Campbell Survives North Carolina Central to Stay 5-0
Campbell ran for 263 yards on 39 carries, and when North Carolina Central finally pulled level at 31-31 early in the second half, that was the thing that did not stop. Jyron Waiters caught a 9-yard touchdown from Kamden Sixkiller with 7:28 left in the fourth, nobody scored again, and Campbell won 38-31 to move to 5-0.
It looked like a rout for a while. North Carolina Central scored first (Nelson Layne, 16 yards) and went up 14-7 on his 3-yard run, then Campbell answered with a 32-yard De'Von Thomas run, a 41-yard Alex Crabb field goal and a 3-yard JJ Cowan run with 38 seconds left in the first. That is 24-14 after one quarter. Thomas added a 4-yard score early in the second and it was 31-14.
Then North Carolina Central climbed back in. Tristan Stitt caught a 23-yard touchdown from Cobey Thompkins (4 of 4 for 70 yards in relief of Layne's 17-of-28 day) before the half, Riley Daniels hit a 47-yard field goal, and Zion Dobson broke a 62-yard run to tie it. Campbell outscored them 7-0 the rest of the way. Campbell had three sacks to one and threw one interception to North Carolina Central's none, though North Carolina Central lost a fumble of their own. Total yards were 489 to 359.
North Carolina Central falls to 1-3. Campbell had a 17-point cushion and needed every bit of it. Thirty-one points is plenty on most Saturdays, and it still lost.
For fantasy, this was a running back game. Cowan and Thomas combined for 44.3 Promethium points, and Layne was the best quarterback on the field without throwing for 130 yards.