The 12th-ranked Notre Dame Fighting Irish take on the 1-7 Boston College Eagles this Saturday afternoon coming out of their second bye week of the regular season. The Irish are currently riding a five-game win streak while the Eagles haven't picked up a win since their week one opener against the Fordham Rams. From here on out, Notre Dame being evaluated on winning out and looking good doing so; first up on the list is Boston College.
Location: Alumni Stadium (Chestnut Hill, MA)
Date: Saturday - November 1
Time: 3:30 PM ET
TV: ESPN
Line: Notre Dame -28.5; O/U 58.5 (FanDuel)
Let's kick off our preview of this matchup with an overview look at the Boston College Eagles:
HEAD COACH - Bill O'Brien
Overall Record: 23-22
Record at Boston College: 8-13
Bill O'Brien took over the Boston College program to start the 2024 season where he had a promising first season at Chestnut Hill. They finished the season 7-5 and played Nebraska in the Pinstripe Bowl but unfortunately lost 20-15. In the regular season, O'Brien picked up some good wins over Michigan State at home, Syracuse and Pitt. Their losses were relatively close and the team battled throughout the 60-minute affair. The expectation heading into 2025 was around improvement and turning some of those one possession losses into wins. So far, that hasn't been the case for the Eagles in 2025.
O'Brien is currently sitting at 1-7 this season and have already been eliminated from post-season play and still have Notre Dame, SMU, Georgia Tech and Syracuse remaining on their schedule. Since the start of October, all of their losses have been by double digits, and unless things turnaround in November, I could see that trend continuing throughout the rest of the regular season.
Offensive Coordinator: Will Lawing (2nd season)
Defensive Coordinator: Tim Lewis (2nd season)
BOSTON COLLEGE 2025 SCHEDULE
2025 STATISCIAL OVERVIEW
STATISTICAL LEADERS
Rushing: RB Turbo Richard - 88 att., 431 yards, 4.9 YPC, 5 TD; RB Jordan McDonald - 69 att., 301 yards, 4.4 YPC, 1 TD; QB Grayson James - 31 att., 61 yards, 2.0 YPC
Passing: QB Dylan Lonergan - 132-197, 67.0%, 1,394 yards, 7.1 YPA, 9 TD, 3 INT, 138.5 Rating; QB Grayson James - 46-88, 52.3%, 668 yards, 7.6 YPA, 6 TD, 3 INT, 131.7 Rating
Receiving: WR Lewis Bond - 56 rec., 547 yards, 9.8 YPC, 1 TD; WR Reed Harris - 24 rec., 390 yards, 16.3 YPC, 3 TD; TE Jeremiah Franklin - 31 rec., 321 yards, 10.4 YPC, 2 TD; TE Kaelen Chudzinski - 15 rec., 216 yards, 14.4 YPC, 3 TD; RB Turbo Richard - 19 rec., 175 yards, 9.2 YPC, 2 TD; WR Dawson Pough - 9 rec., 145 yards, 16.1 YPC, 1 TD
Tackles: S KP Price - 63; S Omar Thornton - 54; CB Carter Davis - 43; LB Owen McGowan - 39; DT Sedarius McConnell - 22; DE Edwin Kolenge - 22; DE Quintayvious Hutchins - 20
Tackles For Loss: DT Sedarius McConnell - 6.5; S Omar Thornton - 6.0; LB Owen McGowan - 4.0; DE Quintayvious Hutchins - 3.0; S KP Price - 3.0
Interceptions: S KP Price - 2; CB Max Tucker - 1; S Omar Thornton - 1; LB Daveon Crouch - 1
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