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Boston College rallies for 23-19 victory over Michigan State in Red Bandanna Game

Boston College rallies for 23-19 victory over Michigan State in Red Bandanna Game




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By JIMMY GOLEN





BOSTON (AP) — Thomas Castellanos hit Lewis Bond for a 42-yard touchdown pass with 88 seconds left and Boston College rallied to beat Michigan State 23-19 on Saturday night for an emotional victory in the Eagles’ annual Red Bandanna Game.

Bond caught six passes for 102 yards, grabbing the game-winner for the Eagles (3-1) at the Spartans’ 13 and then crossing the field before strutting into the end zone – the sixth lead change of the game.

Aidan Chiles led Michigan State into Boston College territory before he was picked off by Max Tucker at the back of the end zone, and the Eagles ran out the rest of the clock. The Boston College students stormed the field in celebration and milled around in the drenching rain as the band played the school’s fight song, “For Boston.”

Treshaun Ward ran for 102 yards on 14 carries, including a 36-yard touchdown run that gave Boston College a 16-13 lead early in the third quarter. Jonathan Kim kicked four field goals for Michigan State, making a 51-yarder to it 16-all in the third quarter and a 27-yarder to give the Spartans (3-1) the lead with 4:12 to go.

Castellanos, who completed 10-of-16 passes for 140 yards, led the Eagles across midfield before finding Bond for the touchdown.

Chiles was 17-of-35 for 241 yards, but he also threw three interceptions.

Red Bandana

Boston College improved to 5-6 in the Red Bandanna Game, which honors the memory of Welles Crowther. The former Eagles lacrosse player, who was known for always carrying a red bandanna, died while rescuing more than a dozen people in the South Tower of the World Trade Center on Sept. 11.

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