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The Boston College football team made themselves the answer to a weird trivia question yesterday, as they became the first ACC team to win a game after finishing with negative rushing yards in ten years. According to College Football Reference, the last time it happened was Florida State picking up -15 yards in a win over Virginia Tech.
Oddly enough, it wasn’t the first time it happened in FBS this year:
Per @collegefb_ref, Boston College's minus-1 rushing yards in its 21-20 defeat of N.C. State today mean ...
— Patrick Stevens (@D1scourse) November 13, 2022
* It is the second FBS team this season to win with negative rushing yards (Fresno State vs. San Diego State, Oct. 29)
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The Eagles gained a grand total of 46 positive rushing yards - 15 total by running backs, all by Alex Broome, on 6 attempts. Pat Garwo had 4 attempts for a total of -6 yards. Emmett Morehead ran for 31, while he also lost 32 via sacks.
A total of 8 handoffs is generally not a recipe for road success, but Emmett Morehead and the receivers delivered enough for BC to pick up the upset, with Morehead throwing 48 times.
A far cry from ‘pound the rock.’ It’s obviously not a good thing to have the running game continue to struggle, but certainly impressive for BC to overcome that and win anyway.
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