Final
Harris leads BC past North Carolina State 52-20
Oct 18, 2009 - 12:37 AM BOSTON(AP) -- Boston College's Montel Harris set two school records with 264 yards rushing and five touchdowns to lead the Eagles to a 52-20 win over North Carolina State on Saturday.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, surpassing the previous mark of 253, set by Phil Bennett in 1972. He had one more run before leaving for good.
The Eagles (5-2, 3-2 Atlantic Coast Conference) improved to 5-0 at home this season. NC State (3-4, 0-3) dropped its third straight game following conference losses to Wake Forest and Duke.
BC first-year coach Frank Spaziani defeated his longtime coaching mate Tom O'Brien.
Spaziani, who coach the Eagles to a victory at the 2006 Meineke Car Care Bowl after O'Brien bolted for NC 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.
BC, which led 24-13 at halftime, broke it 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 TD 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 it 38-13. He added a 29-yard TD run late in the third quarter, improving it to 45-13.
BC quarterback Dave Shinskie threw a 59-yard scoring pass to Colin Larmond Jr. in the first quarter and finished 13 of 25 for 187 yards with two TD passes.
NC State QB Russell Wilson had a 1-yard scoring run and was 23 of 40 for 243 yards with one TD.
The Wolfpack were allowing just 62.8 yards per game on the ground entering the game, but Harris wiped that out on one run early in the game.
On its second series, Boston College went to the "Wildcat" formation and Harris busted 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 it 7-0.
The Eagles used the "Wildcat" with Harris at QB a number of times in the third quarter.
NC State tied it 7-7 on Wilson's 1-yard TD plunge.
BC answered right back when Shinskie hit Larmond Jr. to make it 14-7. Larmond Jr. leaped over cornerback Rashard Smith near the 13-yard line to catch the slightly under-thrown ball before heading to the end zone.
NC State's Josh Czajkowski had field goals of 25 and 32 yards to cut to 14-13.
The Eagles made it 21-13 on Harris' 12-yard TD run late in the second.
BC's Steve Aponavicius kicked a 37-yard field goal as time expired in the first half.
The Eagles play at Notre Dame next Saturday. NC State is off next week before traveling to Florida State on Halloween.
- NCAAF FINAL
1ST 2ND 3RD 4TH TOTAL
--- --- --- --- -----
NCSTATE 7 6 0 7 20
BOSTCOLL 14 10 21 7 52 FINAL
SCORING SUMMARY
1ST QUARTER: BOSTON COL - TD, MONTEL HARRIS 2 YD RUN (STEVE
APONAVICIUS KICK), 6:32.
BOSTCOLL 7-0
NC STATE - TD, RUSSELL WILSON 1 YD RUN (JOSH
CZAJKOWSKI KICK), 9:34.
NCSTATE 7-7
BOSTON COL - TD, COLI
Oct 17 6:54 PM - NCAAF
NCSTATE 20
BOSTCOLL 52 0:00 LEFT, 4TH QTR
Oct 17 6:54 PM
TD BOSTON COLLEGE BILLY FLUTIE 6 YD PASS FROM DAVE SHINSKIE (STEVE APONAVICIUS KICK)
NC State 20, Boston College 52 4th - 6:22Oct 17 6:34 PM
TD BOSTON COLLEGE BILLY FLUTIE 6 YD PASS FROM DAVE SHINSKIE (STEVE APONAVICIUS KICK)
NC State 20, Boston College 52 4th - 6:22Oct 17 6:34 PM
TD BOSTON COLLEGE BILLY FLUTIE 6 YD PASS FROM DAVE SHINSKIE (STEVE APONAVICIUS KICK)
NC State 20, Boston College 52 4th - 6:22Oct 17 6:34 PM- NCAAF
NCSTATE 20
BOSTCOLL 52 6:22 LEFT, 4TH QTR
