Boston College Edges Northern Illinois

BOSTON (AP) — Troy Flutie threw a touchdown pass in his first career start and Jon Hilliman had a tiebreaking 21-yard scoring run to lift Boston College to a 17-14 win over Northern Illinois on Saturday.

Flutie, the nephew of 1984 Heisman Trophy winner Doug Flutie, a Boston College graduate, completed 5 of 11 passes for 92 yards with one interception. It was his second career TD toss. His uncle had 67 from 1981-84.

Hilliman carried 24 times for 119 yards for the Eagles (3-1).

Joel Bouagnon rushed for 56 yards on 16 attempts, including a 2-yard TD for Northern Illinois (2-2). Drew Hare completed 11 of 25 passes for 81 yards and Aregeros Turner took a kickoff back 86 yards for a TD.

The Huskies moved to BC's 35 in the closing two minutes, but their drive stalled with three straight incompletions.

It was just the second ever meeting between the schools.
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