Referee Stuart Mullins; umpire Johnnie Forte; head linesman John Hoffmann; line judge Robert Zivkovic; side judge George Liotus; field judge Bill Dolbow; back judge Robert Luklan; center judge Jeff TomlinGame officials: stats.ncaa.org box scores, via SportsDataverse
Scoring by quarter
Team
Q1
Q2
Q3
Q4
Final
Florida State
0
3
0
0
3
Boston College
7
14
14
0
35
Standouts
RushingA.J. Dillon33 carries, 149 yards, 1 TDBoston College
No. 80ReceivingNyqwan Murray3 catches, 102 yardsFlorida State
No. 10DefenseTy Schwab12 tackles, 1 sack, 2.5 for loss, 1 INTBoston College
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From CollegeFootballData’s box score. Names lead to each player’s page. ★ a career high on file.
Team stats
Florida State
Boston College
213
Total yards
329
149
Passing yards
88
64
Rushing yards
241
5.5
Yards per pass
4.2
2.2
Yards per rush
4.4
10
First downs
19
4–14
Third downs
6–16
1–2
Fourth downs
2–4
3
Turnovers
0
7–71
Penalties
1–10
24:45
Possession
35:15
0
Sacks (by defense)
2
Efficiency
Florida State
Boston College
32%
Success rate
43%
−0.20
EPA per play
0.03
1.18
Explosiveness
0.98
−0.35
Rushing EPA
0.11
−0.09
Passing EPA
−0.20
41%
Passing-down success
25%
−0.08
First-down EPA
−0.17
−0.56
Second-down EPA
0.25
0.15
Third-down EPA
0.17
12%
Havoc by its defense
23%
From CollegeFootballData.com: each offense’s efficiency, and the havoc each defense caused. The better side of each line is bold.
Before kickoff
Our ratings and the line, going in
Our ratings (scores only)
Florida State 57% to win. Boston College won as Elo’s underdog.
The line
Florida State −6, over/under 46.5.
The last line on file before kickoff: the consensus line when the books publish one, otherwise a single major sportsbook’s.
Before kickoff, the win chances were Florida State 66%, Boston College 34%. CollegeFootballData.com’s estimate from the point spread.
Every drive
Solid bars scored; an outline in the other team’s color marks points the defense scored. Boston College drives left to right, Florida State right to left.
Q1 Boston CollegeMissed FG, 5 plays, 25 yards
Q1 Florida StatePunt, 5 plays, 15 yards
Q1 Boston CollegeTouchdown, 7 plays, 79 yards
Q1 Florida StateFumble, 9 plays, 65 yards
Q1 Boston CollegePunt, 8 plays, 33 yards
Q1 Florida StatePunt, 3 plays, 1 yard
Q2 Boston CollegeTouchdown, 8 plays, 46 yards
Q2 Florida StateInterception, 3 plays, 33 yards
Q2 Boston CollegeTouchdown, 6 plays, 62 yards
Q2 Florida StatePunt, 3 plays, 8 yards
Q2 Boston CollegeTurnover on downs, 4 plays, 16 yards
Q2 Florida StateField goal, 13 plays, 51 yards
Q2 Boston CollegeEnd of half, 1 play, −2 yards
Q3 Florida StatePunt, 3 plays, −1 yard
Q3 Boston CollegeFumble, recovered, 5 plays, 15 yards
Q3 Boston CollegeTouchdown, 3 plays, 11 yards
Q3 Florida StatePunt, 3 plays, 7 yards
Q3 Boston CollegePunt, 9 plays, 25 yards
Q3 Florida StateTurnover on downs, 4 plays, 9 yards
Q3 Boston CollegeTouchdown, 8 plays, 24 yards
Q3 Florida StatePunt, 3 plays, 9 yards
Q4 Boston CollegePunt, 3 plays, 7 yards
Q4 Florida StatePunt, 5 plays, 4 yards
Q4 Boston CollegeTurnover on downs, 10 plays, 30 yards