NC State 20, Boston College 52 4th - 6:22Oct 17 6:34 PM
TD NC STATE JARVIS WILLIAMS 28 YD PASS FROM RUSSELL WILSON (JOSH CZAJKOWSKI KICK)
NC State 20, Boston College 45 4th - 13:09Oct 17 6:18 PM
TD NC STATE JARVIS WILLIAMS 28 YD PASS FROM RUSSELL WILSON (JOSH CZAJKOWSKI KICK)
NC State 20, Boston College 45 4th - 13:09Oct 17 6:18 PM
TD NC STATE JARVIS WILLIAMS 28 YD PASS FROM RUSSELL WILSON (JOSH CZAJKOWSKI KICK)
NC State 20, Boston College 45 4th - 13:09Oct 17 6:18 PM- NCAAF
NCSTATE 20
BOSTCOLL 45 13:09 LEFT, 4TH QTR
NC State 20, Boston College 45 4th - 13:09Oct 17 6:18 PM - NCAAF
NCSTATE 13
BOSTCOLL 45 0:00 LEFT, 3RD QTR
Oct 17 6:11 PM
TD BOSTON COLLEGE MONTEL HARRIS 29 YD RUN (STEVE APONAVICIUS KICK)
NC State 13, Boston College 45 3rd - 1:33Oct 17 6:03 PM
TD BOSTON COLLEGE MONTEL HARRIS 29 YD RUN (STEVE APONAVICIUS KICK)
NC State 13, Boston College 45 3rd - 1:33Oct 17 6:03 PM- NCAAF
NCSTATE 13
BOSTCOLL 45 1:33 LEFT, 3RD QTR
NC State 13, Boston College 45 3rd - 1:33Oct 17 6:03 PM
TD BOSTON COLLEGE MONTEL HARRIS 1 YD RUN (STEVE APONAVICIUS KICK)
NC State 13, Boston College 38 3rd - 5:51Oct 17 5:50 PM
TD BOSTON COLLEGE MONTEL HARRIS 1 YD RUN (STEVE APONAVICIUS KICK)
NC State 13, Boston College 38 3rd - 5:51Oct 17 5:50 PM- NCAAF
NCSTATE 13
BOSTCOLL 38 5:51 LEFT, 3RD QTR
NC State 13, Boston College 38 3rd - 5:51Oct 17 5:50 PM
TD BOSTON COLLEGE MONTEL HARRIS 10 YD RUN (STEVE APONAVICIUS KICK)
NC State 13, Boston College 31 3rd - 8:45Oct 17 5:38 PM
TD BOSTON COLLEGE MONTEL HARRIS 10 YD RUN (STEVE APONAVICIUS KICK)
NC State 13, Boston College 31 3rd - 8:45Oct 17 5:38 PM- NCAAF
NCSTATE 13
BOSTCOLL 31 8:45 LEFT, 3RD QTR
NC State 13, Boston College 31 3rd - 8:45Oct 17 5:38 PM
TD BOSTON COLLEGE MONTEL HARRIS 12 YD RUN (STEVE APONAVICIUS KICK)
NC State 13, Boston College 21 2nd - 3:01Oct 17 4:48 PM
TD BOSTON COLLEGE MONTEL HARRIS 12 YD RUN (STEVE APONAVICIUS KICK)
NC State 13, Boston College 21 2nd - 3:01Oct 17 4:48 PM- NCAAF
NCSTATE 13
BOSTCOLL 21 3:01 LEFT, 2ND QTR
NC State 13, Boston College 21 2nd - 3:01Oct 17 4:48 PM - NCAAF
NCSTATE 13
BOSTCOLL 14 5:44 LEFT, 2ND QTR
NC State 13, Boston College 14 2nd - 5:44Oct 17 4:39 PM - NCAAF
NCSTATE 10
BOSTCOLL 14 10:46 LEFT, 2ND QTR
NC State 10, Boston College 14 2nd - 10:46Oct 17 4:26 PM - NCAAF
NCSTATE 7
BOSTCOLL 14 0:00 LEFT, 1ST QTR
Oct 17 4:18 PM
TD BOSTON COLLEGE COLIN LARMOND 59 YD PASS FROM DAVE SHINSKIE (STEVE APONAVICIUS KICK)
NC State 7, Boston College 14 1st - 3:51Oct 17 4:01 PM
TD BOSTON COLLEGE COLIN LARMOND 59 YD PASS FROM DAVE SHINSKIE (STEVE APONAVICIUS KICK)
NC State 7, Boston College 14 1st - 3:51Oct 17 4:01 PM
TD BOSTON COLLEGE COLIN LARMOND 59 YD PASS FROM DAVE SHINSKIE (STEVE APONAVICIUS KICK)
NC State 7, Boston College 14 1st - 3:51Oct 17 4:01 PM
TD NC STATE RUSSELL WILSON 1 YD RUN (JOSH CZAJKOWSKI KICK)
NC State 7, Boston College 7 1st - 5:26Oct 17 3:57 PM
TD NC STATE RUSSELL WILSON 1 YD RUN (JOSH CZAJKOWSKI KICK)
NC State 7, Boston College 7 1st - 5:26Oct 17 3:57 PM
TD BOSTON COLLEGE MONTEL HARRIS 2 YD RUN (STEVE APONAVICIUS KICK)
NC State 0, Boston College 7 1st - 8:28Oct 17 3:55 PM
TD BOSTON COLLEGE MONTEL HARRIS 2 YD RUN (STEVE APONAVICIUS KICK)
NC State 0, Boston College 7 1st - 8:28Oct 17 3:55 PM
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