Cal v. Boston College Football Kick-Off Time Announced
Cal's first ACC conference game will kick off in the afternoon
The California Golden Bears will begin Atlantic Coast Conference play against the Boston College Eagles on Saturday, Sept. 27, at 3:30 p.m. Eastern, according to an announcement from the conference Monday afternoon.
The Cal v. Boston College football game will air on the ACC Network.
The California Golden Bears last met the Boston College Eagles on the grid-iron on Sept. 13, 1986, a match-up they lost at Alumni Stadium in Chestnut Hill, Mass., 15-21. The coming Week 5 kick-off will be only the second time the two teams have met in either program’s history.
I live 15 minutes away from Boston College (which really is in Chestnut Hill) and am very excited to bring my kiddos to the game. No Cal Band, no Cal Cheer, but the CAA Tailgate sold out in three days! Should be a lot of blue and gold out there :)
Going back to that game in 1986:
Jim Turner, a senior fullback, got his first career touchdown, a 1-yard run with 6 minutes 56 seconds remaining, to give Boston College a 21-15 victory that spoiled California's season opener. This was the first meeting between the two programs. Boston College finished the season with a 9-3 record, while Cal finished 2-9.
California took a 15-13 lead in the fourth quarter, with 13:31 remaining, on a 7-yard run by quarterback Brian Bedford, his second touchdown of the game. Boston College rallied after a punt put the ball on their 48-yard line.
Third-string quarterback Mark Kamphaus, who made his first career appearance when he replaced Mike Power on Boston College's previous series, started the 52-yard march with a 15-yard completion to Darren Flutie, the brother of the 1984 Heisman Trophy winner, Doug Flutie.
This game marked the beginning of Boston College's turnaround after an 0-1 start to the 1986 season. The following week BC played host to Penn State (1-0) in an ESPN nationally televised Saturday night game at Sullivan Stadium (formerly Schaefer Stadium, later Foxboro Stadium, replaced by Gillette Stadium), and they ended the year on an eight-game winning streak.
Thanks to the NYT and AI for this all-too-familiar type of memory.