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Campbell Football Falls To Dayton By 42-0 Score

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DAYTON, Ohio – Campbell's football team (1-5, 0-3 PFL) fell to Pioneer Football League rival Dayton (4-1, 1-0 PFL) on Saturday, Oct. 4 at Welcome Stadium by a 42-0 score. Campbell's Donte' Washington had a two interception performance to lead the Camels. For Dayton, Ben Shappie ran for five scores to lead the Flyers effort.

Dayton got on the board first on a seven-yard run from Shappie to cap off a four-play 53 yard drive, key by a 32-yard reception from Justin Watkins. The made extra point from Nick Glavin gave the Flyers a 7-0 lead with 3:10 left in the first quarter.

After a few stalled drives from both sides, CU's Washington thwarted a Dayton drive with his fourth interception of the season and the first of the game with 10:46 left in the second quarter.

After another UD defensive stop, the Dayton offense marched down the field on a four-play 45- yard drive ending in a Justin Millio 18-yard touchdown reception from Rob Florian to take a 14-0 after the made extra point from Glavin with 8:07 left in the half.

Dayton's Ben Shappie continued to work on UD's next drive with a one-yard touchdown run making the score 21-0 after the made Glavin extra point. The drive covered six plays and 59 yards.

Dayton's offense continued to drive and moved the ball all the way to the Campbell 24-yard line before Washington's second pick of the game kept the margin to 21-0 at the break.

After the break, Campbell's defensive backs continued to play well with Brandon Chandler picking off the Florian attempt for CU's third interception of the game and his first of his career.

Shappie scored his third touchdown on the game on the ensuing UD drive with a made Glavin extra point to make the score 28-0 with just over nine minutes left in the third quarter (9:22).

The bruising running back Shappie added a fourth rushing score, this one from 21-yards, to extend the Dayton advantage to 35-0 with 6:16 left in the third quarter.

Shappie's fifth rushing touchdown of the game, a three-yard run, made the score 42-0 and tied the Dayton school record with 1:35 left in the third quarter.

Milton Brown recorded a game-high 13 tackles for CU. Washington also had 10 tackles in the loss.

Campbell now returns home to Barker-Lane Stadium to take on PFL rival Butler (2-1, 1-0 PFL) at 12 p.m. on Oct. 11.

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Players Mentioned

Milton Brown

#43 Milton Brown

LB
6' 2"
Redshirt
Brandon Chandler

#34 Brandon Chandler

DB
5' 9"
Freshman

Players Mentioned

Milton Brown

#43 Milton Brown

6' 2"
Redshirt
LB
Brandon Chandler

#34 Brandon Chandler

5' 9"
Freshman
DB