GAME THREAD: NCAAF: BOSTON COLLEGE (6-0) at NOTRE DAME (1-5)

NCAAF: BOSTON COLLEGE at NOTRE DAME

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NCAAF: BOSTON COLLEGE at NOTRE DAME

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NOTRE DAME 14 5:26 LEFT, 4TH QTR</div>

 

NCAAF: BOSTON COLLEGE at NOTRE DAME

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NOTRE DAME 14 4:59 LEFT, 4TH QTR</div>

 

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NOTRE DAME 14 4:38 LEFT, 4TH QTR</div>

 

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NOTRE DAME 14 4:25 LEFT, 4TH QTR</div>

 

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NOTRE DAME 14 4:03 LEFT, 4TH QTR</div>

 

NCAAF: BOSTON COLLEGE at NOTRE DAME

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NOTRE DAME 14 3:52 LEFT, 4TH QTR</div>

 

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NOTRE DAME 14 3:27 LEFT, 4TH QTR</div>

 

NCAAF: BOSTON COLLEGE at NOTRE DAME

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NOTRE DAME 14 2:59 LEFT, 4TH QTR</div>

 

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NOTRE DAME 14 2:36 LEFT, 4TH QTR</div>

 

NCAAF: BOSTON COLLEGE at NOTRE DAME

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NOTRE DAME 14 1:40 LEFT, 4TH QTR</div>

 

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NCAAF: BOSTON COLLEGE at NOTRE DAME

<div class="pre">NCAAF FINAL 1ST 2ND 3RD 4TH TOTAL
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BOSTON COLLEGE (4) 6 7 14 0 27
NOTRE DAME 0 0 14 0 14 FINAL

SCORING SUMMARY

1ST QUARTER: BOSTON COLLEGE - TD, ANDRE CALLENDER 7 YD RUN (PAT
FAILED), 3:22. BOSTON COLLEGE
6-0
2ND QUARTER: BOSTON COLLEGE - TD, ANDRE CALLENDER 1 YD RUN
(STEVE APONAVICIUS KICK),
13:28. BOSTON COLLEGE 13-0
3RD QUARTER: BOSTON COLLEGE - TD, ANDRE CALLENDER 9 YD PASS FROM
MATT RYAN (STEVE APONAVICIUS
KICK), 3:34. BOSTON COLLEGE
20-0
NOTRE DAME - TD, ROBBY PARRIS 19 YD PASS FROM
EVAN SHARPLEY (BRANDON WALKER
KICK), 4:33. BOSTON COLLEGE
20-7
NOTRE DAME - TD, BRIAN SMITH 25 YD INTERCEPTION
RETURN (BRANDON WALKER KICK),
6:08. BOSTON COLLEGE 20-14
BOSTON COLLEGE - TD, KEVIN CHALLENGER 13 YD PASS
FROM MATT RYAN (STEVE
APONAVICIUS KICK), 8:00.
BOSTON COLLEGE 27-14
4TH QUARTER: NONE</div>

 

NCAAF: BOSTON COLLEGE at NOTRE DAME

<div class="pre">** CONFIRMED **
NCAAF
BOSTON COLLEGE (4) 27
NOTRE DAME 14 FINAL</div>

 

SOUTH BEND, Indiana (Ticker) -- After a brief scare in thesecond half, Boston College continued its best start in morethan six decades.


Matt Ryan completed 32-of-49 passes for 292 yards yards and twotouchdowns, leading fourth-ranked Boston College to a 27-14victory over Notre Dame.


At 7-0, the Eagles are off to the their best start since 1942,when they won their first eight games before finishing 8-2.

A Heisman Trophy candidate, Ryan tossed a nine-yard touchdownpass to Andre Callender to give the Eagles a 20-0 lead with11:26 remaining in the third quarter.


Notre Dame answered quickly as Evan Sharpley, who replaced anineffective Jimmy Clausen, threw a 19-yard TD pass to RobbyParris just 59 seconds later.


Less than two minutes later, Notre Dame's defense came up with abig play as Brian Smith returned an interception 25 yards for atouchdown to pull the Fighting Irish (1-6) within 20-14.

But Notre Dame was penalized for excessive celebration in theend zone and had to kick off from its 15.


Boston College started its next possession in Notre Dameterritory as Brad Newman returned a short kickoff 18 yards tothe Irish 45.


Unfazed by the interception, Ryan went back to work, completingall three passes on a five-play drive, including a 13-yard TD toKevin Challenger that allowed the Eagles to regain control.

Notre Dame was unable to build on last week's 20-6 victory overUCLA as Clausen was benched after completing just 7-of-20 passesfor 60 yards and two interceptions.


Sharpley was a bit better, completing 11-of-29 passes for 135yards.


Boston College posted its fifth consecutive win over Notre Dameto cut the Irish's lead in the hotly contested series to 9-8.

