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RALEIGH, N.C. -- A receiver rushed for a touchdown. A running back threw for a score. Boston College tried anything and everything to finally end its long ACC losing streak.It worked.Running back Davon Jones threw a 14-yard touchdown pass to Tommy Sweeney on a trick play with 4:43 left, and BC earned its first Atlantic Coast Conference victory since 2014 by beating North Carolina State 21-14 on Saturday.Coach Steve Addazio said he told them (at halftime) on both sides of the ball, were going after them with everything weve got.Weve all got each others back, he added. Lets just let it hang out. Lets roll. Were rolling. ... We went on the offensive and rolled it out there.Receiver Jeff Smith rushed 60 yards for a touchdown for BCs first touchdown and Patrick Towles was 18 of 33 for 204 yards to help the Eagles (4-4, 1-4) snap a 12-game league losing streak and win a conference game for the first time since defeating Syracuse 23 months ago.I know its one game ... but we took a step, Addazio said. An important step.Whats statistically the worst offense in the ACC outgained N.C. State 386-338, held a 168-31 advantage in yards rushing and used some trickery to take the lead for good.Towles took a shotgun snap and handed off to Jones, who headed toward the right side before stopping and tossing to Sweeney. Towles then hit Sweeney for the 2-point conversion that made it a seven-point game.The Wolfpack had a first-and-goal at the BC 2 before Kamrin Moore picked off Ryan Finleys fade pass to Stephen Louis in the end zone with 1:35 to play and the Eagles ran out the clock.Finley finished with a career-best 307 yards passing with two touchdowns -- a 79-yard catch-and-run to BraLon Cherry, and a 23-yard score to Kelvin Harmon -- but threw two interceptions for N.C. State (4-4, 1-3), which has lost three straight.There were plays that we could have made but didnt. There were calls that we could have done better and didnt, Wolfpack coach Dave Doeren said.THE TAKEAWAYBoston College: The streak is over. The Eagles kept finding ways to lose conference games, following up last years 0-for-the-ACC with four league losses this year -- two by blowout, two much closer. This was unquestionably a step forward for a program trying to claw back to relevance in a top-heavy division.Addazio said of the effects of losing on his young team: Its been a haul on them. But itll make us stronger.N.C. State: Theres no sugarcoating this one for the Wolfpack, who looked nothing like the team that came within a missed field goal of upsetting No. 3 Clemson. Instead it felt like a carryover from a 54-13 loss at No. 5 Louisville.Were just letting that (Clemson) game haunt us, defensive end Bradley Chubb said. Everybodys still thinking in the past, not trying to move forward, and weve just got to move forward.We cant let that one game keep beating us, Chubb added. Once we get past that one game, the skys the limit.So now N.C. State will have to pull at least one significant upset to earn bowl eligibility. The Wolfpack still must face No. 12 Florida State, No. 21 North Carolina and a Miami team that earlier this month was in the top 10.KEY STATThe Wolfpack cant be happy about its complete inability to get the ball to its best player. Jaylen Samuels had one catch for eight yards and was targeted just three times.ANOTHER KEY STATN.C. State couldnt get anything going on the ground, finishing with 31 yards rushing a week after setting a season low with 14 yards on the ground against the Cardinals. The Wolfpack didnt crack positive rushing yards in this one until there were about 6 minutes left in the third quarter.UP NEXTBoston College: Plays host to No. 5 Louisville on Saturday.N.C. State: Gets its last chance to knock off a ranked Atlantic Division opponent Saturday when No. 12 Florida State visits.---Follow Joedy McCreary at http://twitter.com/joedyap. 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Toronto has dropped games to Indiana and Miami since a five-game winning streak and closed out a three-game road trip at 1-2.GLENDALE, Ariz. -- Only one rookie is listed as a starter for the Arizona Cardinals for Friday nights preseason opener against Oakland. Brandon Williams will be at cornerback, a position he played for just one college season.That switch from part-time running back at Texas A&M was the starting point for this rapid ascent to an important role on a team that expects to contend for the Super Bowl.I know how hard I worked for it, Williams said after practice this week. If you work hard for something and you believe in yourself, good things are going to happen.Quarterback Carson Palmer said hes just shocked at how well the third-round draft pick has performed in training camp.He plays as advertised as a physical specimen, Palmer said, but you just see him get better and get more comfortable. Theres not a ton of reps under his belt throughout college and all of that. For a guy to come in to a very complex system and play extremely well, especially for a rookie, I think has shocked a lot of people.Coach Bruce Arians said Williams is a better football player than the coach thought he was when the Cardinals drafted him as the 92nd pick overall.Williams had turned heads when he ran a 4.37 40-yard dash at the NFL Combine, tied for third-fastest among cornerbacks.We knew what kind of athlete we were getting but hes a better football player, Arians said. You never know how mature a guy is going to be when you draft him. Hes very, very mature and hes very focused on what he wants to do.Williams won the job with Justin Bethel, who started four games last season, on the physically unable to perform list while recovering from foot surgery.When Bethel returns, he will have to beat out the rookie.Its Brandons job to lose right now, Arians said. You cant win it not practicing.With his long arms, strength and speed, the 6-foot, 200-pound Williams is playing very, very well against Arizonas standout group of receivers, Arians said.Williams acknowledged its real tough going against the likes of Larry Fitzgerald, Michael Floyd and John Brown.I havent gone against no receivers in the NFL yet, Williams said, but its hard to see any receiving corps better than our receiving corps.A star running back in high school, Wiilliams originally attended Oklahoma before transferring to Texas A&M, where he found himself in a logjam at the position.ddddddddddddLast year, newly hired defensive coordinator John Chavis looked at Williams as a natural athlete who had the makings of a cornerback, so he and head coach Kevin Sumlin suggested the change. Williams readily agreed.A year later, Williams is an NFL training camp standout.He gives much of the credit to help from All-Pro cornerback Patrick Peterson.On the field, off the field, technique, just everything, he said. Hes really been my mentor, a big brother, everything I could ask for. Throughout this process, hes been there for me.Whoever plays cornerback opposite Peterson will see plenty of action. Teams are reluctant to throw in the All-Pros direction.Williams knows that full well but believes he can do the job.To me, its just football, man, he said, knowing what you need to do, knowing youve got somebody to back you up, knowing youve got teammates like Pat, knowing youve got coaches like (cornerback coach) Kevin Ross. Going into it, thinking about the whole situation, I feel like Im ready.Williams gets his first big test against the Raiders. Arians said the rookie will play longer than the other starters in Friday nights game just to get more experience.Arians usually likes to bring rookies along slowly.He will be an exception, the coach said.Game notesArians said that Earl Watford (bruised knee), the backup player all along the offensive line, will be one of 10 players to miss the Raiders game due to injuries. Others include wide receiver John Brown (concussion), defensive tackle Corey Peters (plantar fasciitis) and defensive lineman Robert Nkemdiche (high ankle sprain), the first-round draft pick who has yet to practice due to his injury. ... Arians said Palmer will play 10 to 12 plays and backup Drew Stanton will see a little bit. Matt Barkley will be the quarterback most of the game, with rookie Jake Locker taking over in the fourth quarter.---Online: AP NFL website: www.pro32.ap.org and AP NFL Twitter feed: www.twitter.com/AP-NFL ' ' '