Stanford Holds Off Boston College 30-20 in Week 3
Stanford defeated Boston College 30-20 on Saturday in a second-quarter shootout that decided the game. The Cardinal scored 14 points in the second quarter alone, while the Eagles put up all 20 of their points in that same quarter.
Dylan Lonergan led Boston College's offense with 333 passing yards and found Turbo Richard for an 49-yard touchdown reception. However, Lonergan's two turnovers in the second quarter proved costly—an interception returned for a touchdown by Collin Wright and a fumble that derailed another drive.
Stanford's Ben Gulbranson connected with Sam Roush on a 69-yard touchdown pass, and the Cardinal's defense made the critical plays when it mattered most. Micah Ford added a dominant 75-yard run in the third quarter that set up Stanford in the red zone.
The game exceeded the over-under of 44.5 points and Stanford covered the 14-point spread. Stanford controlled the second half with a 10-point advantage, allowing Boston College no points after halftime.
AI-generated recap · Aug 16, 2026
| Team | 1Q | 2Q | 3Q | 4Q | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Boston College | 0 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 20 |
 Stanford | 6 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 30 |
Scoring Timeline
Drive Chart
Box Score
| Statistic | Boston College | Stanford |
|---|---|---|
| Passing | 30-44 | 13-22 |
| Pass Yards | 333 | 186 |
| Rush Yards | 56 | 223 |
| Total Yards | 389 | 409 |
| Turnovers | 3 | 0 |
| 3rd Down | 5-13 | 5-14 |
| Penalties | 5-30 | 4-30 |
| Possession | 28:16 | 31:44 |
Player Leaders
Player Leaders
Play-by-Play
Ben Gulbranson pass complete to Bryce Farrell for 14 yds to the STAN 39 for a 1ST down
Micah Ford run for no gain to the STAN 39
Micah Ford run for 2 yds to the STAN 41
Ben Gulbranson pass complete to Caden High for 20 yds to the BC 39 for a 1ST down
Tuna Altahir run for 4 yds to the BC 35
Tuna Altahir run for no gain to the BC 35
Ben Gulbranson run for 7 yds to the BC 28 for a 1ST down
Cole Tabb run for 4 yds to the BC 24
Cole Tabb run for 13 yds to the BC 11 for a 1ST down
Cole Tabb run for 5 yds to the BC 6
Micah Ford run for 3 yds to the BC 3
Micah Ford run for a loss of 2 yards to the BC 5
Emmet Kenney 23 yd FG GOOD
Emmet Kenney kickoff for 65 yds , VJ Wilkins return for 21 yds to the BC 44 Boston College Penalty, (10 Yards) to the BC 11
Turbo Richard run for no gain to the BC 11
Dylan Lonergan pass complete to Jeremiah Franklin for 5 yds to the BC 16
Dylan Lonergan pass complete to Jeremiah Franklin for 7 yds to the BC 23 for a 1ST down
Turbo Richard run for 2 yds to the BC 25
Dylan Lonergan pass complete to Turbo Richard for no gain to the BC 25
Dylan Lonergan run for 4 yds to the BC 29
Shamus Florio punt for 30 yds, punt out-of-bounds at the STAN 41
Ben Gulbranson pass complete to Bryce Farrell for 40 yds to the BC 19 for a 1ST down
Cole Tabb run for 1 yd to the BC 18
Ben Gulbranson pass incomplete to Sam Roush
Ben Gulbranson pass complete to C.J. Williams for 1 yd to the BC 17
Emmet Kenney 35 yd FG GOOD
Turbo Richard run for 8 yds to the BC 33
Dylan Lonergan pass complete to Reed Harris for 14 yds to the BC 47 for a 1ST down
Dylan Lonergan pass complete to Lewis Bond for 6 yds to the STAN 47
Dylan Lonergan pass complete to Lewis Bond for 11 yds to the STAN 36 for a 1ST down
Dylan Lonergan pass complete to Zeke Moore for 4 yds to the STAN 32
Dylan Lonergan pass incomplete to Turbo Richard
Dylan Lonergan pass incomplete to Jeremiah Franklin
Luca Lombardo 51 yd FG GOOD
Luca Lombardo kickoff for 59 yds , Cole Tabb return for 14 yds to the STAN 20
Ben Gulbranson pass incomplete to Cole Tabb
Micah Ford run for 1 yd to the STAN 21
Ben Gulbranson sacked by Ty Clemons for a loss of 2 yards to the STAN 21 Ben Gulbranson fumbled, recovered by BC Daveon Crouch , return for 0 yards
Aidan Flintoft punt for 52 yds
Dylan Lonergan pass complete to Jordan McDonald for 10 yds to the BC 37 for a 1ST down
Jordan McDonald run for 1 yd to the BC 38
Dylan Lonergan pass complete to Lewis Bond for 9 yds to the BC 47 for a 1ST down
Jordan McDonald run for 4 yds to the STAN 49
Dylan Lonergan pass complete to Turbo Richard for 49 yds for a TD (Luca Lombardo KICK)
Luca Lombardo kickoff for 58 yds , Cole Tabb return for 15 yds to the STAN 22
Ben Gulbranson pass incomplete to Sam Roush
Micah Ford run for 4 yds to the STAN 26
Ben Gulbranson pass incomplete to Marcus Brown
PENALTY STAN False Start (Richardson,Cam) 5 yards from STAN26 to STAN21. NO PLAY.
