FAYETTEVILLE, N.C. – Campbell's football team (0-2) fell to Methodist (1-0) 32-21 in their second game of the season at Monarch Stadium on Sept. 6. The game was highlighted by CU's first three touchdowns of the season, which all came in the last 15:32 of game time.

The Monarchs got on the board first on the 36-yard field goal from Mario Miralles to take a 3-0 lead with 12 minutes left in the first quarter. After a three-and-out for the Camels, Methodist's Chris Smith then blocked the punt attempt to put the team deep in Campbell territory with a prime scoring opportunity. Just as the CU defense had stiffened, a false start on the field goal attempt gave the Monarchs a first down. Methodist kept the drive going and it was capped off by a 22-yard field goal from Miralles to take a 6-0 lead.

Miralles knocked in his third field goal of the first half, a 27-yard attempt, to give MU a 9-0 advantage with 11:09 left in the second quarter. The Campbell defense played well from that point on and held the Monarchs' offense scoreless for the rest of the half, but the CU offense was also held scoreless and could only muster 84 yards in total offense with Carl Smith getting 54 of those on the ground.

Campbell's offense had a strong start in the second half and marched all the way to Methodist 17 yard line on a 12 play 53-yard drive, before a botched snap stalled the drive and forced CU to turn the ball over on downs. Methodist's then took over and put together a nine play 43-yard drive of their own with Miralles finishing it with a 43 yarder through the uprights for a 12-0 advantage with 5:11 left in the third quarter.

Another Campbell special teams miscue cost them a touchdown with Danny Burback recovering a botched snap of a punt attempt in the CU end zone with 4:12 left in the third quarter to give MU a commanding 19-0 lead.

The Methodist scoring continued on Campbell's next drive with Antonio Bartee picking off a Wesley Snow attempt and returning it 39 yards for a touchdown to give Methodist a 25-0 advantage.

The Campbell offense answered with a touchdown of their own on a 2-yard run from Smith with 00:29 left in the third quarter. For CU it was their first touchdown of the young season.

Methodist would add a Corey McGuire touchdown run early in the fourth quarter to make the score 32-7 with just over 10 minutes (10:21) left in the game.

CU received its first passing touchdown of the season when Matt Vollono was able to hook up with Harrison Jordan on an 18-yard pass with 5:49 left in the fourth quarter. Campbell now was feeling some momentum and after a defensive stop marched down the field and tallied their third touchdown of the afternoon on the 1-yard Reshaun Brown scamper to make the score 32-21.

The Camels would put together one last ditch effort and got all the way down to the Methodist 24 before turning the ball over on downs.

Vollono had a solid performance for Campbell, going 21-for-39 for 252 yards and a touchdown. Receiver Kelvin Murphy continued to impress with four catches for 63 yards. Smith ran for 71 yards on 15 carries. Methodist was led by McGuire's 91 yards on the ground. Quarterback Eric Teague had a solid all-around with 60 yards on the ground and 100 yards through the air for MU.

Campbell will open Pioneer Football League play and travels to Jacksonville, Fla. to take on the Dolphins on Sept. 13 at 1 p.m.

Head Coach Dale Steele's Quote:

"Obviously we are disappointed, but we did learn some things about our football team. This team continued to fight throughout the entire game, even when they were down. We saw many things we can build on from this game, we will just need to go and execute better against Jacksonville."