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BOSTON COLLEGE FOOTBALL 2013 13 arizona (7-5, 4-5 pac-12)

Dec. 31 • independence stadium • First meeting

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BC in 2013 RESULT (7-5, 4-4 ACC Atlantic) Date Opponent W/L 8/31 Villanova W 9/6 Wake Forest* W 9/14 So. California L 9/28 #8 Florida State* L 10/5 Army W 10/12 #3 Clemson L 10/26 North Carolina* L 11/2 Virginia Tech* W 11/9 New Mexico St. W 11/16 NC State* W 11/23 Maryland* W 11/30 Syracuse* L

Score 24-14 24-10 35-7 48-34 48-27 24-14 34-10 34-27 48-34 38-21 29-26 34-31



Attn. TV 30,992 ESPNews 32,465 ESPN2 60,006 Pac 12 Net. 40,129 ABC/ESPN2 33,128 ESPN3 77,506 ABC/ESPN2 • 43,000 ACC RSN 30,129 ABC/ESPN2 14,997 ESPN3 31,262 ACC RSN • 32,147 ACC RSN 37,406 ACC RSN

SCHEDULE Dec. 31

^ Arizona........................................ 12:30 p.m. (ESPN)

Home: 5-1 *ACC Games: 4-4 Away: 2-4 Non-Conference: 3-1 ^ - AdvoCare V100 Bowl; Independence Stadium; Shreveport, La.





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Release Date: Monday, Dec. 23, 2013

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Boston College, which finished the regular season with a 7-5 record, including a 4-4 mark in conference play, will face Pac-12 representative Arizona (7-5, 4-5 Pac-12) in the 2013 AdvoCare V100 Bowl on Tuesday, Dec. 31 at 12:30 p.m. EST at Independence Stadium in Shreveport, La. ESPN will televise the game and Sports USA Radio Network will broadcast the game. The Advocare V100 Bowl will mark the first time in the modern era (since 1980 when AP selected two first-team running backs) the AP’s All-American running backs face off in a bowl (Boston College’s Andre Williams and Arizona’s Ka’Deem Carey). The AdvoCare V100 Bowl will mark Boston College’s first bowl appearance under the direction of first-year head coach Steve Addazio and caps a remarkable turnaround from last season’s 2-10 Senior RB Andre Williams, a Heisman Trophy finish. It marks BC’s first bowl appearance in the finalist and the recipient of the Doak Walker last three years and its 14th in the last 16 seasons. Award given to college football’s premier runBoston College has scored 28.4 points per game ning back, recorded an ACC-record 2,102 rushing in 2013, its highest mark since the 2003 team avyards on 329 carriers, marking the ninth-best eraged 28.5 points per game. The team was led by rushing season in the history of college football. quarterbacks Quinton Porter and Paul Peterson He finished the regular season ranked first who threw for 14 and 10 touchdowns, respectiveamong all FBS running backs in rushing yards, ly, and running backs Derrick Knight and Horace attempts and yards per game (175.2) Dodd who rushed for 11 and 10 touchdowns, respectively. Boston College has registered 35 team sacks in 2013. That mark is third in the ACC and 14th in the FBS. BC has registered its highest single-season sack output since 2008 when it recorded 35 in 13 games. The 2008 team went 9-5, and were led by defensive stars B.J. Raji, Ron Brace, Mark Herzlich, Mike McLaughlin and Robert Francois. Nine Boston College players – running back Andre Williams, place-kicker Nate Freese, linebacker Kevin Pierre-Louis, left tackle Matt Patchan, wide receiver Alex Amidon, center Andy Gallik, defensive end Kasim Edebali, linebacker Steele Divitto and right tackle Ian White – earned All-Atlantic Coast Conference honors, according to the Atlantic Coast Sports Media Association. Freese, Pierre-Louis and Williams each earned first-team recognition. Patchan earned second-team accolades. Amidon, Divitto, Gallik and Edebali each earned third-team honors, and White captured honorable mention laurels. Senior running back Andre Williams earned first-team All-America honors from the American Football Coaches Association (AFCA), Football Writers’ Association of America (FWAA), Associated Press, Walter Camp Football Foundation and the Sporting News, capturing unanimous All-America status and becoming the 12th consensus All-American in program history. Out of 123 teams, Boston College checks in at second among FBS institutions in red-zone offense, scoring on 28-of-29 opportunities (96.6 percent). The Eagles have scored 17 touchdowns in the red zone, eight rushing and nine passing, and have kicked 11 field goals. Only top-ranked Florida State has been better this season (.971, 67-of-69). Senior PK Nate Freese, an ESPN first-team All-America selection and a FWAA second-team All-America choice, finished the regular season a perfect 18-for-18 in field goal attempts. He is one of only three FBS place-kickers without a missed field goal in 2013. The Strongsville, Ohio native became Boston College’s all-time leader in field goals (68) and points (317). One of the most accurate kickers in the country, Freese is 35-of-37 (94.6 percent) in field goal attempts in the last two seasons. Freese is one of only seven FBS specialists in the country who handles all three duties on special teams.

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by the numbers .861

Senior PK Nate Freese’s career field goal percentage, which ranks seventh nationally among all active placekickers in the NCAA’s FBS. Freese has made 68 of his 79 field-goal attempts. NCAA ACTIVE CAREER LEADERS -- FIELD GOALS Rk. Player CL G FGA FG Pct 1. Robert Aguayo, FSU Fr. 13 20 19 0.950 2. Jake Elliott, Memphis Fr. 12 18 16 0.889 3. Austin Lopez , San Jose St. So. 25 44 39 0.886 4. Jeremiah Detmer , Toledo Jr. 38 55 48 0.873 Jeff Budzien , Northwestern Sr. 39 55 48 0.873 6. Jared Roberts , Colorado St. Jr. 25 30 26 0.867 7. Nate Freese , BC Sr. 49 79 68 0.861

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Senior PK Nate Freese’s field goal percentage in the last two seasons. Freese is 36-for-38 in field goal attempts in 24 games. As a junior last fall, Freese was successfull on 18-of-20 attempts. Through 12 games as a senior in 2013, Freese is 18-for-18.

1.000

Senior PK Nate Freese is one of two place kickers in FBS college football (with more than 10 field goal attempts) to have converted all of their field-goal attempts in 2013.

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Senior RB Andre Williams leads all FBS running backs in rushing attempts (329), rushing yards (2,102) and rushing yards per game (175.2).

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3.45

The average number of penalties called against Boston College per game in 2013, a mark that is fewest among all teams in the Atlantic Coast Conference and ranks third fewest among all teams in the NCAA’s FBS.

5

The number of 200-plus yard rushing games for senior RB Andre Williams in 2013. Williams registered a school and ACC single-game rushing record 339 yards on 42 carries against NC State (Nov. 16). The previous week, he recorded 295 rushing yards on 30 attempts at New Mexico State (Nov. 9). Williams rushed for 263 yards on 32 carries against Maryland (Nov. 26), recorded 263 yards on 30 attempts against Army (Oct. 5) and registered 204 yards on 35 attempts against Wake Forest (Sept. 6).

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Boston College senior WR Alex Amidon, a 2012 firstteam All-ACC selection, topped the 100-yard mark six times in receiving yardage last year in setting a BC single-season records with 1,210 receiving yards and 78 catches. Amidon was 11th nationally in receiving yards per game last fall.

8.28

Senior LB Kevin Pierre-Louis’ career tackles per game average, a mark that is good for eighth among all defensive players in the NCAA’s FBS. NCAA ACTIVE CAREER LEADERS TOTAL TACKLES/GAME

2

BC has the top two active ACC career leaders in tackles in senior linebackers Kevin Pierre-Louis (1st; 356) and Steele Divitto (2nd; 291).

2

Out of 123 teams, Boston College checks in second among FBS institutions in red-zone offense through 12 games in 2013. The Eagles have scored on 28of-29 chances inside the red zone and are in second place among league opponents. BC has scored 17 touchdowns (nine rushing touchdowns and eight passing touchdowns) and has kicked 11 field goals to account for their 28 scores from inside the red zone.

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The Eagles have produced a top-10 pick in the NFL draft three times in the last six years – QB Matt Ryan (3rd; Atlanta Falcons, 2008), DT B.J. Raji (9th; Green Bay Packers, 2009) and LB Luke Kuechly (9th; Carolina Panthers, 2012).

Rk. Name, School 1. Tyler Matakevich, Temple 2. Keith Smith , San Jose St. 3. Trevon Stewart, Houston 4. Derrick Mathews, Houston A,.J. Johnson, Tennessee 6. Yawin Smallwood, UConn 7. Andrew Jackson , Western Ky. 8. Kevin Pierre-Louis , BC

Cl. Pos. GM S A Tot T/G So. LB 23 172 65 237 10.30 Sr. LB 49 234 242 476 9.71 So. DB 24 113 112 225 9.38 Jr. LB 38 172 170 342 9.00 Jr. LB 36 160 164 324 9.00 Jr. LB 37 146 186 332 9.97 Sr. LB 37 174 152 326 8.81 Sr. LB 43 211 145 356 8.28

8.9

Senior linebacker Steele Divitto ranks third among all Atlantic Coast Conference tacklers with an average of 8.9 tackles per game in 2013. Divitto is tied for 38th among all defenders in FBS football.

9.5

The number of sacks through 12 games for co-captain Kasim Edebali, a mark that is tied for 18th among all tacklers at the NCAA FBS level. He is tied for fifth among all defensive players in the ACC.

10

With six receptions for a game-high 121 receiving yards at No. 3 Clemson (Oct. 12), senior WR Alex Amidon registered the school-record 10th 100+-yard receiving performances of his career. He surpassed Rich Gunnell and Brian Brennan, who each registered eight 100+yard performances in their careers, for the school record in the team’s home victory over Army (Oct. 6, 2013).

15

The number of Boston College turnovers in 2013. The Eagles have lost nine fumbles and have thrown six interceptions. BC leads the conference and ranks tied for 14th in the country in fewest turnovers lost.

14

The number of career 100-plus yard rushing performances for senior RB Andre Williams. He recorded two 100-yard performances as a freshman, one as a sophomore, two as a junior, and has registered nine 100-yard rushing efforts as a senior.

35

Team sacks in 2013. That mark is third in the ACC and tied for 14th in the FBS. BC has registered its highest single-season sack output since 2008 when it recorded 35 in 13 games. The 2008 team went 9-5, and were led by defensive stars B.J. Raji, Ron Brace, Mark Herzlich, Mike McLaughlin and Robert Francois.

45

Senior QB Chase Rettig has registered 45 career starts in four seasons. A 6-foot-3, 213-pound senior from San Clemente, Calif., Rettig made his first collegiate start in the fourth game of his freshman season against Notre Dame (Oct. 2, 2010), suffered a foot injury against the Irish and missed the following week’s game at NC State (Oct. 19, 2010). Rettig has started each game since. Rettig is among several others on an impressive list of FBS quarterbacks with active start streaks of 35 games or longer. The list includes Wake Forest’s Tanner Price (45), Clemson’s Tahj Boyd (40), Alabama’s A.J. McCarron (40) and Virginia Tech’s Logan Thomas (39).

80

Boston College’s -- and the ACC’s -- longest run play from scrimmage in 2013 is an Andre Williams’ 80-yard touchdown run in the fourth quarter of the team’s 48-34 win at New Mexico State (Nov. 9).

88

BC won 88 games in the 2000s (2000-09, including bowls), tying Auburn and Southern California for 11th among all teams in college football. Only 10 teams – Boise State (112), Oklahoma (110), Texas (110), Ohio State (102), Florida (100), LSU (99), Virginia Tech (99), Georgia (98), TCU (95) and Miami (92) – achieved more victories during the 2000s. Bookended with an 8-4 campaign in 1999 and a 7-6 season in 2010, BC captured 103 victories in 12 straight winning seasons from 1999-2010.

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Boston College had one of its former linebackers on three straight Super Bowl winning teams – Mark Herzlich (NY Giants, 2012), Jo-Lonn Dunbar (Saints, 2011) and Robert Flores (Packers, 2010).

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94%

Boston College’s Graduation Success Rate -- the best in the ACC and tied for third in the nation. Only eight FBS institutions received a football GSR of 90 or better. Those schools are Northwestern (97), Rice (96), Boston College (94), Notre Dame (94), Stanford (93), Air Force (93), Duke (92) and Boise State (91).

95

The number of coaching victories for defensive coordinator Don Brown. Brown is 95-45 in 12 seasons as a head coach at 3 institutions – Plymouth State, Northeastern and Massachusetts. He went 43-19 as head coach at Massachusetts from 2004-08, guiding the Minutemen to their best five-year span in program history (.694 win percentage). He went 25-6 as head coach at Plymouth State from 1993-95 and led Northeastern to a combined record of 27-20 in four seasons as head coach (2000-03). He went 18-7 in his last two seasons leading the Huskies.

96.6%

Boston College’s red zone scoring percentage, a mark that is good for second in the FBS and ACC (behind Florida State). BC has scored on 28-of-29 chances within the red zone.

98

Freshman Myles Willis registered a 98-yard kickoff return for a touchdown in the fourth quarter of BC’s 48-24 win at New Mexico State, which marked the first BC kickoff return for a touchdown since Jeff Smith recorded a 96-yard return against Clemson on Sept. 6, 2006. It marked the second-longest kickoff return is school history. Three Eagles have registered 100-yard kickoff returns for touchdowns – DuJuan Daniels against Syracuse in 1999, Mike Esposito (Miami, 1973) and Joe Diminick (St. Bonaventure, 1948).

144.2

Senior QB Chase Rettig’s passing efficiency, a mark that ranks fifth among all quarterbacks in the ACC. Boston College, which owns a passing efficiency rating of 142.8 through 12 games, checks in at 36th among all teams in the country in this category.

175.2

Senior RB Andre Williams average rushing yards per game. Following his BC and ACC-record 339-yard rushing day against NC State (Nov. 16), Williams average is the most since UCF’s Kevin Smith in 2007.

211

The number of career solo tackles for senior LB Kevin Pierre-Louis, a mark that is good for 11th among all active players at the NCAA FBS level.

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275

The number of career tackles by senior LB Steele Divitto. He is third among all players in the Atlantic Coast Conference in career tackles behind teammate Kevin Pierre-Louis (343) and Virginia Tech’s Jack Tyler (280).

295

Senior RB Andre Williams rushing total at New Mexico State, a Boston College record at the time. The 6-foot-, 227-pound product of Schnecksville, Pa., ran 30 times to surpass the single-game record formerly held by Montel Harris (264, NC State, 2009).

Location Chestnut Hill, Mass. Founded 1863 Nickname Eagles Colors Maroon and Gold Enrollment 9,099 (undergraduates), 14,460 (total) Stadium Alumni Stadium (Field Turf/44,500) President Rev. William P. Leahy, S.J. NCAA Faculty Representative Robert Taggart Athletics Director Brad Bates Associate Athletics Director Barry Gallup Asst. AD/Football Ops. & Player Personnel Reggie Terry Asst. Director/Football Operations Shane Morin

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317

Senior K Nate Freese’s career point total -- the highest in school history. Freese broke BC’s scoring record formerly held by PK Steve Aponovicius (290; 2006-09) against NC State (Nov. 16).

339

Senior RB Andre Williams rushing total against NC State, which marked both a Boston College and ACC record as well as the highest FBS rushing output in 2013. Williams surpassed his previous school record of 295 yards at New Mexico State (Nov. 9) and surpassed Wake Forest’s John Leach against Maryland in 1993 (329).

420

Boston College rushed 53 times for 420 yards against NC State, marking the first 400-plus yard rushing effort since it totaled 518 yards on the ground against Massachusetts in 1973. The rushing performance surpassed its previous season high of 320 rushing yards achieved twice -- at New Mexico State (Nov. 9) and against Army (Oct. 5).

2,102

RB Andre Williams has a Boston College and ACCrecord 2,102 rushing yards through 10 games this season. Williams surpassed former BC record-holder Mike Cloud (1,726; 1999) and former ACC recordholder Thomas Jones (1,798; 1999) of Virginia. He is the 16th running back in FBS history to rush for 2,000 yards in a season.

2,671

WR Alex Amidon surpassed Rich Gunnell to become Boston College’s all-time leader in receiving yards with a 30-yard touchdown reception in the third quarter at New Mexico State (Nov. 9). Amidon now has 181 receptions for 2,671 career receiving yards. Also, among the school’s receptions leaders, Amidon passed Mark Chmura, who caught 176 passes from 1987-91, for third place behind Gunnell (181) and Pete Mitchell (190 receptions from 1991-94).

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Name (Alma Mater, Year) Title Steve Addazio (Central Conn. St., ‘81) Head Coach Don Brown (Norwich, ‘77) Def. Coordinator/LBs Ryan Day (New Hampshire, ‘02) Off. Coordinator/QBs Ben Albert (Massachusetts, ‘94) Defensive Line Todd Fitch (Ohio Wesleyan, ‘86) WRs/Passing Game Coord. Justin Frye (Indiana, ‘06) Offensive Line Kevin Lempa (So. Conn. St., ‘74) Defensive Backs Frank Leonard (Central Conn. St., ‘81) Tight Ends Sean McGowan (Fordham, ‘98) ST/SAM LBs/Nickel Al Washington (Boston College, ’06) Running Backs Nick Charlton (Boston College, ‘12) Grad. Asst. (Offense) Rich Gunnell (Boston College, ’09) Grad. Asst. (Offense) Mike Livingston (Connecticut, ‘12) Grad. Asst. (Defense) Chris Trifone (Endicott, ‘10) Grad. Asst. (Def./ST) Frank Piraino (Akron, ’02) Head Strength and Conditioning Coach,

FOOTBALL INFORMATION Offensive Formation Multiple Defensive Formation Multiple 2012 Overall/ACC Record 2-10/1-7 Final Ranking Unranked/Unranked Starters Returning/Lost 16/6 Offensive Starters Returning/Lost 7/4 Defensive Starters Returning/Lost 9/2 Lettermen Returning/Lost 41/15

2012 SCHEDULE & RESULTS Date 9/1 9/8 9/15 9/29 10/6 10/13 10/20 10/27 11/3 11/10 11/17 11/24

Opponent Miami Maine at Northwestern #17 Clemson at Army at #11 FSU at Georgia Tech Maryland at Wake Forest #4 Notre Dame Virginia Tech at NC State

W/L L W L L L L L W L L L L

Score 32-41 34-3 13-22 31-45 31-34 7-51 17-37 20-17 14-28 6-21 23-30 OT 10-27

Attn. 39,262 30,685 32,597 40,138 39,492 81,075 40,112 33,267 28,963 44,500 34,266 53,020

TV ABC/ESPN2 ESPN3 BTN ESPN2 CBSSN ESPN2 RSN/NESN ESPN3 RSN/NESN ABC ACCN/TV38 ESPN3

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team notes head coach First-year BC head coach Steve Addazio is in the midst of leading Boston College football in a remarkable resurgence in just one season as head coach. Named the school’s 35th head football coach on Dec. 4, 2012 on the heels of a 2-10 campaign, Addazio has led the Eagles to seven victories in 2013, a Doak Walker Award recipient and Heisman Trophy finalist in senior Andre Williams and a berth in the AdvoCare V100 Bowl - the program’s first bowl appearance in three seasons. Addazio brought with him to the Heights 26 years of coaching experience, 12 postseason bowl games (including six BCS bowl games in the last 17 seasons) and two national titles while on the coaching staff at the University of Florida (a 41-14 win over Ohio State on Jan. 8, 2007 in Glendale, Ariz., and a 24-14 win over Oklahoma on Jan. 8, 2009 in Miami, Fla.). Prior to his arrival in Chestnut Hill, Addazio led the Temple University Owls in a two-year period of success, transition and growth. Hired by Temple on Dec. 23, 2010, Addazio coached the Owls to a nine-win campaign and a bowl victory for the first time in 32 seasons in his first year as head coach. His 2011 team finished the season with a 9-4 record, earning a second-place finish in the Mid-American Conference East Division and capturing a 37-15 victory over Wyoming in the New Mexico Bowl—Temple’s first bowl victory since Wayne Hardin led the Owls to a 38-3 win over California in the 1979 Garden State Bowl. Prior to leading the Owls, Addazio spent six seasons (2005-10) at Florida under head coach Urban Meyer, serving as offensive coordinator in 2009-10 and interim head coach from Dec. 2009 to July 2010. During his tenure in Gainesville, the Gators participated in six postseason bowls and won two BCS national championships. Addazio joined the Gators’ staff as tight ends coach in 2005 and also served as offensive line, tackles and tight ends coach (2006), offensive line coach (2007) and offensive assistant head coach (2008) prior to being named offensive coordinator.

mfc Coy semifinalist Steve Addazio is one of 16 semifinalists for the Maxwell Football Club (MFC) Collegiate Coach of the Year Award. The MFC Collegiate Coach of the Year semifinalist list includes a field of 16 candidates for the award which have been selected by the MFC National Selection Committee. The semifinalists are listed in alphabetical order by school.

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Addazio constructed his coaching staff that includes and offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach Ryan Day and defensive coordinator and linebackers coach Don Brown. Day played for offensive coordinator/quarterbacks coach Chip Kelly at New Hampshire and began his coaching career under Kelly’s tutelage in Durham in 2002. Day served as offensive coordinator at Temple with Addazio in 2012 and previously served as a graduate assistant alongside Addazio at the University of Florida under the direction of Urban Meyer. Brown, a Spencer, Mass., native who is widely regarded as one of the finest football coaches in New England, is a former head coach at Massachusetts, Northeastern and Plymouth State. He joined the Eagles after spending each of the last two seasons as defensive coordinator at Connecticut where he spearheaded a defense that led the Big East and ranked 10th in the nation allowing 309.9 yards per game last fall. Prior to his tenure at Connecticut, Brown served as defensive coordinator at Maryland for two years (2009-10). Defensive line coach Ben Albert is a former nose guard and defensive tackle who played college football at Massachusetts who came to Boston College after coaching the outside linebackers at Temple for each of the last two seasons. Todd Fitch serves as wide receivers coach and passing game coordinator after he served as the offensive coordinator at both East Carolina University (22007-09) and, most recently, the University of South Florida (2010-12). Addazio also brought with him from his coaching tenure at Temple offensive line coach Justin Frye, who played for Addazio at Indiana and who has coached with Addazio at Florida, Temple and now Boston College. Defensive backs coach Kevin Lempa is in his third stint at Boston College having served as defensive backs coach at the Heights from 2003-06 and outside linebackers and special teams coach from 1981-90. Tight ends coach Frank Leonard was a teammate of Addazio’s at Central Connecticut State and the two have also coached together under Paul Pasqualoni at Western Connecticut State and at Temple. Sean McGowan, who served as inside linebackers coach under Addazio at Temple for two years prior to BC, is the special teams/SAM linebackers/nickel package coach. Running backs coach Al Washington is a 2006 Boston College graduate who was a three-year starter for the Eagles who played on four teams that captured bowl victories. Washington is the lone full-time coach from the previous staff on the current staff. Rich Gunnell, a record-setting wide receivier at Boston College, is in his second year as offensive graduate assistant and he is joined by grad assistants Nick Charlton (offense), Mike Livingston (defense) and Chris Trifone (defense/special teams).

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defense DIALING UP THE PRESSURE With 35 sacks in 12 games, the Eagles have matched the highest single-season sack total since 2008 (when they also recorded 35 in 13 games and finished 8-5). The team’s 35-sack output through 12 games this fall ranks third in the ACC -- and 14th among all teams in FBS -- in sacks per game. Senior defensive end Kasim Edebali leads the Eagles with 9.5 sacks and checks in fifth among all ACC tacklers in sacks per game. Edebali is one of 11 different Eagles to have recorded at least one (full) sack in 2013 and joins eight additional defensive players who have each registered at least two sacks this season, joining teammates Steven Daniels (3.0), Steele Divitto (2.0), Josh Keyes (3.5), Brian Mihalik (2.0), Kevin Pierre-Louis (6.0), Kaleb Ramsey (2.0) and defensive tackle Mehdi Abdesmad who recorded 2.0 sacks in four games prior to sustaining injury. DISRUPTIVE DEFENDERS Senior co-captain Kasim Edebali has been one of the Eagles most disruptive defenders in 2013. An All-Conference third-team honoree, he recorded 62 tackles, including 32 solo tackles, 16.0 tackles for a loss, 9.5 sacks, five pass breakups, three forced fumbles and two fumble recoveries. He ranks fifth in the conference in sacks and fifth in tackles for loss. A 6-foot-3, 246-pound product of Hamburg, Germany, Edebali has recently put forth some of the best performances in recent ACC home victories. The senior defensive lineman recorded seven tackles, including five solo tackles, 2.0 sacks, two forced fumbles, one pass breakup and one quarterback hurry in Boston College’s 3427 home win over Virginia Tech (Nov. 2). Edebali was directly involved in two VT turnovers that led to BC points – he sacked Virginia Tech quarterback Logan Thomas in the third quarter and forced a turnover (fumble) that resulted in a Nate Freese field goal that tied the score at 17, then pressured Thomas on third down in the fourth quarter that helped force an interception that resulted in a Kevin Pierre-Louis 33-yard interception return for a touchdown that lifted the Eagles to a 27-20 lead. He then forced a Logan Thomas fumble with under two minutes to play in the fourth quarter that sealed the win for the Eagles. Two weeks later, the team co-captain registered seven tackles, including two tackles for loss (minus-10), a nine-yard sack, one pass breakup and one fumble recovery for 22 yards in Boston College’s 38-21 home victory over NC State (Nov. 16).

