BUIES CREEK, N.C. – Campbell (4-4, 3-3 CAA) will travel to nearby Chapel Hill for its final nonconference outing, taking on North Carolina (6-2, 3-2 ACC) for the first time in program history on Saturday, November 4. Kickoff is set for noon at Kenan Stadium.

WATCH / FOLLOW
Watch the Camels take on the Tar Heels on the ACC Network, and listen online at GoCamels.com or through The Varsity Network app. Live stats are also available at GoCamels.com, and follow on Twitter @GoCamelsFB for live updates.

TICKETS AND KENAN STADIUM ENTRY
Starting at 10:30 a.m., player pass and season ticket will call tickets will be available for pick up at Gate 1 of Kenan Stadium. Please have your photo ID ready when picking up your tickets. There will be Campbell staff at the table by Gate 1 from 10:30 a.m. until the end of the first quarter, so please pick up your tickets before the first quarter ends. Kenan Stadium gates will also open at 10:30 a.m.

Tickets can be purchased at GoCamels.com/Tickets.

For more information, please visit unc.edu.

LAST TIME OUT
Richmond forced three second half turnovers, outscoring visiting Campbell 34-6 after the halftime break, taking the 44-13 CAA contest at Robins Stadium. Richmond won its fourth straight outing, holding Campbell to its lowest offensive output of the season.

The Spiders led 16-13 with 2:45 to go in the third quarter before three straight Campbell turnovers, including Wayne Galloway's 42-yards interception return for a TD, part of a 28-0 fourth quarter for Richmond.

Camden Coleman and Kyle Wickersham combined to complete 18-of-26 passes for the Spiders for 265 yards, with Wickersham connecting on two touchdown passes. Savon Smith rushed for a pair of scores, adding 51 yards on eight carries, while Jerry Garcia, Jr. hauled in two catches for 46 yards and a touchdown.

Tristan Wheeler led the UR defense with 12 tackles, including a sack with 1.5 stops for loss, adding a forced and recovered fumble. Marlem Louis also forced two fumbles, adding 2.0 sacks with five total tackles.

Hajj-Malik Williams completed 20-of-32 passes for the Camels for 173 yards and a touchdown with a sea-son-high two interceptions, also rushing for 47 yards. VJ Wilkins snagged five passes for 55 yards, while Lamagea McDowell rushed for 35 yards on 12 carries.

Monchovia Gaffney tacked on eight tackles for CU, with Tre Moore and George Wilson adding sacks.

LEADING THE CAMELS
Campbell comes into this week's matchup with the 16th-ranked scoring offense in FCS, averaging 34.2 points per game, also ranking ninth in red zone offense nationally (.919).

Hajj-Malik Williams owns the FCS' second best completion percentage at 74.3 percent, averaging 262.2 passing yards per game with 16 touchdowns and five interceptions. The redshirt senior QB has also rushed for four scores.

Williams has connected with 16 different CU receivers through eight games, including 14 with multiple catches. Jalen Kelsey has posted a team-high 469 yards with three touchdowns on 27 catches, while VJ Wilkins owns a team-high 43 catches, going for 451 yards and four TDs.

NaQuari Rogers also owns six touchdowns on the ground, rushing for 411 yards.

Defensively, CJ Tillman has registered a team-best 68 tackles with four for loss, while Monchovia Gaffney owns 55 stops with 5.5 tackles for loss.

THE MATCHUP: NORTH CAROLINA
The Tar Heels are coming off a 46-42 loss at Georgia Tech and have dropped two straight after starting the season 6-0. UNC was ranked No. 10 in the AP FBS poll just two weeks ago before falling out of the rankings this week.

Heisman Trophy candidate Drake Maye leads the Tar Heels, averaging 319.8 passing yards per game with 16 touchdowns, adding six rushing TDs. Omarion Hampton also collects 115.4 rushing yards per game with 11 total touchdowns, while Devontez Walker and Bryson Nesbit own four receiving touchdowns apiece.

Defensively, Cedric Gray has notched a team-high 76 tackles with 2.5 sacks, while Kaimon Rucker has notched 7.5 sacks with 11.0 stops for loss, with Alijah Huzzie gathering three interceptions.

Saturday will be the first matchup between Campbell and UNC. The Camels have matched up with an ACC foe just once in program history, taking on Wake Forest during the 2020 season.

CAMELS AGAINST THE FBS
The Camels are 0-10 all-time against FBS opponents, following last season's 49-10 loss at East Carolina. The trip to ECU marked the program's fourth game against an in-state FBS foe (at Appalachian State 2014 and 2020, at Wake Forest 2020).

Prior to the 2020 season, Campbell had played against just four FBS opponents in its modern history, traveling to Troy in 2019 and hosting Coastal Carolina in 2018, while facing off with Old Dominion in 2013 and Appalachian State in 2014.

Although CU has never beaten an FBS opponent (0-10), the Camels nearly took down Georgia Southern in their 2020 opener in Statesboro, Ga., falling just a point short, 27-26.

The Camels also played Charlotte in 2013 and 2014 when the 49ers were in the beginning stages of their transition to FBS, playing an independent FCS schedule. Campbell's 2020 finale at Wake Forest marked the program's first ever against a Power Five opponent in football.

CU opened the 2021 season at Liberty.

