and run to the football.”
Mighty Monty
Jurkovec was besieged by calamities within the first half imposed on him by Cardinals’ center linebacker Monty Montgomery. On the Eagles first possession Jurkovec accomplished a 50-yard go to Jaelen Gill. On the following snap, Jurkovec’s go deflected off vast receiver Jaden Williams’ chest and was intercepted by Montgomery on the Louisville 3 yard line.
On third-and-5 from the BC 31, Jurkovec was stripped sacked by Montgomery for a 10-yard loss and the ball was recovered by Rance Connor on the 20. On second and eight from the BC 48, Montgomery stripped sacked Jurkovec on a mix fumble/lateral that misplaced 31 yards and was recovered by Louisville defensive finish Yaya Daiby on the BC 17 with 6:25 to play within the half. The three turnovers price BC 9 factors.
Big play Zay
Senior vast receiver Zay Flowers had the Eagles’ two longest landing receptions of the season within the recreation. Flowers break up double protection on a deep publish and hauled in a 57-yarder to make it 14-10 at 12:03 of the second. Flowers made it 28-26 at 8:07 of the third with a 69-yard reception, the second longest of his profession. Flowers completed with 5 catches for 151 yards and moved into second place within the all-time receiving yards checklist.
“We spent a little extra time this week Zay and I working after practice on deep balls specifically,” stated Jurkovec. “I believe that (57-yarder) was the very best catch I’ve seen Zay have since I’ve been right here.
“It was into double coverage and I was expecting them to make a play on the ball and Zay went and he wanted it more.”
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