BUIES CREEK, N.C. –Campbell's football team (1-9, 0-7 PFL) lost their home season finale to Valparaiso(3-7, 2-5 PFL) on Saturday, Nov. 15 by a 47-14 margin at Barker-Lane Stadium .

Freshman Brandon Chandler charged up the crowd on the opening kick returning it 86 yards for a touchdown and giving Campbell their first lead since the Carthage game (Sept. 27) with 14:47 left in the first quarter. For Campbell it was the first kickoff return for a touchdown in the modern era.

Valpo continued their season long streak of scoring on the opening drive and marched down the field on an eight play 46-yard drive that culminated in a 23-yard field goal from Andrej Skiba. This was the seventh time in 10 games that the Crusaders have scored on their opening drive.

The Crusader's Ross Wiemer punched it in from nine yards out to start the second quarter and give Valparaiso a 10-7 lead after the made extra point from Skiba. For Weimer it was his 10^th touchdown of the season.

The game remained the same going into the half, although Campbell drove down to the Valparaiso six-yard line before turning it over on a Matt Vollono interception.

Skiba pushed in his second field goal attempt of the game, this one from 27 yards, to Valpo a 13-7 lead with 11:42 left in the third quarter.

Valpo's defense quickly got into the scoring as Anthony Curry picked off the errant pass attempt from Vollono and returned it 38 yards for a touchdown to give the Crusaders a 20-7 lead. For Curry it was his league-leading sixth pick of the season.

Another Crusaders interception, this one by Kyle Himmelwright quickly turned into more points for the Valpo offense as Matt Upshaw hit Desmond Lewis in the back of the end zone to extend the advantage to 27-7 after the made Skiba extra point.

The Valpo special team's got into the scoring next with John Popper returning the Ted Moore punt 48 yards for a touchdown. The ensuing extra point was made by Skiba to give Valparaiso a 34-7 lead.

The offense continued for Valpo as Jake Riedel pushed it in from the two to finish off a 50-yard drive and give the Crusaders a 41-7 advantage.

The Campbell offense made the score 41-14 on 14-yard touchdown run from C.J. Oates and the made extra point from Adam Willets with 8:46 left in the fourth quarter.

Valpp scored their final touchdown of the game on Josh Regent-Smith's 10-yard run. The extra point failed but Valparaiso still extended the lead to 47-14.

For the game the Camels were outgained 381 to 158. Oates led the Campbell offensive attack with 34 yards rushing. Carl Smith had a team-best 43 yards receiving. Weimer for Valpo ran for a game-high 148 yards.

Campbell plays its final game of the 2008 season against Morehead State on November 22 at 1p.m. in Morehead, Kentucky.