BUIES CREEK, N.C. – Campbell heads on the road for the final time in the 2024 season, traveling to Delaware. Kickoff is set for 1:00 p.m. at Delaware Stadium.
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LAST TIME OUT
Brandon Peskin's 36-yard field goal in the final seconds lifted No. 13 Richmond over Campbell 27-24 to remain unbeaten in CAA play. Campbell (3-7, 1-5 CAA) led 24-17 with 9:59 to play with
Sincere Brown's 14-yard TD catch before Richmond (8-2, 6-0 CAA) answered with a 12-play, 76-yard scoring drive, tying the game with Ja'Vion Griffin's nine-yard touchdown catch from Camden Coleman.
Two possessions later, Campbell's
Brandon Guzman intercepted a Coleman pass, helping the Camels drive to the Spider 35 before turning the ball over on downs with 1:56 remaining in regulation. Richmond then chipped away 45 yards on 11 plays, with Coleman completing 4-of-5 passes and rushing four times for 27 yards on the drive to set up Peskin's go-ahead field goal.
Coleman finished the night with 252 passing yards on 19-of-33 passing with two touchdowns and an interception while running for 55 yards on 12 carries. Landon Ellis grabbed seven passes for 101 yards, while Nick DeGennaro totaled 61 yards on four catches with a TD. Zach Palmer-Smith added 53 yards rushing on 20 attempts with a touchdown.
Mike Chandler II, meanwhile, rushed for a season-high 121 yards and a touchdown, also completing 12-of-24 passes for 128 yards, a touchdown and two interceptions.
Brown tallied seven catches for 62 yards, including the fourth quarter touchdown, his 11th of the season to set a Campbell single season record.
Randall King added four catches for 53 yards to go with a 90-yard kickoff return for a touchdown in the second quarter. The kickoff return TD marked Campbell's first since 2018 (Aaron Blockmon at Presbyterian, 11/10/18).
LEADING THE CAMELS
Sincere Brown has gathered a CAA-leading 951 receiving yards with 11 touchdowns, a Campbell single-season record.
Mike Chandler II owns a team-high 471 yards rushing with three touchdowns, posting 483 passing yards with six TDs and 172 rushing yards with another score over his last two games.
Defensively,
Jalen Brooks has notched a team-high 93 tackles with 7.5 stops for loss, 4.0 sacks, an interception and two fumble recoveries, while
Jojo Pace has tallied 73 tackles with two interceptions.
THE MATCHUP: DELAWARE
The Blue Hens, in their final season as a CAA member before transitioning to FBS status, are 8-1 on the season and 5-1 in conference games. Delaware's lone setback came at Richmond, falling 28-9 to the CAA-leading Spiders before reeling off back-to-back wins over UAlbany (28-14) and Rhode Island (24-21).
Nick Minicucci has thrown for 367 yards, completing 43-of-61 passes with four touchdowns over his last two games. Phil Lutz owns 741 yards receiving with nine touchdowns, while Marcus Yarns has gathered 610 yards rushing with five scores. Defensively, Gavin Moul has recorded a team-high 56 tackles, with 4.5 stops for loss and two interceptions.
Saturday's game will mark the Camels first trip to Newark. Last season, then-No. 8 Delaware defeated Campbell in the pair's only previous meeting, coming at Barker-Lane Stadium, downing the Camels 45-7.
BROWN NEARING 1,000 MARK, SETS CU SEASON TD RECORD
With 951 receiving yards on the season with two games remaining in the 2024 regular season, Campbell wide out
Sincere Brown is on pace to reach the 1,000 mark. The Charleston, S.C. native would be just the third Camel to log 1,000 receiving yards in a season, joining
Caleb Snead (1,067 in 2021) and Aaron Blockmon (1,038 in 2016). He currently sits third on the Campbell single season receiving yards list.
Against Richmond, Brown broke the tie with Blockmon and Snead for the single season receiving touchdowns record, and now has 11 on the year.
CAMELS NEAR PASSING TOUCHDOWNS RECORD
With 21 passing touchdowns on the year, Campbell sits just behind the program single-season record of 24, registered in 2021. The current mark of 21 is tied for second with the 2017 campaign, and is the fourth time the Camels have tallied 20 or more passing touchdowns in a season all-time (20 last season).
CAMELS SCHEDULE AMONG FCS' TOUGHEST
In its second season in the Coastal Athletic Conference, Campbell again faces one of the toughest schedules in the FCS, ranking No. 16 according to NCAA.org.
Richmond marked Campbell's third ranked opponent of the season, going 1-2 on the year against top-25 foes. The Spiders were also CU's eighth opponent this season that either is currently or has been ranked in the top-25, including Liberty (FBS). Delaware, at 8-1 overall and 5-1 in CAA play is not ranked due to its move to the FBS next season. Southern Illinois holds the FCS' toughest road, while North Carolina A&T is playing the most difficult schedule in the CAA, ranking sixth overall.
CHANDLER SHINES IN FIRST STARTS
In his first start as a Camel,
Mike Chandler II completed 22-of-39 passes for 355 yards and four touchdowns, also rushing for a team-high 51 yards on 10 carries. Chandler, a Lamar transfer, played in 24 games with 11 starts for the Cardinals.
NEXT UP
The Camels will finish out their 2024 campaign at home on November 23 against Towson (2:00 p.m.). Single game tickets are available at
GoCamels.com/Tickets and by phone through the CU Athletics Ticket Office, at 1-877-GO-HUMPS.