Campbell Stays Unbeaten with 24-20 Win over Towson
Six lead changes, no ties, and not one point after 4:54 of the third quarter. That is how Campbell stayed unbeaten at Towson's expense.
Campbell opened with an Alex Crabb 21-yard field goal. Xavier Pugh answered with a 1-yard run for Towson at 4:06 of the first, and De'Von Thomas put Campbell back in front 10-7 with a 13-yard run. CJ Schaeffer caught a 2-yard pass from Jacob Davis at 1:41 of the second (the extra point failed) for 13-10 Towson. Jyron Waiters' 22-yard catch from Kamden Sixkiller made it 17-13 Campbell early in the third. Davis scored from a yard out at 8:34 to put Towson on top 20-17, and Thomas answered at 4:54 with a 1-yard run for the final 24-20.
Towson had more of everything except the score, which is a hard way to lose. It had 442 total yards to Campbell's 339, with 257 passing yards from Davis, who threw an interception, and 185 on the ground. Campbell threw one too and lost a fumble. After that last Campbell score the scoreboard never moved again, so a four-point lead held up for the rest of the game.
Campbell is 6-0. Towson is 0-6. Towson missed the extra point after Schaeffer's touchdown, so it led 13-10 rather than 14-10. One point would not have changed the result, but it is the kind of miss you notice in a four-point game. Davis was the top scorer of the day with 26.3 points, while Sixkiller, who averages 29.9 per game, had 17.4. Winless teams get a lot of these, and this was one of the closest.