NEXT UP
Campbell returns to Barker-Lane Stadium next week for its final home game of 2023, hosting top-10 ranked Delaware before rounding out the regular season at North Carolina A&T.

NORTH CAROLINA GAME SET FOR NATIONALLY TELEVISED NOON KICK
Campbell's November 4 football game at top-10 ranked North Carolina in Chapel Hill has been selected for a noon kickoff, broadcast nationally on the ACC Network.

The date will be the first meeting between the Fighting Camels and the Tar Heels.

ALUMNI & FRIENDS PREGAME TAILGATE SLATED FOR UNC GAME
The Campbell Community is invited to join the Campbell Alumni Association for pre-game tailgating when the Fighting Camels travel to North Carolina on November 4.

When the Fighting Camels face off against the Tar Heels, the Campbell Alumni Association and Campbell Athletics will host pre-game tailgating fun, including games, delicious barbeque and all the fixins, compliments of White Swan BBQ (a proud member of the Orange Owned business network). Full details and registration for that date can be found HERE.

CAMELS FACE ONE OF THE STRONGEST SCHEDULES IN FCS
According to Stats Perform, Campbell faces the fifth toughest schedule in the FCS, based on 2022 Division I opponent records. CU's 2023 opponents, all Division I FCS or FBS, owned a 77-55 record (.583) last season.

Harvard owns the strongest 2023 slate, according to the metric at .648 (68-37), followed by Nicholls (.610, 83-53), Elon (.606, 80-52) and Cal Poly (.585, 69-49). North Alabama (.573, 71-53), Yale (.571, 60-45), ETSU (.570, 65-49), Central Arkansas (.568, 67-51) and Northern Arizona (.561, 74-58) round out the top-10.

WILKINS, WILLIAMS RANK AMONG TOP FCS PERFORMERS BY PFF
With data through eight games this season, Campbell's Hajj-Malik Williams and VJ Wilkins ranked among the nation's highest graded position players, according to PFF.

Williams ranks sixth among FCS quarterbacks, rating at an 86.5 offensive grade, and 38^th overall among college QBs. Wilkins, meanwhile, stands as the top-graded FCS wide receiver and third overall in college football at 90.9.

Campbell's offensive line also rates as one of the best in the FCS, ranking No. 5 in pass blocking efficiency at a 93.0 grade, anchored by center Isaiah Burch, who owns the 16th-best individual pass blocking grade in FCS at 86.9.

WILKINS NAMED TO RICE AWARD WATCH LIST
Campbell rookie VJ Wilkins has been named to the 2023 Stats Perform Jerry Rice Award watch list, which honors the national freshman of the year in college football's Division I subdivision and is presented by FedEx Ground.

The wide receiver is one of 22 FCS players on the midseason watch list, including one of four among CAA Football programs. The Rice Award, now in its 13th season, is named after legendary Hall of Fame wide receiver Jerry Rice. Past recipients include Cooper Kupp, Chase Edmonds, Trey Lance and Shedeur Sanders.

Wilkins is the fifth Camel to earn a spot on the Rice Award watch list, joining quarterback Daniel Smith (2017), wide receiver Caleb Snead (2018), quarterback Hajj-Malik Williams (2019) and linebacker CJ Tillman (2021).

The Pfafftown, N.C. native owns 43 catches for 451 receiving yards and four touchdowns this season, ranking sixth in the CAA in receptions. Wilkins tacks on three rushes for 20 yards, adding 530 kick return yards with a 21.2 yards per return average.

Wilkins has been named the CAA Freshman of the Week twice already this season, most recently after hauling in a season-high 114 yards on 10 catches, adding a touchdown against Elon.

TWO FORMER CAMELS OPEN SEASON ON NFL ROSTERS
For the first time, two former Camels appeared on active NFL rosters opening the 2023 season. Both matched up in their first career NFL game, with Brevin Allen's Los Angeles Chargers hosting Julian Hill's Miami Dolphins in week one.

Allen became the first Camel to play in an NFL game during the Chargers' season opener. After making the Dolphins' initial 53-man roster, Hill was inactive through two games due to injury, but made his NFL debut in Miami's record-setting 70-20 win over Denver, seeing time on 58 total plays.

Both signed as undrafted free agents after the 2023 NFL Draft following their Campbell careers, with Allen initially signing to the LA practice squad as an outside linebacker.

CAMPBELL JOINS THE COASTAL ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION
Campbell University officially became a member of the Coastal Athletic Association in all sports on July 1, 2023.

The addition of Campbell in 2023 increases the CAA's full membership to 14 schools, joining fellow new members North Carolina A&T, Hampton, Monmouth and Stony Brook as schools that have all joined in the last year. CAA Football now consists of 15 teams in 2023.

The conference encompasses many of the nation's largest metropolitan areas with a geographic footprint that stretches from Boston to Charleston. It has produced 18 national team champions in five different sports and 33 individual national champions.

Campbell joined NCAA Division I in 1977 and became a charter member when the Big South Conference was formed in 1983. Campbell joined the Atlantic Sun Conference in the summer of 1994 and competed in the ASUN 17 years before returning to the Big South in the summer of 2011.

After a five-decade absence, Campbell resumed football competition in 2008 as a member of the Pioneer Football League. Campbell moved up to competition in Big South football in 2018.