ORONO, ME – Campbell's breakthrough season reached another milestone Saturday afternoon, as quarterback Kamden Sixkiller threw for a school-record 450 yards and three touchdowns to lead the No. 13 Camels past Maine 35-6 at Morse Field at Alfond Stadium.

The victory gave Campbell its seventh win of the season, establishing a new program record and surpassing the six-win marks reached in 2011, 2017, 2018 and 2019. The Camels improved to 7-1 overall and 4-0 in Coastal Athletic Association play, extending their winning streak to five games while remaining unbeaten against FCS competition.

Sixkiller completed 29 of 44 passes, spreading the ball among 13 different receivers as Campbell piled up 562 yards of total offense. His 450 passing yards established a school single-game record, while the Camels' defense held Maine to just 63 rushing yards and forced two turnovers.

The final margin, however, took time to develop.

Campbell opened the scoring midway through the first quarter when Sixkiller connected with Jon Gullette for a 53-yard touchdown. The two-play, 70-yard possession required just 46 seconds and gave the Camels a 7-0 advantage.

Maine answered early in the second quarter after Erv Wiggins Jr. intercepted Sixkiller and returned the ball 30 yards to the Campbell 27. Four plays later, Caden Drezek found Rashawn Marshall for an 8-yard touchdown pass. Samuel Tremblay missed the extra point, leaving the Black Bears trailing 7-6.

The Camels struggled to capitalize on their next two possessions, turning the ball over on downs at the Maine 12 before Alex Crabb missed a 28-yard field goal attempt.

Campbell finally created some separation late in the half.

Taking possession at its own 39 with 2:15 remaining, the Camels covered 61 yards in just four plays and 32 seconds. Ethan Lawrence finished the drive with a 10-yard touchdown run, sending Campbell into halftime with a 14-6 lead.

The third quarter proved decisive.

After forcing Maine to punt on its opening possession, Campbell took over at its own 11-yard line and marched 89 yards in 10 plays. Sixkiller capped the drive with a 28-yard touchdown pass to Brady Ambrose, extending the lead to 21-6 with 9:01 remaining in the quarter.

The Camels followed with another sustained possession, moving 74 yards in 10 plays before Gullette scored on a 1-yard run with 1:13 left in the third.

The two third-quarter drives consumed nearly nine minutes and transformed a competitive first half into a commanding 28-6 Campbell advantage.

Any remaining uncertainty disappeared early in the fourth quarter.

Following a Maine turnover on downs, Sixkiller needed just one play to find Jyron Waiters for a 59-yard touchdown. The nine-second possession pushed the lead to 35-6 with 13:55 remaining and completed Campbell's scoring.

Waiters finished with seven receptions for 155 yards, accounting for more than one-third of Sixkiller's record-setting passing total. Gullette contributed 59 receiving yards and 13 rushing yards, scoring twice, while Evan Austin added three catches for 50 yards and Christian Campbell caught four passes for 49 yards.

Campbell WR Jyron Waiters (Photo Credit: Campbell Athletics)

Campbell's passing attack accounted for 455 yards overall, including a 5-yard completion by backup Grayson Harvey. The Camels added 107 rushing yards and finished with 25 first downs.

While Sixkiller and the offense supplied the headlines, Campbell's defense made certain Maine never mounted a serious second-half challenge.

The Black Bears converted just two of 17 third-down opportunities and managed only 275 total yards. Maine was held scoreless over the final 42 minutes after its second-quarter touchdown.

Charles Battaglia led Campbell with 10 tackles, including 1.5 tackles for loss and a sack. AJ Benton added nine stops and a pass breakup, while Ravel Cato recorded eight tackles, two pass breakups and an interception.

Greg Ransome also intercepted a pass, giving Campbell two takeaways on the afternoon.

The interceptions came on Maine's final two possessions, ending drives that had reached the Campbell 14-yard line. Cato's interception stopped a 16-play, 61-yard march midway through the fourth quarter, while Ransome's takeaway ended the Black Bears' final scoring opportunity.

Maine quarterback Caden Drezek completed 21 of 40 passes for 212 yards, one touchdown and two interceptions. Evan Wallace led the Black Bears with six receptions for 67 yards, while Marshall managed 32 rushing yards on 12 carries.

Defensively, Jeremiah McGill paced Maine with 11 tackles, and Noah Carpenter added 10.

The six points allowed represented Campbell's best defensive performance since a 72-0 shutout of Presbyterian in 2021. It was also the fewest points the Camels had surrendered to a conference opponent since defeating Presbyterian 34-6 in 2018.

For Maine, the loss dropped the Black Bears to 1-7 overall and 1-4 in conference play.

For Campbell, the victory continued a season that has already moved beyond the program's previous benchmarks. The Camels have now won seven consecutive games against FCS opponents to begin the season, with their only loss coming outside the subdivision.

More importantly, Campbell remains unbeaten in CAA play as the conference race enters its final month.

The Camels will return to New York on Oct. 31 for their first-ever meeting with UAlbany before closing the regular season with home games against Stony Brook on Nov. 7 and Monmouth on Nov. 21, with another road contest remaining between those dates.

