Campbell Holds Off Western Carolina 28-19 Despite Three Picks
Campbell threw three interceptions and still won 28-19. Western Carolina threw none, passed for 326 yards, and rushed 18 times for 1. Those numbers do not usually add up to a loss for the team with the clean sheet, but they did.
The Fighting Camels were done scoring by halftime. Kamden Sixkiller hit Brady Ambrose from 6 yards out, then ran in an 8-yard touchdown, and Ethan Lawrence scored from a yard out for a 21-3 lead in the second quarter. Western Carolina answered with a 48-yard Lex Thomas touchdown pass to Jai Boyd, Sixkiller found Spencer Jones from 32 yards with 0:18 left in the half, and it was 28-10 at the break. Campbell never trailed and never scored again.
The Catamounts spent the second half chipping at it. Bryan McCollum kicked a 40-yard field goal with 9:49 left in the third, and Thomas hit Boyd from a yard out with 9:24 left in the fourth. McCollum missed the extra point there, which left it 28-19, and nobody scored after that. Flip that kick and it is still a one-score game, which is the margin the Camels needed. Campbell finished with 534 total yards to 327, and Western Carolina's 326 passing yards came on 44 attempts.
Campbell is 2-0 and Western Carolina is 1-1, and those three picks are the one thing keeping this from a blowout.
For fantasy, Sixkiller still led the game at 33.1 despite the picks, Jones had 25.6 and Thomas had 23.9 for the losing side.