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BOSTON COLLEGE 2012 FOOTBALL NOTES Boston College Media Relations • 321 Conte Forum • Chestnut Hill, MA • 02467 • 617-552-3004 bceagles.com • @BCFootballNews Schedule Game Information SEPTEMBER (0-1) BOSTON COLLEGE (0-1) VS. MAINE (0-0) Date Opponent TV Result/Time SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 8, 2012 • 1 P.M. ET 1 Miami* ABC/ESPN L, 41-32 8 Maine ESPN3 1 p.m. ALUMNI STADIUM (44,500) • CHESTNUT HILL, MASS. 15 at Northwestern Big Ten Network 3:30 p.m. Ryan Field, Evanston, Ill. 29 Clemson* Alumni Stadium MEDIA INFORMATION OCTOBER (0-0) Television: ESPN3 Play-by-play: Bob Picozzi | Analyst: Paul Maguire | Sideline: Cat Whitehill 6 at Army CBS Sports Network Noon Radio: Boston College IMG Sports Network, WEEI Sports Radio, AM 850, FM 93.7, Flagship Station Michie Stadium, West Point, N.Y. Play-by-play: Jon Meterparel | Analyst: Pete Cronan | Sideline: Brian St. Pierre 13 at Florida State* Doak Campbell Stadium Online: bceagles.com, weei.com | Mobile: WEEI application, iPhone & Android Tallahassee, Fla. O! cial Twitter News Feed: @BCFootballNews 20 at Georgia Tech* Bobby Dodd Stadium Atlanta, Ga. 27 Maryland* Alumni Stadium LAST TIME OUT NOVEMBER (0-0) CHESTNUT HILL, Mass. (Sept. 1, 2012) -- Junior quarterback Chase Rettig completed 32-of-51 passing attempts for a career-high 441 yards and two touchdowns and Boston College gained 542 yards of total 3 at Wake Forest* BB&T Field at Groves Stadium o! ense in a 41-32 loss to Miami in the season (and ACC) opener for both teams before 39,262 fans at Winston-Salem, N.C. Alumni Stadium. The host Eagles took an early 14-0 lead on touchdown drives on each of their " rst two 10 Notre Dame Alumni Stadium possessions before the visiting Hurricanes tied the score on consecutive touchdown scores of their own 17 Virginia Tech* Alumni Stadium 24 at North Carolina State* Carter-Finley Stadium in the " nal minute of the " rst quarter. Miami freshman running back Duke Johnson scored from 54 Raleigh, N.C. and 56 yards out for the Hurricanes, and Stephen Morris threw for 207 yards and a touchdown to lead Miami to the win. Trailing 31-23 with 1:18 left in the third quarter, the Eagles turned the ball over on * denotes ACC opponent consectuive drives to start the fourth quarter. That set up a " eld goal and touchdown to give Miami a All Times Eastern 41-23 lead. What's Inside ... THE LAST MEETING Media Information ........................................................................... 1-2 CHESTNUT HILL, Mass. (Sept. 30, 2006) -- Running back Andre Callender ran for 76 yards and quarter- Last Time Out .......................................................................................1 back Matt Ryan completed 15 of 26 passes for 182 yards before resting his sore ankle in the last series BC Quick Facts ......................................................................................2 as Boston College beat Maine 22-0. BC had risen as high as 18th in The Associated Press Top 25 before Football Sta! ........................................................................................2 losing to North Carolina State 17-15 on a 34-yard touchdown pass with 8.5 seconds left the week before. 2011 Results ........................................................................................3 Maine quarterback Ron Whitcomb completed 15 of 22 passes for 77 yards in the loss. Maine fumbled By the Numbers ...................................................................................3 " ve times and lost three of them. BC at a Glance .................................................................................. 3-4 Frank Spaziani File ...............................................................................4 Team Notes ..........................................................................................5 SERIES INFO League Standings .................................................................................5 Polls .....................................................................................................5 Saturday’s game marks the seventh meeting between Boston College and Maine. It marks the " rst Roster Info........................................................................................ 6-7 match-up between the teams since September 30, 2006, a 22-0 BC victory at Alumni Stadium in Chest- Injury Report ........................................................................................7 nut Hill, Mass. The Eagles are 3-3 in the all-time series between the teams that dates back to the 1913 2011 Game-by-Game Starters ............................................................ 