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team notes TACKLES FOR LOSS With 84 tackles for a loss of 360 yards, Boston College’s defense checks in 28th among all teams in the nation in team tackles for loss. The total is good for eighth among ACC competitors. In addition to their season-high 11 tackles for loss in the team’s 24-14 season-opening win over Villanova (Aug. 31), the Eagles have registered 9.0 team tackles for loss in each of three games to date – Wake Forest (Sept. 6), Florida State (Sept. 28) and at North Carolina (Oct. 26). BC LINEBACKERS Senior middle linebacker Steele Divitto, a 6-foot-2, 235-pound product of Ridgefield, Conn. and New Jersey’s Don Bosco Prep, senior weakside linebacker Kevin Pierre-Louis, a 6-foot-1, 225-pound product of Norwalk, Conn., and sophomore Steven Daniels a 6-foot, 249-pound product of Cinncinati, Ohio and St. Xavier HS (the same high school that produced two-time consensus All-American and 2012 NFL Defensive Rookie of the Year Luke Kuechly), represent Boston College’s first-team linebackers. Divitto led the team with 107 tackles, followed by Pierre-Louis (104) and Daniels (85). All three first-team linebackers recorded career highs in tackles in 2013 and combined for 56 percent of the team’s total tackles (296-of-526). Pierre-Louis earned All-Conference first-team honors and Divitto earned All-Conference third-team recognition. NCAA ACTICE CAREER LEADERS SOLO TACKLES Rk. Name, School 1. Deone Bucannon , Washington St. 2. Shawn Jackson , Tulsa 3. Keith Smith, San Jose St. 4. Chris Borland, Wisconsin 5. Dede Lattimore, South Fla. 6. Kevin Pierre-Louis, BC

Total 266 249 234 225 213 211

NCAA ACTIVE CAREER LEADERS TOTAL TACKLES/GAME Rk. Name, School Cl. Pos. GM 1. Tyler Matakevich , Temple So. LB 23 2. Keith Smith , San Jose St. Sr. LB 49 3. Trevon Stewart , Houston So. DB 24 4. Derrick Mathews , Houston Jr. LB 38 A.J. Johnson , Tennessee Jr. LB 36 6. Yawin Smallwood , UConn Jr. LB 37 7. Andrew Jackson , Western Ky. Sr. LB 37 8. Kevin Pierre-Louis , BC Sr. LB 43

S A Tot T/G 172 65 237 10.30 234 242 476 9.71 113 112 225 9.38 172 170 342 9.00 160 164 324 9.00 146 186 332 8.97 174 152 326 8.81 211 145 356 8.28

UP FRONT Senior co-captain Kasim Edebali, a 6-foot-3, 246-pound product of Hamburg, Germany and Kimball Union Academy (N.H.), has been the team’s most disruptive defender this fall. An All-Conference third-team honoree, he recorded 62 tackles, including 32 solo tackles, 16.0 tackles for a loss, 9.5 sacks, five pass breakups, three forced fumbles and two fumble recoveries. Senior defensive end Kaleb Ramsey totaled 23 tackles, including 4.0 tackles for loss and 2.0 sacks, while 6-foot9, 283-pound Brian Mihalik, a six-foot-9, 283-pound junior, recorded 6.0 TFLs and 2.0 sacks. In the middle, senior Jaryd Rudolph, junior Dominic Appiah (ah-pee-AH), sophomore Connor Wujciak (pronounced WOEjack) and true freshman Truman Gutapfel (Good-APPLE) have all seen significant playing time in 2013. Six-foot-7, 287-pound junior lineman Mehdi Abdesmad, a three-year starter, suffered a season-ending knee injury in the team’s home loss to Florida State (Sept. 28). DEFENSIVE BACKS Corner backs Manuel Asprilla and Bryce Jones are each 12-game starters at their positions. Asprilla, a junior from Everett, Mass., recorded a career-high 62 tackles, including 50 solo tackles, two interceptions and led the Eagles with six pass breakups this fall. Jones, a sophomore from University Heights, Ohio, recorded 50 tackles, including 35 solo tackles, and two interceptions. Six-foot, 208-pound junior Sean Sylvia and 6-foot, 212-pound junior Dominque Williams are the team’s starting safeties. Sylvia is fourth on the team in tackles in 2013. Against Virginia Tech (Nov. 2), Asprilla registered a season-high seven solo tackles and one interception in BC’s 34-27 home victory over Virginia Tech (Nov. 2). Asprilla picked off a Logan Thomas pass and returned it 49 yards to the 15 yard line, setting up a Nate Freese field goal that tied the score at 10 early in the third quarter. The interception marked his second of the season and the fifth of his career.

specialists ALL-AMERICA SPECIALIST Senior Nate Freese, one of the most accurate place-kickers in the nation who is 18-for-18 in field-goal attempt this season and 36-for-38 (94.7 percent) over the last two seasons, handles comprehensive kicking duties for Boston College in 2013. A first-team All-ACC selection and an FWAA All-America second-team choice, Freese has been the Eagles starting place-kicker for each of the last four seasons. He ranks fifth among all active place–kickers (non freshmen) in career field-goal percentage (.861, 68-for-79). The 5-foot11, 192-pound product of Strongsville, Ohio, is the Boston College career record holder for field goals (68) and points (317). He also handles kickoff and punt responsibilities in 2013. He is one of only seven FBS specialists in the country who handles all three duties on special teams. Among the group, which includes Richie Leone (Houston), Austin Rehkow (Idaho), Anthony Melchiori (Kent State), Justin Manton (Louisiana Monroe), Kyle Brindza (Notre Dame) and Michael Palardy (Tennessee), Freese is the lone place-kicker that is remains perfect in field goal trys in 2013 (17-for-17). Additionally, Freese, who connected on a career-long 67-yard punt against NC State (Nov. 16), is averaging 42.0 yards per punt. On kickoffs, Freese has booted 64.2 percent (49-of-69) of his kickoffs in 2013 for touchbacks and has kicked out of bounds just twice. ACC SPECIALIST OF THE WEEK - NOV. 25 Senior P/K Nate Freese earned ACC Speiciliast of the Week recognition after he converted a 52-yard field goal – his third field goal of the game – as time expired to lift Boston College to a 29-26 win at Maryland on Nov. 23. His 52-yard FG matched his career long against Wake Forest in October 2011 and he improved to 3-for-4 in career field-goal attempts of 50 yards or more. Freese, who is now 17-for-17 in field goal attempts on the season, also converted a 35-yard PAT in the fourth quarter, and averaged 43.4 yards per punt in the win over the Terps. MILES AND MILES Freshman running back and return specialist Myles Willis, who lifted visiting Boston College to a 34-27 lead at New Mexico State with a 98-yard kickoff return for touchdown in the team’s 48-34 win over the Aggies in Las Cruces on Nov. 9, ranks fourth among all ACC returnmen with 23.6 average yards per game on kick returns. Willis, who has also scored two rushing TDs and one receiving TD to go along with his 98-yard kickoff return for a TD, ranks third on the team (behind running back Andre Williams (14) and wide receiver Alex Amidon (five) in touchdowns with four.



1-2 PUNCH With 356 career tackles, Kevin Pierre-Louis leads all active players in the Atlantic Coast Conference in career tackles. Steele Divitto, who has recorded 291 career tackles, is third among all ACC active players in career tackles.

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team notes offense QUARTERBACK Chase Rettig, a 6-foot-3, 206-pound senior is a 45-game starter who is one of just four quarterbacks in school history to have thrown for more than 8,000 yards. Rettig has completed 669-of-1216 passing attempts for 8,072 yards and 52 touchdowns. Through 12 games as a senior, Rettig is 146-of-237 for 1,804 yards, 17 touchdowns and six inteceptions. He is currently fifth among league quarterbacks and 34th among all quarterbacks at the FBS level with a 144.15 pass efficiency rating. Rettig is among several others on an impressive list of FBS quarterbacks with active start streaks of 35 games or longer. The list is led by Georgia’s Aaron Murray with 52 straight starts and includes Wake Forest’s Tanner Price (44), Clemson’s Tahj Boyd (39), Alabama’s A.J. McCarron (39) and Virginia Tech’s Logan Thomas (39). Last fall, Rettig became BC’s fourth 3,000-yard passer in program history with 3,065 passing yards on the year, nearly matching his passing total from his first two seasons combined (3,198 passing yards). Rettig, whose younger brother Hayden is a freshman quarterback at Louisiana State University, is playing under his fifth offensive coordinator in four seasons. He recorded his first collegiate start in the fourth game of freshman season -- playing under then-offensive coordinator Gary Tranquill -- against Notre Dame (Oct. 2, 2010) and suffered a foot injury against the Irish and missed the following week’s game at NC State (Oct. 19, 2010); he has started each game since. Kevin Rogers and Dave Brock both served as offensive coordinators at BC during the 2011 season prior to Doug Martin in 2012. Rettig enjoyed one of the most productive passing seasons in BC history under Martin, completing 253 passes for 3,065 yards with 17 touchdowns and 13 interceptions. RECORD-BREAKING RECEIVER Six-foot, 182-pound receiver Alex Amidon is an All-ACC third-team honoree who caught eight passes for 88 yards and one touchdown to break BC’s career receiving yards record in the team’s 48-34 win at New Mexico State (Nov. 9). Amidon, who has 181 receptions for 2,671 receiving yards, surpassed Rich Gunnell (2,459 yards from 2006-09) to achieve the standard. Amidon ranks fourth among league receivers with an average of 5.6 receptions per game. He is tied for 7th in the conference with 74.6 yards per game. Senior C.J. Parsons, a 6-foot-6, 253 pound product of Newton, Mass., senior Mike Naples, a 6-foot-4, 237-pound product of Branchburg, N.J., and senior Jake Sinkovec, a 6-foot-4, 244-pound product of Bristol, Wisc., were each key components of an offense and blocking scheme that helped produce a rushing attack that averaged 218.1 yard per game, a mark good for second in the conference and 20th among all FBS teams. Additionally, all three players registered at least eight receptions, 100 receiving yards and one touchdown this fall.

Boston College rushed 42 times for 196 yards against Virginia Tech on Nov. 2, marking the highest rushing output against the Hokies in 2013. BC, which has rushed for more than 200 yards four times this season, is averaging 218.1 rushing yards per game, a mark good for second in the conference.

UP FRONT A veteran offensive line, which includes left tackle Matt Patchan, a transfer from the University of Florida who has 19 combined starts between his time at Florida and Boston College, guard Bobby Vardaro (31 starts), center Andy Gallik (25 starts), guard Harris Williams (12 starts) and right tackle Ian White (34 starts), has combined for 118 career starts and paved the way for the nation’s leading rusher and Doak Walker Award recipient Andre Williams. The team averaged 5.5 yards per rush and totaled 2,617 yards on the ground and 22 rushing touchdowns. •









Patchan (#77, left tackle) is a 6-foot-7, 300-pound product of Tampa, Fla., who played in 27 games and made eight starts at Florida prior to missing the 2012 season because of injury. Patchan’s father was an offensive tackle at the University of Miami from 1983-87 and a third-round draft choice of the Philadelphia Eagles in 1988. Vardaro (#76, left guard) is a junior and a local product of North Reading, Mass., who is in his third season as a starting left guard on the Eagle offensive line. Gallik (#59, center), a junior who is in his third season as the team’s starting center, hails from Evergreen Park, Ill., and is a graduate of Brother Rice. A 6-foot-3, 302-pound center, Gallik earned Spring MVP honors from ESPN.com. Williams (#64, right tackle), also a junior from Lynn, Mass., missed significant action last fall because of injury after earning a start in the final game of his redshirt freshman campaign in 2011. White (#62, right guard), one of two captain elects along with defensive end Kasim Edebali, is the team’s starting right tackle. He is a 6-foot-5, 302-pound product of Conway, N.H.

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BACK-TO-BACK ACC OL OF THE WEEK Senior Matt Patchan, a 6-foot-7, 300-pound left tackle, earned ACC Offensive Lineman of the Week honors for the second straight week after he graded out at 86 percent with two knockdown blocks to lead Boston College’s offensive line that paved the way for Andre Williams to run for 263 yards and two touchdowns and earn a 29-26 victory at Maryland. The Eagles produced more than 250 yards on the ground for the third straight game and are averaging 220 rushing yards per game this season, a mark good for second in the conference and 21st among all FBS teams. HEISMAN FINALIST & DOAK WALKER AWARD RECIPIENT Senior Andre Williams, the 2013 Doak Walker Award recipient as the nation’s premier running back, has carried 329 times for 2,102 yards and 17 touchdowns in 2013. He is the 16th player in college football history to surpass 2,000 rushing yards in a season and currently ranks ninth on college football’s all-time single-season rushing yards list. A finalist for the Heisman Trophy, Williams averaged 175.2 rushing yards per game and 6.4 yards per carry. UNANIMOUS ALL-AMERICAN Senior Andre Williams earned first-team All-America honors from the American Football Coaches Association (AFCA), Football Writers’ Association of America (FWAA), Associated Press, Walter Camp Football Foundation and the Sporting News, earned unanimous All-America status. He is the 12th player in school history to earn consensus All-America honors, joining defensive end Luke Urban (1920), defensive end Gene Goodreault (1940), running back Mike Holovak (1942), quarterback Doug Flutie (1984), defensive back Tony Thurman (1984), nose tackle Mike Ruth (1985), tight end Pete Mitchell (1994), running back Mike Cloud (1998), running back William Green (2001), defensive back Jamie Silva (2007) and linebacker Luke Kuechly (2010, 2011). FBS 2000-YARD RUNNING BACKS - ALL TIME Name Barry Sanders Kevin Smith Marcus Allen Troy Davis LaDainian Tomlinson Mike Rozier Matt Forte Ricky Williams Andre Williams Larry Johnson Byron Hanspard Donald Brown Rashaan Salaam J.J. Arrington Ray Rice Troy Davis

School Okla. State UCF USC Iowa State TCU Nebraska Tulane Texas Boston College Penn State Texas Tech UConn Colorado California Rutgers Iowa State

Year Games Att. 1988 11 344 2007 15 450 1981 11 433 1996 11 402 2000 11 369 1983 11 275 2007 12 361 1998 11 361 2013 11 320 2002 13 271 1996 11 339 2008 13 367 1994 11 298 2004 12 289 2007 13 380 1995 11 345

Total YPC 2,628 7.64 2,567 5.70 2,342 5.81 2,185 5.44 2,158 5.85 2,148 7.81 2,127 5.89 2,124 5.88 2,102 6.50 2,087 7.70 2,084 6.15 2,083 5.68 2,055 6.90 2,018 6.98 2,012 5.29 2,010 5.83

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team notes REWRITING BC & ACC RUSHING RECORD BOOKS On Andre Williams’ final carry of the day against NC State on Nov. 16, a 17-yard run, he broke both the ACC single-game rushing record and the conference’s single-season mark. He ended up with 339 rushing yards on the day, bettering the previous mark held by Wake Forest’s John Leach against Maryland in 1993 (329). The yardage total also gave him 1,810 yards for the year, which is an ACC singleseason record, breaking the old mark of 1,798 yards set in 1999 by Virginia’s Thomas Jones. 5 GAMES OF 200-PLUS RUSHING YARDS Williams’ 263-yard performance in the team’s 29-26 win at Maryland (Nov. 23) marked the senior running back’s ffith 200-plus yard effort of the 2013 campaign. The Schnecksville, Pa., native, previously registered an ACC-record 339 yard rushing output against NC State (Nov. 16), 295 rushing yards on 30 attempts at New Mexico State (Nov. 9), recorded 263 yards on 30 attempts against Army (Oct. 5) and registered 204 yards on 35 attempts against Wake Forest (Sept. 6). Against the Black Knights, Williams finished one yard shy of tying the Boston College single-game record for rushing yards at the time (264, Montel Harris, NC State, 2009). He then smashed the school standard just more than one month later at Aggie Memorial Stadium in Las Cruces, N.M., then broke his own record the very next week. Williams owns three of the nation’s top 10 rushing performances in the FBS this season. 5-TD PERFORMANCE Andre Williams tied the school record with five rushing touchdowns in Boston College’s 48-27 home victory over Army on Oct. 5, equaling Monte Harris’ school-record five TD performance against the NC State Wolfpack in 2009. 1ST 1,000-YARD RB AT BC SINCE 2010 Senior running back Andre Williams surpassed the 1,000-yard mark with 26 attempts for 172 yards at North Carolina (Oct. 26) and became the first BC running back to surpass 1,000 yards in a season since Montel Harris (1,243) in 2010. WILLIAMS AND WILLIS Freshman running back Myles Willis rushed six times for 77 yards and one touchdown in Boston College’s 38-21 home win over NC State. The freshman lifted the Eagles to a 17-7 lead at 4:46 of the second quarter on a 17-yard touchdown run, marking his fourth touchdown of his eight-game career. Willis averaged 12.8 yards per carry in the victory for the Eagles, who registered 53 rushing attempts for 420 yards in total, marking the first 400-plus yard rushing effort since it totaled 518 yards on the ground against Massachusetts in 1973.

NCAA RUSH LEADERS -- YARDS/GM

Player 1. Andre Williams, BC 2. Ka’Deem Carey, Arizona 3. Bishop Sankey, Washington 4. Jordan Lynch, Northern Ill. 5. Antonio Andrews, Western Ky.

Cl. Sr. Jr. Jr. Sr. Sr.

G Rush Yds 12 329 2,102 11 322 1,716 12 306 1,775 12 248 1,755 12 267 1,730

NCAA RUSH LEADERS -- YARDS

Pos RB RB QB RB RB

GM Att. 12 329 12 306 12 248 12 267 11 322

TD YPG 17 175.2 17 156.0 18 147.9 20 146.3 16 144.2

Player 1. Andre Williams, BC 2. Bishop Sankey, Washington 3. Jordan Lynch, Northern Ill. 4. Antonio Andrews, Western Ky. 5. Ka’Deem Carey, Arizona

Cl. Sr. Jr. Sr. Sr. Jr.

YDS TD 2,102 17 1,775 18 1,755 20 1,730 16 1,716 17

WILLIAMS IN 2013 Date Opponent Aug 31, 2013 VILLANOVA Sep 06, 2013 WAKE FOREST* Sep 14, 2013 at USC Sep 28, 2013 FLORIDA STATE* Oct 05, 2013 ARMY Oct 12, 2013 at Clemson* Oct 26, 2013 at North Carolina* Nov 2, 2013 Virginia Tech* Nov. 9, 2013 at New Mexico State Nov. 16, 2013 NC State* Nov. 23, 2013 Maryland* Nov. 30, 2013 Syracuse* Totals

No. Yds TD LG 23 114 1 26 35 204 1 31 17 38 0 13 28 149 0 30 30 263 5 37 24 70 0 17 26 172 1 56 33 166 2 62 30 295 2 80 42 339 2 65 32 263 2 72 9 29 1 26 329 2,102 17 80

honors STEVE ADDAZIO, HEAD COACH Maxwell Football Club Collegiate Coach of the Year – semifinalist ALEX AMIDON, JR., WR All-Atlantic Coast Conference – third team (ACSMA) All-Atlantic Coast Conference – third team (Coaches) Atlantic Coast Conference Receiver of the Week – Oct. 14 DON BROWN, DEFENSIVE COORD. Broyles Award nominee – nation’s top assistant college football coach RYAN DAY, OFFENSIVE COORD. Assistant Coach of the Year, Gridiron Club of Greater Boston STEELE DIVITTO, SR., LB All-Atlantic Coast Conference – third team (ACSMA) All-Atlantic Coast Conference – honorable mention (Coaches) Atlantic Coast Conference Co-Linebacker of the Week – Nov. 11 KASIM EDEBALI, SR., DE All-Atlantic Coast Conference – third team (ACSMA) All-Atlantic Coast Conference – second team (Coaches) Team co-captain – elect NATE FREESE, SR., PK AT&T ESPN All-America – first team Football Writers’ Association of America All-America – second team All-Atlantic Coast Conference – first team (ACSMA) All-Atlantic Coast Conference – second team (Coaches) ANDY GALLIK, JR., C All-Atlantic Coast Conference – third team (ACSMA)

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BRYCE JONES, SO., DB Atlantic Coast Conference Defensive Back of the Week – Sept. 9 MATT PATCHAN, SR., OL All-Atlantic Coast Conference – second team (ACSMA) All-Atlantic Coast Conference – second team (Coaches) Two-time Atlantic Coast Conference Offensive Lineman of the Week – Nov. 18 & Nov. 25 KEVIN PIERRE-LOUIS, JR., LB All-Atlantic Coast Conference – first team (ACSMA) All-Atlantic Coast Conference – first team (Coaches) Two-time Atlantic Coast Conference Linebacker of the Week – Oct. 7 & Nov. 4 IAN WHITE, SR., OL All-Atlantic Coast Conference – honorable mention (ACSMA) All-Atlantic Coast Conference – honorable mention (Coaches) Atlantic Coast Conference Offensive Lineman of the Week – Nov. 4 Team co-captain – elect ANDRE WILLIAMS, SR., RB Heisman Memorial Trophy – finalist Doak Walker Award recipient – nation’s premier running back Walter Camp Football Foundation Player of the Year – finalist America Football Coaches Association FBS Coaches’ AllAmerica – first team (official) Associated Press All-America – first team (official) Football Writers’ Association of America All-America – first team (official) SportingNews’ All-America – first team (official) Walter Camp Football Foundation All-America – first team (official) SI.com All-America – first team CBSSports.com All-America – first team AT&T ESPN All-America – first team USA Today Sports’ All-America – first team Athlon Sports All-America – first team All-Atlantic Coast Conference – first team (ACSMA), unanimous selection All-Atlantic Coast Conference – first team (Coaches), unanimous selection George “Bulger” Lowe Award – New England’s best offensive player, Gridiron Club of Greater Boston Harry Aggannis Award, most outstanding senior football player in New England, NE Football Writers Association Walter Camp Football Foundation National Player of the Week – Nov. 17 Three-time ACC Offensive Back of the Week – Sept. 9, Nov. 18, Nov. 25

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RUSHING Had 500+ yards ........................................................................................................................518 vs. UMass, 11/24/73 Had 400+ yards.........................................................................................473 vs. NC State, 11/16/13 Had 300+ yards.......................................................................... 320 vs. New Mexico State, 11/9/13 Had 70+ rushing attempts......................................................................................... 71 vs. Northwestern, 9/12/92 Had 60+ rushing attempts................................................................................ 65 vs. Army, 10/5/13 Had 50+ rushing attempts.......................................................................... 53 vs. NC State, 11/9/13 Had six or more rush touchdowns.......................................................................................... 7 vs. Temple, 9/25/93 Had five or more rush touchdowns.................................................................... 5 vs. Army, 10/5/13 Had four or more rush touchdowns................................................................... 5 vs. Army, 10/5/13 PASSING Had 300+ yards............................................................................................................... 369 vs. Wake Forest, 11/3/12 Had 50+ pass attempts................................................................................................... 51 vs. Wake Forest, 11/3/12 Had 25+ completions.......................................................................................................30 vs. Wake Forest, 11/3/12 Had four or more passes intercepted.................................................................. 5 vs. North Carolina, 11/21/09 Had three or more passes intercepted......................................................................... 3 at Wake Forest, 11/3/12 COMBINATION OFFENSE Teammates with 100+ yards rushing ................L.V. Whitworth (118) & Andre Callender (105) vs. Duke, 11/11/06 Teammates with 100+ yards receiving ....... Clarence Gannon (115) & Pete Mitchell (110) vs. Pittsburgh, 11/13/93 Three or more players ran for touchdowns . Montel Harris, Rolandan Finch and Josh Haden vs. Northeastern, 9/5/09 TOTAL OFFENSE Had 600+ yards ..................................................................................................................... 648 vs. Temple, 10/11/03 Had 500+ yards........................................................................... 550 vs. New Mexico State, 11/9/13 Had more than 550 yards ................................................................................................... 578 at NC State, 10/4/08 Had 400+ yards ....................................................................................... 473 vs. NC State, 11/16/13 SCORING Returned a kickoff for a touchdown .......... Myles Willis at New Mexico State (98 yards), 11/9/13 Returned a punt for a touchdown .................................................... Spiffy Evans vs. Maine (82 yards), 9/5/12 Returned a blocked punt for a touchdown ................... Roderick Rollins vs. Clemson (14 yards), 11/1/08 Returned an interception for a touchdown ............ Kevin Pierre-Louis (33 yards) vs. VT, 11/2/13 Returned a fumble for a touchdown ... Nick Clancy(16 yards), Kevin Pierre-Louis (96 yards) vs. UMass, 9/24/11 Returned two fumbles for touchdowns .. Nick Clancy(16 yards), Kevin Pierre-Louis (96 yards) vs. UMass, 9/24/11 Scored 60+ points ...................................................................................................... 66-14 win vs. Temple, 9/25/93 Won by 50+ points ....................................................................................................... 54-0 vs. Northeastern, 9/5/09 Scored a safety ...................................................................................................................................... vs. Miami, 9/1/12 Held opponent scoreless ........................................................................................... 54-0 vs. Northeastern, 9/5/09 Was held scoreless ............................................................................................. 19-0 loss vs. Virginia Tech, 9/25/10

