QB Phil Jurkovec led Eagles to another ACC win yesterday. Atlanta Journal/Constitution

Previous win by the Eagles wasn’t a fluke!

Quarterback Phil Jurkovec continued BC’s comeback from a tepid start in conference play by accounting for five touchdowns (two passing, three running) in yesterday’s 41-30 comeback win over Georgia Tech in Atlanta, Ga. Jurkovec, who had missed six games and most of a seventh this year with a hand injury, had returned to lead the Eagles to its first ACC victory over Virginia Tech, 17-3, on Friday, October 5. BC had gone 0-4 in conference play before his return.

The Eagles remain low in the ACC Atlantic Division, tied with Syracuse at the bottom with 2-4 conference records. But BC is 6-4 overall and thereby qualifies for a post-season bowl game. The final two games of the season, against Florida State and #12/13 Wake Forest, both in Alumni Stadium, will determine which bowl.

The game against Georgia Tech started off gangbusters. Receiving the opening kickoff, the Eagles went 75 yards in five plays, capped off by a 48-yard touchdown pass from Jurkovec to WR Zay Flowers. The Yellow Jackets didn’t even need a drive to respond. Tech’s Jahmyr Gibbs returned the BC kickoff 98 yards to tie the score. Two touchdowns in the first 2:14.

Georgia Tech scored two touchdowns after long drives to take a 21-7 lead early in the second quarter. BC’s offensive explosiveness (so absent in the first five ACC games) then made its appearance, as the Eagles scored three touchdowns in brief drives (four, four, and five plays) to go into halftime ahead 28-21. The first score came on a 38-yard pass to Flowers, and Jurkovec scored the other two on eight- and four-yard runs.

The third quarter, which so often before had been BC’s time of despair, was quiet this time. Georgia Tech had the only score, a field goal to cut the lead to 28-24. BC started the fourth quarter scoring with a field goal, but the Yellow Jackets countered with a touchdown. Tech then missed the extra point to stay behind, 31-30.

Jurkovec added his final touchdown with a 31-yard run to make the score 38-30. On the ensuring Georgia Tech drive, with the Yellow Jackets facing fourth-down and 14 yards to gain, BC’s Marcus Valdez sacked the Tech quarterback, who fumbled. The ball was recovered by BC’s J.T. Thompson, who advanced it to the GT 18. A 27-yard field goal by Connor Lytton closed out the scoring at 41-30.

The Eagles gained 505 yards in total offense, exceeding 500 yards for the first time in conference play this year. Jurkovec was particularly efficient passing, going 13 of 20 for 310 yards, averaging 28.3 yards per completion. Five BC receivers had longer pass receptions than any Georgia Tech player.

Jurkovec was also BC’s second leadng rusher, averaging 8.9 yards per carry in gaining 71 yards. RB Patrick Garwo was the workhouse on the ground, carrying the ball 20 times for 104 yards. Overall, the Eagles ran for 195 yards.

Georgia Tech gained a total of 213 yards on the ground, but only 130 yards passing, despite completing 18 passes.

Here are highlights.

BC (6-4) (2-4) meets the Florida State Seminoles (4-6) (3-4) in Alumni Stadium on Saturday, November 20, at 9 am PT.