Blue & Gold Illustrated: America's Foremost Authority on Notre Dame Football
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BLUEGOLDONLINE.COM OCT. 18, 2025 41 OPPONENT ON DECK: BOSTON COLLEGE EAGLES Date: Nov. 1, 2025 Site (Capacity): Alumni Stadium (44,500) Kickoff: TBA All-time series: Notre Dame leads 18-9 Last meeting: Notre Dame 44, Boston College 0 (Nov. 19, 2022, at South Bend) 2025 Record To Date: 1-5 (0-4 ACC) Boston College head coach: Bill O'Brien (8-11, 2nd season) Season summary: Boston College and Michigan State played a thrilling, double-overtime game in Week 2 that ended in favor of the Spartans. Even in a losing 42-40 effort, the Eagles looked to be an intriguing team. But recent results suggest that exciting game may have just been a close matchup between two of the worst teams in their respective conferences. If a 10-point loss at Stanford wasn't embarrass- ing enough for BC one week later, a 41-point loss at Pittsburgh Oct. 4 illustrated just how far the Eagles are from being competitive in the ACC. Boston College relies way too much on redshirt sophomore quarterback Dylan Lonergan, an Ala- bama transfer, to carry an offense that has one of the worst rushing attacks in the country. Lonergan is capable of leading a good passing attack, but not for such a one-dimensional offense. BC 's pass-heavy offensive attack hasn't im- proved its pass defense on the practice field. The Eagles allowed true freshman quarterback Mason Heintschel to complete 73.2 percent of his passes for 323 yards with 4 touchdowns in his starting debut for Pitt. After winning seven games last season in his return to college football at Boston College, head coach Bill O'Brien will be lucky to match that total this year. O'Brien used his first stint as a college head coach at Penn State (2012-13) as a spring- board to an NFL head coaching job after two sea- sons. He will almost certainly be stuck trying to dig Boston College out a hole after two seasons with the Eagles. Redshirt sophomore quarterback Dylan Lonergan, an Alabama transfer, completed 67.4 percent of his passes for 1,277 yards with 9 touchdowns and 3 interceptions during Boston College's 1-4 start. PHOTO COURTESY BOSTON COLLEGE ATHLETICS On Deck 2025 BOSTON COLLEGE SCHEDULE Date Opponent (TV) Time (ET)/Result Aug. 30 Fordham W, 66-10 Sept. 6 at Michigan State L, 42-40 Sept. 13 at Stanford L, 30-20 Sept. 27 California L, 28-24 Oct. 4 at Pittsburgh L, 48-7 Oct. 11 Clemson L, 41-10 Oct. 18 Connecticut TBA Oct. 25 at Louisville TBA Nov. 1 Notre Dame TBA Nov. 8 SMU TBA Nov. 15 Georgia Tech TBA Nov. 29 at Syracuse TBA OFFENSE Pos. No. Name Ht. Wt. Yr. LT 71 Jude Bowry 6-5 315 R-Jr. 75 Pape Abdoulaye Sy 6-6 318 R-Fr. LG 56 Eryx Daugherty 6-3 310 R-So. 73 Tommy Matheson 6-3 303 R-Sr. C 77 Michael Crounse 6-4 317 R-So. 53 Dwayne Allick 6-2 301 Gr. RG 65 Logan Taylor 6-7 315 R-Sr. 52 Judah Pruitt 6-4 315 R-Fr. or 55 Robert Smith IV 6-3 310 Fr. RT 79 Kevin Cline 6-7 320 Gr. 58 Ryan Mickow 6-7 317 R-So. QB 9 Dylan Lonergan 6-2 211 R-So. 3 Grayson James 6-3 218 R-Sr. RB 2 Turbo Richard 5-8 207 So. 5 Jordan McDonald 6-1 211 Sr. TE 17 Jeremiah Franklin 6-3 244 Sr. 19 Ty Lockwood 6-4 245 R-So. WR 4 Reed Harris 6-5 217 R-So. 21 V.J. Wilkins 5-9 187 R-Jr. WR 11 Lewis Bond 5-11 190 R-Sr. 83 Luke McLaughlin 5-10 181 R-Sr. WR 88 Dawson Pough 6-0 193 Fr. 82 Ismael Zamor 6-0 193 R-Jr. DEFENSE Pos. No. Name Ht. Wt. Yr. DE 17 Edwin Kolenge 6-3 252 R-Jr. 41 Favor Bate 6-1 249 So. DT 55 Kwan Williams 6-2 318 Sr. 52 Chris Marable Jr. 6-2 305 R-So. DT 88 Sedarius McConnell 6-3 279 R-Sr. 90 Ty Clemons 6-3 288 R-Sr. DE 15 Quintayvious Hutchins 6-3 240 R-Sr. 53 E'Lla Boykin 6-3 241 So. LB 33 Owen McGowan 6-0 236 R-Sr. 26 Jason Hewlett Jr. 6-3 232 R-So. LB 1 Daveon Crouch 6-1 227 Sr. 8 Bryce Steele 6-1 224 R-Sr. NB 29 Cameron Martinez 5-10 188 Gr. 30 T.J. Green 5-10 176 Fr. CB 3 Max Tucker 5-11 191 Jr. 24 Amari Jackson 5-11 188 Sr. CB 16 Isaiah Farris 5-11 174 R-Jr. 35 Ashton McShane 5-11 194 So. S 0 Omar Thornton 5-11 201 So. 19 Marcelous Townsend 5-10 177 Fr. or 32 Charlie Comella 6-1 189 R-Fr. S 2 KP Price 6-1 200 Jr. 7 Carter Davis 6-1 190 R-So. S 7 Carter Davis 6-1 190 R-So. 32 Charlie Comella 6-1 189 R-Fr. BOSTON COLLEGE EAGLES TWO-DEEP DEPTH CHART Pos. No. Name Ht. Wt. Yr. K 99 Luca Lombardo 5-11 175 R-Jr. 95 Liam Connor 6-2 207 Sr. KO 99 Luca Lombardo 5-11 175 R-Jr. 95 Liam Connor 6-2 207 Sr. P 28 Shamus Florio 6-3 205 R-Sr. 25 Andy Quinn 6-4 199 Fr. Pos. No. Name Ht. Wt. Yr. LS 45 Ben Mann 6-5 232 R-Sr. or 49 Cooper Crook 6-4 219 R-Fr. H 28 Shamus Florio 6-3 205 R-Sr. 25 Andy Quinn 6-4 199 Fr. PR 16 Isaiah Farris 5-11 174 R-Jr. 29 Cameron Martinez 5-10 185 Gr. KR 30 T.J. Green 5-10 176 Fr. 24 Bo MacCormack III 5-10 198 Fr. SPECIAL TEAMS