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No. 13 Wake Forest Bullies BC as Hartman Accounts for 6 TDs

No. 13 Wake Forest Bullies BC as Hartman Accounts for 6 TDs



Reinhold Matay-USA TODAY Sports



Football


By BOB SUTTON





WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. (AP) There’s so much belief in Sam Hartman that Wake Forest players want to follow his lead.

That worked well again as the redshirt junior quarterback threw five touchdown passes and ran for another score to lead No. 13 Wake Forest past Boston College 43-15 on Saturday.

”Sam has set that standard higher,” said wide receiver Taylor Morin. ”We go out there and try to help him. Sam is what makes us go.”

The Demon Deacons (6-1, 2-1 Atlantic Coast Conference) looked crisp in their third consecutive victory.

All of Hartman’s touchdown throws – including two each to Morin and Jahmal Banks – were to receivers already in the end zone. A few times there was significant defensive traffic.

”Just the trust,” Banks said. ”I trust him. He trusts me. He trusts all (the receivers).”

Hartman completed 25 of 40 passes for 313 yards. His 2-yard run gave Wake Forest its fifth touchdown and he added a two-point conversion pass in the final minute of the third quarter.

Phil Jurkovec threw for a touchdown and ran for another for Boston College (2-5, 1-4), which hasn’t defeated a Top 25 opponent since 2018. The Eagles fell to No. 5 Clemson two weeks ago.

Boston College’s Zay Flowers caught 10 passes for 135 yards, including a 61-yard touchdown catch. Jurkovec was 20-for-38 passing for 221 yards.

Hartman threw scoring passes of 12 yards to Banks in the first quarter and 12 yards to Morin and 13 yards to A.T. Perry in the second quarter. Morin caught a 4-yard toss in the third quarter and Banks…

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