RUSHING Had a touchdown run of 60+ yards.....................Andre Williams (62) vs. Virginia Tech, 11/2/2013 Had a touchdown run of 70+ yards ...................................................... Andre Williams (99) vs. Army, 10/6/12 Had a touchdown run of 80+ yards................ Andre Williams (80) vs. New Mexico State, 11/9/13 Rushed for 200+ yards .................................. Andre Williams (295) vs. New Mexico State, 11/9/13 Rushed for 300+ yards................................................Andre Williams (339) vs. NC State, 11/16/13 PASSING Had a touchdown pass of 70+ yards ....... Justin Jarvis from Matt Ryan (71) vs. Bowling Green, 10/6/07 Passed for 400+ yards................................................................................... Chase Rettig (441) vs. Miami, 9/1/12 Attempted 50+ passes ................................................................................... Chase Rettig (51) vs. Miami, 9/1/12 Threw five or more touchdown passes ................................................. Matt Ryan (5) vs. Wake Forest, 9/1/07 Threw three or more interceptions .................................................. Chase Rettig (3) at Wake Forest, 11/3/12 RECEIVING Caught 10+ passes ............................................................ Alex Amidon (13) vs. Villanova, 8/31/13 Had 200+ yards receiving...................................................................... Gerard Phelan (226) at Miami, 11/23/84 Caught three or more touchdown passes ..................................... Kelvin Martin (3) at Holy Cross, 11/22/86 TOTAL OFFENSE Had 400+ yards of total offense.............................................................. Chris Crane (470) at NC State, 10/4/08 Scored three or more touchdowns ............................... Andre Williams (5 rush) vs. Army, 10/3/13 DEFENSE Intercepted three or more passes ................................................. Jamie Silva (3) vs. Bowling Green, 10/6/07 Recorded 15+ tackles.........................................Steele Divitto (18) vs. New Mexico State, 11/9/13 Recorded 20+ tackles........................................................................ Nick Clancy (25) at Northwestern, 9/15/12 Recorded three or more sacks .........................................................................B.J. Raji (3.0) at NC State, 10/4/08 SPECIAL TEAMS Scored 15+ points kicking ............................................................... Sandro Sciortino (15) vs. Toledo, 12/26/02 Made four or more field goals ..................................... Nate Freese (36, 45, 52, 32) vs. Wake Forest, 10/1/11 Missed three or more field goals ............................................. Ryan Ohliger (42, 36, 30) vs. Virginia, 10/8/05 Attempted five or more field goals ............................ Steve Aponavicius (4-for-5) at Maryland, 11/128/09

HALF-BY-HALF SCORING Both teams were scoreless after first half.......................................................... vs. Cincinnati (L, 24-6), 9/27/97 Led after three quarters and lost ................................................................ Duke (L, 20-19 - led 19-14), 9/17/11 Trailed after three quarters and won ...................................... at Virginia (W, 14-10 - trailed 10-7), 11/14/09 HALF-BY-HALF OFFENSE Totaled 300+ yards in a half ................................................................. 318 in first half at Georgia Tech, 9/15/07 Rushed for three or more touchdowns in a half .......................... 3 in third quarter vs. NC State, 10/17/09 Passed for three or more touchdowns in a half ................................. 3 in first half vs. Boise State, 12/28/05 Scored five or more touchdowns in half .............................................. 5 in first half vs. Northeastern, 9/5/09 TURNOVERS Did not committ a turnover .................................................................................................. Notre Dame, 11/19/11 Committed six or more turnovers ........................................... 5 INTs, 1 fumble vs. North Carolina, 11/21/09 DEFENSE Allowed 500+ yards of total offense ..................................................................... 563 at Georgia Tech 10/20/12 Held opponent to 100 or fewer yards .............................................................................. 92 vs. Buffalo, 10/28/06 SPECIAL TEAMS Did not punt .................................................................................................................................... at Syracuse, 10/2/93 Blocked a punt ................................................................ Spenser Rositano blocked Alex King (Duke), 9/17/11 Blocked a field goal ...... Connor Wujciak blocked David Scully’s 22-yard attempt at Georgia Tech, 10/20/12 Blocked a PAT ............................ Jolonn Dunbar blocked Jad Dean (Clemson) in double overtime, 9/9/06 Missed a PAT .................................................................................................................. Nate Freese vs. Duke, 9/17/11 Returned multiple kickoffs for a touchdown ................................................................................................... Never Returned multiple punts for a touchdown ......... DeJuan Tribble (41) and Will Blackmon (71) at West Virginia, 11/13/04

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RUSHING Had 300+ yards ................................................................................................. Army (326), 10/5/13 Had 70+ rushing attempts .......................................................................................... Georgia Tech (76), 10/20/12 Had 60+ rushing attempts................................................................................... Army (65), 10/5/13 Had four or more rush touchdowns ........................................................................... Georgia Tech (4), 10/20/12 PASSING Had 400+ yards .............................................................................................................. Florida State (448), 10/13/12 Had 300+ yards .......................................................................................... NC State (325), 11/16/13 Had 40+ pass attempts ..................................................................................... New Mexico State (57), 11/9/13 Had 25+ completions ........................................................................................ New Mexico State (43), 11/9/13 Had three or more passing touchdowns ...................................................... New Mexico State (3), 11/9/13 Had three or more passes intercepted ............................................................................. Maryland (3), 10/27/12 COMBINATON OFFENSE Teammates with 100+ yards rushing..... Diamond Ferri (141) & Damien Rhodes (107) of Syracuse, 11/27/04 Teammates with 100+ yards receiving .Kenny Shaw (125) & Rodney Smith (108) of Florida State, 10/13/12 Had 100-yard receiver and rusher....... Andre Ellington (132) & DeAndre Hopkins (197) of Clemson, 9/29/12

RUSHING Had a touchdown run of 70+ yards ............................. Brandon Pendergrass (76) of Wake Forest, 9/29/09 Rushed for 200+ yards ..................................................................... Tony Fisher (203) of Notre Dame, 11/11/00 PASSING Had a touchdown pass of 70+ yards ......... Kenny Shaw (77) from EJ Manuel of Florida State, 10/13/12 Passed for 300+ yards ........................................................................ EJ Manuel (439) of Florida State, 10/13/12 Completed 30+ passes ........................................................................ Tanner Price (39) of Wake Forest, 11/3/12 Threw three or more interceptions ........................................................Caleb Rowe (3) of Maryland, 10/27/12 RECEIVING Caught 10+ passes ................................................................ Michael Campanaro (16) of Wake Forest, 11/3/12 Had 100+ yards receiving `............................................... Michael Campanaro (123) of Wake Forest, 11/3/12 Caught two or more touchdown passes ........................ Michael Campanaro (3) of Wake Forest, 11/3/12 TOTAL OFFENSE Had 400+ yards of total offense ..................................................... EJ Manuel (444) of Florida State, 10/13/12 Scored three or more touchdowns ................................... Michael Campanaro (3) of Wake Forest, 11/3/12

TOTAL OFFENSE Had 400+ yards ................................................................................................................... 409, Wake Forest, 11/3/12 Had fewer than 100 yards ......................................................................... Buffalo (-12 rush, 104 pass), 10/28/06

DEFENSE Intercepted two or more passes ...................................................... Antwine Perez (2) of Maryland, 10/23/10 Recorded 15+ tackles ........................................................................ Cobrani Mixon (15) of Kent State, 9/11/10

SCORING Returned a kickoff for a touchdown ................................... Jesse Julmiste (100) of Massachusetts, 9/24/11 Returned a punt for a touchdown ............................................................ C.J. Spiller (77) of Clemson, 9/19/09 Returned a blocked punt for a touchdown .............................................. D.J. Green (9) of NC State, 10/9/10 Returned an interception for a touchdown .................................... Denzel Perryman (41) of Miami, 9/1/12 Returned a fumble for a touchdown............................................... August Campbell (95) of Duke, 11/13/10

SPECIAL TEAMS Scored 10+ points kicking ...................................................... Dustin Hopkins (15) of Florida State, 10/13/12 Made three or more field goals ................................ Dustin Hopkins (51, 26, 38) of Florida State, 10/13/12 Missed three or more field goals ............................................ Jared McLaughlin (47, 44, 51) of BYU, 9/16/06 Attempted five or more field goals ..................................... Jeff Budzien (5-for-5) of Northwestern, 9/15/12

TURNOVERS Did not committ a turnover........................................................................................ Army, 10/5/13 Committed five or more turnovers .................................................................................. Wake Forest (5), 11/6/10 Lost three or more fumbles ................................................................................................ Georgia Tech (3), 9/6/08 DEFENSE Allowed 400+ yards of total offense ........................................................................................ Army (420), 10/6/12 Held BC to 100 or fewer yards .......................................................... 54 at Clemson (29 rush, 25 pass), 9/19/09 Scored a safety .............................................................................................................................. Georgia Tech, 9/6/08 SPECIAL TEAMS Did not punt............................................................................................................................................. Miami, 11/26/96 Blocked a punt ............................................................... Wake Forest blocked Nate Freese, 9/6/13 Blocked punt returned for a touchdown ................................................... D.J. Green (9) of NC State, 10/9/10 Blocked a field goal .................................................. Eric Franklin (Maryland) blocked Nate Freese, 10/29/11 Missed a PAT ................................................................................................. Justin Moore (Georgia Tech), 10/20/12

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roster NO. 2 3 * 5 ** 6 ** 7 8 * 9 *** 10 *** 11 13 14 15 * 16 * 17 18 19 ** 19 * 20 ** 21 23 *** 24 ** 25 * 26 27 28 ** 29 30 30 32 * 33 33 ** 34 35 36 37 37 * 38 38 39 ** 41 42 43 43 *** 44 * 45 46 46 ** 47 48 48 *** 49 50 51 * 52 53 54 * 55

PLAYER NAME Nigel Matthews Harrison Jackson Al Louis-Jean Jr. C.J. Jones Spiffy Evans Josh Bordner Dominique Williams Bobby Swigert Chase Rettig Christian Suntrup Mack Lowrie James Walsh Mike Marscovetra Bryce Jones Dan Crimmins Austin Lommen Sean Sylvia Tahj Kimble Manuel Asprilla Myles Willis Kevin Pierre-Louis Josh Keyes David Dudeck Justin Simmons Matt Milano James McCaffrey Mike Strizak Joey Launceford Charlie Callinan Tim Joy Jeffrey Jay Sean Duggan Tyler Rouse Bobby Wolford Drew Barksdale Zach Wolfe Ted Davenport Griff Rogan Atem Ntantang Jake Sinkovec Alex Howell John Johnson Carmen Dello Iacono Andre Williams Mehdi Abdesmad Sean Burke Joel Rich Spenser Rositano Jake Wilhelm Nick Lifka Steele Divitto Frank Taylor Connor Galligan Steven Daniels Leonard Skubal Marquis Little Kieran Borcich

CL. R-Fr. So. So. Jr. Jr. Jr. Jr. Sr. Sr. So. Fr. Fr. Sr. So. So. R-Fr. Jr. Jr. Jr. Fr. Sr. Jr. So. So. Fr. Jr. R-Fr. So. Fr. So. Jr. Jr. Fr. R-Fr. Fr. Sr. Jr. Jr. Fr. Sr. So. Fr. Jr. Sr. Jr. R-Fr. Fr. Jr. R-Fr. So. Sr. R-Fr. Jr. So. R-Fr. Fr. So.

POS. WR WR DB DB WR QB DB WR QB QB QB QB QB DB WR QB DB RB DB RB LB LB RB DB S DB LB K WR LB WR LB RB FB WR DB DB WR CB TE/FB P DB TE RB DL LB TE DB K DL LB OL LB LB LS LB DL

HT. 6-1 6-2 6-2 5-11 5-11 6-4 6-0 6-1 6-3 6-3 6-3 6-1 6-4 6-1 6-5 6-3 6-0 5-11 5-11 5-9 6-1 6-2 5-11 6-3 6-0 5-10 6-2 5-10 6-4 6-2 6-2 6-4 5-9 6-2 5-11 5-10 6-1 6-1 5-11 6-4 6-5 6-0 6-4 6-0 6-7 5-11 6-3 6-1 5-8 6-2 6-2 6-3 6-1 6-0 5-10 6-3 6-3

WT. 189 201 195 185 190 220 212 186 206 214 207 191 207 166 222 196 208 211 177 187 225 216 190 188 200 194 239 184 219 222 195 241 192 233 182 200 203 185 176 244 215 180 210 227 278 216 229 208 150 274 237 287 207 249 215 225 276

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PREVIOUS SCHOOL/HOMETOWN Darlington School/Dallas, Ga. Loudoun Valley/Round Hill, Va. Brockton/Brockton, Mass. A.I. DuPont/Wilmington, Del. Chaminade-Madonna/Hollywood, Fla. Century/Sykesville, Md. Brockton/Brockton, Mass. Louisville/Louisville, Ohio San Clemente/Sierra Madre, Calif. Chaminade College Prep/St. Louis, Mo. Roxbury Latin/Foxborough, Mass. Dublin Coffman HS/Dublin, Ohio Indian Hills/Oakland, N.J. Cleveland Heights/University Heights, Ohio Demarest/Closter, N.J. Breck School/Eden Prairie, Minn. Cheshire Academy (Conn.)/Dartmouth, Mass. Fernandina Beach/Fernandina Beach, Fla. Everett/Everett, Mass. Marist School/Conyers, Ga. King Low Heywood Thomas/Norwalk, Conn. Chatham/Ghent, N.Y. The Hun School/Princeton, N.J. Martin County/Stuart, Fla. Dr. Phillips HS/Orlando, Fla. Buckingham Browne & Nichols/Winchester, Mass. Don Bosco Prep/Fair Lawn, N.J. O’Dea/Seattle, Wash. St. Peter's Prep/Westfield, N.J. Chelmsford/Chelmsford, Mass. Brunswick School/Greenwich, Conn. Saint Xavier/Cincinnati, Ohio Baker HS/Baldwinsville, N.Y. Bishop Kenny/Jacksonville, Fla. Solon HS/Solon, Ohio The Lovett School/Atlanta, Ga. Medway/Medway, Mass. Chaminade/Garden City, N.Y. Woodgrove HS/Purcellville, Va. Carmel Catholic (Ill.)/Bristol, Wis. West Florence/Florence, S.C. Northwestern HS/West Hyattsville, Md. Dedham/Dedham, Mass. Parkland/Schnecksville, Pa. Cegep du Vieux-Montreal/Montreal, Quebec LaSalle College HS/Lansdale, PA St. Thomas Aquinas/Paris, Ohio Stone Bridge/Ashburn, Va. St. Edward/Amherst, Ohio Naperville North/Naperville, Ill. Don Bosco Prep (N.J.)/Ridgefield, Conn. Archbishop Wood/Warrington, Pa. Brooks School/Wenham, Mass. Worcester Academy/Cincinnati, Ohio St. Thomas Aquinas/Deerfield Beach, Fla. Manchester HS/Manchester, Conn. Bronxville/Bronxville, N.Y.

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NO. 56 57 58 58 59 61 62 64 65 67 69 70 71 72 74 76 77 79 80 81 82 83 84 85 86 87 87 88 89 90 91 93 95 96 97 99

PLAYER NAME Michael Fischer Jack Cottrell Michael Gaffney Victor Nelson Andy Gallik A.J. Caruso Ian White Harris Williams Jaryd Rudolph Seth Betancourt Paul Gaughan Aaron Kramer Dan Lembke Jim Cashman Dave Bowen Bobby Vardaro Matt Patchan Win Homer Brian Miller Louie Addazio Jarrett Darmstatter Alex Amidon Joel Karim Zoungrana Nate Freese Marcus Grant C.J. Parsons Malachi Moore Mike Giacone Mike Naples Connor Wujciak Kasim Edebali Kevin Kavalec Dominic Appiah Kaleb Ramsey Truman Gutapfel Brian Mihalik

CL. R-Fr. Fr. R-Fr. So. Jr. R-Fr. Sr. Jr. Sr. Jr. So. Jr. So. R-Fr. So. Jr. Sr. R-Fr. So. So. Jr. Sr. R-Fr. Sr. So. Jr. So. So. Sr. So. Sr. Fr. Jr. Sr. Fr. Jr.

POS. LS LB/DE LB OL C LB OL OL DL OL C OL OL OL OL OL OL OL WR TE TE WR WR K/P WR TE DE TE TE DL DE DE DL DL DT DL

HT. 6-0 6-4 6-2 6-7 6-3 6-1 6-5 6-3 6-3 6-6 6-6 6-7 6-6 6-7 6-7 6-5 6-7 6-5 6-3 6-3 6-2 6-0 6-0 5-11 6-2 6-6 6-7 6-5 6-4 6-3 6-3 6-3 6-5 6-3 6-3 6-9

WT. 227 221 215 305 302 225 302 298 275 298 303 299 304 298 297 310 300 276 241 253 251 182 198 192 198 253 252 260 237 300 246 242 291 285 261 283

PREVIOUS SCHOOL/HOMETOWN St. Sebastian’s/ Wellesley, MA Eden Prairie/Eden Prairie, Minn. Phillips Exeter/Wakefield, Mass. Maine South/Park Ridge, Ill. Brother Rice/Evergreen Park, Ill. Ocean Township/West Allenhurst, N.J. Kennett/Conway, N.H. Proctor Academy/Lynn, Mass. Silver Lake Regional/Plympton, Mass. St. Joseph’s Prep (Pa.)/Riverside, N.J. Dunmore/Dunmore, Pa. Duxbury/Duxbury, Mass. Providence Catholic/Orland Park, Ill. Haddonfield Memorial/Haddonfield, N.J. Radnor/Villanova, Pa. Phillips Andover/North Reading, Mass. Armwood HS/Univ. of Florida/Tampa, Fla Christchurch School/Christchurch, Va. Andover/Andover, Mass. Buchholz HS/Syracuse Univ./Gainesville, Fla. Barnegat/Barnegat, N.J. Hotchkiss School (Conn.)/Greenfield, Mass. Champlain-Lennoxville/Montreal, Quebec Strongsville/Strongsville, Ohio Iowa/Lawrence Academy/Carver, Mass. Xaverian Brothers/West Newton, Mass. Pope John XXIII/Hackettstown, N.J. St. Peters Prep/Jersey City, N.J. Somerville/Branchburg, N.J. Seton Hall Prep/West Caldwell, N.Y. Kimball Union (N.H.)/Hamburg, Germany St. Ignatius/Middleburg Heights, Ohio Cheshire Academy (Conn.)/Somerset, N.J. Laurel Highlands/Uniontown, Pa. Harrison HS/Harrison, Ohio Avon Lake/Avon Lake, Ohio



* - Denotes number of letters earned COACHING STAFF

SUPPORT STAFF

Head coach: Steve Addazio Defensive Coordinator/Linebackers: Don Brown Offensive Coordinator/Quarterbacks: Ryan Day Defensive Line: Ben Albert Wide Receivers/Passing Game Coordinator: Todd Fitch Offensive Line: Justin Frye Defensive Backs: Kevin Lempa Tight Ends: Frank Leonard Special Teams/SAM Linebackers/Nickel Package: Sean McGowan Running Backs: Al Washington Graduate Assistant (Offense): Nick Charlton Graduate Assistant (Offense): Rich Gunnell Graduate Assistant (Defense): Mike Livingston Graduate Assistant (Defense/Special Teams): Chris Trifone

Head Strength and Conditioning Coach: Frank Piraino Assistant Strength and Conditioning Coach: Scott McLafferty Assistant Strength and Conditioning Coach: James Mangiero Assoc. AD: Barry Gallup Assist. AD, Football Operations & Player Personnel: Reggie Terry Asst. Football Operations Director: Shane Morin Recruiting Specialist: Brandon Brown Assist. AD, Sports Medicine: Steve Bushee Assistant Director, Sports Medicine: Mike Vigneau Video Coordinator: Bill Toof Equipment Manager: Kevin Murphy Video Graduate Assistant: Kevin Tomaszek

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Depth Chart Offense (multiple)

defense (multiple)

LT or

77 67 74

Matt Patchan Seth Betancourt Dave Bowen

6-6, 300, Sr. 6-6, 298, Jr. 6-7, 297, So.

DE or

96 99 48

Kaleb Ramsey Brian Mihalik Nick Lifka

6-3, 285, Sr. 6-9, 283, Jr. 6-2, 274, So.

LG or

76 69 71

Bobby Vardaro Paul Gaughan Dan Lembke

6-5, 310, Jr. 6-6, 303, So. 6-6, 304, So.

LT

65 97

Jaryd Rudolph Truman Gutapfel

6-3, 275, Sr. 6-3, 261, Fr.

C RG

59 50

Andy Gallik Frank Taylor

RT

95 90

Dominic Appiah Connor Wujciak

6-5, 291, Jr. 6-3, 300, So.

64 70

Harris Williams Aaron Kramer

RT

62 72

Ian White Jim Cashman

6-5, 302, Sr. 6-7, 298, R-Fr.

Y or

87 88 81

C.J. Parsons Mike Giacone Louie Addazio

6-6, 253, Jr. 6-5, 260, So. 6-3, 253, So.

H QB or

89

Mike Naples

6-4, 237, Sr.

11 8 16

Chase Rettig Josh Bordner Mike Marscovetra

6-3, 206, Sr. 6-4, 220, Jr. 6-4, 207, Sr.

TB

44 23

Andre Williams Myles Willis

6-0, 227, Sr. 5-9, 187, Fr.

FB

41 36

Jake Sinkovec Bobby Wolford

6-4, 244, Sr. 6-2, 233, R-Fr.

WR

83 33

Alex Amidon Jeffrey Jay

6-0, 182, Sr. 6-2, 195, Jr.

WR or

18 3 86

Dan Crimmins Harrison Jackson Marcus Grant

6-5, 222, So. 6-2, 201, So. 6-2, 198, So.

WR or

26 7 37

Dave Dudeck Spiffy Evans Drew Barksdale

6-3, 302, Jr. 6-3, 287, R-Fr. 6-3, 298, Jr. 6-7, 299, Jr.

5-11, 190, So. 5-11, 190, Jr. 5-11, 182, Fr.

Specialists K P

85 42

Nate Freese Alex Howell

5-11, 192, Sr. 6-5, 215, So.

85 42

Nate Freese Alex Howell

5-11, 192, Sr. 6-5, 215, So.

S

53 89

Leonard Skubal Mike Naples

PR

7 26

Spiffy Evans Dave Dudeck

5-11, 190, Jr. 5-11, 190, So.

KR

26 23

Dave Dudeck Myles Willis

5-11, 190, So. 5-9, 187, Fr.

5-10, 215, R-Fr. 6-4, 237, Sr.

DE 91 Kasim Edebali 93 Kevin Kavalec SLB 24 Kevin Pierre-Louis 25 Josh Keyes

6-3, 246, Sr. 6-3, 242, Fr.

MLB

49 34

Steele Divitto Sean Duggan

6-2, 237, Sr. 6-4, 241, Jr.

WLB or

52 30 33

Steven Daniels Mike Strizak Tim Joy

6-0, 249, So. 6-2, 239, R-Fr. 6-2, 222, So.

LC

21 5

Manuel Asprilla Al Louis-Jean

5-11, 177, Jr. 6-2, 195, So.

SS FS or

9 28

Dominique Williams Matt Milano

6-0, 212, Jr. 6-0, 200, Fr.

19 27 38

Sean Sylvia Justin Simmons Ted Davenport

6-0, 208, Jr. 6-3, 188, So. 6-1, 203, Jr.

RC or

17 6 43

Bryce Jones C.J. Jones John Johnson

6-1, 225, Sr. 6-2, 216, Jr.

6-1, 166, So. 5-11, 185, Jr. 6-0, 180, Fr.

PRONUNCIATION GUIDE ABDESMAD, MEHDI Ab-des-MAHD, Meh-DEE APPIAH, Dominic A-PEE-ah ASPRILLA, Manuel A-SPREE-ah, Man-WELL BORCICH, KIERAN Bor-CHITCH, Kier-IN EDEBALI, KASIM Ed-a-BAHL-ee, Ka-SIM FREESE, Nate FREEZE GAUGHAN, Paul GONE GUTAPFEL, Truman GOOD-apple KEYES, Josh KIZE LOMMEN, Austin LOW-men MIHALIK, Brian Mih-HAHL-ik Moore, MALACHI MAL-a-KAI NTANTANG, ATEM AH-tem NEH-tan-TANG PIERRE-LOUIS, Kevin Pierre-LEW-iss SINKOVEC, Jake SINK-a-veck STRIZAK, Mike STREE-zack SWIGERT, Bobby SWHY-gert WUJCIAK, Connor Woe-JACK ZOUNGRANA, JOEL KARIM ZOON-gra-na, Jo-ELL Ka-REEM

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game-by-game starters Offense Opponent Villanova Wake Forest* Southern California No. 8 Florida State* Army No. 3 Clemson* North Carolina* Virginia Tech* New Mexico State NC State* Syracuse*

LT Patchan Patchan Patchan Patchan Patchan Patchan Patchan Patchan Patchan Patchan Patchan

LG Vardaro Vardaro Vardaro Vardaro Vardaro Vardaro Vardaro Vardaro Vardaro Vardaro Vardaro

DE Ramsey Ramsey Ramsey Rudolph Edebali Ramsey Ramsey Ramsey Ramsey Mihalik Mihalik

DT Abdesmad Abdesmad Abdesmad Abdesmad Mihalik Rudolph Rudolph Rudolph Mihalik Rudolph Rudolph

C Gallik Gallik Gallik Gallik Gallik Gallik Gallik Gallik Gallik Gallik Gallik

RG Williams, H. Williams, H. Williams, H. Williams, H. Williams, H. Williams, H. Williams, H. Williams, H. Williams, H. Williams, H. Williams, H.

RT White White White White White White White White White White White

TE Parsons Parsons Parsons Parsons Naples Parsons Parsons Parsons Parsons Parsons Parsons

DT Wujciak Wujciak Wujciak Wujciak Rudolph Wujciak Edebali Wujciak Wujciak Wujciak Appiah

DE SLB MLB Edebali Daniels Divitto Edebali Daniels Divitto Edebali Daniels Divitto Edebali Keyes Divitto Keyes Daniels Divitto Edebali Daniels Divitto Simmons (DB) Daniels Divitto Edebali Daniels Divitto Edebali Daniels Divitto Edebali Daniels Divitto Edebali Daniels Divitto

QB Rettig Rettig Rettig Rettig Rettig Rettig Rettig Rettig Rettig Rettig Rettig

TB Williams, A. Williams, A. Williams, A. Williams, A. Williams, A. Williams, A. Williams, A. Williams, A. Williams, A. Williams, A. Williams, A.

