Boston College - Vanderbilt

the Music City Bowl Wednesday, December 31st, 3:30pm Nashville, Tennessee

Boston College (9-4)______ACC______253.65 Wk Opp oPts Score 1 Kent State -211.55 W, 21-0 2 Georgia Tech 287.66 L, 16-19 4 Central Florida -163.23 W, 34-7 5 Rhode Island -414.12 W, 42-0 6 NC State 84.85 W, 38-31 8 Virginia Tech 283.88 W, 28-23 9 North Carolina 228.73 L, 24-45 10 Clemson 131.25 L, 21-27 11 Notre Dame 22.24 W, 17-0 12 Florida State 246.20 W, 27-17 13 Wake Forest 268.32 W, 24-21 14 Maryland 63.32 W, 28-21 15 Virginia Tech 283.88 L, 12-30

Vanderbilt (6-6)______SEC_____23.15 Wk Opp oPts Score 1 Miami (OH) -366.25 W, 34-13 2 South Carolina 93.53 W, 24-17 3 Rice 164.11 W, 38-21 4 Mississippi 183.12 W, 23-17 6 Auburn -69.61 W, 14-13 7 Mississippi State -140.39 L, 14-17 8 Georgia 232.43 L, 14-24 9 Duke -78.05 L, 7-10 11 Florida 473.27 L, 14-42 12 Kentucky -18.78 W, 31-24 13 Tennessee -88.95 L, 10-20 14 Wake Forest 268.32 L, 10-23 ____ ____ ____ ____

On paper, this one's quite the mismatch. Both BC and Vandy have played pretty tough schedules this year, but the Eagles have performed much better, even though they lost the ACC championship game. The Commodores eeked out a bowl spot, going 1-3 in their last 4 games.

Stats Matchup
Team	Boston College	Vanderbilt
Points (rank)	253.65 (#17)	23.15 (#59)
Record	9-4	6-6
Opp. Points (rank)	957.98 (#9)	596.49 (#27)
Opp. Record	84-63	79-66
Points (% of Opp. Avg)	25.5 (117%)	19.4 (88%)
dPoints (% of Opp. Avg)	18.5 (79%)	20.1 (81%)
Rush Yds (% of Opp. Avg)	143.0 (101%)	138.2 (101%)
dRush Yds (% of Opp. Avg)	92.2 (61%)	145.0 (110%)
Pass Yds (% of Opp. Avg)	175.5 (91%)	122.8 (65%)
dPass Yds (% of Opp. Avg)	181.2 (103%)	173.7 (80%)
Tot Yds (% of Opp. Avg)	318.5 (96%)	260.9 (79%)
dTot Yds (% of Opp. Avg)	273.4 (85%)	318.7 (92%)
ST Yds (% of Opp. Avg)	136.6 (126%)	125.3 (109%)
dST Yds (% of Opp. Avg)	147.3 (126%)	106.0 (83%)
Penalties / Pen. Yds	4.4 / 36.9	4.7 / 39.4
TO's / TO Margin	2.3 / +6	1.8 / +6

Neither offense is spectacular, but they get the job done most of the time. It could be a bit sloppy...

The Line: Vanderbilt +3.5

The Call: Boston College by 13

The Result: Vanderbilt 16-14

The Eagles were the sloppy ones here, committing three TO's to Vandy's none. And while they held the Commodores to under 200 yards total offense, Vandy was the one who made their work count. First bowl win in decades - gotta feel good.