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Live Blog: Boston College Football at Stanford

The Boston College football program could start 1-0 in conference play with a road victory over the Cardinal this week.
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Boston College's Reed Harris, right, celebrates his touchdown with Turbo Richard during the second quarter 'in the game against Michigan State on Saturday, Sept. 6, 2025, at Spartan Stadium in East Lansing.
Boston College's Reed Harris, right, celebrates his touchdown with Turbo Richard during the second quarter 'in the game against Michigan State on Saturday, Sept. 6, 2025, at Spartan Stadium in East Lansing. | Nick King/Lansing State Journal / USA TODAY NETWORK via Imagn Images

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The Boston College football program is on a mission to capture its first road win of 2025 with a matchup against Stanford Saturday night—the first conference game for both teams.

Last Saturday, the Eagles (1-1) fell to Michigan State on the road by a final score of 42-40 in double overtime.

Through two games this year, redshirt-sophomore quarterback Dylan Lonergan, who transferred from Alabama to Chestnut Hill, Mass., in December and was named the starter by head coach Bill O'Brien during fall training camp, has improved BC’s offense through the air beyond measure.

Lonergan has passed for 658 yards and eight touchdowns with zero interceptions on a completion rate of 79.4 percent in the first two collegiate starts of his career. He became just the second Atlantic Coast Conference quarterback this century to manufacture eight passing touchdowns with no interceptions through the first two games of the season.

Saturday will mark the fifth all-time meeting between BC and the Cardinal (0-2). The series is tied, 2-2, and in the last matchup between the two programs—on Sept. 7, 2002—the Cardinal fell, 34-27.

Neither team has ever won as the visiting team in the series.

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Fourth Quarter:

  • FINAL: Stanford 30, Boston College 20. The Eagles fall to 1-2 on the season, while Stanford picks up its first win of the season. BC held a 17-6 lead with eight minutes left in the first half, but was outscored, 10-0, in the second half.
  • Following a BC punt on 4th-and-6 with 7:36 left in the fourth quarter, Stanford has drained the clock on its ensuing offensive drive, making it all the way down to the two-minute mark.
  • FIELD GOAL: Emmet Kenney makes it a two-possession lead with a successful 26-yard field goal. The air has gone completely out of BC's sails, but there is still time left with a manageable-enough deficit for the Eagles to stage a comeback. Stanford 30, Boston College 20. [11:26)
  • Daveon Crouch exited the game at the end of the fourth quarter due to a lower-body injury and is likely to miss the rest of the game, according to the broadcast booth. BC entered Saturday's matchup without two of its starting cornerbacks, Amari Jackson and Syair Torrence, and a starting defensive tackle, Owen Stoudmire.

Third Quarter:

  • Stanford's Zach Johnson sacked Dylan Lonergan for a loss of 11 yards on a 3rd-and-8 at the BC 16, leading to a Shamus Florio punt as the third-quarter clock expired. The Cardinal regains possesion with one quarter remaining at its 44.
  • TOUCHDOWN: Micah Ford follows up a 75-yard run with a five-yard rushing score. Ford now is up to 101 rushing yards and a rushing touchdown on nine carries for the Cardinal. Stanford 27, Boston College 20. [1:35]
  • Turbo Richard fumbles at the Stanford 1-yard line on 4th-and-1, and the Cardinal recover for a touchback. Bill O'Brien elected to go for it on fourth down after a three-yard pickup via a Dylan Lonergan completion to Jeremiah Franklin, but the Eagles turn the ball over. 2:32 left in the third quarter.
  • Redshirt-sophomore Ryan Mickow has replaced Jude Bowry at left tackle for the Eagles.
  • BC left tackle Jude Bowry has left the game to go to the locker room. His return is uncertain.
  • BC left tackle Jude Bowry appears to have suffered a leg injury. Trainers rushed to Bowry, who was able to leave the field on a limp with assistance.
  • The Eagles have swapped Dwayne Allick Jr. with Michael Crounse at center. Allick has had snap issues in all three of BC's games in 2025, and the mistakes have added up. Dylan Lonergan's fumble in the first half was largely due to a poor snap.

