2018 Boston College Eagles football team

The 2018 Boston College Eagles football team represented Boston College during the 2018 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Eagles played their home games at Alumni Stadium in Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts, and competed in the Atlantic Division of the Atlantic Coast Conference. They were led by sixth-year head coach Steve Addazio. They finished the season 7–5, 4–4 in ACC play to finish in fourth place in the Atlantic Division. They were invited to the First Responder Bowl against Boise State. With 5:08 left in the 1st quarter and BC leading 7–0, the bowl game was delayed and ultimately cancelled and ruled a no contest.

2018 Boston College Eagles football
First Responder Bowl vs. Boise State, (No contest, weather cancellation)
ConferenceAtlantic Coast Conference
DivisionAtlantic Division
2018 record7–5 (4–4 ACC)
Head coachSteve Addazio (6th season)
Offensive coordinatorScot Loeffler (3rd season)
Defensive coordinatorJim Reid (3rd season)
Home stadiumAlumni Stadium
(Capacity: 44,500)
Uniform
2018 Atlantic Coast Conference football standings
Conf  Overall
Team W L    W L 
Atlantic Division
No. 1 Clemson x$#^  8 –0     15 –0  
No. 15 Syracuse  6 –2     10 –3  
NC State  5 –3     9 –4  
Boston College  4 –4     7 –5  
Wake Forest  3 –5     7 –6  
Florida State  3 –5     5 –7  
Louisville  0 –8     2 –10  
Coastal Division
Pittsburgh x  6 –2     7 –7  
Georgia Tech  5 –3     7 –6  
Miami  4 –4     7 –6  
Virginia  4 –4     8 –5  
Virginia Tech  4 –4     6 –7  
Duke  3 –5     8 –5  
North Carolina  1 –7     2 –9  
Championship: Clemson 42, Pittsburgh 10
    1. – College Football Playoff champion
  • ^ – College Football Playoff participant
  • $ – Conference champion
  • x – Division champion/co-champions
Rankings from AP Poll

Previous season

The Eagles finished the 2017 season 7–6, 4–4 in ACC play to finish in a three-way tie for third place in the Atlantic Division. They were invited to the Pinstripe Bowl where they lost to Iowa.

Recruiting

Position key
Back B Center C Cornerback CB Defensive back DB
Defensive end DE Defensive lineman DL Defensive tackle DT End E
Fullback FB Guard G Halfback HB Kicker K
Kickoff returner KR Offensive tackle OT Offensive lineman OL Linebacker LB
Long snapper LS Punter P Punt returner PR Quarterback QB
Running back RB Safety S Tight end TE Wide receiver WR

Recruits

The Eagles signed a total of 20 recruits.

Preseason

Award watch lists

Listed in the order that they were released

Award Player Position Year
Lott Trophy[1] Zach Allen DE SR
Chuck Bednarik Award[2] Zach Allen DE SR
Lukas Denis S SR
Maxwell Award[3] A. J. Dillon RB SO
Doak Walker Award[4] A. J. Dillon RB SO
John Mackey Award[5] Tommy Sweeney TE JR
Jim Thorpe Award[6] Lukas Denis DB SR
Bronko Nagurski Trophy[7] Zach Allen DE SR
Lukas Denis DB SR
Outland Trophy[8] Chris Lindstrom OL SR
Paul Hornung Award[9] Michael Walker WR/KR SR
Wuerffel Trophy[10] Zach Allen DE SR
Walter Camp Award[11] A. J. Dillon RB SO
Ted Hendricks Award[12] Zach Allen DE SR

ACC media poll

The ACC media poll was released on July 24, 2018.

Media poll (Atlantic)
Predicted finish Team Votes (1st place)
1Clemson1,031 (145)
2Florida State789 (1)
3NC State712 (2)
4Boston College545
5Louisville422
6Wake Forest413
7Syracuse232