 

NCAAF: BOSTON COLLEGE at NOTRE DAME

<div class="pre">NCAAF FINAL 1ST 2ND 3RD 4TH TOTAL
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BOSTON COLLEGE (4) 6 7 14 0 27
NOTRE DAME 0 0 14 0 14 FINAL

BOSTON COLLEGE-TD, A Callender 7 YD RUN (PAT FAILED) 3:22 1st
Qtr
BOSTON COLLEGE-TD, A Callender 1 YD RUN (S Aponavicius KICK)
13:28 2nd Qtr
BOSTON COLLEGE-TD, A Callender 9 YD PASS FROM M Ryan (S
Aponavicius KICK) 3:34 3rd Qtr
NOTRE DAME-TD, R Parris 19 YD PASS FROM E Sharpley (B Walker
KICK) 4:33 3rd Qtr
NOTRE DAME-TD, B Smith 25 YD INTERCEPTION RETURN (B Walker
KICK) 6:08 3rd Qtr
BOSTON COLLEGE-TD, K Challenger 13 YD PASS FROM M Ryan (S
Aponavicius KICK) 8:00 3rd Qtr


BOSTON COLLEGE NOTRE DAME
First downs 21 14
Rushed-yards 34-168 21-27
Passing yards 291 195
Sacked-yards lost 0-0 2-11
Return yards 30 59
Passes 32-49-1 18-49-2
Punts 5-41.4 6-42.2
Fumbles-lost 0-0 0-0
Penalties-yards 15-131 7-64
Time of possession 39:03 20:57


Individual Statistics

RUSHING: BOSTON COLLEGE-Andre Callender 23-90, L.V. Whitworth 7-68,
Matt Ryan 3-10, - Team 1-0. NOTRE DAME-James Aldridge 5-17, Armando
Allen Jr. 3-9, Robert Hughes 5-6, Asaph Schwapp 1-4, Jimmy Clausen
1-4, Evan Sharpley 4-0, - Team 1-MINUS 1, Geoffrey Price 1-MINUS 12.

PASSING: BOSTON COLLEGE-Matt Ryan 32-49-291- 1. NOTRE DAME-Evan
Sharpley 11-29-135- 0. Jimmy Clausen 7-20-60- 2.

RECEIVING: BOSTON COLLEGE-Andre Callender 10-91, Clarence Megwa 5-56,
Ryan Purvis 5-52, Rich Gunnell 7-37, Kevin Challenger 2-22, L.V.
Whitworth 1-18, Brandon Robinson 1-12, Justin Jarvis 1-3. NOTRE
DAME-Robby Parris 4-94, John Carlson 4-29, Asaph Schwapp 2-22, Duval
Kamara 2-19, Armando Allen Jr. 3-16, Will Yeatman 1-7, James Aldridge
1-5, George West Jr. 1-3.


Att: 80,795</div>

 

SOUTH BEND, Indiana (Ticker) -- After a brief scare in thesecond half, Boston College continued its best start in morethan six decades.


Matt Ryan completed 32-of-49 passes for 292 yards yards and twotouchdowns, leading fourth-ranked Boston College to a 27-14victory over Notre Dame on Saturday.


At 7-0, the Eagles are off to the their best start since 1942,when they won their first eight games before finishing 8-2.

"That was a big win for our football team," BC coach JeffJagodzinski said. "Our kids were excited about playing thisfootball game, and I think they responded."


Boston College has dominated the intense rivalry in recentyears, winning five straight to cut Notre Dame's lead in theseries to 9-8. The Catholic schools were meeting for the firsttime since 2004.


"Any time you come to Notre Dame, it's exciting," Eaglesdefensive end Nick Larkin said. "Any time you beat Notre Dame,it's exciting. We knew coming in here that their record didn'treflect on their football team."


A Heisman Trophy candidate, Ryan tossed a nine-yard touchdownpass to Andre Callender to give the Eagles a 20-0 lead with11:26 remaining in the third quarter.


"We are just staying focused and taking it one day at a time andtrying not get ahead of ourselves," Callender said. "We can'tlook at the numbers and look where we are ranked and things likethat. We have to keep our heads down and keep grinding it outin practice."


Notre Dame answered quickly as Evan Sharpley, who replaced anineffective Jimmy Clausen, threw a 19-yard TD pass to RobbyParris just 59 seconds later.


Less than two minutes later, Notre Dame's defense came up with abig play as Brian Smith returned an interception 25 yards for atouchdown to pull the Fighting Irish (1-6) within 20-14.

But Notre Dame was penalized for excessive celebration in theend zone and had to kick off from its 15.


"It's a terrible feeling when you go through a play like thatand have success and then there's some laundry on the field,"Sharpley said. "That's how the game goes sometimes."

Boston College started its next possession in Notre Dame'sterritory as Brad Newman returned a short kickoff 18 yards tothe Irish 45.


Unfazed by the interception, Ryan went back to work, completingall three passes on a five-play drive, including a 13-yard TD toKevin Challenger that allowed the Eagles to regain control.

"It was huge to come back and score, especially after you throwan interception and it goes for six," Ryan said. "You want tocome back and keep fighting and we went down and did that."

"Matt never gets rattled when things go wrong for him,"Jagodzinski added. "That's the way he is."


Notre Dame was unable to build on last week's 20-6 victory overUCLA and continued its worst start since 1960, when the Irishposted a 2-8 record.


With an offense that continues to sputter, Notre Dame is 1-6 foronly the third in the program's storied history. Notre Dame'sother 1-6 starts came in 1956 and 1960.


Clausen, a freshman, continued to look tentative and was benchedafter completing just 7-of-20 passes for 60 yards and twointerceptions - one of which set up Ryan's TD pass to Callender.

"The bottom line is we have no touchdowns, no points," NotreDame coach Charlie Weis said in explaining why he made thequarterback change early in the third quarter.


"I thought Jimmy was banged up pretty good, didn't have greatzip. I told him I'd give him the first drive of the second halfto see what he had, and he came up and threw that early pick.I just felt at that time a fresh Evan was the way to go."

Sharpley was a bit better, completing 11-of-29 passes for 135yards. But Notre Dame still managed only 222 yards of totaloffense.


The Irish's running game was virtually non-existent as theyrushed for only 27 yards on 21 carries, an average off just overone yard per attempt.


Notre Dame came into the game ranked last in the BowlSubdivision in rushing (33.0 yards per game) and second-to-lastin scoring (11.0 ppg).