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Aidan Chiles' 2-yard conversion pass to Omari Kelly in the second overtime gave Michigan State a 42-40 victory over Boston College at East Lansing, Mich., on Saturday.

Chiles passed for 231 yards and four touchdowns and also scored a rushing touchdown in the second overtime. Nick Marsh caught five passes for 68 yards and two touchdowns for the Spartans (2-0).

Dylan Lonergan passed for 390 yards and four touchdowns for Boston College (1-1). Turbo Richard rushed for 55 yards and a touchdown and also caught seven passes for 66 yards and another score. Jeremiah Franklin caught eight passes for 84 yards and a touchdown.

The Spartans scored first in overtime on Chiles' 5-yard pass to fullback Jay Coyne. The Eagles answered with a 6-yard scoring pass from Lonergan to Franklin. The extra-point kick was successful after both scores.

Richard then scored on an 8-yard run during BC's second OT possession, but Lonergan's 2-point conversion pass fell incomplete.

Michigan State answered with Chiles' 3-yard scoring run, followed by the winning conversion.

Lonergan threw for 217 yards and three touchdowns in the first half as Boston College grabbed a 21-14 halftime lead.

The Spartans scored first as Marsh twisted and dragged a defender into the end zone on an 11-yard pass play.

Richard caught an 8-yard scoring pass from Lonergan early in the second quarter, then Lonergan hooked up with Jaedn Skeete from 12 yards out for a touchdown.

Alante Brown's 63-yard kickoff return set up the Spartans' next score. Chiles finished off the four-play drive with a 3-yard pass to Michael Masunas.

The Eagles regained the lead with 31 seconds left in the half on Lonergan's 14-yard pass to Reed Harris.

The Spartans knotted the score again on their first possession of the second half when Chiles hooked up with Marsh on a 41-yard scoring pass.

Luca Lombardo's 37-yard field goal put the Eagles back on top 24-21 midway through the third. Martin Connington's 50-yard field goal later in the quarter forged another tie.

Connington's second field goal with 4:08 remaining, a 39-yarder, gave the Spartans a 27-24 lead. Lombardo made a 38-yarder with 1:16 left to tie it at 27-apiece.

--Field Level Media