Schedule
DateTimeOpponentRankSiteTVResultAttendance
September 1 1:00 p.m. UMass*
ESPN appW 55–21 30,112
September 8 1:00 p.m. Holy Cross*
  • Alumni Stadium
  • Chestnut Hill, MA (rivalry)
ESPN appW 62–14 40,311
September 13 5:30 p.m.[lower-alpha 1] at Wake Forest
ESPN W 41–34 25,309
September 22 12:00 p.m. at Purdue*No. 23
ESPN2 L 13–30 47,119
September 29 12:00 p.m. Temple*
  • Alumni Stadium
  • Chestnut Hill, MA
ESPNU W 45–35 40,111
October 6 12:30 p.m. at No. 23 NC State
NESNL 23–28 57,241
October 13 12:30 p.m. Louisville
  • Alumni Stadium
  • Chestnut Hill, MA
NESNW 38–20 31,478
October 26 7:00 p.m. Miami (FL)
  • Alumni Stadium
  • Chestnut Hill, MA
ESPN W 27–14 41,892
November 3 3:45 p.m. at Virginia TechNo. 24
 ACCN W 31–21 65,632
November 10 8:00 p.m. No. 2 ClemsonNo. 17
 ABC L 7–27 44,500
November 17 3:30 p.m. at Florida StateNo. 22
 ESPN2 L 21–22 57,274
November 24 12:00 p.m. No. 19 Syracuse
  • Alumni Stadium
  • Chestnut Hill, MA (rivalry)
ESPN L 21–42 34,959
December 26 1:30 p.m. vs. No. 23 Boise State*
ESPN NC 7–0[lower-alpha 2]
  • *Non-conference game
  • Homecoming
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game
  • All times are in Eastern time
  1. The Wake Forest game was originally scheduled for 7:30 p.m., but the game was moved up to 5:30 p.m. in anticipation of Hurricane Florence.[13]
  2. The First Responder Bowl was cancelled due to inclement weather. Boston College was leading.[14]
Schedule Source:[15]

Game summaries

UMass
1 2 3 4 Total
Minutemen 7 0 0 14 21
Eagles 14 34 0 7 55
See also: 2018 UMass Minutemen football team and Boston College–UMass football rivalry
Overall record Last meeting Result
20–5 2016 W, 26–7

In the Battle of the Bay State, BC used their RB A. J. Dillon early and often and cruised to an opening day victory

Holy Cross
1 2 3 4 Total
Crusaders 0 0 7 7 14
Eagles 21 13 14 14 62
See also: 2018 Holy Cross Crusaders football team and Boston College–Holy Cross football rivalry
Overall record Last meeting Result
48–31–3 1986 W, 56–26

QB Anthony Brown continued his stellar start to the season and led BC to an easy win over FCS Holy Cross

at Wake Forest
1 2 3 4 Total
Eagles 7 14 7 13 41
Demon Deacons 7 14 3 10 34
See also: 2018 Wake Forest Demon Deacons football team
Overall record Last meeting Result
13–10–2 2017 L, 10–34

In a redemption game from last season, Anthony Brow threw for a career high 5 touchdowns in BC’s ACC opening win over Wake Forest. BC would get into the AP Poll at #23 the next day

at Purdue
1 2 3 4 Total
No. 23 Eagles 7 0 0 6 13
Boilermakers 7 16 7 0 30
See also: 2018 Purdue Boilermakers football team
Overall record Last meeting Result
First meeting

In their first game as a ranked team since 2009, the Eagles excitement got the better of them as they lost for the first time this season to winless Purdue. It knocked BC out of the rankings

Temple
1 2 3 4 Total
Owls 14 7 7 7 35
Eagles 13 18 7 7 45
See also: 2018 Temple Owls football team
Overall record Last meeting Result
28–7–2 2004 W, 34–17

A. J. Dillon led his team to a bounce back win over Temple with two touchdowns as the Eagles stayed undefeated at Alumni Stadium in 2018

at NC State
1 2 3 4 Total
Eagles 3 0 7 13 23
No. 23 Wolfpack 7 14 7 0 28
See also: 2018 NC State Wolfpack football team
Overall record Last meeting Result
9–6 2017 L, 14–17

Despite causing turnovers in Raleigh, the Eagles offense could not answer without Dillon and lost their first ACC game of 2018 to the Wolfpack

Louisville
1 2 3 4 Total
Cardinals 13 7 0 0 20
Eagles 14 10 0 14 38
See also: 2018 Louisville Cardinals football team
Overall record Last meeting Result
4–6 2017 W, 45–42

In a must win ACC game, BC would jump out to an early 14-0 lead. Sloppy play and miscues allowed Louisville to take a 20-14 lead in the half. But BC used a blocked punt TD to retake the lead and would score the final 24 points of the game to defeat the Cardinals and get to the off week with a 5-2 record

Miami (FL)
1 2 3 4 Total
Hurricanes 7 7 0 0 14
Eagles 14 3 10 0 27
See also: 2018 Miami Hurricanes football team
Overall record Last meeting Result
5–24 2012 L, 32–41

