Road dogs and short a starting quarterback and running back, Boston College lost their season finale at Virginia, 43-32. It was BC’s first ever loss to UVA, and it dropped the Eagles to 6-5 (5-5) as teams jockey for bowl positioning.
Dennis Grosel put up some gaudy numbers in relief of the injured Phil Jurkovec (32/46 520 yards 4 TDs), but a pair of interceptions deep in UVA territory doomed the Eagles. It should be noted that those 520 passing yards tied Grosel with Doug Flutie for BC’s single game record. Though the turnovers hurt, the BC defense was unable to contain quarterback Brennan Armstrong and the rest of the Cavalier offense.