8 season. BC and Maine squared o! against one another during the 1913, 1914, 1915, 1929, 1967 and 2011 Final Statistics ....................................................................9-15 2006 campaigns. The Eagles have won the last three matchups by a combined score of 120-0. Depth Chart .......................................................................................16 2 2012 BOSTON COLLEGE FOOTBALL NOTES BC Quick Facts Media Information UNIVERSITY INFORMATION PRIMARY CONTACTS Location: Chestnut Hill, Mass. Football Contact: Tim Clark Football Contact: Chris Cameron (Credentials, Spaziani) Founded: 1863 Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] Nickname: Eagles Phone: 617.552.8841 (O# ce); 857.233.3536 (Cell) Phone: 617.552.3004 (O# ce); 617.438.5896 (Cell) Colors: Maroon and Gold Enrollment: 9,099 (undergraduates), 14,460 (total) SUNDAY SPAZIANI CONFERENCE CALL Stadium: Alumni Stadium (Field Turf/44,500) President: Rev. William P. Leahy, SJ NCAA Faculty Representative: Robert Taggart Head coach Frank Spaziani conducts a media conference call each Sunday at 3 p.m. The call-in number is: 1-877-842- Associate Athletics Director/Football Operations: Barry Gallup 5648. The number for the playbacks is 1-888-266-2081. The access code for the Sept. 2 playback is: 955286 Associate Athletics Director/Media Relations: Chris Cameron Assistant Director/Media Relations: Tim Clark WEDNESDAY ACC TELECONFERENCE SCHEDULE Athletics Department Website: bceagles.com FOOTBALL INFORMATION Atlantic Coast Conference football coaches will be available for weekly teleconferences each Wednesday during the 2012 football season from 10:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m., beginning, August 29, and concluding November 21. Each coach will have 10 2011 Overall/ACC Record: 4-8/3-5 minutes to make an opemaguirning statement and answer questions. There will be an audio! le available of each teleconfer- Starters Returning/Lost: 19/5 ence on the Conference’s o" cial website--theACC.com--each Wednesday afternoon as well as a written transcript of the call. To O" ensive Starters from 2011 Returning/Lost: 11/2 access the call, which is for accredited members of the media only, the phone number is: 913-312-1472. Defensive Starters from 2011 Returning/Lost: 8/3 Lettermen Returning/Lost: 44/13 Media Phone Number: 913-312-1472 Captains: OT Emmett Cleary, DB Jim Noel, TE Chris Pantale, DT Kaleb Ramsey ACC ADVANCED MEDIA FTP SITE FOOTBALL STAFF ACC Broadcast media outlets will be able access ACC highlights and press conference excerpts via the ACC Video Clip Service Name (Alma Mater, Year) Title throughout the entire 2011-12 sports calendar. This video content will only be available for download in digital "les that Frank Spaziani (Penn State, ’62) ......................................... Head Coach can be accessed on the AVCS by registering through Scott McBurney at [email protected]. Doug Martin (Kentucky, ’85) ................................O! ensive Coord./QBs Bill McGovern (Holy Cross, ’85) .............................Defensive Coord./LBs Jim Bollman (Ohio University, ’77) ................OL/Running Game Coord. Atlantic Division Coastal Division Je! Comissiong (Maine, ’97) .............................................................DL Frank Spaziani, Boston College 10:30 Paul Johnson, Georgia Tech 11:30 Sean Desai (Boston University, ’04) ..........................RBs/Special Teams Dabo Swinney, Clemson 10:40 Larry Fedora, North Carolina 11:40 Sean Devine (Colby, ’94) ...................................................................TEs Aaron Smith (Connecticut, ’06) ......................................................WRs Jimbo Fisher, Florida State 10:50 Mike London, Virginia 11:50 Mike Siravo (Boston College, ’98) ....................... DBs/Recruiting Coord. Randy Edsall, Maryland 11:00 Frank Beamer, Virginia Tech 12:00 pm Al Washington (Boston College, ’06) .........Asst. Special Teams/Asst. DL Tom O’Brien, NC State 11:10 David Cutcli! e, Duke 12:10 pm Tom Bourdeau (Colby, ’07) .............................Graduate Asst. (Defense) Jim Grobe, Wake Forest 11:20 Al Golden, Miami 12:20 pm Rich Gunnell (Boston College, ’09) ..................Graduate Asst. (O! ense) Cory Martin (Kent State, ’11) ...........................Graduate Asst. (O! ense) Sean Welch (Bowdoin, ’09) ............................Graduate Asst. (Defense) THEACC.COM/MEDIA PROGRAM HISTORY The Atlantic Coast Conference’s of"cial website - theACC.com - is the source for complete ACC football information including A! liation: NCAA Division I standings, statistics, game previews, notes, videos and other information. The media section of theACC.com is dedicated to Conference: Atlantic Coast Conference First Season: 1893 speci"c needs of the media, including downloads of ACC and school logos and headshots of players and coaches. Total Seasons: 113 Overall Record: 624-445-37 COLLEGEPRESSBOX.COM Alumni Stadium Record (1957-present): 201-102-2 (.664)