Boston College quarterback Emmett Morehead made a extremely favorable displaying in a misplaced trigger.
The 6-5, 229-pound redshirt freshman made his first profession begin rather than injured Phil Jurkovec (proper knee) in Friday evening’s 38-31 loss to Duke earlier than 34,092 at Alumni Stadium.
Morehead accomplished 27-of-45 passes for 330 yards, 4 touchdowns, no interceptions and a stellar 150.9 ranking. Morehead’s passing efficiency was countered by Duke quarterback Riley Leonard’s all-purpose presentation. Leonard accomplished 16-of-24 passes for 158 yards and a landing. Leonard rushed for 96 yards on 13 carries and a landing.
BC dropped its fourth straight to fall to 2-7 general, 1-5 within the ACC and play at No. 21 North Carolina State subsequent Saturday. Duke improved to 6-3 general, 3-2 within the ACC and achieved bowl eligibility beneath first-year coach Mike Elko.
“That was the first game Emmett started since his junior year of high school,” mentioned BC coach Jeff Hafley. “He was anxious and doubtless had some nerves early within the recreation and we actually didn’t have good subject place.
“He showed leadership, he showed poise and got rid of the ball and made good decisions. He made some big plays.”
Leonard dissected the BC protection with a mixture of go and run on the Blue Devils’ opening drive. Duke marched 90 yards on six gamers and went up 7-0 on a 60-yard keeper by Leonard with 12:03 to play.
“We have to start faster on defense,” mentioned Hafley. “We have to come out tackling and make those plays earlier.”
The Eagles discovered their offensive footing on BC’s second possession that featured two explosive performs, a 22-yard run by Alex Broome and 35-yard sideline go from Morehead to Joseph Griffin. BC tied the sport at 8:06 on a 4-yard toss from Morehead to Zay Flowers for his seventh landing reception of the season.
Duke countered with a 9-play drive and went up 10-7 on a 39-yard subject aim by Todd Pelino with 4:07 to play within the first. Leonard took benefit of a brief subject to place the Blue Devils up 17-7 with 11:15 to play within the half. The journey went 51-yards on 10 performs and reached the promised land on a 7-yard landing run by tailback Jordan Waters, his eighth of the season.
Duke last scoring drive of the primary half went 51-yards on 4 performs. Leonard accomplished three passes for 47 yards and closed it out with an 8-yard toss over the center to huge receiver Shamir Higgins to make it 24-7 with 4:16 remaining.
BC went 75 yards on 9 performs to chop the result in 24-14 with 50 seconds to play within the half. Morehead linked with Griffin on a 2-yard fade to the left nook of the tip zone for the rating.
“Taking the checkdowns and getting the easy completions and I think that helps thw whole offense,” mentioned Morehead. “We got momentum and that helps the whole offense. Moving the ball quickly and getting the ball out and I think that helped the O-line a lot. I felt really confident with them.”
BC opened the second half with a 3 and out and gave Leonard favorable subject place to begin one other scoring drive. Leonard picked up 19 on a 3rd and 5 scramble to maneuver chains into BC territory. The Blue Devils went up 31-14 on a 24-yard run up the center by Jaquez Moore with 9:59 to play within the third.
Morehead drove the Eagles 80-yards on 8-plays to chop Duke’s result in 31-21 with 3:31 to play within the third. Morehead prolonged the drive with a 26-yard connection to Griffin on a fourth and 4 from Duke’s 46. Morehead completed the drive with an 8-yard catch and run by Flowers for his second of the competition. Morehead’s fourth landing go was a 26-yarder to Griffin with 12:07 to play within the recreation.
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