BUIES CREEK, N.C. – Campbell will make its home debut on Saturday, September 7, hosting Shaw at Barker-Lane Stadium. Kickoff is set for 6:00 p.m.
 
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Last time out
Campbell opened the 2019 season on the road at FBS Sun Belt member Troy, falling 43-14. Troy registered 527 total yards, while three Trojans passed the century mark. Two Trojans hit the 100 receiving yards mark, with Reggie Todd making three catches for 108 yards and a touchdown, while Kaylon Geiger hauled in a game-high five catches for 108 yards. B.J. Smith also ran for 109 yards on 10 carries, also adding a TD.
 
Caleb Snead paced Campbell with 54 yards on three catches, with two going for touchdowns, with quarterback Hajj-Malik Williams, who became the Camels' first true freshman to start a season opener at quarterback, connecting on 7-of-13 passes for 85 yards and two touchdowns. Bryant Barr added 39 yards rushing, with Antonio Whitehead catching two passes for 23 yards.
 
Justice Galloway-Velazquez tallied a career-high 10 tackles with 1.5 sacks, while Tywun Rivens tacked on eight stops.
 
The crowd of 23,172 marked the second largest to see Campbell's football team in action, second only to Appalachian State's crowd of 25,861 in 2014.
 
Year 12 on the gridiron
Campbell opened its 12th season of FCS football last week. The Camels brought football back to the Creek in 2008 after a 58 year hiatus, playing as a member of the Pioneer Football League from 2008-17. Campbell previously fielded a football team during its junior college days from 1925-50, taking hiatus from 1940-45 due to World War II.
 
Camels coming off back-to-back winning seasons
The Camels made a successful transition to the Big South Conference in 2018, their first season as a scholarship program. Campbell finished 6-5 overall and 1-4 in its inaugural Big South season, securing back-to-back winning seasons for the first time in the program's modern era (since 2008).
 
Campbell has posted at least five wins in each of the last six seasons, including six in 2017 and 2018 to match a program best in the category. In the programs previous six years, the five win mark had only been reached once (6 in 2011).
 
Nine named Preseason All-Big South
A total of nine Camels have been named to 2019 Preseason All-Big South teams, announced in July at the Big South's 2019 football media day. Campbell's nine selections led the league.
 
The list includes wide receiver Caleb Snead (R-So.), tight end Michael Wooten (R-Sr.), offensive linemen Jacob Cuddington (R-Sr.) and Matt Price (R-Sr.), defensive lineman Damien Dozier (R-Jr.), defensive back Dorian Jones (R-So.) and punter Brad Dennis (R-Sr.). Additionally, kicker Colin Gary (R-Sr.) and long snapper Jackson Hayes (So.) were both named honorable mention preseason all-conference.
 
Meanwhile, Monmouth quarterback Kenji Bahar was picked to be the 2019 Big South Offensive Player of the Year, while Kennesaw State linebacker Bryson Armstrong was tabbed the Preseason Defensive Player of the Year.
 
Camels picked fourth in preseason Big South poll
Also announced at the Big South's media day, Campbell was picked fourth in the league's preseason coaches' poll.
 
Kennesaw State was picked to repeat as Big South Champions, taking 14 first place votes and 134 total points. Monmouth (5 first place, 122 points) and Charleston Southern (1, 79) followed in the poll, also picking up first place tallies. Campbell came in just behind CSU with 79 points, followed by Gardner-Webb (67), Hampton (64) and Presbyterian (21), rounding out the poll.
 
Packing Barker-Lane
For the third straight season, Campbell broke its overall attendance record (35,405), while resetting Barker-Lane Stadium's single-game mark with 6,712 for its Homecoming tilt vs. Gardner-Webb.
 
Noteworthy: Campbell in home openers
The Camels have won four straight home openers, dating back to 2014. Last season, Campbell defeated visiting Chowan 49-26 on the way to a 5-1 start. CU is 5-1 in home openers under seventh year head coach Mike Minter.
 
No fly zone
The Camels led the FCS in fewest passing yards allowed per game (122.5) in 2018, holding opponents under 150 yards passing seven times, including a school record 12 yards at Presbyterian. CU held its opponents without an offensive TD four times.
 
Dennis named to FCS Punter of the Year watch list
Campbell's Brad Dennis is one of 28 named to the 2019 FCS Punter of the Year Award watch list, presented by The Augusta Sports Council. Dennis, a returning First Team All-Big South performer, averaging a school record 43.2 yards per punt in 2018, a Big South best, and ranked 10th in the entire FCS. Dennis pinned 19 punts inside the 20, another CU record, with 10 kicks of 50 or more yards and eight fair catches.

Scouting Shaw
The Bears will make their 2019 debut on Saturday in Buies Creek, finishing last season at 5-5 overall and 4-3 in CIAA play. A NCAA Division II program, Shaw won four of its final five games in 2018.

The Bears are led by linebacker Devon Hunt, who is featured on the 2019 Black College Football Player of the Year Award watch list. Hunt, the 2018 CIAA Defensive Player of the Year, collected 98 tackles with 15.5 stops for loss a year ago.

On the offensive side of the ball, wide receiver Marquis Gorham returns, totaling 558 yards with four touchdowns on 45 catches in 2018.

Next up
Week three of the 2019 season will feature Campbell's first of two bye weeks, with the second coming during week seven (Oct. 12). The Camels will be back in action on Sept. 21, hosting former Pioneer Football League foe Davidson at 6:00 p.m. Campbell has won five in a row in the series against the Wildcats, with the programs' last meeting coming in 2017, a 42-29 win at Davidson.

Watch the Camels on ESPN+
ESPN+, ESPN's new streaming platform, is the new home for live Big South Network productions. Campbell will be featured in all 11 games of the 2019 football season on ESPN platforms, including a minimum of seven broadcasts on ESPN+.