For three and a half quarters, Boston College Football was right there with the defending national champions. The Eagles shut out the Clemson Tigers for the first quarter and took it to the locker room with only a 7-0 deficit — and let’s be honest, that was miraculous in itself.
But despite having the ball on Clemson’s side of the field repeatedly, the Eagles couldn’t manage to get any points off exceptional field position until AJ Dillon punched it in for a one yard score late in the third quarter after a drive that started on Clemson’s 37 yard line.