BC's Harris breaks records in rout of NC State

 

VIDEO PLAYLIST

• Harris, Boston College Blow Out NC State

WERE YOU THERE?

Did you attend this game? If so, start chronicling your sports memories today with ESPN's Sports Passport. Enter the games you attend, upload your photos and share your memories! I was there »

Also See

• Win was about pride for BC

Team Stat Comparison
1st Downs	22	20
Total Yards	394	480
Passing	315	187
Rushing	79	293
Penalties	3-30	4-45
3rd Down Conversions	4-16	6-14
4th Down Conversions	2-4	2-2
Turnovers	3	0
Possession	29:08	30:52

Air/Ground Leaders
North Carolina State Passing   C/ATT YDS TD INT Wilson 23/40 243 1 1 Glennon 8/15 72 0 1	Boston College Passing   C/ATT YDS TD INT Shinskie 13/25 187 2 0
North Carolina State Rushing   CAR YDS TD LG Baker 9 36 0 14 Wilson 11 35 1 14	Boston College Rushing   CAR YDS TD LG Harris 27 264 5 70 Finch 7 30 0 9
North Carolina State Receiving   REC YDS TD LG Williams 7 62 1 27 Spencer 2 52 0 27	Boston College Receiving   REC YDS TD LG Larmond Jr 1 59 1 59 Gunnell 5 42 0 12

Scoring Summary
FIRST QUARTER				NCST	BC
	TD	08:28	Montel Harris 2 Yd Run (Steve Aponavicius Kick)	0	7
	TD	05:46	Russell Wilson 1 Yd Run (Josh Czajkowski Kick)	7	7
	TD	03:51	Colin Larmond Jr 59 Yd Pass From Dave Shinskie (Steve Aponavicius Kick)	7	14
SECOND QUARTER				NCST	BC
	FG	10:46	Josh Czajkowski 25 Yd	10	14
	FG	05:44	Josh Czajkowski 32 Yd	13	14
	TD	03:01	Montel Harris 12 Yd Run (Steve Aponavicius Kick)	13	21
	FG	00:00	Steve Aponavicius 37 Yd	13	24
THIRD QUARTER				NCST	BC
	TD	08:45	Montel Harris 10 Yd Run (Steve Aponavicius Kick)	13	31
	TD	05:51	Montel Harris 1 Yd Run (Steve Aponavicius Kick)	13	38
	TD	01:33	Montel Harris 29 Yd Run (Steve Aponavicius Kick)	13	45
FOURTH QUARTER				NCST	BC
	TD	13:09	Jarvis Williams 27 Yd Pass From Russell Wilson (Josh Czajkowski Kick)	20	45
	TD	06:22	Billy Flutie 6 Yd Pass From Dave Shinskie (Steve Aponavicius Kick)	20	52

BOSTON -- 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.