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Trailing 24-20, Towson marched 67 yards to the Campbell 8-yard line before Zaydaan Faridi's 26-yard field-goal attempt struck the right upright with 14:50 remaining. The missed opportunity proved costly as the Tigers managed just 46 yards on their final three possessions.

Towson's last chance began at the Campbell 45 with 3:02 remaining, but the Camels forced a turnover on downs at their own 29-yard line to preserve the victory.

The decisive stretch followed a third quarter featuring three lead changes and Campbell's most important defensive play of the afternoon.

Safety Kaleb Simpkins intercepted Towson quarterback Jacob Davis on the first play from scrimmage after halftime, giving the Camels possession at the Tigers' 42-yard line.

Sixkiller capitalized three plays later, connecting with Jyron Waiters on a 22-yard touchdown pass to put Campbell ahead 17-13.

Towson responded with an 11-play, 75-yard drive, capped by Davis' 1-yard touchdown run, to regain the lead at 20-17 with 8:34 remaining in the third quarter.

Campbell answered immediately, covering 71 yards in eight plays before Thomas scored from a yard out to put the Camels ahead for good with 4:54 left in the period.

It was Thomas' second touchdown of the afternoon and his third consecutive game with multiple rushing scores. He finished with 28 yards on seven carries.

The teams had traded scores during a competitive first half. Campbell opened with a 21-yard field goal from Alex Crabb before Towson took a 7-3 lead on Xavier Pugh's 1-yard touchdown run.

Thomas answered with a 13-yard scoring run late in the first quarter, but Davis found CJ Schaeffer for a 2-yard touchdown pass with 1:41 remaining before halftime to give the Tigers a 13-10 advantage.

Towson accumulated 282 first-half yards, including 120 rushing, before Campbell's defense limited the Tigers to 160 yards after intermission.

O'Marion Lewis led the Camels with a season-high 13 tackles and a pass breakup, while Simpkins added 10 tackles and his crucial interception. Jordan Jones contributed seven stops.

Sixkiller completed 20 of 30 passes for 224 yards, one touchdown and an interception. Chinua Ezeigbo led Campbell's receivers with five catches for 68 yards, while Waiters added three receptions for 43 yards.

Davis paced Towson with 257 passing yards and 40 rushing yards, accounting for two touchdowns. Pugh rushed for 75 yards and a score, while Cleveland Charlton caught six passes for 88 yards.

Campbell's victory was its sixth against FCS competition this season, establishing a new program record. The Camels previously reached six overall wins in 2011, 2017, 2018 and 2019.

Now 3-0 in conference play, Campbell will look to continue its historic start when it travels to Maine on October 24 before visiting UAlbany the following week.

DURHAM – Campbell spent much of Saturday night building a lead at O'Kelly-Riddick Stadium. North Carolina Central spent the third quarter erasing it.

Then, with the game tied and the rain continuing to fall, the Fighting Camels found one final answer.

Kamden Sixkiller connected with Jyron Waiters for a nine-yard touchdown with 7:28 remaining, breaking a 31-31 tie and lifting No. 18/24 Campbell to a 38-31 victory over NC Central.

The win improved Campbell to 5-1, while Central fell to 2-4.

The night began about as well as the Eagles could have hoped.

On Campbell's opening possession, Sixkiller was intercepted by Cameron Williams, who returned the ball 19 yards. One play later, Nelson Layne raced 16 yards for a touchdown and a 7-0 Central lead.

Campbell answered with Sixkiller's one-yard touchdown run, but Layne struck again, scoring from three yards out to put NCCU back ahead 14-7.

From there, the first quarter belonged to Campbell.

DeJuan Thomas broke loose for a 32-yard touchdown to tie the game, Alex Crabb connected on a 41-yard field goal and JJ Cowan scored from three yards out with 38 seconds remaining. The Camels emerged from a frantic opening quarter with a 24-14 advantage.

Thomas added his second touchdown, a four-yard run, early in the second quarter to stretch Campbell's run to 24 unanswered points and the lead to 31-14.

Central found a spark before halftime after turning to Cobey Thompkins at quarterback. Thompkins completed all four of his passes for 70 yards on the drive, including a 23-yard touchdown to Tristan Stitt with 2:28 remaining, sending the Eagles to the locker room trailing 31-21.

Then the game changed again.

Central controlled the third quarter while Campbell's offense went scoreless. Riley Daniels' 47-yard field goal cut the deficit to seven before Zion Dobson ripped off a 62-yard touchdown run with 6:31 remaining in the quarter.

In less than nine minutes, the Eagles had erased Campbell's 10-point halftime advantage and tied the game at 31.

Campbell finally regained control in the fourth.

Sixkiller directed an 11-play, 56-yard drive before finding Waiters for the nine-yard go-ahead touchdown with 7:28 remaining. The Camels' defense made the lead stand, including a fourth-down stop of Layne on a quarterback keeper during Central's fourth-quarter attempt to regain the advantage.

For a Campbell offense that entered the game with Sixkiller among the nation's most productive passers, it was the ground game that did much of the damage.