WR Amidon Amidon Amidon Amidon Amidon Amidon Amidon Amidon Amidon Amidon Amidon

WR/TE WR/TE/FB Evans Naples Evans Crimmins Naples Darmstatter Naples Sinkovec Jackson Sinkovec Naples Sinkovec Naples Sinkovec Naples Sinkovec Jackson Crimmins Dudeck Crimmins Naples Sinkovec

defense Opponent Villanova Wake Forest* Southern California No. 8 Florida State* Army No. 3 Clemson* North Carolina* Virginia Tech* New Mexico State NC State* Syracuse*

WLB Pierre-Louis Pierre-Louis Pierre-Louis Pierre-Louis Pierre-Louis Pierre-Louis Pierre-Louis Pierre-Louis Pierre-Louis Pierre-Louis Pierre-Louis

special teams Opponent K P Villanova Freese Freese Wake Forest Freese Freese Southern California Freese Freese No. 8 Florida State* Freese Freese Army Freese Freese No. 3 Clemson* Freese Freese North Carolina* Freese Freese Virgnia Tech* Freese Freese New Mexico State Freese Freese NC State* Freese Freese Syrcause* Freese Freese

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LC Asprilla Asprilla Asprilla Asprilla Asprilla Asprilla Asprilla Asprilla Asprilla Asprilla Asprilla

SS Rositano Rositano Rositano Williams, D. Williams, D. Williams, D. Williams, D. Williams, D. Williams, D. Williams, D. Williams, D.

FS Sylvia Sylvia Sylvia Sylvia Sylvia Sylvia Sylvia Sylvia Sylvia Sylvia Syliva

RC Jones, B. Jones, B. Jones, B. Jones, B. Jones, B. Jones, B. Jones, B. Jones, B. Jones, B. Jones, B. Jones, B.



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pLAYER PROFILES 83 • alex amidon Sr.

6-0 182

Greenfield, Mass.

All-ACC – third team (ACSMA) All-ACC– third team (Coaches) ACC Receiver of the Week – Oct. 14 •

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Wr

Two-time All-Atlantic Coast Conference honoree; earned All-Conference first-team honors as a junior after he established single-season school records for receptions (78) and receiving yards (1,210) and captured All-Conference third-team honors as a senior in 2013. Recorded 67 receptions for 903 yards and five touchdowns Finished fourth in the ACC receptions per game (5.6), tied for fourth in receptions (67) Tied Rich Gunnell for second all-time at BC with 181 career receptions Broke the BC career receiving yard record (2,663) Registered three 100-yard games and broke the BC record for most career 100-yard games (10) Earned ACC Receiver of the Week honors after catching six passes for a game-high 121 yards and one touchdown – a career-long 69-yard reception in the third quarter – in the team’s 24-14 loss at No.3 Clemson (Oct. 12) Established single-season school records for receptions (78) and receiving yards (1,210) in 2012 Ranked 11th in the NCAA and second in the ACC for receiving yards per game (100.8) as junior Finished the year second among ACC receivers in receptions per game (6.5) Totaled 100 or more receiving yards in six games last year; tied Brian Brennan (1983) for the school record for 100-yard receiving games in a season

CAREER STATISTICS -- RECEIVING YEAR G REC YDS 2010 10 16 338 2011 12 20 220 2012 12 78 1210 2013 12 67 895 TOTAL 45 181 2663

AVG TD LG 21.1 2 67 11.0 1 41 15.6 7 49 13.4 5 74 14.7 15 74

CAREER HIGHS TDs: 2, at Army, Oct 6, 2012; Clemson, Sep 29, 2012 Long rush: 24, at Army, Oct 06, 2012 Receptions: 13, vs. Villanova, Aug. 31, 2013 Receiving yards: 193, Clemson, Sep 29, 2012 (8 recep) Receiving TDs: 2, Clemson, Sep 29, 2012 Long reception: 74, at Maryland, Nov. 23, 2013

BC RECEPTIONS: CAREER Name Years Pete Mitchell 1991-94 Rich Gunnell 2006-09 Alex Amidon 2010-pres. Mark Chmura 1987-91 Brandon Robinson 2005-08 Tom Waddle 1985-88 Andre Callender 2004-07 Grant Adams 2001-04 Darren Flutie 1984-87 Kelvin Martin 1983-86 Dedrick Dewalt 1998-2001 Scott Gieselman 1982-85 Brian Brennan 1980-83

Rec. Yds. 190 2,388 181 2,459 181 2,663 164 2,046 141 2,023 139 1,965 138 1,217 137 2,036 134 2,000 133 2,337 126 1,959 120 1,485 115 2,180

TD 20 18 15 11 10 6 4 14 14 28 20 10 14

BC RECEIVING YARDAGE: CAREER Yds Name Year 2,663 Alex Amidon 2010-present 2,459 Rich Gunnell 2006-09 2,388 Pete Mitchell 1991-94 2,337 Kelvin Martin 1983-86 2,180 Brian Brennan 1980-83 2,046 Mark Chmura 1987-91 2,036 Grant Adams 2001-04 2,023 Brandon Robinson 2005-08 2,000 Darren Flutie 1984-87 1,965 Tom Waddle 1985-88 1,959 Dedrick Dewalt 1998-2001 1,798 Anthony DiCosmo 1995-98 BC RECEPTIONS: SEASON Rec. Name 78 Alex Amidon 76 Andre Callender 70 Tom Waddle 66 Pete Mitchell Brian Brennan 64 Rich Gunnell Gerard Phelan 60 Rich Gunnell

Year 2012 2007 1988 1993 1983 2007 1984 2009

BC RECEIVING YARDAGE: SEASON Yds Name Year 1,210 Alex Amidon 2012 1,149 Brian Brennan 1983 958 Kelvin Martin 1985 931 Rich Gunnell 2007 902 Tom Waddle 1988 880 Rich Gunnell 2009 BC RECEIVING YARDAGE: GAME Yds Name 229 Scott Nizolek 226 Gerard Phelan 193 Alex Amidon 185 Brian Brennan BC 100 YD GAMES: CAREER Games Name 10 Alex Amidon 8 Brian Brennan 8 Rich Gunnell

Jr. • • • • • •

Everett, Mass.

Has registered career highs for tackles (62) and solo tackles (50) Recorded a career-high 11 tackles in the team’s 48-34 win at New Mexico State (Nov. 9) Started all 12 games at cornerback as a sophomore in 2012 Competed in 1,008 plays; one of only three BC players to play in 1,000 or more snaps on the year Recorded 42 tackles (27 solo) and five pass breakups as a sophomore Compiled a season-high seven tackles, an interception, and a pass breakup at Florida State (Oct. 13)

CAREER STATISTICS DEFENSIVE G UA 2011 9 12 2012 12 27 2013 12 50 TOTAL 33 89

A Tot TFL 18 30 1.5-8 15 42 2.5-6 12 62 7.0-13 45 134 11.0-27

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Game Penn State Miami Clemson Temple Year 2010-present 1980-83 2006-09

PD 3 7 8 18

INT 0-0 2-35 2-35 4-84

CAREER HIGHS All-purpose yards: 49, Virginia Tech, Nov 2, 2013 Interceptions: 1, 4 times Long interception return: 49, Virginia Tech, Nov 2, 2013 Tackles: 11, at New Mexico State, Nov 09, 2013 (8-3) Sacks: 1.0, Florida State, Nov 3, 2011 (1-0) Tackles for loss: 2.0, Villanova, Aug 31, 2013 (2-0) Fumbles forced: 1, at Wake Forest, Nov 3, 2012 Pass breakups: 2, Virginia Tech, Nov 17, 2012 ; Army, Oct 05, 2013

• Year 1982 1984 2012 1983

5-11 177

db

• • •

6-0 249

Lb

Cincinnati, Ohio

Finished the season ranked third on the team with 85 tackles, including 6.5 TFLs and three sacks Recorded 10 (or more) tackles three times in 2013; has registered at least eight tackles in a game six times Registered his first career interception in the fourth quarter of the team’s 48-24 win at New Mexico State (Nov. 9) Played in 10 games as a true freshman in 2012 Made one start at weak side linebacker at Wake Forest (Nov. 3) last fall; has started all seven games in 2013

CAREER STATISTICS DEFENSIVE G UA A Tot TFL FF/FR INT 2012 10 16 9 25 0.5-2 0/0 0 2013 12 52 33 85 6.5-12 1/1 1-8 TOTAL 22 68 42 110 7.0-14 1/1 1-8 CAREER HIGHS All-purpose yards: 8, at New Mexico State, Nov 09, 2013 Interceptions: 1, at New Mexico State, Nov 09, 2013 Long INT return: 8, at New Mexico State, Nov 09, 2013 Tackles: 11, Army, Oct 05, 2013 (9-2) Sacks: 2.0, Army, Oct 05, 2013 (2-0) Tackles for loss: 3.0, Army, Oct 05, 2013 (3-0) Fumbles forced: 1, Florida State, Sep 28, 2013 Pass breakups: 1, at New Mexico State, Nov 09, 2013 ; Florida State, Sep 28, 2013

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pLAYER PROFILES 49 • steele divitto Sr.

6-2 237

lb

Ridgefield, Conn.

All-ACC – third team (ACSMA) All-ACC – honorable mention (Coaches) ACC Co-Linebacker of the Week – Nov. 11 • • •

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Has started each of the last 35 games at linebacker; moved from strong side to middle during spring of 2013 Led the team -- and ranked third in the conference -- with 107 tackles in 12 games Earned ACC Co-LB of the Week on Nov. 11 after he matched a career high with 18 tackles in the team’s 48-34 win at New Mexico State (Nov. 9) Named to the Lott IMPACT Trophy Watch List in May 2013 Earned 2013 Phil Steele Preseason All-ACC second-team honors Led the team with 1,052 snaps played in 2012 Finished the season ranked second on the team with 92 tackles Averaged over seven tackles per game a junior

CAREER STATISTICS DEFENSIVE G UA A TAC TFL FF/FR 2010 11 9 11 20 0.5-0 0/2 2011 12 36 36 72 3.5-15 0/0 2012 12 54 38 92 0.5-2 2/4 2013 12 53 54 107 5.0-16 0/1 TOTAL 47 152 139 291 9.5-33 2/7

INT 0-0 1-0 0-0 1-0 2-0

Jr.

5-11 190

WR

26 • david dudeck So.

Hollywood, Fla.

Played in eight games; missed four games because of a shoulder injury Registered 13 punt returns for 154 yards; averaged 11.8 yards per punt return Ranked fourth among all receivers on the team with 22 receptions for 257 yards

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CAREER STATISTICS RECEIVING SEASON G REC YDS AVG TD LG 2011 10 0 0 0.0 0 0 2012 11 22 257 11.7 1 36 2013 8 7 97 13.9 1 26 Totals 29 29 354 12.2 2 36



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RETURNS KR YDS AVG TD LG PR YDS AVG TD LG 2011 23 485 21.1 0 32 0 0 0.0 0 0 2012 34 631 18.6 0 30 11 278 25.3 1 82 2013 4 64 16.0 0 19 13 154 11.8 0 34 Totals 61 1180 19.3 0 32 24 432 18.0 1 82 CAREER HIGHS Touchdowns: 2, Maine, Sept. 8, 2012 Receptions: 4, 3 times (last vs. Notre Dame, Nov. 10, 2012) Receiving yards: 70, Clemson, Sept. 29, 2012 (4 receps) Receiving TDs: 1, WF, Sep 6, 2013 ; Maine, Sep 8, 2012 Long reception: 36, Maine, Sept. 8, 2012 All-purpose yards: 180, Clemson, Sept. 29, 2012 Punt returns: 4, Virginia Tech, Nov. 17, 2012 Punt return yards: 109, Maryland, Oct. 27, 2012 (3 retrns) Long punt return: 82, Maine, Sept. 8, 2012 Kick returns: 6, Clemson, Sept. 29, 2012 Kick return yards: 110, Clemson, Sept. 29, 2012 (6 retrns) Long kick return: 32, Wake Forest, Oct. 1, 2011

CAREER HIGHS Interceptions: 1, Massachusetts, Sept. 24, 2011 Tackles: 18, at New Mexico State, Nov 09, 2013 (6-12); at Army, Oct 06, 2012 (10-8) Sacks: 1.0, 4 times Tackles for loss: 1.5, Virginia Tech, Nov 02, 2013 (1-0); at New Mexico State, Nov 09, 2013 (1-0) Fumbles forced: 1, ND, Nov. 10, 2012; at FSU, Oct. 13, 2012 Fumbles recovered: 1, 6 times Pass breakups: 2, at WFU, Nov. 3, 2012; ND, Nov. 10, 2012

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5-11 190

rb/wr Princeton, N.J.

Played in nine games, started one Caught 11 passes for 84 yards and one touchdown and rushed five times for eight yards Ranked third on the team in receptions (11) Ranked third on the team with 111 rushing yards in nine games in 2012 Recorded 21 receptions for 155 yards out of the backfield as a true freshman last fall Scored first career touchdown against Maryland (Oct. 20, 2012)

RECEIVING G Rec Yds TD Lg Rec/G Avg/C Avg/G 2012 9 21 155 1 20 2.3 7.4 17.2 2013 11 11 84 1 20 1.1 7.6 8.4 TOTAL 20 32 239 2 20 1.7 7.5 12.6 PUNT RETURNS G No. Yds TD Lg Avg/R Avg/G 2012 9 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 2013 11 3 25 0 15 8.3 2.5 TOTAL 20 3 25 0 15 8.3 1.3 KICK RETURNS G No. Yds TD Lg Avg/R Avg/G 2012 9 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 2013 11 8 130 0 30 16.2 13.0 TOTAL 20 8 130 0 30 16.2 6.8 CAREER HIGHS TDs: 1, three times Rush attempts: 14, at Wake Forest, Nov 03, 2012 Rush yards: 39, at NC State, Nov 24, 2012 (5 carries) Rush TDs: 1, Virginia Tech, Nov 17, 2012 Long rush: 18, at NC State, Nov 24, 2012 Receptions: 5, at Florida State, Oct 13, 2012 Receiving yards: 47, at Army, Oct 06, 2012 (3 receptions) Receiving TDs: 1, Md, Oct 27, 2012; Army, Oct 5, 2013 Long reception: 20, three times All-purpose yards: 68, Florida State, Sep 28, 2013 Punt returns: 1, Virginia Tech, Nov 2, 2013 ; at New Mexico State, Nov 09, 2013 ; at North Carolina, Oct 26, 2013 Punt return yards: 15, at North Carolina, Oct 26, 2013 (1 returns) Long punt return: 15, at North Carolina, Oct 26, 2013 Kick returns: 3, Florida State, Sep 28, 2013 Kick return yards: 48, Florida State, Sep 28, 2013 (3 returns) Long kick return: 30, Villanova, Aug 31, 2013 Tackles: 1, 4 times



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pLAYER PROFILES 85 • Nate Freese Sr.

5-11 192 Strongsville, Ohio

AT&T ESPN All-America – first team FWAA All-America – second team All-ACC – first team (ACSMA) All-ACC – second team (Coaches) • • • • • • •

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k/p

One of the most accurate placekickers in the nation Has connected on 67-of-79 career field goal attempts (84.8 conversion percentage) Ranks first on the school’s career scoring list (317 pts.) Is 36-of-38 in field goal attempts in the last two seasons (94.7 percent) Went 18-for-18 in field goal attempts on the season Was 3-for-3 at Maryland (Nov. 23), including the gamewinner from 52 yards at time expired Became Boston College’s all-time scoring leader – by converting field goal attempts from 25 yards, 39 yards and 41 yards - in BC’s 38-21 home ACC win over NC State (Nov. 16) Improved to 2-for-3 in career attempts of 50 yards or more with a 51 yarder at New Mexico State (Nov. 9) Also handles kickoff and punt responsibilities in 2013; is one of only seven kickers in the FBS that handles all three duties on special teams Ranks second on the school’s single-season field goals list (26; 2010) Has matched the school record for field goals in a game three times – 4; vs. Wake Forest (Oct. 1, 2011), vs. Kent State (Sept. 11, 2010) and at Florida State (Oct. 16, 2010) Connected on 18-of-20 field goal attempts (90.0 conversion percentage) as a junior in 2012; the 90% success rate ranked sixth in the nation

CAREER STATISTICS FG FGM FGA PCT LG PAM PAA PCT PTS 2010 22 25 .880 49 24 25 .960 90 2011 10 16 .625 52 26 27 .947 56 2012 18 20 .900 45 24 24 1.000 78 2013 18 18 100.0 52 39 40 .972 90 TOTAL 68 79 86.1 52 113 116 .974 314 PUNTING G No. Yards Lg Avg 2010 13 0 0 0 0.0 2011 12 0 0 0 0.0 2012 12 6 198 43 33.0 2013 12 70 2937 67 42.0 TOTAL 49 76 3135 67 41.2 CAREER HIGHS Points scored: 14, Kent State, Sep 11, 2010 Kick PATs: 6, Army, Oct 5, 2013; UMass, Sep 24, 2011 Points by kicking: 14, Kent State, Sep 11, 2010 Field goals made: 4, at Florida State, Oct 16, 2010 ; Kent State, Sep 11, 2010 ; Wake Forest, Oct 01, 2011 Field goal attempts: 4, at Florida State, Oct 16, 2010 ; Kent State, Sep 11, 2010 ; Wake Forest, Oct 01, 2011 Longest field goal: 52, Wake Forest, Oct 01, 2011; Maryland, Nov. 23, 2013 Punt attempts: 8, at USC, Sep 14, 2013 Punt yards: 403, at USC, Sep 14, 2013 (8 punts) Longest punt: 67, NC State, Nov 16, 2013

BC FIELD GOALS MADE: CAREER FGs Name 67 Nate Freese 57 Brian Lowe 47 Steve Aponavicius 46 Sandro Sciortino John Matich 33 John Cooper

Year 2010-present 1986-89 2006-09 2000-03 1996-99 1979-81

BC POINTS: CAREER Pts Name 310 Nate Freese 290 Steve Aponavicius 262 Brian Lowe 243 John Matich

Year 2010-present 2006-09 1986-89 1996-99

Sr. 6-1 225

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6-3 246 Hamburg, Germany

All-ACC – third team (ACSMA) All-ACC – second team (Coaches) Team co-captain – elect • •

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Registered team-highs in tackles for loss (14.0), sacks (9.5) and forced fumbles (3) Was elected team co-captain (along with offensive lineman Ian White) at the conclusion of preseason training camp in late August Has started 38 games over the last four seasons along the defensive line Led the team in tackles for loss (7.5) and sacks (2.0) as a junior in 2012

CAREER STATISTICS DEFENSIVE G UA A TAC TFL PD FF/FR 2010 13 7 6 13 1.5-7 1 0/0 2011 12 13 14 27 0.5-2 5 0/0 2012 11 32 27 59 7.5-35 4 1/1 2013 12 32 30 55 14.0-78 4 3/2 TOTAL 48 84 77 161 24.5-138 14 4/3 SACKS 2010 2011 2012 2013 TOTAL

G UA A Total 13 0 0 0.0 12 0 0 0.0 11 1 1 1.5 12 8 3 9.5 48 9 4 11.0

Yds 0 0 10 65 75

CAREER HIGHS Tackles: 8, Virginia Tech, Nov 17, 2012 (7-1); at NC State, Nov 24, 2012 (5-3) Sacks: 2.0, Virginia Tech, Nov 02, 2013 (1-2); Florida State, Sep 28, 2013 (2-0) Tackles for loss: 3.0, Villanova, Aug 31, 2013 (3-0) Fumbles forced: 2, Virginia Tech, Nov 02, 2013 Fumbles recovered: 1, at Army, Oct 06, 2012 ; Villanova, Aug 31, 2013 Pass breakups: 3, at Miami (Fla.), Nov 25, 2011

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Norwalk, Conn.

All-ACC – first team (ACSMA) All-ACC – first team (Coaches) 2-time ACC LB of the Week – Oct. 7, Nov. 4 •

91 • Kasim Edebali

lb

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Leads the ACC and ranks fifth among all active players in FBS in career solo tackles (211) Ranks ninth among all active FBS players in career tackles per game (8.17) Ranks sixth among all ACC tacklers in tackles per game (8.7) Earned ACC Linebacker of the Week honors after his career-high 18-tackle performance against Army on Oct. 6 in which he surpassed his previous high of 17 tackles at Northwestern (Sept. 15, 2012) Has registered 10 (or more) tackles four times this season and 14 times in his career Earned 2012 All-Atlantic Coast Conference honorable mention honors Earned 2013 preseason All-ACC first-team honors by Phil Steele Started all nine games played in at linebacker; missed three games – Army (Oct. 6), Wake Forest (Nov. 3) and Notre Dame (Nov. 10) because of injury last fall Finished the 2012 season ranked fourth on the team with 85 tackles, including 51 solo tackles Ranked seventh in the ACC in tackles per game last fall, averaging 9.0

CAREER STATISTICS DEFENSIVE G UA A Tot TFL FF/FR PB INT 2010 9 59 34 93 3-5 0/1 3 0 2011 13 37 37 74 7-23 1/1 4 0 2012 9 51 34 85 4-19 0/0 3 0 2013 12 64 40 104 10.5-56 2/0 0 0 TOTAL 43 211 145 356 23.0-103 12/1 2 0

SACKS G UA A Total 2010 13 0 0 0.0 2011 9 0 0 0.0 2012 9 2 0 2.0 2013 12 6 0 5.0 TOTAL 43 8 0 8.0

Yds 0 0 17 49 66

CAREER HIGHS Points scored: 6, Virginia Tech, Nov 02, 2013; Massachusetts, Sep 24, 2011 Touchdowns: 1, Virginia Tech, Nov 02, 2013; Massachusetts, Sep 24, 2011 All-purpose yards: 33, Virginia Tech, Nov 02, 2013 Interceptions: 1, Virginia Tech, Nov 02, 2013 Long interception return: 33, Virginia Tech, Nov 02, 2013 Tackles: 18, Army, Oct 05, 2013 (8-10) Sacks: 2.0, NC State, Nov 16, 2013 (2-0) Tackles for loss: 2.5, Villanova, Aug 31, 2013 (2-0) Fumbles forced: 1, Massachusetts, Sep 24, 2011 Fumbles recovered: 1, at Wake Forest, Nov 06, 2010 ; Massachusetts, Sep 24, 2011 Pass breakups: 2, at Clemson, Oct 08, 2011

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pLAYER PROFILES 11 • cHASE RETTIG Sr. • • •







6-3 206 Sierre Madre, Calif.

Starting quarterback in 44 straight Boston College’s over the last four seasons Has registered 45 career starts in total Has thrown for more than 100 yards 32 times, more than 200 yards 13 times, more than 300 yards four times, and more than 400 yards one time – against Miami (Sept. 1, 2012 Recorded his first collegiate start in the fourth game of the season against Notre Dame (Oct. 2, 2010); suffered a foot injury against the Irish and missed the following week’s game at NC State (Oct. 19, 2010), has started each game since Became BC’s fourth 3,000-yard passer in program history with 3,065 passing yards as a junior in 2012; nearly matched his passing total from his first two seasons combined (3,198 passing yards) Compiled 253 completions on 467 passing attempts (54.2 completion percentage) and 17 passing touchdowns in 2012

CAREER STATISTICS G-S Comp Att Int Pct 2010 9-9 100 195 9 51.3 2011 12-12 170 317 9 53.6 2012 12-12 253 467 13 54.2 2013 12-12 146 237 6 61.6 TOTALS 45-45 669 1216 37 55.0

62 • Ian White

QB

Yds TD 1,238 6 1,960 12 3,065 17 1,804 17 8072 52

CAREER HIGHS Points scored: 6, at Syracuse, Nov 30, 2013 ; at Virginia Tech, Oct 22, 2011 Touchdowns: 1, at Syracuse, Nov 30, 2013 ; at Virginia Tech, Oct 22, 2011 Rush attempts: 9, Virginia Tech, Nov 17, 2012 ; at Clemson, Oct 12, 2013 ; Florida State, Sep 28, 2013 Rush yards: 85, at Syracuse, Nov 30, 2013 (4 carries) Rush TDs: 1, at Syracuse, Nov 30, 2013 ; at Virginia Tech, Oct 22, 2011 Long rush: 54, at Syracuse, Nov 30, 2013 Pass attempts: 51, Miami, Sep 01, 2012 Pass completions: 32, Miami, Sep 01, 2012 Pass yards: 441, Miami, Sep 01, 2012 Pass TDs: 4, Florida State, Sep 28, 2013 Had intercepted: 3, at Wake Forest, Nov 03, 2012 ; at NC State, Nov 24, 2012 Long pass: 69, at New Mexico State, Nov 09, 2013 ; at Clemson, Oct 12, 2013 Receptions: 1, at Central Florida, Sep 10, 2011 Receiving yards: -6, at Central Florida, Sep 10, 2011 (1 receptions) Total offense attempts: 54, Miami, Sep 01, 2012 (3 rush,51 pass) Total offense yards: 439, Miami, Sep 01, 2012 (-2 rush,441 pass) All-purpose yards: 85, at Syracuse, Nov 30, 2013 Punt attempts: 1, at NC State, Nov 24, 2012 ; at Georgia Tech, Oct 20, 2012 ; Clemson, Sep 29, 2012 Punt yards: 57, at Georgia Tech, Oct 20, 2012 (1 punts) Longest punt: 57, at Georgia Tech, Oct 20, 2012

BC PASSING YARDS: CAREER Name Years Att. Comp. Yds. Doug Flutie 1981-84 1,271 677 10,579 Glenn Foley 1990-93 1,275 703 10,039 Matt Ryan 2004-07 1347 807 9,313 Chase Rettig 2010-pres. 1,216 669 8,072 Brian St. Pierre 1999-2002 803 457 5,837

Int. 54 60 37 37 32

TD 67 72 56 52 48

Pct. 53.3 55.1 59.9 55.0 56.9

BC PASSING TOUCHDOWNS: CAREER TDs Name Years 72 Glenn Foley 1990-93 67 Doug Flutie 1981-84 56 Matt Ryan 2004-07 52 Chase Rettig 2010-pres. 48 Brian St. Pierre 1999-2002 44 Frank Harris 1968-70 30 Shawn Halloran 1983-86 29 Tim Hasselbeck 1997-2000 BC PASSING YARDS: GAME Yds Name 520 Doug Flutie 472 Doug Flutie 453 Shawn Halloran 448 Glenn Foley 447 Doug Flutie 441 Chase Rettig 435 Matt Ryan

Year 2007 2012 2006 1985 2002

BC PASSING COMPLETIONS: CAREER Comp. Name Year 807 Matt Ryan 2004-07 703 Glenn Foley 1990-93 677 Doug Flutie 1981-84 669 Chase Rettig 2010-present BC PASSING COMPLETIONS: SEASON Comp. Name Year 388 Matt Ryan 2007 263 Matt Ryan 2006 253 Chase Rettig 2012 300 YDS PASSING: CAREER Games Name Year 12 Matt Ryan 2004-07 Doug Flutie 1981-84 10 Glenn Foley 1990-93 Shawn Halloran 1993-86 4 Chase Rettig 2 010-present

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6-5 302

Conway, N.H.