Q4 Florida StateEnd of game, 3 plays, 10 yards
Play by play
1st quarter6 drives, then Boston College 7, Florida State 0
Boston College Missed FG, 5 plays
15:00
1st & 10 at own 35
Logan Tyler kickoff for 65 yds , Michael Walker return for 43 yds to the BC 43
14:43
1st & 10 at own 43
Jeff Smith run for 26 yds to the FlaSt 31 for a 1ST down
14:12
1st & 10 at opp 31
AJ Dillon run for a loss of 1 yard to the FlaSt 32
13:35
2nd & 11 at opp 32
Anthony Brown pass incomplete, broken up by Jacob Pugh
13:29
3rd & 11 at opp 32
Anthony Brown pass incomplete to Tommy Sweeney
13:24
4th & 11 at opp 32
Colton Lichtenberg 49 yd FG MISSED
Florida State Punt, 5 plays
13:15
1st & 10 at own 32
James Blackman run for 1 yd to the FlaSt 33
12:29
2nd & 9 at own 33
Cam Akers run for 13 yds to the FlaSt 46 for a 1ST down
11:54
1st & 10 at own 46
James Blackman pass complete to Johnathan Vickers for no gain to the FlaSt 46
11:20
2nd & 10 at own 46
Cam Akers run for 1 yd to the FlaSt 47
10:44
3rd & 9 at own 47
James Blackman pass incomplete to Nyqwan Murray
10:36
4th & 9 at own 47
Logan Tyler punt for 32 yds, fair catch by Michael Walker at the BC 21
Boston College Touchdown, 7 plays
10:30
1st & 10 at own 21
Thadd Smith run for 6 yds to the BC 27
10:10
2nd & 4 at own 27
AJ Dillon run for 19 yds to the BC 46 for a 1ST down
9:49
1st & 10 at own 46
AJ Dillon run for 6 yds to the FlaSt 48
9:15
2nd & 4 at opp 48
Anthony Brown pass complete to Jon Hilliman for 3 yds to the FlaSt 45
8:53
3rd & 1 at opp 45
AJ Dillon run for 6 yds to the FlaSt 39 for a 1ST down
8:24
1st & 10 at opp 39
Jon Hilliman run for 5 yds to the FlaSt 34
7:55
2nd & 5 at opp 34
Jeff Smith pass complete to Kobay White for 34 yds for a TD, (Colton Lichtenberg KICK)Boston College 7, Florida State 0
Florida State Fumble, 9 plays
7:55
2nd & 5 at own 35
Maximilian Schulze-Geisthovel kickoff for 65 yds for a touchback
7:48
1st & 10 at own 25
Cam Akers run for 4 yds to the FlaSt 29
7:13
2nd & 6 at own 29
James Blackman pass incomplete to Auden Tate, broken up by Noa Merritt
7:05
3rd & 6 at own 29
James Blackman pass complete to Auden Tate for 7 yds to the FlaSt 36 for a 1ST down
6:18
1st & 10 at own 36
Cam Akers pass complete to Nyqwan Murray for 47 yds to the BC 17 for a 1ST down
5:50
1st & 10 at opp 17
Cam Akers run for 4 yds to the BC 13
5:33
2nd & 6 at opp 13
Cam Akers run for no gain to the BC 13
4:46
3rd & 6 at opp 13
James Blackman pass complete to Cam Akers for 7 yds to the BC 6 for a 1ST down
4:09
1st & goal at opp 6
James Blackman sacked by Ty Schwab for a loss of 4 yards to the BC 10
3:36
2nd & goal at opp 10
Cam Akers run for 2 yds to the BC 8 Cam Akers fumbled, recovered by BC Will Harris
Boston College Punt, 8 plays
3:31
1st & 10 at own 8
AJ Dillon run for 2 yds to the BC 10
2:53
2nd & 8 at own 10
Anthony Brown pass incomplete to Thadd Smith
2:53
3rd & 8 at own 10
Timeout BOSTON COLLEGE, clock 02:53
2:45
3rd & 8 at own 10
Anthony Brown pass complete to Chris Garrison for 12 yds to the BC 22 for a 1ST down
2:25
1st & 10 at own 22
Walker, Michael rush for 8 yards to the BOSTCOLL30, PENALTY BOSTCOLL holding 10 yards to the BOSTCOLL12, NO PLAY.
