Clemson’s protection defused the explosives in Boston College’s arsenal and rolled to a 31-3 victory on Saturday evening earlier than 42,138 at Alumni Stadium.
BC dropped to 2-4 total and 1-3 within the ACC coming into the bye week. BC resumes play on Oct. 22 at Wake Forest. The No. 5 ranked Tigers are 6-0 and 4-0.
The Tigers first order of enterprise was to smother Eagles’ quarterback Phil Jurkovec with an unforgiving go rush. Clemson restricted BC to 5-of-19 on third down whereas recording 11 tackles for a loss with three sacks and a fumble restoration. BC was held to 34 dashing yards and 13 first downs.
Jurkovec accomplished 19-of-40 for 188 yards, whereas his counterpart, DJ Uiagalelei, accomplished 18-of-32 for 220 yards and three touchdowns. Uiagalelei was the Tigers’ main rusher with 69 yards on 12 carriers.
“They rolled guys in and that is what they do, they have a lot of depth and they have a lot of good players and they overwhelm you late in the game,” stated BC coach Jeff Hafley. “They kept pressure and that’s a good line.”
BC’s probabilities for an upset have been compromised by the injuriessustained from a 34-33 victory over Louisville on Oct. 1. On offense, BC misplaced tailbacks Alex Broome, Cam Barfield and Alec Sinkfield, tight finish George Takacs and guard Finn Dirstine. Cornerbacks Jalen Cheek and CJ Burton and nostril sort out Nigel Tate have been additionally scratched.
“It’s difficult, we came into this game with quite a few injuries,” stated Hafley.
Clemson superior to the BC purple zone on its opening drive however settled for a 3-0 lead on a B.T. Potter 36-yard subject purpose with 11:28 to play. BC mounted a 46-yard drive its third possession that stalled on the Clemson eight. Connor Lytton tied the sport with a 30-yard subject purpose at 14:56 of the second.
The Eagles protection performed its most interesting stretch of the season within the first half, holding the Tigers to 4 first downs by a four-possession sequence that included an interception and three straight three and outs.
“We had opportunities and we kept the game really tight in that first half and we should have taken advantage of it more,” stated Hafley.
Clemson obtained its greatest subject place of the half on a 20-yard punt return by Antonio Williams to the BC 28. The Tigers went up 10-3 on a one-yard dive by tailback Will Shipley with 45 seconds remaining.
“We punted down the middle of the field, a line drive all the way and that set up more points,” stated Hafley.
Uiagalelei discovered his rhythm on the Tigers’ opening possession of the second half. Clemson went 73 yards on 5 performs and scored on a 38-yard connection from Uiagalelei on a go-route to senior break up finish Joseph Ngata to make it 17-3 with 11:50 remaining.
Clemson went up 24-3 on the opening play of the fourth quarter. Uiagalelei capped an eight-play, 72-yard drive with a 10-yard landing go to Beaux Collins. Clemson capped the scoring with a six-play, 88-yard drive that ended on a 13-yard connection from Uiagalelei to large receiver Brannon Spector with 4:22 to play.
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