All-ACC – honorable mention (ACSMA) All-ACC – honorable mention (Coaches) ACC Offensive Lineman of the Week – Nov. 4 Team co-captain – elect •



Year Game 1982 Penn State 1984 Miami (FL) 1985 Syracuse 1993 Virginia Tech 1984 Penn State 2012 Miami 2007 Georgia Tech

PASSING ATTEMPTS: CAREER Att. Name Year 1,347 Matt Ryan 2004-07 1,275 Glenn Foley 1990-93 1,271 Doug Flutie 1981-84 1,216 Chase Rettig 2 010-present PASSING ATTEMPTS: SEASON Att. Name 654 Matt Ryan 467 Chase Rettig 427 Matt Ryan 423 Shawn Halloran 407 Brian St. Pierre

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pLAYER PROFILES 23 • Myles Willis Fr. • • • • •



5-9 187

44 • Andre williams

rb

FBS 2000-YARD RUNNING BACKS - ALL TIME

Conyers, Ga.

Has registered one receiving touchdown, two rushing touchdowns and one kickoff return for a touchdown in eight games played Returned 28 kicks for 660 yards (23.6 average – fourth best in the ACC) Tallied 1,041 all purpose yards, a mark that was good for eighth in the conference Registered a 98-yard kickoff return for a touchdown in the fourth quarter of BC’s 4834 win at New Mexico State (Nov. 9) Recorded a 38-yard touchdown run at No. 3 Clemson which marked the first of his career and the longest rush of the season for Boston College, surpassing Andre Williams’ 37-yard rush against Army on Oct. 5 True freshman who made his collegiate debut at USC on Sept. 14 in week three

CAREER STATISTICS RUSHING G Att Yds TD Lg Avg/C 2013 10 55 321 2 38 5.8 TOTAL 10 55 321 2 38 5.8

Avg/G 32.1 32.1

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RECEIVING G Rec Yds TD Lg Rec/G Avg/C Avg/G 2013 10 5 60 1 52 0.5 12.0 6.0 TOTAL 10 5 60 1 52 0.5 12.0 6.0 KICKRETURNS G No. Yds TD Lg Avg/R 2013 10 28 660 1 98 23.6 TOTAL 10 28 660 1 98 23.6

Avg/G 66.0 66.0

CAREER HIGHS Points scored: 6, 4 times Touchdowns: 1, 4 times Rush attempts: 17, at Syracuse, Nov 30, 2013 Rush yards: 77, NC State, Nov 16, 2013 (6 carries) Rush TDs: 1, NC State, Nov 16; at Clemson, Oct 12, 2013 Long rush: 38, at Clemson, Oct 12, 2013 Receptions: 4, Florida State, Sep 28, 2013 Receiving yards: 69, Florida State, Sep 28, 2013 (4 recs) Receiving TDs: 1, Florida State, Sep 28, 2013 Long reception: 52, Florida State, Sep 28, 2013 Total offense attempts: 17, at Syracuse, Nov 30, 2013 (17 rush) Total offense yards: 77, NC State, Nov 16, 2013 (77 rush) All-purpose yards: 211, Florida State, Sep 28, 2013 Kick returns: : 5, at North Carolina, Oct 26, 2013 Kick return yards: 114, Florida State, Sep 28, 2013 (3 returns) Long kick return: 98, at New Mexico State, Nov 09, 2013

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6-0 227 Schnecksville, Pa.

Has appeared in and started all 12 games at running back Was one of six finalists for the Heisman Trophy… was one of five finalists for the Walter Camp Football Foundation Player of the Year award Earned the Doak Walker Award given annually to college football’s top running back Earned unanimous All-America honors; captured first-team laurels from the Associated Press, the Football Writers’ Association of America, Sporting News and the Walter Camp Football Foundation Was a unanimous selection to the ACC first team by the Atlantic Coast Sports Media Association and the ACC Coaches Has established Boston College and Atlantic Coast Conference single-season rushing records with 2,102 yards Is the 16th player in FBS history to rush for 2,000 yards in the regular season (12th all-time) Leads all FBS running backs in rushing attempts (320), rushing yards (2073) and rushing yards per game (188.5) Leads all FBS players with five 200-plus yard rushing performances Earned Walter Camp National Offensive Player of the Week honors after he carried 42 times for 339 yards and two TDs in team’s 38-21 win over NC State (Nov. 16); total marked both a Boston College and Atlantic Coast Conference record and represented the highest single-game FBS total this season Surpassed Mike Cloud’s previous standard of 1,726 yards in 1998 for the all-time Boston College singleseason mark against the Wolfpack Rushed 30 times for a then-school record 295 yards and two touchdowns in the team’s 48-34 win at New Mexico State (Nov. 9) Rushed 33 times for 166 yards and two touchdowns in Boston College’s 34-27 win over Virginia Tech – a run-stopping defense that was ranked fifth in the nation at the time and currently checks in eighth among all FBS schools. Rushed 30 times for a then-career high 263 yards and five touchdowns in BC’s 48-27 win over Army (Oct. 5); tied Montel Harris (NC State, 2009) for the school single-game rushing TD record Carried 35 times for a 204 yards and one touchdown in Boston College’s 24-10 ACC home victory over Wake Forest on Sept. 6.

CAREER STATISTICS RUSHING G Att Yds Avg TD Lg 2010 13 95 461 4.9 2 59 2011 12 124 517 4.2 4 69 2012 9 130 584 4.6 4 99 2013 12 329 2102 6.4 17 80 TOTALS 43 678 3664 5.4 27 99 CAREER HIGHS Points scored: 30, Army, Oct 5, 2013 Touchdowns: 5, Army, Oct 5, 2013 Rush attempts: 339, NC State, Nov 16, 2013 (42 carries) Rush yards: 295, at New Mexico St, Nov 9, 2013 (30 carries) Rush TDs: 5, Army, Oct 05, 2013 Long rush: 99, at Army, Oct 06, 2012 Receptions: 2, 4 times Receiving yards: 27, at GT, Oct 20, 2012 (2 recs) Long reception: 16, at Georgia Tech, Oct 20, 2012 Total offense attempts: 42, at Syracuse, Nov 27, 2010 (42 rush); NC State, Nov. 16, 2013 (42 rush) Total offense yards: 339, NC State, Nov 16, 2013 All-purpose yards: 339, NC State, Nov 16, 2013 (339 rush) Kick returns: 4, at Duke, Nov 13, 2010 Kick return yards: 68, at Duke, Nov 13, 2010 (4 returns) Long kick return: 26, at Wake Forest, Nov 06, 2010

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Name Barry Sanders Kevin Smith Marcus Allen Troy Davis LaDainian Tomlinson Mike Rozier Matt Forte Ricky Williams Andre Williams Larry Johnson Byron Hanspard Donald Brown Rashaan Salaam J.J. Arrington Ray Rice Troy Davis

School Okla. State UCF USC Iowa State TCU Nebraska Tulane Texas Boston College Penn State Texas Tech UConn Colorado California Rutgers Iowa State

Year Games Att. 1988 11 344 2007 15 450 1981 11 433 1996 11 402 2000 11 369 1983 11 275 2007 12 361 1998 11 361 2013 11 320 2002 13 271 1996 11 339 2008 13 367 1994 11 298 2004 12 289 2007 13 380 1995 11 345

Total YPC 2,628 7.64 2,567 5.70 2,342 5.81 2,185 5.44 2,158 5.85 2,148 7.81 2,127 5.89 2,124 5.88 2,102 6.50 2,087 7.70 2,084 6.15 2,083 5.68 2,055 6.90 2,018 6.98 2,012 5.29 2,010 5.83

Note: Before the 2002 season, bowl games and NCAA playoff games were not included in any team or individual single-game, season or career records. Starting with the 2002 season, all games excluding exhibitions count toward the statistics and won-lost records for all divisions. NCAA RUSH LEADERS -- YARDS/GM

Player 1. Andre Williams, BC 2. Ka’Deem Carey, Arizona 3. Bishop Sankey, Washington 4. Jordan Lynch, Northern Ill. 5. Antonio Andrews, Western Ky.

Cl. Sr. Jr. Jr. Sr. Sr.

G Rush Yds 12 329 2,102 11 322 1,716 12 306 1,775 12 248 1,755 12 267 1,730

NCAA RUSH LEADERS -- YARDS

Pos RB RB QB RB RB

GM Att. 12 329 12 306 12 248 12 267 11 322

TD YPG 17 175.2 17 156.0 18 147.9 20 146.3 16 144.2

Player 1. Andre Williams, BC 2. Bishop Sankey, Washington 3. Jordan Lynch, Northern Ill. 4. Antonio Andrews, Western Ky. 5. Ka’Deem Carey, Arizona

Cl. Sr. Jr. Sr. Sr. Jr.

YDS TD 2,102 17 1,775 18 1,755 20 1,730 16 1,716 17

WILLIAMS IN 2013 Date Opponent Aug 31, 2013 VILLANOVA Sep 06, 2013 WAKE FOREST* Sep 14, 2013 at USC Sep 28, 2013 FLORIDA STATE* Oct 05, 2013 ARMY Oct 12, 2013 at Clemson* Oct 26, 2013 at North Carolina* Nov 2, 2013 Virginia Tech* Nov. 9, 2013 at New Mexico State Nov. 16, 2013 NC State* Nov. 23, 2013 Maryland* Nov. 30, 2013 Syracuse* Totals

No. Yds TD LG 23 114 1 26 35 204 1 31 17 38 0 13 28 149 0 30 30 263 5 37 24 70 0 17 26 172 1 56 33 166 2 62 30 295 2 80 42 339 2 65 32 263 2 72 9 29 1 26 329 2,102 17 80

BC RUSHING YARDAGE: SEASON Rk. Yds. Name 1. 2,102 Andre Williams 2. 1,726 Mike Cloud 3. 1,721 Derrick Knight 4. 1,559 William Green 5. 1,457 Montel Harris

Year Games 2013 12 1998 11 2003 13 2001 11 2009 13

BC RUSHING YARDAGE: CAREER Name Years Att. 1. Montel Harris 2008-11 787 2. Derrick Knight 2000-03 708 3. Andre Williams 2010-pres. 669 4. Mike Cloud 1995-98 614 5. Troy Stradford 1982-86 658 6. William Green 1999-2001 501 7. Andre Callender 2004-07 637 8. Mike Esposito 1972-74 526 9. L.V. Whitworth 2004-07 588 10. Keith Barnette 1973-75 552

Yds. 3,735 3,725 3,664 3,597 3,504 2,974 2,971 2,759 2,576 2,500

TD Avg. 27 4.7 25 5.3 26 5.4 25 5.9 27 5.3 33 5.9 17 4.6 24 5.3 17 4.4 34 4.5

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Game summaries Game 1: villanova Aug. 31, 2013 • Chestnut Hill, Mass. • Alumni Stadium (30,922) Villanova Boston College

14 0 0 0 14 Record: (0-1) 7 0 14 3 24 Record: (1-0)

First Quarter 13:06 VU Abdur-Rahman, J 47 yd run (Hamilton, M. kick), 5-75 1:54 7:08 BC Wolford 1 yd pass from Rettig (Freese kick), 13-70 5:58 04:20 VU Abdur-Rahman, J 27 yd pass from Robertson, J. (Hamilton, M. kick), 6-75 2:48 Third Quarter 11:40 BC 04:40 BC

Fourth Quarter 5:18 BC Freese 39 yd field goal, 8-35 3:54

Amidon 49 yd pass from Rettig (Freese kick), 7-85 3:20 Williams 26 yd run (Freese kick), 2-60 0:32



VU BC

FIRST DOWNS RUSHES-YARDS (NET) PASSING YDS (NET) Passes Att-Comp-Int TOTAL OFFENSE PLAYS-YARDS Fumble Returns-Yards Punt Returns-Yards Kickoff Returns-Yards Interception Returns-Yards Punts (Number-Avg) Fumbles-Lost Penalties-Yards Possession Time Third-Down Conversions Fourth-Down Conversions Red-Zone Scores-Chances Sacks By: Number-Yards

17 19 36-197 40-128 158 285 26-16-3 30-23-0 62-355 70-413 0-0 1-11 0-0 2-25 1-19 3-64 0-0 3-37 5-46.4 7-38.7 2-1 1-1 1-5 4-40 29:15 30:45 6 of 13 8 of 18 0 of 1 1 of 1 1-3 2-2 0-0 4-27

RUSHING: Villanova-Robertson, J. 13-94; Abdur-Rahman, J 5-57; Monangai, K. 11-23; Underwood, G. 3-17; Medley, A. 3-8; Livers, P. 1-minus 2. Boston College-Andre Williams 23-114; Tyler Rouse 8-14; David Dudeck 4-5; Chase Rettig 2-2; Team 3-minus 7. PASSING: Villanova-Robertson, J. 16-25-2-158; Underwood, G. 0-1-1-0. Boston College-Chase Rettig 23-30-0-285. RECEIVING: Villanova-Livers, P. 8-90; Abdur-Rahman, J 4-41; Gulyas, K. 1-13; Monangai, K. 1-5; Underwood, G. 1-5; Wells, A. 1-4. Boston College-Alex Amidon 13-146; Bobby Wolford 6-84; C.J. Parsons 1-19; Dan Crimmins 1-15; David Dudeck 1-12; Spiffy Evans 1-9. INTERCEPTIONS: Villanova-None. Boston College-Bryce Jones 1-23; Sean Sylvia 1-14; Manuel Asprilla 1-0. FUMBLES: Villanova-Monangai, K. 1-0; Robertson, J. 1-1. Boston College-Alex Amidon 1-1. SACKS (UA-A): Villanova-None. Boston College-Spenser Rositano 1-0; Kasim Edebali 1-0; Kevin Pierre-Louis 1-0; Josh Keyes 1-0. TACKLES (UA-A): Villanova-Harmon, J. 11-4; Lewis, A. 5-3; Sarnese, J. 4-4; James, C. 3-2; McCann, M. 1-4; Miles, J. 4-0; Paris, R. 4-0; Cherry, D. 2-2; Haggerty, P. 1-3; Ajakaiye, N. 2-1; McCurry, C. 2-1; Majors, C. 1-2; Cox, R. 1-1; Cuccinelli, C. 1-0; Calitro, A. 1-0; Robertson, J. 1-0; Ndichie, E. 1-0; Reeder, C. 0-1; Maughan, J. 0-1; Hunter, J. 0-1. Boston College-Kevin Pierre-Louis 8-4; Spenser Rositano 5-2; Kasim Edebali 5-1; Steele Divitto 2-4; Steven Daniels 4-0; Sean Sylvia 4-0; Manuel Asprilla 3-1; Mehdi Abdesmad 2-0; Dominique Williams 1-1; Jaryd Rudolph 1-1; Dominic Appiah 1-1; Brian Mihalik 0-2; Bryce Jones 1-0; Josh Keyes 1-0; Sean Duggan 1-0; Kaleb Ramsey 0-1. Weather: 77 degrees, mostly cloudy, wind from SSW at 7 mph

BOSTON (AP) – Alex Amidon had 13 catches for 146 yards and a touchdown as Boston College beat Villanova 24-14 and win its first game under coach Steve Addazio. Senior quarterback Chase Rettig completed 23 of 30 passes for 285 yards and two TDs for BC. Andre Williams ran for 114 yards on 23 carries for the Eagles (1-0). John Robertson ran for 94 yards and passed for 158 more for Villanova (0-1). Jamal Abdur-Rahman caught one TD pass and had a 47-yard touchdown run on a fake punt on the game’s opening drive. The Wildcats, a top 10 team in the Football Championship Subdivision, also led 14-7 before Boston College scored the next 17 points. The Eagles took the lead for good on a two-play drive with a 36-yard pass to Bobby Wolford and a 24-yard run by Williams to make it 21-14. Williams left the game with a strained hamstring and missed the fourth quarter; Addazio said he didn’t know how serious it is. Trailing by 10 after a BC field goal, Villanova advanced to the Eagles’ 19 yard-line when Josh Keyes sacked Robertson and knocked the ball loose. Kasim Edebali, who on the previous possession hit Robertson as he threw to force an interception, recovered it to give the Eagles the ball at their own 39. It was the first meeting between the schools since 1980, but Addazio had faced the Wildcats in each year he was the head coach at Temple. He

won those games by a combined score of 83-17. Villanova fell to 3-15 against Football Bowl Subdivision teams. Talley said two players — safety Matt McCann and linebacker Pat Haggerty — could both be lost for the season, both with knee injuries. The Wildcats took the lead on their opening drive when Abdur-Rahman, who was lined up as a blocker in punt formation, took the snap and then faked a handoff between his legs. While the defense — and the camera operator — followed the fake to the right, Abdur-Rahman went left and outran the slowly recovering defenders to the end zone. BC tied it after a fourth-down conversion of its own, making it 7-7 when Wolford ran it in from 1-yard out. But the Wildcats scored again on their next possession, getting a 37 yard scramble by Robertson to bring the ball to the BC 23 and then, three plays later, a 27-yard pass to Abdur-Rahman for the touchdown. With a chance to go up two scores, Robertson threw behind an open receiver in the end zone on fourth-and-goal from the 1 yard-line.

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Game summaries Game 2: Wake Forest Sept. 6, 2013 (Fri.) • Chestnut Hill, Mass. • Alumni Stadium (32,465) Wake Forest Boston College

7 10

First Quarter 13:37 BC Amidon 26 yd pass from Rettig (Freese kick), 2-27 0:29 2:48 WF Campanaro 30 yd pass from Price (Hedlund kick), 10-76 5:30 00:48 BC Freese 33 yd field goal, 5-59 2:00 Second Quarter 14:55 BC

0 7

0 7

Third Quarter 1:54

BC

3 0

10 24

Record: (1-1,0-1) Record: (2-0,1-0)

Williams 2 yd run (Freese kick), 7-47 3:22

Fourth Quarter 10:17 WF Hedlund, C 26 yd field goal, 14-66 6:37

Evans 22 yd pass from Rettig (Freese kick), 1-22 0:05



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FIRST DOWNS RUSHES-YARDS (NET) PASSING YDS (NET) Passes Att-Comp-Int TOTAL OFFENSE PLAYS-YARDS Fumble Returns-Yards Punt Returns-Yards Kickoff Returns-Yards Interception Returns-Yards Punts (Number-Avg) Fumbles-Lost Penalties-Yards Possession Time Third-Down Conversions Fourth-Down Conversions Red-Zone Scores-Chances Sacks By: Number-Yards

16 17 39-55 46-191 191 123 30-18-1 14-7-1 69-246 60-314 0-0 0-0 5-32 1-6 1-18 3-40 1-0 1-0 7-44.1 7-34.1 2-2 0-0 5-44 0-0 32:05 27:55 4 of 14 3 of 11 1 of 2 0 of 0 1-2 2-2 3-22 2-20

RUSHING: Wake Forest-Harris, J 10-18; Williams, J 2-13; Wilhite, J 5-11; Campanaro, M 4-10; Martin, D 5-8; Gibson, D 1-7; Reynolds, O 4-1; Price, T 8-minus 13. Boston College-Andre Williams 35-204; Tyler Rouse 3-6; Team 2-minus 5; Chase Rettig 6-minus 14. PASSING: Wake Forest-Price, T 18-30-1-191. Boston College-Chase Rettig 7-14-1-123. RECEIVING: Wake Forest-Campanaro, M 5-86; Williams, J 4-48; Crump, J 2-19; Bishop, S 2-18; Harris, J 2-3; Wilhite, J 1-16; Martin, D 1-1; Reynolds, O 1-0. Boston College-Alex Amidon 5-93; Spiffy Evans 1-22; Dan Crimmins 1-8. INTERCEPTIONS: Wake Forest-Johnson, K 1-0. Boston College-Bryce Jones 1-0. FUMBLES: Wake Forest-Harris, J 1-1; Price, T 1-1. Boston College-None. SACKS (UA-A): Wake Forest-Whitlock, N 2-0; Thompson, Z 1-0. Boston College-Josh Keyes 0-1; Kasim Edebali 0-1; Brian Mihalik 1-0. TACKLES (UA-A): Wake Forest-Noel, M 6-1; Whitlock, N 6-1; Janvion, R 5-2; Marshall, AJ 5-2; Olson, M 5-0; Thompson, Z 4-0; Redding, K 2-2; Johnson, K 3-0; Chubb, B 2-1; Ramsey, A 1-2; Jackson, J 2-0; Lee, M 1-1; Ward, J 1-0; Banks, J 1-0; Latter, J 0-1; Virgile, L 0-1. Boston College-Kevin Pierre-Louis 7-4; Steele Divitto 5-5; Steven Daniels 4-6; Sean Sylvia 5-3; Spenser Rositano 3-3; Mehdi Abdesmad 2-3; Manuel Asprilla 3-1; Connor Wujciak 1-3; Kasim Edebali 1-3; Kaleb Ramsey 2-1; Dominique Williams 1-2; Bryce Jones 2-0; Brian Mihalik 1-1; James McCaffrey 1-1; David Dudeck 1-0; Leonard Skubal 1-0; Spiffy Evans 0-1; Josh Keyes 0-1. Weather: 62 degrees, clear, wind from SSW at 6 mph

BOSTON (AP) – The Boston College defense forced three turnovers and stopped Wake Forest with a pair of goal-line stands. Andre Williams did the rest. The BC running back rushed 35 times for a career-high 204 yards and a touchdown -- including a final drive in which he carried the ball eight straight times to help run the last 5 minutes off the clock -- and Boston College matched its win total from last season with a 24-10 victory over Wake Forest on Friday night. ``You keep pounding the rock and pounding the rock, and the rock cracked,’’ said BC coach Steve Addazio, who took over after Frank Spaziani’s team won only two games last year -- just one in the Atlantic Coast Conference. ``I’m proud of the fact that we’re 2-0. We’re scratching and clawing to get here, but we’ve got a lot of work to do.’’ Cornerback Bryce Jones had an interception and a fumble recovery, and Alex Amidon caught five passes for 93 yards and a touchdown for BC (2-0, 1-0 ACC). Kevin Pierre-Louis had 11 tackles for Boston College, and Steele Divitto and Steven Daniels had 10 apiece. Chase Rettig completed 7 of 14 passes for 123 yards, two touchdowns and an interception. But most of the offense came from Williams, who didn’t practice during the week after tweaking his hamstring against Villanova in the season opener. With BC protecting a 17-point lead and 5:14 left in the game, Williams carried eight plays in a row for 44 yards and four first downs before Rettig kneeled twice to clinch it. ``We didn’t know how long he’d be able to go,’’ Addazio said. ``But he finished it. He finished it out.’’ Williams said the production was set up by a first half with play-action and an effective passing game. ``After that, we only ran a couple of plays,’’ he said, ``and they just couldn’t stop it.’’ Michael Campanaro caught five passes for 86 yards and a touchdown for Wake Forest (1-1, 0-1). Tanner Price completed 18 of 30 passes for 191 yards, but he also threw an interception and had a hand in two poor pitches that led to fumbles deep in Wake territory. BC stopped the Demon Deacons on a pair of goal-line stands, one of them after a

blocked punt gave them the ball at the 3 at the end of the first half. ``As it turned out, that will do great things for us,’’ Addazio said. ``But at the time it’s taking years off your life.’’ Wake Forest, coming off a 31-7 victory over FCS opponent Presbyterian, was sloppy early to help the Eagles take a 17-7 halftime lead. The Demon Deacons fumbled the ball away on a sloppy pitchout on their second play of the game, giving BC the ball at the 27. Two plays later, Rettig connected with Amidon for a 26-yard touchdown pass. Wake Forest tied it when Campanaro went down the middle and made a diving 30yard touchdown catch. BC added a field goal, and then Price made a bad pitch that Jones pounced on at the Demon Deacons 22. Rettig hit Spiffy Evans for the 22-yard score to make it 17-7. That’s when the Eagles got sloppy. Taking over with 76 seconds left in the half and the ball at their own 30, the Eagles burned only 24 seconds off the clock before being forced to punt. Nikita Whitlock got through to block the kick, and Steve Donatell gathered it in at the 3. But BC kept Wake Forest from scoring, stopping Josh Harris after 2 yards on first down, for no gain on second and then forcing an incomplete pass on third. The Demon Deacons went for it on fourth down, but Harris was stuffed short of the goal line by Kasim Edebali and Divitto. ``I really want our mentality to be: `We can get a yard when we need it,’’’ Wake Forest coach Jim Grobe said. ``Looking back, it’s easy to say `kick the field goal.’ But I felt like the momentum was not going to be good either way. If we don’t get it in you lose momentum. But I felt like when you’re on the 1 yard line and you can’t punch it in and you’re kicking a field goal, that’s still a momentum swing.’’ Williams ran it in from 2 yards out with 2 minutes left in the third quarter to make it 247, and then BC again stopped the Demon Deacons inside the 5, forcing them to kick a field goal.