2:04
1st & 20 at own 12
Jon Hilliman run for 3 yds to the BC 15
1:13
2nd & 17 at own 15
Anthony Brown pass complete to Kobay White for 12 yds to the BC 27
0:55
3rd & 5 at own 27
Brown, Anthony pass incomplete, PENALTY FLORIDAST pass interference (Thomas, Matthew) 12 yards to the BOSTCOLL39, NO PLAY, 1ST DOWN BOSTCOLL.
0:50
1st & 10 at own 39
AJ Dillon run for 2 yds to the BC 41
0:28
2nd & 8 at own 41
Anthony Brown pass incomplete
0:22
3rd & 8 at own 41
Anthony Brown pass incomplete to Jeff Smith
0:11
4th & 8 at own 41
Mike Knoll punt for 52 yds , Tarvarus McFadden returns for a loss of 5 yards to the FlaSt 2
Florida State Punt, 3 plays
0:02
1st & 10 at own 2
Cam Akers run for 6 yds to the FlaSt 8
Q2 14:52
2nd & 4 at own 8
Cam Akers run for a loss of 6 yards to the FlaSt 2
Q2 14:04
3rd & 10 at own 2
Cam Akers run for 1 yd to the FlaSt 3
Q2 13:25
4th & 9 at own 3
Logan Tyler punt for 49 yds , Michael Walker returns for 6 yds to the FlaSt 46
2nd quarter7 drives, then Boston College 21, Florida State 3
Boston College Touchdown, 8 plays
13:19
1st & 10 at opp 46
Jeff Smith run for no gain to the FlaSt 46
12:50
2nd & 10 at opp 46
Anthony Brown pass incomplete
12:45
3rd & 10 at opp 46
Anthony Brown pass complete to Travis Levy for 8 yds to the FlaSt 38
12:17
4th & 2 at opp 38
Timeout BOSTON COLLEGE, clock 12:17
12:11
4th & 2 at opp 38
Anthony Brown run for 5 yds to the FlaSt 33 for a 1ST down
11:48
1st & 10 at opp 33
AJ Dillon run for 6 yds to the FlaSt 27
11:26
2nd & 4 at opp 27
AJ Dillon run for 3 yds to the FlaSt 24
10:54
3rd & 1 at opp 24
Brown, Anthony pass incomplete to Callinan, Charlie, PENALTY FLORIDAST pass interference (McFadden, Tarvarus) 15 yards to the FLORIDAST9, NO PLAY, 1ST DOWN BOSTCOLL.
10:32
1st & goal at opp 9
AJ Dillon run for a loss of 2 yards to the FlaSt 11
10:10
2nd & goal at opp 11
Anthony Brown pass complete to Tommy Sweeney for 11 yds for a TD, (Colton Lichtenberg KICK)Boston College 14, Florida State 0
Florida State Interception, 3 plays
10:10
2nd & 12 at own 35
Maximilian Schulze-Geisthovel kickoff for 65 yds for a touchback
9:59
1st & 10 at own 25
James Blackman pass complete to Nyqwan Murray for 33 yds to the BC 42 for a 1ST down
9:30
1st & 10 at opp 42
James Blackman pass incomplete to Nyqwan Murray
9:24
2nd & 10 at opp 42
James Blackman pass intercepted Ty Schwab return for 1 yd to the BC 38
Boston College Touchdown, 6 plays
9:16
1st & 10 at own 38
AJ Dillon run for 6 yds to the BC 44
8:46
2nd & 4 at own 44
AJ Dillon run for 39 yds to the FlaSt 17 for a 1ST down
8:26
1st & 10 at opp 17
Dillon, AJ rush for 4 yards to the FLORIDAST13, PENALTY FLORIDAST substitution infraction 5 yards to the FLORIDAST12, NO PLAY.
