BOSTON — No. 21 Wake Forest earned a spot in the ACC championship game, getting three passing touchdowns and one more on the ground from Sam Hartman to beat Boston College, 41-10, on Saturday.
The Demon Deacons (10-2, 7-1 ACC) will attempt to claim their first league title since 2006 when they face No. 20 Pitt on Dec. 4.
Hartman ran it in from 7 yards out midway through the first quarter and made it 14-0 on a 33-yard pass to A.T. Perry. It was 17-10 late in the second when Brandon Sebastian intercepted Hartman in the end zone, but BC went three-and out and then Wake Forest scored on Hartman’s 7-yard pass to Perry just before halftime.
BC (6-6, 2-6) ran off three straight three-and-outs — along with an interception — to start the third quarter, while Wake Forest extended its lead with a field goal and a 3-yard run by Christian Turner that made it 34-10.
Hartman completed 20 of 32 passes for 236 yards and ran 11 times for 51 yards. Perry caught four passes for 81 yards and two scores.
Pine-Richland grad Phil Jurkovec was 3 for 11 passing for 19 yards for one touchdown and two interceptions, but he also led the Eagles with 66 yards rushing.
The Demon Deacons snapped Clemson’s streak of six straight Atlantic Division titles. They have appeared in the ACC championship game only once, beating Georgia Tech in 2006.
The Eagles lost four straight after Jurkovec sustained what initially was thought to be a season-ending wrist injury. Even after he returned, BC went 2-2. It did not beat anyone with a winning record all season.
Clemson and N.C. State also had a chance at the ACC title game entering the weekend. N.C. State beat North Carolina on Friday night to eliminate Clemson, but the Wolfpack needed a Wake Forest loss.
