Sophomore Chris Turner went 21-27, threw for 337 yards and three touchdowns to lift the injury-plagued Maryland Terrapins (5-5, 2-4) to a thrilling 42-35 victory over No. 8 Boston College (8-2, 4-2) Saturday evening. Senior tight end Jason Goode playing in his final home game, caught two TD passes as the Terps rolled up a season-high 466 total yards.
At game's end, the fans rushed the field to celebrate the Terps' second win this season over a top-10 team. Maryland beat then-No. 10 Rutgers on Sept. 29. It marked the first time in school history Maryland has defeated two top-10 teams in the same season. The Terps play their last two games on the road and need a couple of wins to go to a bowl.
The Washington Redskins lost a game thaey should have won 33-25 to the Philadelphia Eagles on Sunday, leaving the Redskins at 5-4 and a long way to go to make the playoffs this year. And the Redskins go to Dallas this Sunday to play the first place Dallas Cowboys.
The Redskins had this game in the win column with a two point lead, 22-20 and a first and goal on the Eagles two yard line wih less than 5 minutes left in the game. The Redskins could not score a touchdown had to settle for a field goal, for a 25-20 lead. The Eagles scored and then forced the Redskins into a turnover and scored again. The Eagles scored 20 pints in the fourth quarter.
This was the 13th time in the past four seasons, the Redskins have lost a game when they led going into the fourth quarter. This is something the Redskins rarely did during Hall of Famer's Joe Gibbs first tenure as Redskins coach.
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