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Game summaries Game 3: Southern California Sept. 14, 2013 • Los Angeles, Calif. • L.A. Memorial Coliseum (62,006) Boston College USC

First Quarter 1:38 USC

0 7

Madden 5 yd pass from Kessler (Heidari kick), 14-86 7:44

Second Quarter 8:49 USC Lee 80 yd pass from Kessler (Andre kick), 1-80 0:14 Third Quarter 4:15 USC

0 7

0 7

7 14

7 35

Record: (2-1, 1-0) Record: (2-1, 0-1)

Fourth Quarter 13:30 USC Davis 17 yd run (Heidari kick), 8-94 3:32 10:40 BC Rouse 29 yd run (Freese kick), 6-68 2:43 4:22 USC Wittek 2 yd run (Heidari kick), 11-75 6:18

Madden 30 yd run (Heidari kick), 4-53 2:34



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FIRST DOWNS RUSHES-YARDS (NET) PASSING YDS (NET) Passes Att-Comp-Int TOTAL OFFENSE PLAYS-YARDS Fumble Returns-Yards Punt Returns-Yards Kickoff Returns-Yards Interception Returns-Yards Punts (Number-Avg) Fumbles-Lost Penalties-Yards Possession Time Third-Down Conversions Fourth-Down Conversions Red-Zone Scores-Chances Sacks By: Number-Yards

12 21 26-101 43-257 83 264 24-11-0 19-17-0 50-184 62-521 0-0 0-0 1-0 3-21 4-81 0-0 0-0 0-0 8-50.4 4-44.0 1-0 1-0 1-5 10-100 23:24 36:36 4 of 13 5 of 10 0 of 1 0 of 0 0-0 3-3 2-14 1-6

RUSHING: Boston College-Andre Williams 17-38; Tyler Rouse 3-38; Chase Rettig 3-19; Myles Willis 3-6. USC-Madden, Tre 16-102; Davis, Justin 10-96; Allen, Javorius 8-45; Isaac, Ty 3-18; Wittek, Max 2-2; TEAM 1-minus 1; Kessler, Cody 3-minus 5. PASSING: Boston College-Chase Rettig 11-24-0-83. USC-Kessler, Cody 15-17-0-237; Wittek, Max 2-2-0-27. RECEIVING: Boston College-David Dudeck 4-17; Alex Amidon 2-23; C.J. Parsons 1-14; Mike Naples 1-13; Brian Miller 1-10; Bobby Wolford 1-4; Dan Crimmins 1-2. USC-Agholor, Nelson 4-55; Madden, Tre 3-32; Lee, Marqise 2-90; Grimble, Xavier 2-23; Flournoy, De’Vo 2-22; Telfer, Randall 2-17; Vainuku, Soma 1-14; Pinner, Jahleel 1-11. INTERCEPTIONS: Boston College-None. USC-None. FUMBLES: Boston College-Chase Rettig 1-0. USC-Madden, Tre 1-0. SACKS (UA-A): Boston College-Josh Keyes 1-0; Mehdi Abdesmad 1-0. USC-Powell, Quinton 1-0. TACKLES (UA-A): Boston College-Spenser Rositano 7-4; Sean Sylvia 6-4; Steele Divitto 3-6; Mehdi Abdesmad 3-4; Kaleb Ramsey 3-3; Kevin Pierre-Louis 3-2; Steven Daniels 2-3; Josh Keyes 3-1; Manuel Asprilla 3-1; Al Louis-Jean 1-2; Mike Strizak 0-3; Brian Mihalik 1-1; Connor Wujciak 1-1; Kasim Edebali 0-2; Bryce Jones 0-1. USC-Wright, Demetri 3-4; Cravens, Su’a 4-2; Shaw, Josh 4-1; Pullard, Hayes 1-4; Bailey, Dion 3-1; Powell, Quinton 3-0; Woods, Antwaun 2-1; Kennard, Devon 1-2; Williams, Leona 2-0; Seymour, Kevon 1-1; Breslin, Morgan 0-2; Sarao, Anthony 0-2; Uko, George 0-2; Greene, Kevin 0-2; Hutchings, Mich 0-2; Dawson, Lamar 1-0; Vainuku, Soma 0-1; Auran, John 0-1; Maguire, Michae 0-1; Ruffin, Jabari 0-1. Weather: 84 degrees, mostly sunny, SSW wind at 2 mph

LOS ANGELES – Boston College fell, 35-7, to Southern California at the LA Coliseum in front of 62,006 fans on Saturday afternoon. Returning to his home state, senior quarterback Chase Rettig of nearby Sierra Madre, completed 11-of-23 passes for 83 yards. Senior running back Andre Williams, who rushed for 318 yards in Boston College’s first two games, was held to 38 yards on 17 carries. Meanwhile, USC’s Cody Kessler passed for 237 yards and two touchdowns and Tre Madden became the first Southern California player to open a season with three straight 100-yard rushing games in 32 years. The Trojans (2-1) amassed 521 yards in total offense while holding the Eagles (2-1) to just 184 yards. Kessler put USC ahead for good by capping an 86-yard drive on the Trojans’ second possession with a five-yard pass to Madden, who gained 102 yards on 16 carries in becoming the first USC player to surpass 100 yards rushing in the first three games of a season since Heisman Trophy winner Marcus Allen accomplished the feat in 1981. Kessler and Lee teamed up on an 80-yard pass play early in the second period for a 14-0 lead. The Eagles, who have already matched their win total of last season, reached the USC 46-yard line midway through the third quarter before

Williams was thrown for a one-yard loss on a fourth-and-1 play. The Trojans made it 21-0 by scoring on a 30-yard run by Madden. Justin Davis scored on a 17-yard run early in the final period to extend USC’s lead to 28-0. Freshman running back Tyler Rouse scored his first career touchdown on a 29-yard run with 10:40 left. He recorded three carries for 38 yards on the day. USC’s Max Wittek completed both of his passes for 22 yards, and his two-yard TD run with 4:22 to play completed the scoring. The BC defense tallied two sacks on the afternoon - one for an eightyard loss by junior lineman Mehdi Abdesmad and one for a six-yard loss by classmate Josh Keyes - totaling nine on the season so far, which surpasses the six from all of 2012.

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Game summaries Game 4: No. 8 florida State Sept. 28, 2013 • Chestnut Hill, Mass. • Alumni Stadium (40,129) No. 8 Florida State Boston College

3 14

21 3

14 10

10 7

48 34

Record: (4-0,2-0) Record: (2-2,1-1)

First Quarter 9:58 BC 6:34 FS 1:46 BC

Parsons 6 yd pass from Rettig (Freese kick), 8-36 4:05 Aguayo 40 yd field goal, 7-53 3:24 Sinkovec 3 yd pass from Rettig (Freese kick), 10-75 4:48

Second Quarter 11:19 BC 10:35 FS 1:49 FS 0:00 FS

Third Quarter 11:52 BC 9:06 FS 3:42 FS 2:10 BC

Freese 24 yd field goal, 8-55 4:04 Greene56 yd pass from Winston (Aguayo kick), 2-75 0:44 Abram 10 yd pass from Winston (Aguayo kick), 7-75 2:55 Shaw 55 yd pass from Winston (Aguayo kick), 3-60 0:50

Fourth Quarter 14:07 FS Aguayo, R. 20 yd field goal, 9-80 3:03 13:41 FS Williams 20 yd interception return (Aguayo kick) 9:44 BC Parsons 17 yd pass from Rettig (Freese kick), 7-75 3:57



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FIRST DOWNS RUSHES-YARDS (NET) PASSING YDS (NET) Passes Att-Comp-Int TOTAL OFFENSE PLAYS-YARDS Fumble Returns-Yards Punt Returns-Yards Kickoff Returns-Yards Interception Returns-Yards Punts (Number-Avg) Fumbles-Lost Penalties-Yards Possession Time Third-Down Conversions Fourth-Down Conversions Red-Zone Scores-Chances Sacks By: Number-Yards

23 22 36-159 45-200 325 197 27-17-1 28-18-2 63-484 73-397 0-0 0-0 0-0 2-53 1-17 6-162 2-55 1-16 4-40.0 4-35.0 1-0 0-0 5-44 3-44 26:44 33:16 4 of 11 3 of 13 0 of 0 2 of 3 4-4 5-6 3-22 4-29

Freese 24 yd field goal, 6-19 3:08 Greene10 yd pass from Winston (Aguayo kick), 9-75 2:46 Williams 1 yd run (Aguayo kick), 9-60 3:48 Willis 52 yd pass from Rettig (Freese kick), 5-79 1:32

RUSHING: Florida State-WINSTON, J. 14-67; FREEMAN, D. 9-49; WILLIAMS, K. 6-22; WILDER, J. 6-15; ABRAM, C. 1-6. Boston College-Andre Williams 28-149; Myles Willis 5-28; Alex Amidon 3-19; Chase Rettig 9-4. PASSING: Florida State-WINSTON, J. 17-27-1-325. Boston College-Chase Rettig 18-28-2-197. RECEIVING: Florida State-SHAW, K. 4-93; GREENE, R. 4-85; BENJAMIN, K. 3-103; WILDER, J. 2-18; ABRAM, C. 2-15; O’LEARY, N. 1-14; GREEN, C. 1-minus 3. Boston College-Alex Amidon 7-42; Myles Willis 4-69; Brian Miller 2-34; C.J. Parsons 2-23; David Dudeck 1-20; Dan Crimmins 1-6; Jake Sinkovec 1-3. INTERCEPTIONS: Florida State-ANDREWS, N. 1-35; WILLIAMS, P.J. 1-20. Boston College-Dominique Williams 1-16. FUMBLES: Florida State-FREEMAN, D. 1-0. Boston College-None. SACKS (UA-A): Florida State-SMITH, TEL. 1-0; GOLDMAN, E. 1-0; HOLLIN, D. 1-0. Boston College-Kasim Edebali 2-0; Kaleb Ramsey 1-0; Mehdi Abdesmad 1-0. TACKLES (UA-A): Florida State-SMITH, TEL. 6-4; RAMSEY, J. 7-0; BROOKS, T. 5-2; JERNIGAN, T. 5-2; JONES, C. 5-2; JOYNER, L. 6-0; HOLLIN, D. 3-1; GOLDMAN, E. 2-2; WILLIAMS, P.J. 2-2; ANDREWS, N. 2-2; MCALLISTER, D. 0-4; ELIGWE, U. 3-0; LAWRENCESTAMPLE 2-1; MCDANIEL, J. 2-1; HICKS, D. 1-2; TERRELL, N. 1-0; WALKER, D. 1-0; FREEMAN, D. 1-0; CASHER, C. 0-1. Boston College-Bryce Jones 4-3; Steele Divitto 3-3; Kasim Edebali 3-2; Spenser Rositano 3-2; Steven Daniels 2-3; Josh Keyes 3-1; Kevin Pierre-Louis 2-2; Manuel Asprilla 3-0; Mehdi Abdesmad 2-1; Kaleb Ramsey 2-1; Sean Sylvia 1-2; Bobby Wolford 1-0; Jaryd Rudolph 1-0; Kevin Kavalec 1-0; C.J. Jones 1-0; Dominique Williams 1-0; Truman Gutapfel 0-1; Connor Wujciak 0-1. Weather: 79 degrees, sunny, ENE wind at 9 mph

CHESTNUT HILL, Mass. -- Boston College started quickly, but could not sustain the momentum and fell to No. 8 Florida State, 48-34, in front of 40,129 fans at Alumni Stadium on Saturday afternoon. The Eagles took an early 14-3 lead in the first quarter, but the Seminoles went on tally 21 straight points in the second quarter and record four touchdowns in the second half, including an interception return, to claim the victory. Senior quarterback Chase Rettig completed 18-of-28 passes on the day with 197 yards and a career-high four touchdown passes. He threw two interceptions. Classmate Andre Williams rushed for 149 yards for his third 100-yard performance of the season and the eighth of his career. He surpassed the 2,000-yard mark, bringing his career total to 2,067 yard, good for 13th in BC record books. Freshman running back Myles Willis recorded his first career receptions, earning 69 yards on four catches and tallying his first career TD. He also amassed 28 yards on the ground on five carries. Junior tight end C.J. Parsons caught two of Rettig’s passes for touchdowns for the first two of his career. FSU quarterback Jameis Winston was 17-of-27 for 330 yards, four touchdowns and one interception. The BC defense held running back Devonta Freeman to 49 yards on nine carries, but Winston rushed for 67 more. Kelvin Benjamin led Seminole wide receiving core with 103 yards on three carries. Boston College controlled the first quarter, taking a 14-3 lead in the first 15 minutes before Florida State came back to outscore the Eagles, 21-3, and go into halftime with a 24-17 lead. The Eagle defense forced the Seminoles to go three-and-out to start the game, after winning the coin toss and electing to receive in the second half. After two incomplete passes, senior defensive lineman Kaleb Ramsey sacked Winston for a loss of 11 yards. The Eagles defense had three sacks on the night. Junior Spiffy Evans returned a 41-yard punt 19 yards to set the BC offense up and Williams ran it six times for 21 yards to set Rettig up for a six-yard pass to Parsons for his first career touchdown with just under 10 minutes to play in the first quarter. Florida State got on the board with a 40-yard field goal from Roberto Aguayo, but the Eagles came right back to tack on seven more and take a 14-3 lead with 1:46 to go in the first quarter. Rettig connected with sophomore Brian Miller on a 26-yard pass for the longest of the wide receiver’s career. Two plays and a FSU unsportsmanlike call later, Rettig hit senior tight end Jake

Sinkovec, who avoided one tackle and stepped into the end zone for his first touchdown of the year and second of his career. Senior Freese connected on a 24-yard field goal to increase the BC lead to 17-3 at the 11:19 mark in the second quarter, but the Seminoles scored the next 21 points, taking the lead without looking back. A 56-yard touchdown pass to Greene with 10:35 to go in the first half made it a 17-10 game. FSU tied the game with just under two minutes to play on a seven-play, 80-yard scoring drive as Winston hit Chad Abram for a 10-yard TD pass. The Seminoles took the lead after the Eagles rushed three straight times without getting a first down. Starting on his own 40-yard line, Winston was sacked by senior defensive end Kasim Edebali for a loss of nine yards, but Devonta Freeman rushed for 14 yards on second-and-19 and Winston threw 55 yards into the end zone to Kenny Shaw as time expired, after side stepping multiple tacklers. Willis started the third with a 71-yard kickoff return to set up Freese for a 24-yard field goal. The Seminoles answered with a nine-play, 75-yard drive, capped off with 10-yard TD pass to Greene to make it a 31-20 game at the 9:06 mark. They added seven more almost six minutes later on a nine-play, 60-yard drive after reaching the BC 16-yard line on a pass interference call. With just over two minutes to play in the third quarter, Rettig connected with Willis for a 52yard touchdown pass on a five-play, 79-yard drive for the first TD reception of Willis’ young career. The pass was the longest of the season for Rettig. Winston came right back, hitting Bejamin with a 41-yard pass and then on third-and-12, rushing for 20 yards. At the start of the fourth quarter, the Eagles held the Seminoles to a 20-yard field goal with less than a minute off the clock. P.J. Williams intercepted Rettig on the 20-yard line and returned it for a touchdown to make it a 48-27 game. After a 10-yard gain on the ground by Rettig for a first down and a 24-yard rush by Williams, the BC quarterback found Parsons in the end zone for the second time, cutting the lead to 48-34, with almost 10 minutes to go in the game. With six minutes left in the game and third-and-seven for FSU, junior defensive back Manuel Asprilla deflected Winston’s pass to classmate Dominique Williams to give BC the ball back. After Rettig coverted a fourth-and-five to Miller for an eight-yard gain, sophomore running back David Dudeck caught a 20-yarder to advance the ball. BC threatened on FSU’s 21-yard line, but Rettig was interception by Nate Andrews on the one.

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Game summaries Game 5: Army October 5, 2013 • Chestnut Hill, Mass. • Alumni Stadium (33,128) Army Boston College

First Quarter 9:07 ARMY 6:59 BC 6:49 ARMY 5:19 BC

10 10 7 0 27 Record: (3-3) 14 17 7 10 48 Record: (3-2)

Grochowski 38 yd field goal, 13-55 5:53 Dudeck 3 yd pass from Rettig (Freese kick), 4-75 2:08 Moss 75 yd pass from Santiago (Grochowski kick), 1-75 0:10 Williams 34 yd run (Freese kick), 4-58 1:30

Second Quarter 14:40 ARMY Dixon 3 yd run (Grochowski kick), 15-75 5:39 12:08 BC Williams 1 yd run (Freese kick), 6-51 2:32 9:00 BC Williams 37 yd run (Freese kick), 5-65 1:14

0:48 0:00

ARMY Grochowski 40 yd field goal, 17-67 8:12 BC Freese 49 yd field goal, 4-32 0:48

Third Quarter 12:52 ARMY Dixon, Larry 80 yd run (Grochowski kick), 1-80 0:11 6:39 BC Williams 3 yd run (Freese kick), 13-93 6:13 Fourth Quarter 14:18 BC Freese 28 yd field goal, 9-68 4:04 12:27 BC Williams 34 yd run (Freese kick), 2-38 0:42



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FIRST DOWNS RUSHES-YARDS (NET) PASSING YDS (NET) Passes Att-Comp-Int TOTAL OFFENSE PLAYS-YARDS Fumble Returns-Yards Punt Returns-Yards Kickoff Returns-Yards Interception Returns-Yards Punts (Number-Avg) Fumbles-Lost Penalties-Yards Possession Time Third-Down Conversions Fourth-Down Conversions Red-Zone Scores-Chances Sacks By: Number-Yards

23 21 65-326 41-320 101 203 11-5-0 13-11-0 76-427 54-523 0-0 0-0 1-0 1-28 1-7 5-111 0-0 0-0 5-34.6 3-43.0 0-0 0-0 1-15 6-45 34:39 25:21 8 of 17 5 of 9 1 of 1 0 of 0 3-3 4-4 1-2 3-9

CHESTNUT HILL, Mass. -- Led by senior running back Andre Williams, Boston College earned a 48-27 victory over Army on Homecoming Weekend at Alumni Stadium on Saturday. Williams tied the school record with five rushing touchdowns and came within a yard of the single-game mark, amassing a career-high 263 rushing yards on the afternoon. The Eagles improved to 3-2 on the year after the non-conference victory, while the Black Knights dropped in to 2-4. Senior quarterback Chase Rettig completed 11-for-13 passes for 203 yards, throwing a touchdown to sophomore David Dudeck in the first quarter. Senior Alex Amidon led the wide receiving corps with 122 yards on five catches, including a career-long 68-yard reception in the first. Williams was the story of the day, tying the single-game touchdown record Montel Harris set on Oct. 17, 2009. Harris tallied 264 yards that day, placing Williams second in BC record books. His 2,340 career rushing yards rank 11th in BC history and increased his career touchdown total to 17. After an opening drive by Army that lasted nearly six minutes and resulted in a 38-yard field goal, the two teams racked up 21 points in the next 3:48. Senior kicker Nate Freese started the game with a kickoff to the back of the endzone and the Black Knights marched 55 yards down the field before the Eagle defense stopped them on third-and-four to force Daniel Grochowski to kick for three points. The Eagles came right back as Rettig connected with Amidon for the longest throw and reception of both seniors’ careers, a 68-yard pass down the left-field sideline. A false start backed BC up five yards and Williams carried twice for nine yards to set up his quarterback for a three-yard pass to Dudeck in the endzone, giving the Eagles a 7-3 lead with seven minutes to go in the quarter. It didn’t take long for Black Knights to answer, surprising the Eagle defense with a flea flicker. On Army’s first play, quarterback Angel Santiago flipped the ball to Terry Baggett,

RUSHING: Army-Dixon, Larry 11-125; Turrentine, T. 7-49; Baggett, Terry 10-39; White, Kelvin 11-27; Tippett, Hayden 4-19; Santiago, Angel 7-18; Long, Tevin 4-16; Giovannelli, T. 3-15; Kemper, Aaron 2-11; Fraser, Stephen 2-8; Giachinta, Matt 1-3; Scott, Lawrence 2-minus 1; Moss, Xavier 1-minus 3. Boston College-Andre Williams 30-263; Myles Willis 7-51; Alex Amidon 1-5; Chase Rettig 3-1. PASSING: Army-White, Kelvin 3-8-0-19; Santiago, Angel 2-3-0-82; Long, Tevin 0-0-0-0. Boston College-Chase Rettig 11-13-0-203. RECEIVING: Army-Moss, Xavier 2-82; Stephens, A. 2-9; Baggett, Terry 1-10. Boston CollegeAlex Amidon 5-122; Spiffy Evans 4-63; Harrison Jackson 1-15; David Dudeck 1-3. INTERCEPTIONS: Army-None. Boston College-None. FUMBLES: Army-None. Boston College-None. SACKS (UA-A): Army-Holloway, J. 1-0. Boston College-Steven Daniels 2-0; Steele Divitto 1-0. TACKLES (UA-A): Army-Holloway, J. 7-3; Holloway, T. 3-7; Pierce, Hayden 5-3; Tolbert, S. 3-4; Carnegie, Chris 1-3; Kough, Robert 3-0; Miller, Colby 3-0; Glover, Richard 1-2; Trimble, Justin 1-2; Jenkins, Josh 2-0; Johnson, Steven 1-1; Mackey, Jarrett 1-1; Ricciardi, S. 1-0; McBryde, Sean 1-0; Maxwell, Kyle 0-1; Ugenyi, Mike 0-1. Boston College-Kevin Pierre-Louis 8-10; Steele Divitto 5-7; Steven Daniels 9-2; Manuel Asprilla 5-2; Kasim Edebali 3-4; Sean Sylvia 2-5; Dominique Williams 4-2; Justin Simmons 2-3; Bryce Jones 4-0; Josh Keyes 0-4; James McCaffrey 1-0; Brian Mihalik 1-0; Kaleb Ramsey 0-1; Kevin Kavalec 0-1; Jaryd Rudolph 0-1; Connor Wujciak 0-1; Mike Strizak 0-1. Weather: 68 degrees, cloudy, NE wind 5-10 mph

who sailed it down field to Xaiver Moss for a 75-yard score, giving the Cadets a 10-7 lead. Williams answered on the fourth play of BC’s ensuing drive, running it in from the 34yard line and taking only 1:30 off the clock. Army took a brief, 17-14 lead in the beginning of the second quarter, scoring on three-yard run by Larry Dixon after a 15-play, 75-yard drive that lasted 5:39. BC retook the lead for good almost three minutes later on a six-play, 31-yard drive. Freshman Myles Willis started with a 46-yard kickoff return and Williams broke free with a 19-yard run during the drive, getting tackled at the one. On the next play he crossed the goal line to give the Eagles a 21-17 lead. After the BC defense forced the first punt of the game right before 12-minute mark, Williams pushed the lead to 28-17 on a 37-yard run, tallying his third TD of the day and registering the longest run of the year for BC. Army made it a 31-20 game with 48 seconds to go in the half on a 40-yard field goal, but Freese responded with a season-long 49-yarder as time expired. While the Eagles went three-and-out to start the second half, it took Army one play to cut the lead to 31-17 on an 80-yard run by Dixon, the longest the BC defense has allowed in 2013. Williams put the Eagles back up by nine on his fourth TD with 6:39 to go in the third. On third-and-12, Rettig connected with Amidon on a 39-yard pass to keep the drive alive. Williams rushed five times for 30 yards before pushing into the endzone on a three-yard run. The 13-play, 93-yard drive was the longest the season for the Eagles, lasting 6:13. As the fourth quarter started, Freese finished a nine-play drive with a 28-yard field goal with 14:18 to go in the game. He is a perfect 5-for-5 this season. The Eagles defense forced another Army punt, which junior Spiffy Evans returned for 28 yards to set up the Eagles offense. Williams tied the BC record with his fifth score of the day on his second rush with a 34-yard run to make it 48-27 at the 12:27 mark.

