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Eagles blow past Pack
N.C. State loses its third in a row
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Published: October 18, 2009
CHESTNUT HILL, Mass.
Running back Montel Harris of Boston College made use of the trendy "Wildcat" offense.
Harris, running for big plays from a formation termed the "Wildcat" that was made popular by the Miami Dolphins, set two school records with 264 yards rushing and five touchdowns to lead the Eagles to a 52-20 win over N.C. State yesterday.
One big play early in the game provided a glimpse of what the potential was for Harris and the Eagles.
On its second series, Boston College went to what Harris said the team calls the "Bazooka" set before he broke through the line and down the right sideline for a 70-yard gain, moving the ball to the 2. He scored on the next play, making the score 7-0.
It was the only time in the opening half that Harris lined up at quarterback in the formation.
"Oh, yeah, we don't have too many plays that go for a 70-yard average," said BC coach Frank Spaziani, when asked if he figured they'd go back to it often later in the game.
"I had a big smile on my face and I was looking forward to it in the second half," Harris said, learning they'd use it more after halftime.
Ten players previously had four touchdown runs for Boston College, the last was Darnell Campbell in 1993.
Harris set the yardage record with a 9-yarder early in the final quarter, passing the previous mark of 253, set by Phil Bennett in 1972. He had one more run before leaving for good.
BC, which led 24-13 at halftime, broke the game open by taking the ball on the first possession of the second half and marching 72 yards in 11 plays, with Harris capping it with a 10-yard touchdown run.
Harris had 46-yard run to push him over 200 yards and set up his own score, a 1-yarder two plays later, making the score 38-13. He added a 29-yard touchdown run late in the third quarter, improving the score to 45-13.
"I think we should have gone back to it a little earlier," BC quarterback Dave Shinskie said. "That's just a formation we put in for him."
The Eagles (5-2, 3-2 ACC) improved to 5-0 at home this season. NC State (3-4, 0-3) dropped its third straight game after conference losses to Wake Forest and Duke.
"We have practiced it a lot," N.C. State coach Tom O'Brien said of BC's formation. "It's not like we had not even seen it. He ran over things early, and then he cut back."
In their first matchup, Spaziani defeated O'Brien, his longtime coaching mate.
Spaziani, who coached the Eagles to a victory at the 2006 Meineke Car Care Bowl after O'Brien bolted for N.C. State, worked under O'Brien for all of his 10 seasons at BC.
The two coached together for 26 years in total, also under George Welsh at Navy and Virginia. Spaziani became BC's head coach after Jeff Jagodzinski was fired last winter for interviewing for an NFL vacancy.
Shinskie threw a 59-yard touchdown pass to Colin Larmond Jr. in the first quarter and finished 13 of 25 for 187 yards with two touchdown passes.
Quarterback Russell Wilson of N.C. State had a 1-yard touchdown run and was 23 of 40 for 243 yards with one rushing touchdown.
N.C. State 7 6 0 7 -- 20
Boston College 14 10 21 7 -- 52
First Quarter
BC--Harris 2 run (Aponavicius kick), 8:28.
NCSU--R.Wilson 1 run (Czajkowski kick), 5:46.
BC--Larmond 59 pass from Shinskie (Aponavicius kick), 3:51.
Second Quarter
NCSU--FG Czajkowski 25, 10:46.
NCSU--FG Czajkowski 32, 5:44.
BC--Harris 12 run (Aponavicius kick), 3:01.
BC--FG Aponavicius 37, :00.
Third Quarter
BC--Harris 10 run (Aponavicius kick), 8:45.
BC--Harris 1 run (Aponavicius kick), 5:51.
BC--Harris 29 run (Aponavicius kick), 1:33.
Fourth Quarter
NCSU--Ja.Williams 27 pass from R.Wilson (Czajkowski kick), 13:09.
BC--Flutie 6 pass from Shinskie (Aponavicius kick), 6:22.
A--35,261.
TEAM STATISTICS
NCSU BC
First downs 22 20
Rushes-yards 27-79 43-293
Passing 315 187
Comp-Att-Int 31-55-2 13-25-0
Return Yards 13 39
Punts-Avg. 4-32.3 4-40.0
Fumbles-Lost 1-1 0-0
Penalties-Yards 3-30 4-45
Time of Possession 29:08 30:52
INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS
RUSHING--N.C. State, Baker 9-36, R.Wilson 11-35, Eugene 6-6, Spencer 1-2. Boston College, Harris 27-264, Finch 7-30, Haden 2-7, McCluskey 1-0, Smith 3-0, Team 1-(minus 4), Shinskie 2-(minus 4).
PASSING--N.C. State, R.Wilson 23-40-1-243, Glennon 8-15-1-72. Boston College, Shinskie 13-25-0-187.
RECEIVING--N.C. State, Ja.Williams 7-62, Baker 5-46, Bryan 4-25, Bowens 3-38, Spencer 2-52, Barnes 2-15, T.Gentry 2-14, J.Smith 2-14, Howard 2-11, Davis 1-30, Eugene 1-8. Boston College, Gunnell 5-42, Pantale 3-21, Anderson 2-42, Larmond 1-59, Jarvis 1-17, Flutie 1-6.
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