In the 5th edition of the Red Bandanna Game, A. J. Dillon returned to give the Eagles and their wild crowd their best victory over the season over the #25 Hurricanes. Anthony Brown also had two TDs (1 Pass 1 Rush) and BC’s defense caused two interceptions in the second half that led to 10 points

at Virginia Tech
1 2 3 4 Total
No. 24 Eagles 7 0 14 10 31
Hokies 7 7 0 7 21
See also: 2018 Virginia Tech Hokies football team and Boston College–Virginia Tech football rivalry
Overall record Last meeting Result
8–18 2017 L, 10–23

The Eagles visited Virginia Tech and pulled out a 31–21 victory. Sophomore Travis Levy gave BC a boost with two rushing TDs in the second half after falling behind 14–7. A. J. Dillon left the game with an injury

Clemson
1 2 3 4 Total
No. 2 Tigers 10 3 7 7 27
No. 17 Eagles 7 0 0 0 7
See also: 2018 Clemson Tigers football team and O'Rourke–McFadden Trophy
Overall record Last meeting Result
9–16–2 2017 L, 7–34

In what was deemed the biggest game of the year for the Boston College Eagles, the defense played a role in holding Clemson to a 13-7 lead at halftime. But without Anthony Brown, who was injured on BC’s first possession of the game, the Eagles could not muster enough offense and dropped a tough matchup to the second ranked Tigers

at Florida State
1 2 3 4 Total
No. 20 Eagles 0 7 7 7 21
Seminoles 0 6 7 9 22
See also: 2018 Florida State Seminoles football team
Overall record Last meeting Result
5–11 2017 W, 35–3

The Eagles were big favorites even after a tough loss last week. But with both Brown and Dillon not one hundred percent, the Eagles offense struggled and the Seminoles picked up a late TD pass in the final two minutes of regulation to get an upset

Syracuse
1 2 3 4 Total
No. 19 Orange 14 14 7 7 42
Eagles 7 7 7 0 21
See also: 2018 Syracuse Orange football team and Boston College–Syracuse football rivalry
Overall record Last meeting Result
20–31 2017 W, 42–14

Eric Dungey was in full form even after getting injured against Notre Dame the week before and the Eagles could not stop him or the Orange offense in another lackluster game for the Eagles. Brown accounted for all of BC’s touchdowns but Dillon was still banged up and BC finished the regular season 7–5 for the third straight year

vs. Boise State (First Responder Bowl)
1 2 3 4 Total
Eagles 7 7
No. 23 Broncos 0 0
See also: 2018 Boise State Broncos football team and 2018 First Responder Bowl
Overall record Last meeting Result
1–0 2005 W, 27–21

With Boston College leading 7–0 with 5:08 remaining in the 1st quarter, the game was delayed due to inclement weather. After an hour and a half delay, the game was cancelled and ruled a no contest[16]

A. J. Dillon scored on the Eagles' first possession; a 19-yard touchdown run. He had 33 yards on six carries. Anthony Brown was 4-for-6 passing for 54 yards, while Kobay White made two catches for 35 yards.

Rankings
Further information: 2018 NCAA Division I FBS football rankings
Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking. ██ Decrease in ranking.
NR = Not ranked. RV = Received votes. т = Tied with team above or below. ( ) = First place votes.
Week
Poll Pre 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 Final 
AP RV RV RV 23 NR RV NR NR RV 24 17 22 NR NR NR  
Coaches RV RV RV 25 RV RV NR RV NR 25 14 22 RV NR NR  
CFP Not released 22 17 20 NR NR NR Not released

