Trent Steelman rushed for 141 yards and scored three times, including a decisive 29-yard touchdown run with 45 seconds left, and Army edged Boston College 34-31 yesterday in West Point to snap an eight-game losing streak.
Bruising fullback Larry Dixon had 128 yards rushing on just 13 carries and added another touchdown, and Daniel Grochowski kicked two field goals for Army (1-4), which finished with 516 yards rushing and held the ball for more than 37 minutes.
Raymond Maples led Army with 184 yards rushing 34 carries. It was the fourth game this season Army’s potent triple option has had two or more players go over 100 yards, the first time the Black Knights have accomplished that since 1948.
Boston College (1-4) awoke after a listless third quarter, scoring on a 24-yard run by Alex Amidon for a 31-27 lead with 6:11 left.
Stony Brook 49, Charleston So. 7
In Stony Brook, N.Y., Kyle Essington threw a career high five touchdowns, two of them to Kevin Norrell, who had a career high 214 receiving yards, to lead the Seawolves (5-1, 1-0 Big South) past Charleston Southern (1-4, 0-1).
Miguel Maysonet, who had a 1-yard touchdown run, finished with 88 yards on 11 carries, becoming Stony Brook’s and the Big South’s all-time leader rusher with 3,649 yards.
Wagner 12, Sacred Heart 3
In Fairfield, Conn., Dominique Williams ran for 122 yards and two touchdowns to help Wagner (3-3, 3-1 NEC) beat Sacred Heart (1-4, 1-2).
Sacred Heart got on the board with 2:15 left in the third quarter on a 20-yard field goal by Chris Rogers.
Lehigh 35, Columbia 14
In Bethlehem, Pa., Mike Colvin passed for four touchdowns and ran for a fifth as Lehigh (6-0) beat Columbia (1-3).
Marcorus Garrett rushed for 81 yards and scored Columbia’s only offensive touchdown on a 1-yard run.
Temple 37, South Florida 28
In Philadelphia, Marcus Green blocked a late field goal attempt and Montel Harris scored two touchdowns to lead Temple (2-2, 1-0 Big East) over South Florida (2-4, 0-2) in the Owls’ first game since reentering the Big East after being kicked out of the conference in 2004.