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Game summaries Game 6: No. 3 Clemson October 12, 2013 • Clemson, S.C. • Clemson Memorial Stadium (77,506) Boston College No. 3 Clemson

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Second Quarter 13:38 BC Willis 38 yd run (Freese kick), 10-93 5:48, 0:00 CU Catanzaro 35 yd field goal, 9-48 1:09 Third Quarter 6:59 CU 6:40 BC

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Fourth Quarter 4th 13:44 CU Boyd 6 yd run (Catanzaro kick), 8-48 2:46 12:42 CU Beasley 13 yd fumble recovery (Catanzaro kick)

Watkins 48 yd pass from Boyd (Catanzaro kick), 6-71 1:58 Amidon 69 yd pass from Rettig (Freese kick), 1-69 0:11



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FIRST DOWNS RUSHES-YARDS (NET) PASSING YDS (NET) Passes Att-Comp-Int TOTAL OFFENSE PLAYS-YARDS Fumble Returns-Yards Punt Returns-Yards Kickoff Returns-Yards Interception Returns-Yards Punts (Number-Avg) Fumbles-Lost Penalties-Yards Possession Time Third-Down Conversions Fourth-Down Conversions Red-Zone Scores-Chances Sacks By: Number-Yards

12 23 39-94 37-162 192 334 21-13-1 45-30-0 60-286 82-496 0-0 1-13 3-22 3-19 1-27 1-24 0-0 1-4 9-43.2 5-43.4 2-1 5-2 8-57 5-35 31:21 28:39 3 of 15 4 of 17 0 of 1 2 of 4 0-0 2-4 0-0 5-42

RUSHING: Boston College-Andre Williams 24-70; Myles Willis 3-40; Alex Amidon 2-12; David Dudeck 1-3; Chase Rettig 9-minus 31. Clemson-McDOWELL 18-91; BROOKS 6-42; BOYD 9-33; HOWARD 2-1; TEAM 2-minus 5. PASSING: Boston College-Chase Rettig 13-21-1-192. Clemson-BOYD 30-44-0-334; S. WATKINS 0-1-0-0. RECEIVING: Boston College-Alex Amidon 6-121; Brian Miller 2-16; Jake Sinkovec 1-20; Mike Naples 1-17; C.J. Parsons 1-9; David Dudeck 1-6; Spiffy Evans 1-3. Clemson-HUMPHRIES 9-81; S. WATKINS 7-101; SECKINGER 3-29; McDOWELL 3-15; BRYANT 2-48; M. WILLIAMS 2-26; COOPER 2-16; BROOKS 1-14; HOWARD 1-4. INTERCEPTIONS: Boston College-None. Clemson-WIGGINS 1-4. FUMBLES: Boston College-Chase Rettig 1-1; Myles Willis 1-0. Clemson-BOYD 2-0; C. JENKINS 1-0; BROOKS 1-1; McDOWELL 1-1. SACKS (UA-A): Boston College-None. Clemson-ST. ANTHONY 2-0; CRAWFORD 1-0; V. BEASLEY 1-0; STEWARD 1-0. TACKLES (UA-A): Boston College-Steven Daniels 8-1; Kevin Pierre-Louis 5-4; Dominique Williams 6-2; Sean Sylvia 6-2; Manuel Asprilla 5-2; Bryce Jones 5-0; Steele Divitto 2-3; Kaleb Ramsey 4-0; Kasim Edebali 2-2; Al Louis-Jean 3-0; Josh Keyes 2-1; Brian Mihalik 2-0; Spenser Rositano 2-0; Mike Strizak 1-0; Connor Wujciak 1-0; Andre Williams 1-0; David Dudeck 1-0; Jaryd Rudolph 0-1; C.J. Jones 0-1. Clemson-R. SMITH 6-3; SHUEY 4-5; ST. ANTHONY 4-3; CHRISTIAN 2-4; V. BEASLEY 3-2; BREELAND 3-1; KEARSE 3-1; CRAWFORD 3-0; D. WILLIAMS 3-0; ROBINSON 2-0; PETERS 1-1; LAWSON 1-1; BURRELL 1-0; WIGGINS 1-0; BLANKS 1-0; READER 1-0; STEWARD 1-0; JARRETT 0-1; T. WATSON 0-1; FAJGENBAUM 0-1; J. WATSON 0-1; BARNES 0-1. Weather: 80 degrees, sunny, calm wind

CLEMSON, S.C. (AP) - A solid first three quarters was undone by a scoreless fourth for the Boston College Eagles, as they fell, 24-14, to the No. 3 Clemson Tigers. Six weeks after defeating then fifth-ranked Georgia to start the season, the Tigers and Tajh Boyd put together a fourth-quarter comeback that kept them on course for next week’s Atlantic Coast Conference contest with No. 6 Florida State. Senior wide receiver Alex Amidon and the Eagles (3-3, 1-2 ACC) nearly spoiled the party, keeping the Tigers out of sync offensively and using big plays to carry a 14-10 lead into the final period. That’s when the Tigers (6-0, 4-0) fought back, Boyd’s 6-yard TD run with 13:44 left putting them ahead for good. National sack leader Vic Beasley sealed things a few moments later when he scooped up Chase Rettig’sfumble and took it 13 yards for a touchdown. The Boston College quarterback coughed up the ball after a big hit by linebacker Tony Steward. Clemson held on to start 6-0 for the second time in three years. The Tigers most likely won’t wriggle of the hook should they repeat the errors against the well-rested Seminoles (5-0), who had Saturday free and come off a 63-0 victory over Maryland in their last game. Boyd also had a touchdown pass and finished with 334 yards passing to become the school’s all-time leader in passing yards, surpassing Charlie Whitehurst. Sammy Watkins had seven receptions for 101 yards, his fourth game over the century mark this season and 11th in his career. He scored on a 48-yard touchdown grab that gave the Tigers their first lead of the game at 10-7. But it was Clemson’s oft-maligned defense - remember when the Tigers gave up 70 points in the Orange Bowl two years ago? - that turned things around in this one. Eagles tailback Andre Williams, who came in the nation’s top rusher, was held to fewer than 3 yards a carry with 70 total. He had gained a career-best 263 a week ago in Boston College’s win over Army. Boston College finished with 286 yards on offense, 162 of those coming on its

two TD drives. It’s the fifth straight game Clemson held an opponent to 14 points or less. Clemson put its past two opponents in Wake Forest and Syracuse away by halftime, leading 35-7 at the break and cruising to sizeable victories. The Tigers tried that formula again in this one, reaching the BC 6 before kicker Chandler Catanzaro ended a string of 28 straight field goals inside 48 yards as he missed from 25 yards away. It was only the start of the Tigers execution problems. Two series later, Zac Brooks fumbled at the end of what would’ve been a first down and Eagles linebacker Steele Divitto recovered. After driving 68 yards to the Boston College 28, Watkins airmailed a halfback pass over wide open Adam Humphries. Two plays later, holder Corbin Jenkins couldn’t get the snap down and the Tigers again left without points. Rod McDowell had Clemson’s second fumble of the half a series later, then came up shy on fourth-and-6 as Clemson passed up a long field goal try the next time it had the ball. The Tigers finally broke through on the half’s last play, Catanzaro nailing a 35yard field goal as time ran out to trail the Eagles 7-3 at the break. Clemson’s struggles continued into the second half. The crowd of 77,506 relaxed some when Watkins took in his 48-yard catch along the right sidelines for a touchdown to put Clemson on top 10-7. But BC answered one play later on Rettig’s 69-yard TD toss to Amidon. The nervousness didn’t leave for good until after Beasley bounded in with the loose ball for a double-digit lead. “We did some really good things and some really bad things,” said first-year Boston College coach Steve Addazio. “If we can keep working and keep believing, then good things will happen.”

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Game summaries Game 7: North Carolina October 26, 2013 • Chapel Hill, N.C. • Kenan Memorial Stadium (43,000) Boston College North Carolina

First Quarter 12:48 NC 7:04 BC

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Switzer 13 yd pass from Renner (Team kick failed), 5-35 1:39 Williams 56 yd run (Freese kick), 3-77 1:09

Second Quarter 13:35 NC Blue 1 yd run (Moore kick), 15-81 4:47 0:52 NC Howard 10 yd pass from Renner (Moore kick), 11-90 2:31



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FIRST DOWNS RUSHES-YARDS (NET) PASSING YDS (NET) Passes Att-Comp-Int TOTAL OFFENSE PLAYS-YARDS Fumble Returns-Yards Punt Returns-Yards Kickoff Returns-Yards Interception Returns-Yards Punts (Number-Avg) Fumbles-Lost Penalties-Yards Possession Time Third-Down Conversions Fourth-Down Conversions Red-Zone Scores-Chances Sacks By: Number-Yards

12 21 38-202 44-110 59 282 22-11-0 29-22-0 60-261 73-392 0-0 0-0 3-28 2--2 5-79 2-20 0-0 0-0 8-39.1 7-45.3 1-1 0-0 5-42 4-50 29:36 30:24 5 of 16 8 of 16 0 of 1 0 of 0 0-0 5-5 4-43 4-18

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Howard 17 yd pass from Williams (Moore kick), 3-67 1:19

Fourth Quarter 8:59 NC Williams 4 yd run (Moore kick), 6-46 3:03 2:04 BC Freese 38 yd field goal, 7-18 2:48

RUSHING: Boston College-Andre Williams 26-172; Chase Rettig 8-23; Tyler Rouse 3-6; Myles Willis 1-1. North Carolina-Williams, M 7-55; Morris, R 9-33; Blue, A 8-25; Francis, K 6-11; Ebron, E 2-7; Logan, T 5-1; Renner, B 7-minus 22. PASSING: Boston College-Chase Rettig 10-20-0-57; Josh Bordner 1-2-0-2. North CarolinaRenner, B 18-21-0-227; Williams, M 4-8-0-55. RECEIVING: Boston College-Alex Amidon 8-38; Mike Naples 2-19; Bobby Wolford 1-2. North Carolina-Ebron, E 4-67; Morris, R 4-29; Davis, Q 3-36; Howard, B 3-31; Logan, T 2-51; Thorpe, T 2-40; Singleton, K 2-11; Switzer, R 1-13; Tapley, S 1-4. INTERCEPTIONS: Boston College-None. North Carolina-None. FUMBLES: Boston College-Andre Williams 1-1. North Carolina-None. SACKS (UA-A): Boston College-Kevin Pierre-Louis 1-0; Kaleb Ramsey 1-0; Marquis Little 1-0; Kasim Edebali 1-0. North Carolina-Martin, K 2-0; Bart, M 1-0; Hughes, T 1-0. TACKLES (UA-A): Boston College-Steele Divitto 5-5; Steven Daniels 5-4; Dominique Williams 4-3; Bryce Jones 5-1; Sean Sylvia 5-1; Kevin Pierre-Louis 3-3; Jaryd Rudolph 2-4; Manuel Asprilla 5-0; Justin Simmons 2-2; Kaleb Ramsey 2-2; Kasim Edebali 2-1; Al Louis-Jean 1-1; Connor Wujciak 0-2; Truman Gutapfel 1-0; Marquis Little 1-0; Brian Mihalik 1-0; Kevin Kavalec 1-0; Matt Milano 1-0; Kieran Borcich 1-0; Dominic Appiah 0-1. North Carolina-Boston, T 3-6; Hughes, T 4-4; Price, J 4-2; Scott, T 2-4; Martin, K 5-0; Schoettmer, J 1-4; Green, D 3-0; Hollins, M 2-1; Bart, M 1-2; Rankin, D 1-2; Ellerbe, B 2-0; Thomason, J 2-0; Staub, N 1-1; Underwood, S 1-1; Walker, B 1-0; Jackson, T 1-0; Simmons, M 1-0; Mastromatteo, D 1-0; Shankle, T 1-0; Tabb, J 1-0; Blue, A 1-0; Farmer, E 0-1; Dixon, A 0-1; Gnonkonde, J 0-1; Singleton, K 0-1; Renner, B 0-1. Weather: 57 degrees, sunny, SSW wind at 3 mph

CHAPEL HILL, N.C. -- Senior Andre Williams rushed 26 times for 172 yards and one touchdown and senior middle linebacker Steele Divitto registered a game-high 10 tackles to lead the visiting Eagles, but North Carolina scored 28 straight points to capture a 34-10 ACC home win before 43,000 fans at Kenan Stadium. UNC quarterback Bryn Renner threw for two touchdowns and North Carolina snapped a four-game losing streak by the Eagles. Renner finished 18 of 21 for 227 yards with a 13-yard touchdown to Ryan Switzer and a 10-yarder to Bug Howard for the Tar Heels (2-5, 1-3 Atlantic Coast Conference). Howard also caught a backbreaking 17-yard touchdown pass from change-ofpace quarterback Marquise Williams late in the third quarter. Williams and A.J. Blue had short scoring runs for the Tar Heels. Williams, the ACC’s leading rusher, ran for 172 yards in his fifth 100-yard performance of the season and had a 56-yard touchdown run. He eclipsed the 1,000yard plateau in the contest and vaulted himself into the school’s top 10 for career rushing yards. But facing a defense that allows an ACC-worst 456 yards per game, the Eagles (34, 1-3) managed just 261 total yards and converted just 5 of 16 third downs. Until the final five meaningless minutes, they took only five snaps in North Carolina territory. Chase Rettig was 10 of 20 for 57 yards and was sacked four times for BC. The Eagles lost their sixth straight ACC road game, have yet to beat North Carolina since joining the ACC in 2005 and fall to 0-4 in Chapel Hill. For the Tar Heels, it only felt like that long since their last win here - or anywhere, for that matter. A rough stretch - including consecutive games against nationally ranked Coastal Division rivals Miami and Virginia Tech - left them with the worst record in the ACC. But this game started a stretch of navigable games: The second half of the schedule includes a game against FCS member Old Dominion and five league

opponents who entered the weekend a combined 17-15. North Carolina’s defense, which entered last in the league in all four major stat categories, kept the Eagles in check for much of this one. The only real mistake came on the BC tailback’s long touchdown run, in which Williams was barely touched on his way up the middle and down the right side. Blue put the Tar Heels back up on the fifth play of the second when he burrowed in off left tackle. Renner then extended North Carolina’s lead to 20-7 with his scoring pass to Howard with 52 seconds left in the half. Howard’s second score came with 19 seconds left in the third and after the Tar Heels moved into the red zone on two Renner-to-Eric Ebron completions. Cornerback Bryce Jones slipped near the back line, leaving Howard wide open for the easy strike from UNC’s Williams to stretch the lead to 27-7. Marquise Williams’ 4-yard TD run midway through the fourth then pushed it to 34-7. Switzer, a freshman who had two touchdowns called back due to penalties earlier this season, finally got his first scoring catch on North Carolina’s first drive to put the Tar Heels up 6-0. That came after Williams fumbled at the BC 35 on the Eagles’ second offensive play. Nate Freese kicked a 38-yard field goal with 2:04 left for BC.

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Game summaries Game 8: Virginia Tech November 2, 2013 • Chestnut Hill, Mass. • Alumni Stadium (30,129) Virginia Tech Boston College

First Quarter 1:25 BC

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Williams 19 yd run (Freese kick), 10-69 5:34

Second Quarter 5:15 VT Edmunds 1 yd run (Journell kick), 9-76 4:57 0:01 VT Journell 56 yd field goal, 10-43 1:52 Third Quarter 10:27 BC

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FIRST DOWNS RUSHES-YARDS (NET) PASSING YDS (NET) Passes Att-Comp-Int TOTAL OFFENSE PLAYS-YARDS Fumble Returns-Yards Punt Returns-Yards Kickoff Returns-Yards Interception Returns-Yards Punts (Number-Avg) Fumbles-Lost Penalties-Yards Possession Time Third-Down Conversions Fourth-Down Conversions Red-Zone Scores-Chances Sacks By: Number-Yards

18 13 29-55 42-196 391 93 41-24-2 14-11-0 70-446 56-289 0-0 0-0 3-13 1-9 2-76 3-52 0-0 2-82 3-46.7 6-40.8 3-2 0-0 6-50 1-5 28:15 31:45 5 of 13 2 of 12 1 of 2 1 of 1 2-2 3-3 0-0 4-24

BOSTON (AP) — Linebacker Kevin Pierre-Louis had a 33-yard interception return for a touchdown midway into the fourth quarter and Andre Williams ran for a pair of scores, lifting Boston College to a 34-27 win over Virginia Tech on Saturday afternoon. Williams carried 33 times for 166 yards and Chase Rettig completed 11-of-14 passes for 93 yards and a TD for Boston College (4-4, 2-3 Atlantic Coast Conference). Virginia Tech’s Logan Thomas completed 24 of 41 passes for 391 yards and two TDs, but was picked off twice and fumbled twice, leading to 17 of Boston College’s points. The Eagles had lost the last five meetings between the schools. The Hokies (6-3, 3-2 ACC) took their third lead of the game on Cody Journell’s 47-yard field goal — his second long one of the day — 1:52 into the final quarter. But BC rallied again, tying it on Freese’s 43-yard field goal midway into the fourth quarter. On the next possession with a third-and-5 from his own 30, Thomas, under pressure and back pedaling, threw a floating pass over the middle that Pierre-Louis picked off and broke down the right sideline for the go-ahead score with 7 minutes to play. After BC stopped the Hokies on a fourth-and-6 from its own 38, Williams burst through the right side of the line for a 62-yard score on the next play. Thomas hit Trey Edmunds with a 22-yard TD pass with 2:54 to play, cutting it to 34-27. The Hokies took over on their own 28 with 1:49 to play, but Thomas fumbled it away again three plays later. Journell’s career-best, 56-yard field goal with 1 second left in the second quarter had given the Hokies a 10-7 halftime edge. It tied Paul Engle’s 1977 kick for the third longest in school history. Wayne Latimer owns the record with a 61-yarder, against Florida State in 1975.

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Cline 1 yd pass from Thomas (Journell kick), 8-82 4:14 Sinkovec 2 yd pass from Rettig (Freese kick), 6-17 2:48 Journell 47 yd field goal, 7-46 3:12 Freese 43 yd field goal, 8-54 4:23 Pierre-Louis 33 yd interception return (Freese kick) Andre Williams 62 yd run (Freese kick), 1-62 0:11, VT 20 - BC 34 Edmunds 22 yd pass from Thomas (Journell kick), 8-52 1:41

RUSHING: Virginia Tech-Thomas, L 20-38; Edmunds, T 6-10; Coleman, JC 3-7. Boston CollegeAndre Williams 33-166; Chase Rettig 2-20; Myles Willis 4-14; Team 3-minus 4. PASSING: Virginia Tech-Thomas, L 24-41-2-391. Boston College-Chase Rettig 11-14-0-93. RECEIVING: Virginia Tech-Stanford, J 6-171; Byrn, W 5-49; Edmunds, T 4-42; Cline, K 3-36; Coles, DJ 2-47; Knowles, D 2-35; Coleman, JC 2-11. Boston College-Alex Amidon 3-53; Jake Sinkovec 3-19; Harrison Jackson 2-15; Brian Miller 1-12; Dan Crimmins 1-3; Myles Willis 1-minus 9. INTERCEPTIONS: Virginia Tech-None. Boston College-Manuel Asprilla 1-49; Kevin PierreLouis 1-33. FUMBLES: FUMBLES: Virginia Tech-Thomas, L 3-2. Boston College-None. SACKS (UA-A): Virginia Tech-None. Boston College-Kasim Edebali 1-2; Steele Divitto 1-0; C.J. Jones 0-1; Marquis Little 0-1. TACKLES (UA-A): Virginia Tech-Tyler, J 5-6; Jarrett, K 5-6; Bonner, D 6-1; Fuller, Ke 4-2; Edwards, T 4-1; Hopkins, D 3-1; Maddy, L 3-0; Collins, JR 1-2; Exum, A 2-0; Clarke, D 2-0; Nicolas, D 2-0; Gayle, J 1-1; McKinnon, D 1-0; DiNardo, D 1-0; Knowles, D 1-0. Boston CollegeKevin Pierre-Louis 8-0; Manuel Asprilla 7-0; Dominique Williams 5-2; Kasim Edebali 5-2; Sean Sylvia 4-2; Steele Divitto 3-1; Bryce Jones 3-0; Steven Daniels 2-1; C.J. Jones 1-1; Justin Simmons 1-1; Brian Mihalik 1-1; Jaryd Rudolph 0-2; Al Louis-Jean 1-0; Kaleb Ramsey 0-1; Marquis Little 0-1; David Dudeck 0-1. Weather: partly sunny, 60 degrees, NW wind at 5 mph

The Eagles tied at 10-all on Freese’s 25-yard field goal after corner back Manuel Asprilla’s interception and return down the left sideline to Virginia Tech’s 15 early in the third quarter. On the ensuing possession, Thomas hit Joshua Stanford over the middle and he broke a pair of tackles for a 69-yard reception down to the 1. The Eagles held on three rushing attempts before Thomas hit Kalvin Cline with the scoring toss off a play-action to push the Hokies back in front 17-10 midway into the third. BC forced another turnover when Kasim Edebali stripped Thomas and Brian Mihalik recovered it at the Hokies’ 17. Rettig’s 2-yard TD pass to fullback Jake Sinkovec tied it at 17-all late in the third. Journell had missed two attempts — from 40 and 45 yards — in last week’s 13-10 loss at home against Duke. The Hokies fell out of The AP Top 25 in this week’s poll. Trailing 7-0 after sputtering on offense in the first quarter, the Hokies marched 76 yards in nine plays, tying the game on Edmunds’ 1-yard run midway into the second quarter. The score was set up by Thomas’ 25-yard strike to D.J. Coles, which moved the ball to the 1. Late in the opening half, Virginia Tech took over at its own 18 and moved 43 yards in nine plays before Journell nailed his field goal, a low line drive that knuckled over the crossbar. Four plays earlier, the Hokies had a 46-yard TD pass from Thomas to Edmunds nullified by a holding penalty against center David Wang. The Eagles had jumped ahead 7-0 on Williams’ 19-yard TD run late in the first quarter. Williams, who entered the week as the nation’s fifth-leading rusher at 144.3 yards per game, broke three tackles — the last about 8 yards away from the goal line against Kyshoen Jarrett — before going in for the score. Rettig set up the score with a 19-yard scramble on third-and-10 from the Hokies’ 38.

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Game summaries Game 9: New Mexico State November 9, 2013 • Las Cruces, N.M. • Aggie Memorial Stadium (14,997) Boston College New Mexico State

First Quarter 12:34 NMS 9:18 BC 5:54 BC 2:49 BC

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Johnson, M. 43 yd field goal, 4-3 1:40 Freese 51 yd field goal, 8-41 3:16 Freese 39 yd field goal, 7-55 2:31 Naples 69 yd pass from Rettig (Freese kick), 3-80 0:59,

Second Quarter 8:25 NMS Franklin 14 yd pass from McDonald (Johnson kick), 7-84 2:31 3:05 BC Jackson 7 yd pass from Rettig (Freese kick), 11-75 5:20 0:01 NMS Hall, Xavier 10 yd run (Johnson, M. kick), 9-75 3:04



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18 27 35-320 29-159 230 389 25-17-0 57-43-1 60-550 86-548 0-0 1--2 1-1 4-39 3-116 1-8 1-8 0-0 4-48.5 7-51.9 2-2 1-0 2-24 10-79 27:51 32:09 5 of 13 9 of 18 1 of 1 0 of 0 2-2 4-4 1-7 0-0

LAS CRUCES, N.M. (AP) - Boston College tailback Andre Williams broke the school record with 295 yards on the ground and scored on two long runs in the fourth quarter Saturday to help the Eagles pull away from New Mexico State and escape with a 48-34 victory at Aggie Memorial Stadium. Williams, the leading rusher in the ACC and No. 2 in the FBS in yards per game, finished with 30 carries for 295 yards and two touchdowns. His two biggest, though, were the scoring runs that came on plays of 80 and 47 yards, both with less than a minute to go in the game, and broke a 34-34 tie. Senior receiver Alex Amidon, who needed 54 yards to break BC’s career receiving yards mark, caught eight passes for 88 yards and one touchdown for the Eagles. Boston College (5-4) won for the second week in a row, following a win against Virginia Tech last week. However, it wasn’t easy against NMSU (1-9), which has lost two in a row and whose only win this season has come against Abilene Christian. BC needs one more win to become bowl eligible. In the first-ever meeting between the teams, the Eagles led 20-17 at the half and 27-24 going into the fourth quarter. A 32-yard field goal by Maxwell Johnson of NMSU tied the game at 27-27 early in the fourth quarter but, as they’d done almost all afternoon, the Eagles answered an Aggie score with one of their own. This time, it was a 98-yard kickoff return for a score by Myles Willis, who broke a tackle near his own 23-yard line, then darted outside and raced untouched the rest of the way. That put the Eagles back ahead at 34-27. Still, the Aggies, who had the Boston College defense on its heels for

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Record: (5-4,2-3) Record: (1-9)

Third Quarter 12:13 BC 7:35 NMS

Amidon 30 yd pass from Rettig (Freese kick), 8-75 2:47 Brown 16 yd pass from McDonald (Johnson kick), 6-68 1:11

Fourth Quarter 10:39 NMS 10:23 BC 8:07 NMS 4:53 BC 2:33 BC

Johnson, M. 32 yd field goal, 15-48 6:03 Myles Willis 98 yd kickoff return (Freese kick) Franklin 49 yd pass from McDonald (Johnson kick), 6-75 2:16 Williams 80 yd run (Freese kick), 2-97 0:29 Williams 47 yd run (Freese kick), 2-50 0:56

RUSHING: Boston College-Andre Williams 30-295; Myles Willis 5-25. New Mexico State-Hall, Xavier 14-95; Colwell, T. 5-27; Franklin, A. 3-22; McDonald, A. 7-15. PASSING: Boston College-Chase Rettig 17-25-0-230. New Mexico State-McDonald, A. 41-551-384; Franklin, A. 2-2-0-5. RECEIVING: Boston College-Alex Amidon 8-88; Jake Sinkovec 3-31; David Dudeck 2-18; Mike Naples 1-69; C.J. Parsons 1-12; Harrison Jackson 1-7; Dan Crimmins 1-5. New Mexico StateFranklin, A. 10-145; Bowen, Joshua 9-54; Bergstrom, J. 8-57; Brown, Jerrel 5-56; Hall, Xavier 4-32; Shapiro, Adam 4-18; Matthews, J. 3-24; Colwell, T. 0-3. INTERCEPTIONS: Boston College-Steven Daniels 1-8. New Mexico State-None. FUMBLES: Boston College-David Dudeck 1-1; Alex Amidon 1-1. New Mexico State-Matthews, J. 1-0. SACKS (UA-A): Boston College-Kasim Edebali 1-0. New Mexico State-None. TACKLES (UA-A): Boston College-Steele Divitto 6-12; Dominique Williams 8-5; Manuel Asprilla 8-3; Kevin Pierre-Louis 4-4; Steven Daniels 3-5; Bryce Jones 2-3; Kasim Edebali 1-4; Justin Simmons 2-2; Dominic Appiah 1-3; Nick Lifka 1-3; Connor Wujciak 1-3; Sean Sylvia 2-1; Al Louis-Jean 2-0; C.J. Jones 0-2; Brian Mihalik 0-2; Josh Keyes 1-0; Team 1-0; David Dudeck 1-0; Matt Milano 0-1; Truman Gutapfel 0-1. New Mexico State-Nixon, Trashaun 7-7; Bonilla, Bryan 3-9; Cazares, Davis 3-6; Butler, Rodney 1-6; Russell, Mason 1-4; Callender, G. 3-1; Oliva, Nick 0-4; Mobley, Willie 0-3; Eakins, Jay 0-3; Johnson, Darien 2-0; Hill, Lewis 2-0; Hall, Xavier 1-0; Fuller, Cameron 1-0; Shapiro, Adam 1-0; Chapman-Brown,C 0-1; Smith, Josh 0-1; Ramondo, Matt 0-1; Kaiser, Mike 0-1; Warren, Thomas 0-1. Weather: Sunny, 70 degrees, SW wind at 3 mph

much of the game, refused to go away. NMSU drove 75 yards in six plays to tie the score at 34-34. Quarterback Andrew McDonald hit all-purpose threat Austin Franklin on a post route that covered 49 yards for the tying touchdown. The Aggies, coached by former Eagles quarterbacks coach Doug Martin, looked to take control on the next series when Bryan Bonilla recovered a fumble by Boston College receiver Alex Amidon. This time, it was the Eagles’ defense turn, and it forced NMSU into a three-and-out. However, the ensuing punt left Boston College at its own 3-yard line. That’s when Williams stepped up. After an offside penalty on the Aggies and a 12-yard pass from Chase Rettig to C.J. Parsons, Williams took a handoff up the middle and shot through the line and all the way down the field untouched for a 41-34 lead. Linebacker Steven Daniels sealed things for the Eagles when he intercepted McDonald on the fourth place of the next series. Two plays later, Williams again broke free, this time for a 47-yard run to the right side that made it 48-34.

