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Football Falls To Jacksonville By A 52-0 Margin In First Pioneer League Game

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JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – Campbell's football team (0-3, 0-1 PFL) dropped its third game of the season by a 52-0 score to Pioneer Football League rival Jacksonville (2-1, 1-0 PFL) on Saturday, Sept. 13 at D.B. Milne Field.

Jacksonville started the game on an eight play 69-yard drive that covered 2:07 and was finished by Rudell Small's 14-yard touchdown run to give the team a 7-0 lead at the 12:53 mark of the first quarter.

After a three-and-out by the CU offense, Jacksonville's offense promptly got back in gear and went on a five play drive that covered 90 yards and was finished on a 45-yard bomb from Josh McGregor to Tommie Rogers to give the Dolphins a 14-point lead with 9:18 to play in the first quarter.

After a failed fourth down by the Campbell offense, JU took over and marched down the field to the Campbell 19-yard line before Erik Feliciano picked off McGregor at the CU goal line. For Campbell it was the first interception of the season.

JU's special teams got in the act next with Elliot Finkley returning a punt for a 57-yard touchdown to give Jacksonville a 21-0 lead with 1:56 left in the first quarter. Finkley's return was his second of the season, which ties the JU season record.

In the second quarter, Jacksonville's offense continued to impress and went on another touchdown drive. The JU offense's four play and 46-yard drive was capped off by another McGregor touchdown pass, this one to Finkley with 11:14 left in the second stanza.

The Dolphins tacked on a field goal and two more touchdowns before the half to make the score 45-0 at the break. Campbell was led by Reshaun Brown's 40 yards rushing in the first half.

The Dolphins' Keith Dawson reeled off a 64-yard run to end the third quarter and give JU a 52-0 lead after the made extra point from Josh Hostetler.

Brown led Campbell with 66 yards rushing for the game. JU offensive attacked was lead by Small's 150 yards on the ground. The Dolphins also had a strong aerial attack with McGregor throwing for 343 yards and three scores. CU linebacker Milton Brown led both teams with his seven tackles. He also had a sack and a pass defense. Jacksonville had a school-record 621 yards on the day.

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Campbell now returns home to take on San Diego (2-0) in the home conference opener on Sept. 20 at noon at Barker-Lane Stadium.

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Players Mentioned

Milton Brown

#43 Milton Brown

LB
6' 2"
Redshirt
Erik Feliciano

#29 Erik Feliciano

DB
6' 1"
Freshman

Players Mentioned

Milton Brown

#43 Milton Brown

6' 2"
Redshirt
LB
Erik Feliciano

#29 Erik Feliciano

6' 1"
Freshman
DB