Aidan Flintoft punt for 53 yds
(09:38) PENALTY BC False Start (Taylor,Logan) 5 yards from BC26 to BC21. NO PLAY.
Dylan Lonergan pass complete to Reed Harris for 24 yds to the BC 45 for a 1ST down
Jordan McDonald run for 7 yds to the STAN 48
Dylan Lonergan pass complete to Reed Harris for 46 yds to the STAN 2 for a 1ST down
Jordan McDonald run for 2 yds for a TD (Luca Lombardo KICK)
Ben Gulbranson pass complete to Benji Blackburn for 8 yds to the STAN 33
Micah Ford run for 13 yds to the STAN 46 for a 1ST down
Ben Gulbranson pass complete to Bryce Farrell for 11 yds to the BC 43 for a 1ST down
Ben Gulbranson pass complete to Sam Roush for 6 yds to the BC 37
Ben Gulbranson pass incomplete to Micah Ford
Sedrick Irvin run for a loss of 1 yard to the BC 38
Ben Gulbranson pass complete to Caden High for 2 yds to the BC 36
Turbo Richard run for 8 yds to the BC 44
Dylan Lonergan pass complete to Jeremiah Franklin for 13 yds to the STAN 43 for a 1ST down
Turbo Richard run for 3 yds to the STAN 40
Dylan Lonergan pass complete to Turbo Richard for 23 yds to the STAN 17 for a 1ST down
Dylan Lonergan run for a loss of 7 yards to the STAN 24 Dylan Lonergan fumbled, recovered by BC Clay Patterson
Ben Gulbranson pass complete to Bryce Farrell for 3 yds to the STAN 27
Ben Gulbranson pass complete to Bryce Farrell for 4 yds to the STAN 31
Ben Gulbranson pass complete to Sam Roush for 69 yds for a TD (Emmet Kenney KICK)
Emmet Kenney kickoff for 65 yds , VJ Wilkins return for 17 yds to the BC 17
Dylan Lonergan pass incomplete to Lewis Bond
Dylan Lonergan pass intercepted Collin Wright return for 19 yds for a TD (Emmet Kenney KICK)
PENALTY STAN Illegal Substitution (Brown,Ziron) 5 yards from BC03 to BC08. NO PLAY.
Turbo Richard run for 13 yds to the BC 38 for a 1ST down
Dylan Lonergan pass complete to Reed Harris for 20 yds to the STAN 42 for a 1ST down
Dylan Lonergan pass incomplete to Reed Harris
(01:04) PENALTY BC False Start (Bowry,Jude) 5 yards from STAN42 to STAN47. NO PLAY.
Dylan Lonergan pass complete to Lewis Bond for 7 yds to the STAN 40
Dylan Lonergan pass complete to Reed Harris for 9 yds to the STAN 31 for a 1ST down
Dylan Lonergan pass complete to Lewis Bond for 4 yds to the STAN 27
Dylan Lonergan pass incomplete to Kaelan Chudzinski
Dylan Lonergan pass complete to Turbo Richard for 7 yds to the STAN 20 for a 1ST down
Dylan Lonergan pass incomplete to Turbo Richard
Dylan Lonergan pass complete to Jeremiah Franklin for 7 yds to the STAN 13
Dylan Lonergan pass incomplete to Lewis Bond
Luca Lombardo 31 yd FG GOOD
End of 2nd Quarter
Turbo Richard run for 5 yds to the BC 30
Turbo Richard run for 7 yds to the BC 37 for a 1ST down
Dylan Lonergan pass incomplete to Reed Harris
Dylan Lonergan pass complete to VJ Wilkins for 6 yds to the BC 31
Dylan Lonergan pass incomplete to Jaedn Skeete
Shamus Florio punt for 39 yds, fair catch by Liam Thorpe at the STAN 30
Cole Tabb run for 4 yds to the STAN 34
Cole Tabb run for 3 yds to the STAN 37
Ben Gulbranson pass incomplete to Tuna Altahir
Aidan Flintoft punt for 48 yds, punt out-of-bounds at the BC 15
Dylan Lonergan pass complete to Turbo Richard for 4 yds to the BC 19
Dylan Lonergan pass incomplete to Jeremiah Franklin
Dylan Lonergan sacked by Ernest Cooper for a loss of 7 yards to the BC 12
Shamus Florio punt for 35 yds
(09:49) No Huddle Gulbranson,Ben pass complete short right to Williams,CJ caught at BC33, for 9 yards to the BC33 (Farris,Isaiah) PENALTY STAN Ineligible Downfield on Pass declined STAN Pass Interference (Williams,CJ) 15 yards from BC42 to STAN43. NO PLAY.
