After beginning the season with a 1-3 record, the Eagles have won three straight and will be hoping to maintain their momentum going into their final non-conference game of the ACC season. In addition, they want retribution for their first-ever loss to the Huskies in the 1908–1909 series, which occurred last year.
ESSENTIAL MATCHUP: The running game of Boston College against the defensive front of UConn. The Eagles are leading the ACC in rushing yards per game with an average of 210. The average amount of yards the Huskies are giving up is 156.
UConn: TB Cam Edwards, who, following the injury to start Victor Rosa, ran for 149 yards against South Florida. The second-year Huskie also hauled in four passes for fifteen yards and a touchdown. He was the first Husky since 2017’s Arkeel Newsome to rush for and catch a touchdown.
Boston College: With 628 rushing yards on 111 attempts, averaging just under 5.7 yards per carry, quarterback Thomas Castellanos leads the country in this category. He ranks eighth in the country with nine rushing touchdowns. After the most recent victory, the sophomore quarterback declared, “Boston College football is back.” “We are no longer the ACC’s or college football’s laughingstock. We seem to be doing well here.
Boston College will play its first home game since defeating Virginia 27–24 on September 30. Last season, the Huskies defeated Boston College 13-3, their first victory over the Eagles in the series that began in 1908 and their first over an ACC team since 2016. The last time the Eagles overcame a 1-3 start to advance to a bowl game was in 2017. Edwards is the most recent in a long line of running backs for UConn, which lost two important players in the middle of the season: Devontae Houston and Brian Brewton. .. Over 300 yards have been gained on the ground by the Eagles in their past two games. This season, it will be UConn’s third meeting with an ACC team.
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