8:01
1st & 5 at opp 12
AJ Dillon run for 3 yds to the FlaSt 9
7:45
2nd & 2 at opp 9
AJ Dillon run for 4 yds to the FlaSt 5 for a 1ST down
7:23
1st & goal at opp 5
AJ Dillon run for 1 yd to the FlaSt 4
6:48
2nd & goal at opp 4
Anthony Brown run for 4 yds for a TD, (Colton Lichtenberg KICK)Boston College 21, Florida State 0
Florida State Punt, 3 plays
6:48
2nd & 9 at own 35
Maximilian Schulze-Geisthovel kickoff for 63 yds , Amir Rasul return for 18 yds to the BOSTCOLL 47 FLORIDA ST Penalty, Offensive Holding (10 Yards) to the FlaSt 10
6:28
1st & 10 at own 10
James Blackman pass complete to Cam Akers for 3 yds to the FlaSt 13
5:47
2nd & 7 at own 13
James Blackman pass complete to Auden Tate for 5 yds to the FlaSt 18
5:17
3rd & 2 at own 18
James Blackman pass incomplete to Ryan Izzo
Boston College Turnover on downs, 4 plays
5:00
1st & 10 at opp 46
Brown, Anthony pass incomplete to Smith, Jeff, PENALTY FLORIDAST pass interference (James, Derwin) 15 yards to the FLORIDAST31, NO PLAY, 1ST DOWN BOSTCOLL.
4:48
1st & 10 at opp 31
Jon Hilliman run for 1 yd to the FlaSt 30
4:25
2nd & 9 at opp 30
Anthony Brown pass incomplete to Tommy Sweeney
4:18
3rd & 9 at opp 30
Anthony Brown pass incomplete to Tommy Sweeney, broken up by Trey Marshall
4:18
4th & 9 at opp 30
Timeout BOSTON COLLEGE, clock 04:18
4:12
4th & 9 at opp 30
Anthony Brown pass incomplete to Kobay White
Florida State Field goal, 13 plays
4:02
1st & 10 at own 30
Cam Akers run for a loss of 1 yard to the FlaSt 29
3:22
2nd & 11 at own 29
James Blackman pass incomplete
3:15
3rd & 11 at own 29
James Blackman pass complete to Nyqwan Murray for 22 yds to the BC 49 for a 1ST down
2:46
1st & 10 at opp 49
James Blackman pass incomplete to Nyqwan Murray, broken up by Will Harris
2:39
2nd & 10 at opp 49
Amir Rasul run for 16 yds to the BC 33 for a 1ST down
2:10
1st & 10 at opp 33
Amir Rasul run for 2 yds to the BC 31
1:39
2nd & 8 at opp 31
James Blackman pass incomplete
1:33
3rd & 8 at opp 31
James Blackman pass incomplete to Amir Rasul
1:25
4th & 8 at opp 31
James Blackman pass complete to Ryan Izzo for 14 yds to the BC 17 for a 1ST down
1:04
1st & 10 at opp 17
James Blackman pass incomplete to Auden Tate
0:54
3rd & 12 at opp 19
Timeout FLORIDA ST, clock 00:54
0:48
3rd & 12 at opp 19
James Blackman pass incomplete
0:44
4th & 12 at opp 19
Ricky Aguayo 36 yd FG GOODBoston College 21, Florida State 3
Boston College End of half, 1 play
0:44
4th & 12 at own 35
Logan Tyler kickoff for 65 yds , Michael Walker return for 25 yds to the BC 25
0:42
1st & 10 at own 25
TEAM run for a loss of 2 yards to the BC 23
3rd quarter8 drives, then Boston College 35, Florida State 3
Florida State Punt, 3 plays
15:00
1st & 10 at own 35
Maximilian Schulze-Geisthovel kickoff for 65 yds for a touchback
14:50
1st & 10 at own 25
James Blackman pass complete to Cam Akers for a loss of 3 yards to the FlaSt 22
14:06
2nd & 13 at own 22
Cam Akers run for 2 yds to the FlaSt 24
13:43
3rd & 11 at own 24
