Throwback Thursday: October 3, 1987: BC 13 Pittsburgh 10

Mike Power TD run leads Eagles over PittMike Power and Jim Bell lead Eagles to win at Pitt

The 1987 Boston College football team entered the season with somewhat tempered expectations. The '86 season had been a bounce back one for a team that had gone from the Cotton Bowl win in '84 and #4/5 in the country to a disappointing 4-8 campaign in 1985. That 1986 team, led by Shawn Halloran, Kelvin Martin, Troy Stradford and the late Steve Trapilo finished 9-3 with perhaps the most exciting bowl win in BC history, 27-24 in the Hall of Fame Bowl against #17 Georgia.

Many of those key players had graduated and now it was time for new players to take over in key spots, including quarterback and running…