Georgia Tech 37, Boston College 17
When: 3:00 PM ET, Saturday, October 20, 2012
Where: Bobby Dodd Stadium, Atlanta, Georgia
Temperature:
67°
Head Official:
Ron Cherry
Attendance:
40112
By SportsDirect Inc.
Georgia Tech 37, Boston College 17: Quarterbacks Tevin Washington and Vad Lee combined for four touchdowns, three of them on the ground, as the host Yellow Jackets overwhelmed the struggling Eagles.
Washington and Lee rushed for a combined 125 yards and Zach Laskey ran for 101 as Georgia Tech (3-4, 2-3 ACC) outgained Boston College by a whopping 391-32 margin on the ground in snapping a three-game losing streak.
Chase Rettig threw for 264 yards and a pair of touchdowns for the Eagles (1-6, 0-4), the last of which pulled his team within 31-17 with 13:02 to go.
Washington had TD runs of 12 yards and one yard to give Georgia Tech a 14-0 lead early in the second quarter. Lee capped a 10-play drive with a 24-yard scoring run to make it 21-3 with 3:33 left in the first half and then found Anthony Autry for a 45-yard touchdown pass on the first play of the Yellow Jackets' next possession.
Rettig tried to rally the Eagles, who have lost five in a row for the second time in three years. He hit Alex Amidon for a 40-yard score near the end of the third and Chris Pantale for a 12-yard TD early in the fourth to make it a 14-point game. Georgia Tech sealed the win with a 15-play drive that lasted over eight minutes and was capped by David Sims' 7-yard touchdown run.
GAME NOTEBOOK: Eagles K Nate Freese entered as one of four kickers in the country who had not missed an extra point or field goal in 2012, but he missed a 52-yard attempt on the final play of the first half. ... Washington and Lee combined to complete 6 of 14 passes for 172 yards. ... Washington moved past 2,000 rushing yards for his career to become the second player in school history with 2,500 passing yards and 2,000 rushing yards.
Top Game Performances
Rushing
Boston College |
|
Georgia Tech |
Andre Williams
|
Player |
Zach Laskey
|
11 |
Attempts |
17 |
51 |
Yards |
101 |
4.6 |
Avg Yards |
5.9 |
0 |
Touchdowns |
0 |
0 |
Long |
0 |
Receiving
Boston College |
|
Georgia Tech |
Alex Amidon
| Player |
B.J. Bostic
|
7 |
Receptions |
2 |
118 |
Yards |
66 |
16.9 |
Avg Yards |
33.0 |
1 |
Touchdowns |
0 |
0 |
Long |
0 |
Team Stats Summary
|
Yards |
Scoring |
Defense |
Team |
Tot |
Rus |
Pas |
TD |
FG |
INT |
Sck |
FF |
Boston College
|
296 |
32 |
264 |
2 |
1 |
0 |
0.0 |
2 |
Georgia Tech
|
563 |
391 |
172 |
5 |
1 |
1 |
2.0 |
2 |