Roster
2018 Boston College Eagles football team roster
Players Coaches
Offense
Pos.#NameClass
WR 1 Elijah Robinson Sr
RB 2 A. J. Dillon So
WR 3 Michael Walker Sr
QB 4 E. J. Perry So
WR 6 Jeff Smith Sr
QB 7 Matt Valecce Fr
WR 9 Kobay White  So
QB 10 Matt McDonald  Fr
WR 11 C. J. Lewis So
QB 13 Anthony Brown  So
RB 15 John Fadule Sr
WR 17 Aidan Hegarty  So
WR, RB 19 Ben Glines  Jr
QB 20 Dennis Grosel  Fr
QB 21 Johnny Langan Fr
RB 23 Travis Levy So
RB 38 Peter Stehr Fr
RB 39 Andrew Strader  Jr
TE 41 Joey Luchetti Fr
RB 42 Javian Dayne Fr
TE 43 Tito Pasqualoni Fr
TE 44 Brenden Smith Fr
FB 47 Colton Cardinal Sr
OL 52 Cam Reddy Fr
OL 55 Wyatt Knopfke  Jr
OL 56 Adam Korutz  So
OL 64 Ben Petrula So
OL 65 Thomas Shelmire Fr
OL 66 Anthony Palazzolo  Jr
OL 67 Aaron Monteiro Sr
OL 69 Eddy Fish  So
OL 70 John Phillips  Jr
OL 71 Nate Emer  Fr
OL 72 Alec Lindstrom  Fr
OL 73 Sam Schmal  Sr
OL 74 Finn Dirstine Fr
OL 75 Chris Lindstrom Sr
OL 76 Elijah Johnson  So
OL 77 John Baker  Sr
OL 78 Tyler Vrabel Fr
OL 79 Sean Ragan  So
TE 80 Hunter Long  Fr
TE 81 Chris Garrison  Jr
WR 83 Jehlani Galloway Fr
TE 84 Jake Burt  Jr
TE 85 Korab Idrizi Jr
TE 86 Ray Marten Jr
WR 87 Noah Jordan-Williams  Fr
TE 88 Patrick Brown  Fr
TE 89 Tommy Sweeney  Sr
 Defense
Pos.#NameClass
DE 2 Zach Allen Sr
DB 4 Hamp Cheevers Jr
DB 5 Nolan Borgersen  Jr
DB 7 Tate Haynes  Fr
DB 8 Will Harris Sr
DB 10 Brandon Sebastian  Fr
DE 11 Wyatt Ray Sr
LB 13 Connor Strachan  Sr
LB 14 Max Richardson  So
LB 16 Davon Jones  Jr
DB 18 Mike Palmer  So
DB 20 Elijah Jones Fr
DB 21 Lukas Denis Sr
DB 24 Taj-Amir Torres Sr
DB 25 Mehdi El Attrach Jr
LB 28 John Lamot  So
DB 29 Tyler Days Fr
DB 30 Jahmin Muse  Fr
LB 32 Nick DeNucci Fr
LB 33 Curt Bletzer  So
LB 34 Joseph Sparacio Fr
DB 35 Aaron Gethers Fr
LB 36 Paul Theobald Jr.  Fr
DB 37 Ezechiel Tieide Fr
DB 38 Jason Maitre Fr
LB 41 Thomas Hovsepian  Fr
LB 43 Isaiah Miranda  So
DL 44 Brandon Barlow  So
DB 45 Ben Stewart  Fr
LB 46 Jimmy Martin  Jr
DL 48 Tanner Karafa  Jr
LB 49 Kevin Bletzer  Sr
LB 50 Doug Rodier  So
LB 51 Hugh Davis Fr
LB 54 Evan Stewart Fr
LB 55 Isaiah McDuffie So
LB 57 Ryan Whittelsey  Fr
LB 58 Reggie Terry Jr.  Fr
DL 90 Bryce Morais  So
DT 91 Jaleel Berry  Fr
DE 93 Drew McQuarrie  Fr
DT 94 Ryan Betro Fr
DL 95 Taylor Hill  So
DT 96 Ray Smith Sr
DE 97 Marcus Valdez  Fr
DT 98 Kyiey Bennermon Fr
DT 99 T. J. Rayam So
 Special teams
Pos.#NameClass
P 34 Garrett Reilly Fr
K 37 Danny Longman Fr
P 95 Grant Carlson  So
K, P 98 John Tessitore Fr
K 99 Colton Lichtenberg Sr
Head coach
Coordinators/assistant coaches
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  • Injured
  • Redshirt

Roster
Last update: August 22, 2018

2019 NFL Draft
Main article: 2019 NFL Draft
PlayerTeamRoundPick #Position
Chris LindstromAtlanta Falcons1st14G
Zach AllenArizona Cardinals3rd65DE
Will HarrisDetroit Lions3rd81stS
Tommy SweeneyBuffalo Bills7th228thTE
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  14. First Responder Bowl: Boise State vs. Boston College canceled, ruled no contest due to inclement weather
  15. "2018 Boston College Eagles Football Schedule". FB Schedules. Retrieved January 27, 2018.
  16. https://www.cbssports.com/college-football/news/first-responder-bowl-boise-state-vs-boston-college-canceled-ruled-no-contest-due-to-inclement-weather/
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