Ben Gulbranson pass complete to Myles Libman for 4 yds to the STAN 47
Ben Gulbranson pass incomplete to C.J. Williams
Ben Gulbranson sacked by Ty Clemons for a loss of 5 yards to the STAN 42
Aidan Flintoft punt for 35 yds , Isaiah Farris returns for 12 yds to the BC 35
Turbo Richard run for no gain to the BC 35
Dylan Lonergan pass complete to Lewis Bond for 6 yds to the BC 41
Dylan Lonergan run for 8 yds to the BC 49 for a 1ST down
Turbo Richard run for 5 yds to the STAN 46
Dylan Lonergan pass complete to Reed Harris for 25 yds to the STAN 21 for a 1ST down
Dylan Lonergan pass complete to Kaelan Chudzinski for 11 yds to the STAN 10 for a 1ST down
Turbo Richard run for 6 yds to the STAN 4
Dylan Lonergan pass incomplete to Jeremiah Franklin
Dylan Lonergan pass complete to Jeremiah Franklin for 3 yds to the STAN 1
Turbo Richard run for 1 yd Turbo Richard fumbled, recovered by BC Jay Green
Micah Ford run for 75 yds to the BC 5 for a 1ST down
Micah Ford run for 5 yds for a TD (Emmet Kenney KICK)
Dylan Lonergan pass complete to Jordan McDonald for 2 yds to the BC 27
Dylan Lonergan pass incomplete to Reed Harris
Dylan Lonergan sacked by Zach Johnson for a loss of 11 yards to the BC 16
Shamus Florio punt for 43 yds , Liam Thorpe returns for 3 yds to the STAN 44
Micah Ford run for 31 yds to the BC 25 for a 1ST down
Micah Ford run for 3 yds to the BC 22
Micah Ford run for 5 yds to the BC 17
Ben Gulbranson pass complete to Sam Roush for 4 yds to the BC 13 for a 1ST down
Micah Ford run for 4 yds to the BC 9
Cole Tabb run for 1 yd to the BC 8
Stanford Penalty, Ineligible Downfield on Pass (Yards) declined
Emmet Kenney 26 yd FG GOOD
Turbo Richard run for a loss of 1 yard to the BC 24
Dylan Lonergan pass complete to Lewis Bond for 4 yds to the BC 28
(10:05) Shotgun Lonergan,Dylan sacked for loss of 1 yard to the BC27 (Rose,Matt, Johnson,Zach) PENALTY STAN Offside (Aybar,Wilfredo) 5 yards from BC28 to BC33. NO PLAY.
Dylan Lonergan pass complete to Reed Harris for 3 yds to the BC 36 for a 1ST down
Turbo Richard run for a loss of 2 yards to the BC 34
Dylan Lonergan pass complete to Jeremiah Franklin for 6 yds to the BC 40
Dylan Lonergan pass incomplete to Lewis Bond
Shamus Florio punt for 40 yds, fair catch by Liam Thorpe at the STAN 20
Micah Ford run for 1 yd to the STAN 21
Micah Ford run for 7 yds to the STAN 28
Micah Ford run for 3 yds to the STAN 31 for a 1ST down
Bryce Farrell run for 7 yds to the STAN 38
Tuna Altahir run for 8 yds to the STAN 46 for a 1ST down
Tuna Altahir run for 5 yds to the BC 49
Tuna Altahir run for 6 yds to the BC 43 for a 1ST down
Micah Ford run for 2 yds to the BC 41
Tuna Altahir run for 4 yds to the BC 37
PENALTY BC Offside (Hutchins,Quintavious) 5 yards from BC37 to BC32, 1ST DOWN. NO PLAY.
B. Gulbranson takes a knee
B. Gulbranson takes a knee
B. Gulbranson takes a knee