James Blackman pass incomplete to Nyqwan Murray
13:31
4th & 11 at own 24
Logan Tyler punt for 53 yds , Michael Walker returns for 13 yds to the BC 36
Boston College Fumble, recovered, 5 plays
13:26
1st & 10 at own 36
AJ Dillon run for no gain to the BC 36
13:00
2nd & 10 at own 36
AJ Dillon run for 12 yds to the BC 48 for a 1ST down
12:44
1st & 10 at own 48
AJ Dillon run for 3 yds to the FlaSt 49
12:16
2nd & 7 at opp 49
Anthony Brown pass incomplete to Tommy Sweeney, broken up by Matthew Thomas
12:12
3rd & 7 at opp 49
Anthony Brown pass incomplete to Kobay White, broken up by Derwin James
12:02
4th & 7 at opp 49
Mike Knoll punt for 37 yds , Tarvarus McFadden returns for a loss of 1 yard to the FlaSt 11 Tarvarus McFadden fumbled, recovered by BC
Boston College Touchdown, 3 plays
11:57
1st & 10 at opp 11
AJ Dillon run for 7 yds to the FlaSt 4
11:31
2nd & 3 at opp 4
AJ Dillon run for 2 yds to the FlaSt 2
11:00
3rd & 1 at opp 2
AJ Dillon run for 2 yds for a TD, (Colton Lichtenberg KICK)Boston College 28, Florida State 3
Florida State Punt, 3 plays
11:00
3rd & 1 at own 35
Maximilian Schulze-Geisthovel kickoff for 65 yds , Amir Rasul return for 27 yds to the FlaSt 27
10:48
1st & 10 at own 27
Cam Akers run for 2 yds to the FlaSt 29
10:04
2nd & 8 at own 29
Cam Akers run for 5 yds to the FlaSt 34
9:40
3rd & 3 at own 34
James Blackman pass incomplete to Ryan Izzo
9:32
4th & 3 at own 34
Logan Tyler punt for 43 yds, fair catch by Michael Walker at the BC 23
Boston College Punt, 9 plays
9:19
1st & 10 at own 23
AJ Dillon run for 2 yds to the BC 25
8:58
2nd & 8 at own 25
Anthony Brown pass incomplete to Jon Hilliman
8:45
3rd & 8 at own 25
Anthony Brown pass complete to Tommy Sweeney for 8 yds to the BC 33 for a 1ST down
8:10
1st & 10 at own 33
AJ Dillon run for 3 yds to the BC 36
7:44
2nd & 7 at own 36
Jon Hilliman run for 2 yds to the BC 38
7:10
3rd & 5 at own 38
Anthony Brown pass incomplete to Jon Hilliman
7:03
4th & 5 at own 38
FLORIDA ST Penalty, Running Into Kicker (Emmett Rice) to the BC 43 for a 1ST down
6:58
1st & 10 at own 43
AJ Dillon run for 1 yd to the BC 44
6:28
2nd & 9 at own 44
AJ Dillon run for 4 yds to the BC 48
5:40
3rd & 5 at own 48
Anthony Brown pass incomplete
5:06
4th & 5 at own 48
Mike Knoll punt for 35 yds , D.J. Matthews returns for a loss of 2 yards to the FlaSt 15
Florida State Turnover on downs, 4 plays
4:58
1st & 10 at own 15
James Blackman pass incomplete to Ryan Izzo, broken up by Isaac Yiadom
4:35
2nd & 10 at own 15
Amir Rasul run for 9 yds to the FlaSt 24
4:08
3rd & 1 at own 24
Cam Akers run for no gain to the FlaSt 24
3:59
4th & 1 at own 24
Cam Akers run for no gain to the FlaSt 24
Boston College Touchdown, 8 plays
3:49
1st & 10 at opp 24
AJ Dillon run for 8 yds to the FlaSt 16
3:25
2nd & 2 at opp 16
AJ Dillon run for 3 yds to the FlaSt 13 for a 1ST down
2:54
1st & 10 at opp 13
AJ Dillon run for 1 yd to the FlaSt 12
2:17
2nd & 9 at opp 12
Anthony Brown run for 11 yds to the FlaSt 1 for a 1ST down
1:48
1st & goal at opp 1