Second Quarter:

  • FIELD GOAL: Luca Lombardo locks up the score at 20 apiece with a 31-yard field goal, his second of the game, as the first-half clock expired. The Eagles will receive the ball after the half. Boston College 20, Stanford 20.
  • TOUCHDOWN: Collin Wright intercepts Dylan Lonergan for a 19-yard pick six. The Cardinal have now taken the lead in just a 19-second span at the end of the first half. Lonergan's first interception of the season comes at a major cost. Stanford 20, Boston College 17. [1:29]
  • TOUCHDOWN: Stanford capitalizes on BC's turnover with a 69-yard touchdown reception for tight end Sam Roush, who beat a defender and smoked the rest of the Eagles' secondary on his way into the endzone. Boston College 17, Stanford 13. [1:48]
  • Dylan Lonergan fumbles on Stanford's 24-yard line, which is recovered by Stan Patterson for a turnover. The Cardinal is faced with a 3rd-and-3 on its 31-yard line with 2:00 remaining in the first half following a TV timeout.
  • The Eagles stop Stanford's offense on 4th-and-5 on BC's 38-yard line for a turnover on downs.
  • TOUCHDOWN: Following a 46-yard dime from Dylan Lonergan to Reed Harris, Jordan McDonald rumbled into the endzone for a two-yard rushing touchdown. The Eagles have scored 17 unanswered points since their 6-0 deficit after the first quarter. Lombardo's second PAT of the game is good. Boston College 17, Stanford 6. [8:05]
  • TOUCHDOWN: Dylan Lonergan registers his ninth passing touchdown of the season on a wheel route to Turbo Richard, who caught the ball on the run and sprinted to the endzone for the 49-yard score, beating two defenders along the way. Boston College 10, Stanford 6. [10:43]
  • Stanford goes three-and-out and nearly turns the ball over on a Ty Clemons' forced fumble and ensuing fumble recovery by Daveon Crouch, but the play was reviewed and called an incomplete pass. Eagles ball at their 27-yard line.
  • Luca Lombardo knocks in a career-long 51-yard field goal to decrease the Eagles' deficit to three points. His previous career long was a 48-yarder, which he nailed in BC's Week Two loss at Michigan State last Saturday. Stanford 6, Boston College 3. [13:38]
  • The Eagles start the second quarter with the ball at Stanford's 47-yard line after back-to-back Dylan Lonergan completions, a 14-yard pass to Reed Harris and a 6-yarder to Lewis Bond. Bond came into this week as the nation's leader in receptions with 22.

First Quarter:

  • FIELD GOAL: Emmet Kenney notches his second field goal of the game on a 35-yarder from the left hash to give Stanford a six-point lead. On the Cardinal's last drive—its second of the game—Ben Gulbranson fired a 40-yard pass to Bryce Farrell for the program's longest completion of 2025 so far. Stanford 6, Boston College 0. [1:04]
  • BC is forced to punt on 4th-and-4 from its 29-yard line after a Dylan Lonergan scramble of four yards. Shamus Florio punted to Stanford's 42-yard line—just a 29-yard punt, Florio's shortest of the season.
  • BC is penalized on its first kickoff return of the game due to holding. The Eagles will start their first offensive possession of the game with the ball on their 11-yard line.
  • FIELD GOAL: After linebacker Owen McGowan tackled Stanford running back Micah Ford for a loss of two yards on 3rd-and-goal, the Cardinal knocked in a 23-yard field goal by Emmet Kenney. Stanford 3, Boston College 0. [7:10]

Pregame

  • Boston College won the toss and has deferred to the second half. Stanford will receive and BC will defend the north goal.
  • The Eagles have marched onto the field at Stanford Stadium ahead of 10:30 p.m. (EST) kickoff time.
  • BC linebackers Bryce Steele, Vaughn Pemberton, and Owen McGowan, and defensive linemen Quintayvious Hutchins, Chris Marable Jr., and E'Lla Boykin, who were all listed as probable in the ACC's initial injury report for the matchup this week, will be available tonight against Stanford.
  • BC has arrived at Stanford Stadium in Stanford, Calif., for pregame warmups. The sun is still up and glowing with the local time at 6 p.m. PT.
  • The Eagles are wearing white tops with gold bottoms for Saturday's matchup.

How to Watch

Who: Boston College Eagles and Stanford Cardinal

When: Saturday, Sept. 13 at 10:30 p.m. ET

Where: Stanford Stadium, Stanford, California

TV: ACC Network

Last Outing, Stanford: The Cardinal lost, 27-3, at BYU in Provo, Utah, on Saturday, Sept. 6.

Last Outing, Boston College: The Eagles were bested by Michigan State, 42-40, in double overtime in East Lansing, Mich., on Saturday, Sept. 6.

Last Meeting: The last time the programs met was on Sept. 7, 2002. Boston College beat Stanford, 34-27, at Alumni Stadium in Chestnut Hill, Mass.

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Graham Dietz
GRAHAM DIETZ

Graham Dietz is a 2025 graduate of Boston College and subsequently joined Boston College On SI. He previously served as an editor for The Heights, the independent student newspaper, from fall 2021, including as Sports Editor from 2022-23. Graham works for The Boston Globe as a sports correspondent, covering high school football, girls' basketball, and baseball. He was also a beat writer for the Chatham Anglers of the Cape Cod Baseball League in the summer of 2023.

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