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Game summaries Game 10: NC State State November 16, 2013 • Chestnut Hill, Mass. • Alumni Stadium (31,262) NC State Boston College

First Quarter 5:40 BC 0:15 BC

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Freese 25 yd field goal, 6-72 2:25 Williams 17 yd run (Freese kick), 10-72 4:38

Second Quarter 7:13 ST Smith 9 yd pass from Thomas (Sade kick), 5-80 2:30 4:46 BC Willis 19 yd run (Freese kick), 5-74 2:27, ST 7 - BC 17 Third Quarter



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FIRST DOWNS RUSHES-YARDS (NET) PASSING YDS (NET) Passes Att-Comp-Int TOTAL OFFENSE PLAYS-YARDS Fumble Returns-Yards Punt Returns-Yards Kickoff Returns-Yards Interception Returns-Yards Punts (Number-Avg) Fumbles-Lost Penalties-Yards Possession Time Third-Down Conversions Fourth-Down Conversions Red-Zone Scores-Chances Sacks By: Number-Yards

16 20 26-35 53-420 325 53 40-26-0 15-8-0 66-360 68-473 0-0 1-22 1-2 0-0 3-47 3-32 0-0 0-0 8-49.6 5-45.8 2-1 2-1 4-20 5-27 25:54 34:06 6 of 17 7 of 15 0 of 1 0 of 0 1-2 3-3 2-16 4-32

BOSTON (AP) — Andre Williams stepped out from the sideline, his helmet off, and took a deep bow when the public address announcer recognized him for breaking Boston College’s single-season rushing record. His day wasn’t done yet. Williams returned for the Eagles’ next drive and went over the 300-yard mark, breaking the single-game record that he set last just week. And then, with BC just trying to run out the clock, Williams got loose for a 34-yard touchdown with 51 seconds left to finish with 339 yards and an Atlantic Coast Conference record. ‘‘He stands for what’s right in college football,’’ coach Steve Addazio said after the Eagles beat North Carolina State 38-21 to qualify for a bowl game. ‘‘He’s certainly, without a doubt, one of the more dominant players in college football and is an unselfish guy that realizes what’s important. He realizes it’s a team game.’’ Williams ran for more than 100 yards in the first quarter, and early in the fourth secured his fourth 200-yard game this season. He broke Mike Cloud’s school record on a strange play when he broke four tackles on a 65-yard run but fumbled just before the goal line. The leading rusher in the nation, Williams hit 300 yards on a 5-yard run in the final minutes to break the single-game record of 295 he set last week against New Mexico State. On his school record-tying 42nd carry of the day, he scored his second TD of the game and his 14th of the season. ‘‘We know he’s our Heisman,’’ said quarterback Chase Rettig, who completed 8 of 15 passes for 53 yards and also dove into the end zone to score on a 2-point conversion. ‘‘It’s fun to watch when you just hand the ball off, you’re rolling the other way and he’s already down the field.’’ Boston College invited the fans onto the field to celebrate after the game, and they swarmed around the players. Also making sure to congratulate Williams were several of the N.C. State players he had just run into or over. ‘‘I give him props,’’ Wolfpack linebacker Robert Caldwell said. ‘‘He’s leading the nation in rushing yards so he’s obviously the man when it comes to running.’’ With the win, the Eagles (6-4, 3-3 ACC) became bowl-eligible for the first time in three years, a quick turnaround in Addazio’s first season in Chestnut Hill. With regular-season games remaining against Maryland and Syracuse, both on the road, BC could move up in the bowl selection process with a chance to qualify for the Music City Bowl as the No. 5 pick in the ACC.

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Fourth Quarter 9:05 ST 8:01 BC 2:39 BC 1:53 ST 0:51 BC

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Record: (3-7,0-7) Record: (6-4,3-3)

Freese 39 yd field goal, 11-57 5:46, ST 7 - BC 20 Payton 49 yd pass from Smith (Sade kick), 6-87 1:23 Amidon 0 yd fumble recovery (Rettig rush), 2-73 1:04 Freese 41 yd field goal, 4-7 2:18 Ramos 52 yd pass from Leatham (Sade kick), 4-75 0:46 Williams 34 yd run (Freese kick), 4-44 1:02

RUSHING: NC State-Thornton,S. 11-56; Dayes,M. 4-14; Shirreffs,B. 3-8; Thomas,P. 7-minus 21; TEAM 1-minus 22. Boston College-Andre Williams 42-339; Myles Willis 6-77; Alex Amidon 1-15; Chase Rettig 4-minus 11. PASSING: NC State-Thomas,P. 22-33-0-207; Leatham,G. 3-6-0-69; Smith,R. 1-1-0-49. Boston College-Chase Rettig 8-15-0-53. RECEIVING: NC State-Smith,R. 8-34; Ramos,J. 5-109; Payton,Q. 3-59; Dayes,M. 2-72; Thornton,S. 2-12; Creecy,T. 2-12; Copeland,T. 2-8; Grinnage,D. 1-20; Hegedus,C. 1-minus 1. Boston College-Alex Amidon 5-34; Dan Crimmins 1-10; David Dudeck 1-8; Mike Naples 1-1. INTERCEPTIONS: NC State-None. Boston College-None. FUMBLES: NC State-Shirreffs,B. 1-0; Thomas,P. 1-1. Boston College-Andre Williams 2-1. SACKS (UA-A): NC State-Pittman,B. 1-0; Norman,A. 1-0. Boston College-Kevin Pierre-Louis 2-0; Jaryd Rudolph 1-0; Kasim Edebali 1-0. TACKLES (UA-A): NC State-Caldwell,R. 8-9; Pittman,B. 7-3; Johnson,D. 2-6; Green,D.J. 4-3; Nelson,M. 2-3; Burris,J. 4-0; Buckley,T. 3-0; Tocho,J. 2-1; Stanley,J. 1-2; Jones,H. 2-0; Davis,D. 1-1; Teal,T. 1-1; Gray,C. 0-2; Buntyn,D. 1-0; Crisp,R. 1-0; Gentry,Z. 1-0; Ramos,J. 1-0; Norman,A. 1-0; Cato-Bishop,D. 0-1; McGill,T.Y. 0-1; Noel,R. 0-1. Boston College-Steele Divitto 7-1; Kevin Pierre-Louis 6-2; Kasim Edebali 4-3; Al Louis-Jean 3-2; Steven Daniels 3-2; Bryce Jones 3-0; John Johnson 3-0; Justin Simmons 2-0; Brian Mihalik 2-0; Jaryd Rudolph 2-0; Dominique Williams 2-0; Matt Milano 2-0; C.J. Jones 1-0; Manuel Asprilla 1-0; Sean Sylvia 1-0; Nick Lifka 1-0; Leonard Skubal 0-1; Connor Wujciak 0-1. Weather: Cloudy, 47 degrees, W wind at 6 mph

‘‘To do it, we need to win these last two games,’’ Rettig said. ‘‘That’s what’s driving us. We can’t let the season get away from us.’’ Backup quarterback Pete Thomas completed 22 of 33 passes for 207 yards for N.C. State (3-7), which lost its sixth straight game and fell to 0-7 in conference play for the first time ever. Jumichael Ramos caught five passes for 109 yards and a 52-yard touchdown that made it 31-21 with 1:53 left to play. The 339 rushing yards for Williams broke the ACC record John Leach set at Wake Forest in 1993, and it is the most in an FBS game this season. “I told our defense, ‘When you stop the guy, he’s not stopped,’’’ N.C. State coach Dave Doeren said. ‘‘They’re going to keep giving it to him until they bust one, and that’s what they do. They just keep going to him and going to him.’’ BC placekicker Nate Freese also had a record-setting day, converting three field goals and three extra points to become the school’s all-time leading scorer with 299 points. Williams surpassed Cloud’s single-season BC record of 1,726 yards when he got loose on a 65-yard run up the middle, breaking four tackles on his way before Wolfpack cornerback Juston Burris knocked the ball loose from behind at the 1-yard-line. The ball bounced into the end zone, where Alex Amidon fell on it for the touchdown; Rettig’s 2-point try gave the Eagles a 28-14 lead. Thomas started in place of Brandon Mitchell, who had been listed as questionable with an undisclosed injury; he had broken his foot in the opener and missed five games before returning on Oct. 26. Williams ran for 40 yards the second time he touched the ball, and 27 more on the next play to set up Freese’s 25-yard field goal. On BC’s next possession, he ran eight times for a combined 37 yards, including a 17-yard touchdown that gave the Eagles a 10-0 lead. It was the fourth time this season Williams has surpassed 100 yards in the first half, and his eighth 100-yard game of the season. Thomas hit Matt Dayes for a 61-yard pass to set up the Wolfpack’s only score in the first half, a 9-yard run by Rashard Smith to cut the BC lead to 10-7. Williams left the game briefly, favoring his right shoulder, with about 6 minutes left in the first half, and Myles Willis made it a 10-point game with back-to-back runs of 24 and 19 yards.

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Game summaries Game 11: Maryland November 23, 2013 • College Park, Md. • Byrd Stadium (32,147) Boston College Maryland

First Quarter 11:10 BC 5:54 MD 1:49 MD

3 7 3 16 29 Record: (7-4,4-3) 10 0 7 9 26 Record: (6-5,2-5)

Fourth Quarter 10:52 UMD 10:33 BC 5:02 BC 5:02 UMD 00:00 BC

Freese 22 yd field goal, 7-70 3:50 Craddock 43 yd field goal, 7-27 2:54 Reid 1 yd run (Craddock kick), 1-1 0:03

Second Quarter 12:30 BC Williams 6 yd run (Freese kick), 1-9 0:05

Brown 3 yd run (Craddock kick), 6-33 2:33 Williams 72 yd run (Freese kick), 1-72 0:12 Amidon 74 yd pass from Rettig (Freese kick blockd) Nixon PAT return Freese 52 yd field goal, 6-45 1:32

Third Quarter 11:18 UMD Etta-Tawo 33 yd pass from Brown (Craddock kick), 8-70 3:33 1:09 BC Freese 19 yd field goal, 14-73 6:49



FIRST DOWNS RUSHES-YARDS (NET) PASSING YDS (NET) Passes Att-Comp-Int TOTAL OFFENSE PLAYS-YARDS Fumble Returns-Yards Punt Returns-Yards Kickoff Returns-Yards Interception Returns-Yards Punts (Number-Avg) Fumbles-Lost Penalties-Yards Possession Time Third-Down Conversions Fourth-Down Conversions Red-Zone Scores-Chances Sacks By: Number-Yards

BC MD 11 15 40-254 34-100 120 178 15-6-1 31-19-0 55-374 65-278 0-0 0-0 3-15 1-6 4-70 4-104 0-0 1-2 5-43.4 9-34.0 2-2 1-1 3-28 5-44 26:16 33:44 5 of 14 2 of 13 0 of 0 2 of 2 3-3 2-3 4-16 1-0

COLLEGE PARK, Md. (AP) -- Andre Williams had already done his part, rushing for 263 yards to become the 16th player in NCAA history to top 2,000 in a single season. Now it was up to Boston College senior kicker Nate Freese to deliver a victory over Maryland. With the score tied and two seconds left in the fourth quarter, Freese was called upon to kick a 52-yard field goal. He missed -- for the first time all year. But Maryland coach Randy Edsall requested a timeout an instant before the kick. “I knew either the ref blew a whistle or they called timeout or something happened,’’ Freese said. “Going into that re-kick, I was a lot more confident.’’ The second try went right through the uprights as time expired to provide the Eagles with a 29-26 win. As soon as the officials raised their arms, the Boston College players stormed the field to celebrate their fourth straight win. Turns out, the timeout designed to freeze Freese actually warmed him up to the task. “I was just calm, trying to get a little better judgment of the wind,’’ the kicker said. “It was kind of going from my right to left. Being out there a little longer, I got a little better feel for it.’’ Boston College coach Steve Addazio said, “I didn’t know what to think on the first one. But when I saw that they called a timeout and he missed, I said to myself, `He’s going to get this one now.’ He’s a real confident guy.’’ Williams now has 2,073 yards on the ground this year. His second touchdown got the Eagles (7-4, 4-3 Atlantic Coast Conference) to 24-20 with 10:33 left, and his 36-yard run in the closing seconds set up Freese’s game winner. “Let’s let our best players go win it in the end, that’s our strength,’’ Addazio said. “Nate Freese is one of our strengths, and one of our strengths stood up as a senior and won it in the end.’’ Edsall, meanwhile, could only shrug his shoulders over the ill-timed timeout. “Obviously, I shouldn’t have taken the timeout. He missed it,’’ Edsall said. “But it’s just one of those things that you feel you’re doing something to put a little more doubt in the guy’s head. I made a decision, it just didn’t work out.’’ It was the final ACC home game for the Terrapins (6-5, 2-5), who shift to the Big Ten in 2014. Maryland wraps up its ACC schedule next week at North Carolina State. The Eagles trailed 24-13 before Williams ran 72 yards for a touchdown, a jaunt that moved

RUSHING: Boston College-Andre Williams 32-263; Myles Willis 4-9; Chase Rettig 4-minus 18. Maryland-B.Ross 11-44; Brown 12-22; Veii 6-16; K.Goins 1-10; Reid 4-8. PASSING: Boston College-Chase Rettig 6-14-1-120; Team 0-1-0-0. Maryland-Brown 19-310-178. RECEIVING: Boston College-Alex Amidon 2-83; Dan Crimmins 2-15; Mike Naples 1-21; Jake Sinkovec 1-1. Maryland-L.Jacobs 7-44; King 5-42; Etta-Tawo 4-57; Stinebaugh 1-20; Reid 1-13; B.Ross 1-2. INTERCEPTIONS: Boston College-None. Maryland-Davis 1-2. FUMBLES: Boston College-Bryce Jones 1-1; Chase Rettig 1-1. Maryland-Veii 1-1. SACKS (UA-A): Boston College-Brian Mihalik 1-0; Kevin Pierre-Louis 1-0; Steven Daniels 1-0; Josh Keyes 1-0. Maryland-Ngakoue 0-1; Whitfield 0-1. TACKLES (UA-A): Boston College-Steele Divitto 6-2; Justin Simmons 3-3; Josh Keyes 3-3; Steven Daniels 2-4; Bryce Jones 2-4; Dominique Williams 4-1; Kasim Edebali 0-5; Manuel Asprilla 3-1; C.J. Jones 3-0; Al Louis-Jean 3-0; Connor Wujciak 3-0; Sean Sylvia 1-2; Brian Mihalik 2-0; Kevin Pierre-Louis 1-1; Matt Milano 1-0; John Johnson 1-0; Dominic Appiah 1-0; Jaryd Rudolph 1-0; Leonard Skubal 1-0. Maryland-Twine 4-6; Davis 4-5; Goree 1-6; Robinson 3-3; Nixon 1-5; Kilgo 2-3; Likely 2-2; Petty 1-2; Monroe 0-3; Whitfield 0-3; K.Goins 2-0; I.Goins 2-0; Riser 0-2; Renfro 1-0; Jefferson 1-0; Hendy 1-0; Hill 0-1; Ngakoue 0-1; Isaacs 0-1; Dancel 0-1. Weather: Cloudy, 49 degrees, NW wind at 15 mph

him over the 2,000-mark. Maryland appeared poised for the clinching score when running back Jacquille Veii lost a fumble at the Boston College 7. Chase Rettig then threw to a wide open Alex Amidon for a 74-yard score to make it 26-24. But the conversion was blocked, and Maryland’s Anthony Nixon took it the distance the other way to tie it with 5:02 left. That set the stage for the wild ending. Williams limped off the field several times, the last time after his 36-yarder in the closing seconds. He finished with 32 carries and some very sore muscles. “I know he’s pretty banged up,’’ Addazio said. “He took a lot of shots in there like he does each week, and they’re cumulative. I got a feeling that we’re going to have a pretty beat-up guy here come (Sunday).’’ Maryland opened the second half with a 70-yard drive capped by a 33-yard touchdown pass from C. J. Brown to Amba Etta-Tawo for a 17-10 lead. The score came two plays after the Terrapins successfully gambled on a fourth-and-1 at the BC 34. The Eagles closed to 17-13 late in the third quarter when Freese kicked a 19-yard field goal to end a march that lasted nearly seven minutes. The kick came after Boston College failed to get into the end zone on three runs -- two by Williams, one by Rettig -- from inside the Maryland 3. The Terrapins went up by 11 on a 3-yard run by Brown with 10:52 to go, a score set up by Bryce Jones fumbling a punt at the BC 33. Rettig was 1 for 7 for 1 yard and an interception before halftime, but Williams rushed for 107 yards and a touchdown to help Boston College forge a tie. After Williams had runs of 31 and 30 yards on the opening drive to set up a field goal, Maryland pulled even on its second possession. Late in the first quarter, Rettig was in shotgun formation when a low snap skipped past him. The quarterback chased down the ball and fumbled upon being tackled by Maryland linebacker Marcus Whitfield, who recovered at the BC 1. That set up a touchdown run by Albert Reid for a 10-3 lead. The Eagles tied it when Williams scored on a 6-yard run after Manuel Aspirilla blocked a punt inside the Maryland 10.

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Game summaries Game 12: Syracuse November 30, 2013 • Syracuse, N.Y. • Carrier Dome (37,406) Boston College Syracuse

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First Quarter 1:57 BC

Williams 26 yd run (Freese kick), 5-96 2:13

Second Quarter 10:46 SU 6:12 SU 1:10 SU 0:40 BC

Parris 1 yd pass from Hunt (Norton kick), 15-75 6:11 Morris 4 yd run (Norton kick), 9-50 3:23 Terrel Hunt 1 yd run (Ryan Norton kick), 9-50 3:56 Parsons 9 yd pass from Rettig (Freese kick), 3-71 0:30



FIRST DOWNS RUSHES-YARDS (NET) PASSING YDS (NET) Passes Att-Comp-Int TOTAL OFFENSE PLAYS-YARDS Fumble Returns-Yards Punt Returns-Yards Kickoff Returns-Yards Interception Returns-Yards Punts (Number-Avg) Fumbles-Lost Penalties-Yards Possession Time Third-Down Conversions Fourth-Down Conversions Red-Zone Scores-Chances Sacks By: Number-Yards

BC SYR 15 30 33-191 51-210 168 270 19-11-1 43-29-1 52-359 94-480 0-0 0-0 1-7 4-27 4-53 1-18 1-20 1-0 5-33.6 2-48.5 1-1 1-0 4-27 5-35 23:27 36:33 3 of 10 12 of 18 0 of 0 0 of 1 4-4 4-6 2-12 0-0

SYRACUSE, N.Y. (AP) - Syracuse’s Terrel Hunt hit tight end Josh Parris with an 8-yard touchdown pass with 6 seconds remaining, resulting in Syracuse stunning Boston College 34-31 on Saturday to become eligible for the postseason for the third time in four years. Boston College (7-5, 4-4 ACC) had won four in a row behind star tailback Andre Williams, the nation’s leading rusher, but he was injured in the third quarter and did not return, finishing the game watching from the sidelines. It was a must-win game for (Syracuse 6-6, 4-4 ACC), and Hunt provided the dramatic finish after the Eagles had settled for a field goal after a late turnover. BC quarterback Chase Rettig had provided BC with the go-ahead score with his legs, stunning the Orange with a 54-yard run. Rettig started left and cut completely back across the field before being tackled at the Syracuse 17. He then scored on a keeper with 7:49 left for a 28-24 lead. The Eagles sent many Syracuse fans for the exits when BC linebacker Steele Divitto intercepted Hunt with 2:49 left and Nate Freese kicked a 21-yard field goal. Syracuse had taken a 24-21 lead on Ryan Norton’s 42-yard field goal late in the third, and he added a 44-yarder with 5:03 remaining in the game. Something had to give in this one. Williams entered the game with 2,073 yards rushing and Syracuse was one of three FBS teams, along with Ohio State and Wisconsin, not to allow a 100-yard rusher this season. Williams, who had nine 100-yard games and three straight 200-yard games coming in, finished with 29 yards on nine carries and scored once. Hit hard repeatedly in the first half, Williams was hurt on a run up the middle on the first play of the third quarter in a big pileup that also sent Syracuse linebacker Marquis Spruill to the sidelines. With their star in the locker room, the Eagles tied the game at 21-all. Rettig had scrambles of 16 and 13 yards to key the drive and hit Jake Sinkovec for a 9-yard TD. After falling behind 7-0 in the first quarter, Syracuse benefited from great field

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Record: (7-5,4-4) Record: (6-6,4-4)

Third Quarter 9:56 BC 3:44 SU

Sinkovec 9 yd pass from Rettig (Freese kick), 9-70 5:04 Norton 42 yd field goal, 14-50 6:12

Fourth Quarter 7:49 BC 5:03 SU 2:08 BC 0:06 SU

Rettig 1 yd run (Freese kick), 8-78 4:18 Norton 44 yd field goal, 9-49 2:46 Freese 21 yd field goal, 5-18 0:41 Parris 8 yd pass from Hunt (Norton kick), 8-75 2:02

RUSHING: Boston College-Chase Rettig 4-85; Myles Willis 17-70; Andre Williams 9-29; Tyler Rouse 3-7. Syracuse-Terrel Hunt 17-90; Jerome Smith 18-46; George Morris 10-40; D. McFarlane 6-34. PASSING: Boston College-Chase Rettig 11-19-1-168. Syracuse-Terrel Hunt 29-43-1-270. RECEIVING: Boston College-Alex Amidon 3-60; Jake Sinkovec 3-29; Mike Naples 2-58; C.J. Parsons 2-24; Dan Crimmins 1-minus 3. Syracuse-Alvin Cornelius 7-81; Josh Parris 7-47; Ashton Broyld 6-47; Brisly Estime 2-35; Chris Clark 2-7; Q. Funderburk 1-28; Durell Eskridge 1-19; J. Kobena 1-17; Jerome Smith 1-5; Terrel Hunt 1-minus 16. INTERCEPTIONS: Boston College-Steele Divitto 1-20. Syracuse-Cameron Lynch 1-0. FUMBLES: Dan Crimmins 1-1. Syracuse-Terrel Hunt 1-0. SACKS (UA-A): Boston College-Jaryd Rudolph 1-0; Kevin Pierre-Louis 1-0. Syracuse-None. TACKLES (UA-A): Boston College-Kevin Pierre-Louis 9-4; Steele Divitto 6-5; Steven Daniels 8-2; Kasim Edebali 6-1; Brian Mihalik 5-2; Bryce Jones 4-2; Manuel Asprilla 4-1; Justin Simmons 4-1; C.J. Jones 3-2; Sean Sylvia 3-1; Connor Wujciak 2-1; Josh Keyes 2-0; Dominique Williams 2-0; Al Louis-Jean 1-1; Jaryd Rudolph 1-0; Dominic Appiah 1-0; Harrison Jackson 1-0; Nick Lifka 0-1. Syracuse-Marqez Hodge 6-1; Jeremi Wilkes 4-1; Darius Kelly 1-4; Micah Robinson 4-0; Marquis Spruill 2-2; Eric Crume 2-2; Jay Bromley 1-3; Ritchy Desir 2-1; Brandon Reddish 2-0; Cameron Lynch 2-0; Dyshawn Davis 1-1; Ron Thompson 1-0; Lewellyn Coker 1-0; Luke Arciniega 1-0; Wayne Morgan 1-0; D. McFarlane 1-0; Terrel Hunt 1-0; R. Anderson 0-1.

position to score two straight times in the second quarter as the Orange defense repeatedly stuffed Williams. He was held to 24 yards on eight rushing attempts in the first half, and one of those carries was a 26-yard TD. Despite getting pinned deep in his own territory after the BC defense had stopped Syracuse at the 2 on fourth down, Rettig engineered a 96-yard drive in just five plays to give BC a 7-0 lead. Standing on the back line of his own end zone, Rettig zipped a 15-yard pass over the middle to tight end C.J. Parsons and followed with a 55-yard completion to a wide-open Mike Naples over the middle on the next play. Williams, held to a yard on his first four carries and thrown for losses on three of them by the fired-up Syracuse defense, then scored around the left side with 1:57 left in the first. With their season on the line, the Orange scored the next three times they had the ball. Syracuse finally broke through on its third trip inside the BC 20-yard line, and Hunt did the bulk of the work, rushing for 49 yards on six keepers. Facing a secondand-goal from the 1, Hunt faked a pitch left and hit wide-open Josh Parris in the right corner of the end zone to tie it at 7-7 early in the second. A shanked punt by Freese gave Syracuse the ball at midfield again, and Hunt guided them to a touchdown in nine plays. Hunt hit Jeremiah Kobena with a 17-yard pass and Durell Eskridge, the Orange’s starting free saftey, for 19 more on a thirdand-10 play before scoring on a 1-yard run and a 21-7 lead with 70 seconds left. With Williams struggling, Rettig worked his magic again, rolling right and hitting Alex Amidon for 52 yards down the left side. The play worked once, so might as well try it again. On the next play, Rettig hit Parsons with a throwback left for a 9-yard TD to move the Eagles within 21-14 at halftime.

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