AJ Dillon run for no gain to the FlaSt 1
1:27
2nd & goal at opp 1
AJ Dillon run for no gain to the FlaSt 1
0:56
3rd & goal at opp 1
AJ Dillon run for no gain to the FlaSt 1
0:20
4th & 0 at opp 1
Timeout BOSTON COLLEGE, clock 00:20
0:13
4th & goal at opp 1
Darius Wade run for 1 yd for a TD, (Colton Lichtenberg KICK)Boston College 35, Florida State 3
Florida State Punt, 3 plays
0:13
4th & 10 at own 35
Maximilian Schulze-Geisthovel kickoff for 65 yds for a touchback
0:04
1st & 10 at own 25
Cam Akers run for 6 yds to the FlaSt 31
Q4 14:52
2nd & 4 at own 31
Cam Akers run for 3 yds to the FlaSt 34
Q4 14:12
3rd & 1 at own 34
Cam Akers run for no gain to the FlaSt 34
Q4 13:29
4th & 1 at own 34
Logan Tyler punt for 45 yds, downed at the BC 21
4th quarter4 drives, then Boston College 35, Florida State 3
Boston College Punt, 3 plays
13:24
1st & 10 at own 21
AJ Dillon run for 6 yds to the BC 27
12:38
2nd & 4 at own 27
AJ Dillon run for a loss of 1 yard to the BC 26
11:54
3rd & 5 at own 26
AJ Dillon run for 2 yds to the BC 28
11:01
4th & 3 at own 28
Mike Knoll punt for 52 yds , D.J. Matthews returns for a loss of 2 yards to the FlaSt 26 FLORIDA ST Penalty, Offensive Holding (9 Yards) to the FlaSt 9
Florida State Punt, 5 plays
10:51
1st & 10 at own 9
James Blackman run for 2 yds to the FlaSt 11
10:10
2nd & 8 at own 11
James Blackman pass complete to Ermon Lane for 9 yds to the FlaSt 20 for a 1ST down
9:20
1st & 10 at own 20
James Blackman pass complete to Ryan Green for 5 yds to the FlaSt 25
8:58
2nd & 5 at own 25
James Blackman sacked by John Lamot for a loss of 12 yards to the FlaSt 13
8:21
3rd & 17 at own 13
James Blackman pass incomplete to Ermon Lane
8:14
4th & 17 at own 13
Logan Tyler punt for 38 yds, downed at the BC 49
Boston College Turnover on downs, 10 plays
8:08
1st & 10 at own 49
Jon Hilliman run for 5 yds to the FlaSt 46
7:37
2nd & 5 at opp 46
Jon Hilliman run for 4 yds to the FlaSt 42
6:55
3rd & 1 at opp 42
Jon Hilliman run for 2 yds to the FlaSt 40 for a 1ST down
6:02
1st & 10 at opp 40
Jon Hilliman run for 8 yds to the FlaSt 32
5:10
2nd & 2 at opp 32
Jon Hilliman run for 1 yd to the FlaSt 31
4:23
3rd & 1 at opp 31
Jon Hilliman run for 3 yds to the FlaSt 28 for a 1ST down
3:36
1st & 10 at opp 28
Jon Hilliman run for 1 yd to the FlaSt 27
2:37
2nd & 9 at opp 27
Jon Hilliman run for 1 yd to the FlaSt 26
1:56
3rd & 8 at opp 26
Jon Hilliman run for 5 yds to the FlaSt 21
1:20
4th & 3 at opp 21
Jon Hilliman run for no gain to the FlaSt 21
Florida State End of game, 3 plays
1:15
1st & 10 at own 21
Ryan Green run for 9 yds to the FlaSt 30
0:45
2nd & 1 at own 30
Ryan Green run for no gain to the FlaSt 30
0:06
3rd & 1 at own 30
Ryan Green run for 1 yd to the FlaSt 31 for a 1ST down
Play-by-play from CollegeFootballData.com, as its scorers wrote it. The clock is the time left in the quarter; the spot is from the side of the team with the ball.
RushingA.J. Dillon33 carries, 149 yards, 1 TDBoston College
Florida State
Boston College