Campbell Holds Off East Tennessee State in a 49-37 Shootout
Kamden Sixkiller threw for 343 yards and ran for 95, and he scored four touchdowns (two through the air, two on the ground). The last one, a 14-yard run with 1:53 left, put Campbell up 49-37 and closed the door on East Tennessee State.
It was tied three times and the lead changed hands twice, so this one was a duke-it-out. Campbell scored first on a 30-yard pass to Evan Austin and led 14-7 after one. East Tennessee State answered with two touchdowns early in the second for a 21-14 lead, Campbell's largest deficit all day at seven. Sixkiller tied it with a 5-yard run, then hit Stevie Keener from 26 yards with 25 seconds left in the half to make it 28-21. Ewan Johnson's 44-yard field goal on the final play of the half cut it to 28-24.
De'Von Thomas then scored from 2 yards in the final seconds of the third and from 1 yard to open the fourth, and Campbell led 42-24. East Tennessee State did not fold. D'Marius Rucker scored (the two-point try failed), Mason Mims threw a 6-yarder to Brandon Winton, and it was 42-37 with 5:34 to play. Sixkiller's run ended it.
The yardage was almost a wash: Campbell 514, East Tennessee State 528. Neither team threw an interception, and the difference was two lost fumbles by the Buccaneers against none for Campbell. Mims went 33 of 41 for 373 yards and lost anyway. Campbell starts 1-0 and East Tennessee State is 0-1.
Fantasy managers who had Sixkiller got a monster. Those who had Mims got a very good consolation.