Quarterback Thomas Castellanos is tackled by Louisville.

By the middle of the second quarter in last night’s game against Louisville, Boston College had scored three touchdowns and led the Cardinals, 20-0 (missed PAT after third touchdown). The Eagles were then outscored 31-7 and lost their third straight game, 31-27.

Louisville scored its first touchdown of the game just before halftime. On their next five possessions, from receiving the second half kickoff until the middle of the final quarter, the Cardinals kicked a field goal and scored three touchdowns.

After scoring a touchdown on their first possession of the second half, the Eagles gained one first down on their next four possessions, going three-and-out on three successive possessions. Their final two possessions of the game were turned over on downs.

In their last three games, all losses, BC’s opponents have outscored the Eagles, 46-0, in the fourth quarter.

“Can’t do it. Can’t play for 60 minutes,” said coach Bill O’Brien. “Can’t coach well enough to get them to play for 60 minutes. Got to coach a lot better. Got to watch the tape and figure out how to fix it. Terrible.”

BC punted the ball seven times and several poor punts gave Louisville relatively short fields. The Cardinals punted only three times.

Louisville gained 461 yards total offense in the game, including 332 through the air. BC had 318 yards total, 164 passing and 154 rushing. The Eagles had no turnovers, and intercepted Louisville twice and recovered a Cardinal fumble, but to no avail.

BC quarterback Thomas Castellanos was 13 of 28 passing for three touchdowns.

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The Eagles fall to 4-4, 1-3 in the ACC. They have a bye week and next play Syracuse in Alumni Stadium on Saturday, November 9, time to be announced.