QB Phil Jurkovec levitates against Florida State . . . briefly.

Was it game over last night when Florida State ran back the opening kickoff 93 yards for a touchdown? Normally, no. Looking at it in retrospect, however, as the Seminoles added another touchdown less than two minutes later following the interception of a Phil Jurkovec pass, it was, indeed, game over.

Florida State bolted to a 21-0 first quarter lead, to 31-0 at halftime, and rested their starters in the second half, finishing off the Eagles 44-14. At 37-0 in the third quarter, BC scored its first touchdown, a five-yard pass from Jurkovec to freshman running back Alex Broome. The teams traded touchdowns in the final quarter, with redshirt freshman QB Emmett Morehead tossing a four-yard pass to freshman receiver Joseph Griffin.

In the second half, the Eagles scored 14 points and the Seminoles 13 points. Florida State also used 67 players in the game, with BC playing against third-stringers most of the half.

In the first half, the Seminoles gained 327 yards in total offense, compared to the Eagles’ 64 yards. For the game, BC gained 235 yards total offense and Florida State gained 530 yards.

Jurkovec was 15 of 23 passing for 105 yards, one touchdown and two interceptions. Morehead was 3 of 6 for 35 yards and one touchdown. Leading rusher for the Eagles was redshirt freshman running back Xavier Coleman, who ran 5 times for 44 yards.

Post-game comments from BC to The Boston Globe were consistent.

“Right now, we’re not good when we go down. I think it affects us, and we need to fix that,” said head coach Jeff Hafley.

“We’ve got to play better. We’ve got to execute better and tackle,” said linebacker Vinnie DePalma.

“We’re not playing great right now, so we’ve got to pick it up together and fight through for the next week,” said running back Pat Garwo.

Highlights

BC falls to 1-3, 0-2 in the ACC. They play Louisville Saturday in Alumni Stadium, with kickoff at 9 am PT.