The Camels rushed for 262 yards and four touchdowns. Cowan carried 14 times for 139 yards, including a 66-yard run, while Thomas added 89 yards and two touchdowns on 10 carries. Sixkiller finished 18-of-35 for 226 yards, a touchdown and an interception.

Central countered with 160 rushing yards, led by Dobson's 80 yards on 13 carries and Layne's 59 yards and two touchdowns. Chance Peterson caught 10 passes for 84 yards, while Stitt finished with three receptions for 58 yards and a score.

Campbell finished with 488 yards of offense to Central's 359 and held a 262-160 advantage on the ground. The Camels also possessed the ball for 32:02. Both teams converted 7-of-14 third downs.

The Eagles had done the difficult part, wiping away a 17-point deficit and turning what had threatened to become a Campbell runaway into a fourth-quarter tie.

But after Central scored 17 unanswered points, Campbell produced the game's final answer.

Sixkiller found Waiters, the defense held, and the nationally ranked Camels left Durham with their fifth victory of the season.

HAMPTON, VA – For one half, Campbell's first game as a nationally ranked football program wasn't going according to plan.

Then came the third quarter.

No. 22 Campbell turned a 13-13 halftime tie into a 44-13 runaway with a stunning 31-point third quarter Saturday night, overwhelming Hampton 44-20 at Darling Stadium and making the Camels' first game with a number beside their name a memorable one.

Campbell improved to 4-1 overall and 2-0 in CAA play in the 200th game in program history.

But before the celebration came a first half filled with opportunities for Hampton.

Campbell fumbled away the opening kickoff, giving the Pirates possession at the Camels' 35. Hampton converted the mistake into a 37-yard Brett Starling field goal and an early 3-0 lead.

The Camels answered quickly. Kamden Sixkiller found Connor Adair for a 28-yard touchdown to put Campbell ahead 6-3, but another Campbell fumble late in the opening quarter set Hampton up at the CU 20. Gracen Goldsmith scored four plays later to put the Pirates back in front.

Campbell responded again when Sixkiller connected with Chinua Ezeigbo for a 34-yard touchdown midway through the second quarter.

Hampton then threatened to take control just before halftime, driving 78 yards to the Campbell 1. But the Camels' defense kept the Pirates out of the end zone, forcing them to settle for a 19-yard field goal and a 13-13 tie.

It proved to be Hampton's last chance to keep pace.

Campbell's first five possessions of the second half produced points.

The first was an 82-yard march capped by De'Von Thomas' two-yard touchdown run. After the defense forced a Hampton punt, Campbell went 45 yards for another score, this time with Sixkiller finding Thomas from 29 yards out.

Kaleb Robison's 24-yard field goal made it 30-13.

Then the Campbell defense joined the avalanche.

AJ Benton recovered a Hampton fumble, giving the Camels possession at the Pirates' 22. Three plays later, Sixkiller connected with freshman Christian Campbell for a six-yard touchdown.

Six seconds of game time later, Gavin Harris intercepted Tre'Von Taylor.

It took Campbell exactly one offensive play to capitalize.

Sixkiller hit Ezeigbo for a 64-yard touchdown, and a game tied at halftime had suddenly become a 44-13 rout. Campbell's five third-quarter scoring drives covered 82, 45, 34, 22 and 64 yards.

Sixkiller was at the center of nearly everything.

The Campbell quarterback completed 24 of 31 passes for 308 yards, five touchdowns and no interceptions. He also led the Camels with 73 rushing yards on only five carries. It marked his fourth 300-yard passing performance through Campbell's first five games.

Ezeigbo made the most of his opportunities, catching only two passes but turning them into 98 yards and two touchdowns. Twelve different Campbell players caught a pass as the Camels finished with 534 yards of offense – 337 through the air and 197 on the ground.

The defense did its part as well, holding Hampton to 62 rushing yards while recording nine tackles for loss, two sacks and two interceptions. Campbell forced three turnovers after halftime after committing two of its own before the break.

Hampton added a fourth-quarter touchdown, but by then the result had long since been decided.

Campbell's first half looked nothing like the debut a newly ranked program might have envisioned.

Its third quarter looked exactly like one.

BUIES CREEK – Campbell’s fast start has carried the football program into new territory: a national ranking for the first time in its modern history.

The Fighting Camels entered the Stats Perform FCS Top 25 at No. 22 on Monday after a 42-14 victory over North Carolina A&T. Campbell also received votes in the AFCA coaches poll, placing just outside that ranking’s top 25.

Campbell is 3-1 overall and 1-0 in the Coastal Athletic Association, its best start since 2019. The Camels are unbeaten against FCS opponents and, with the win over A&T, captured their first CAA opener since joining the league in 2023. The surge follows a 2-10 season in 2025, when Campbell finished 2-6 in conference play.

The ranking followed Campbell’s most complete performance of the season. Quarterback Kamden Sixkiller completed 23 of 25 passes for 341 yards and four touchdowns, a 92% completion rate that the CAA said was the best in the FCS this season. He shared the league’s Offensive Player of the Week honor, his second CAA weekly offensive award of the season. Running back JJ Cowan produced 185 yards from scrimmage and three scores, and wide receiver Jyron Waiters added seven catches for 155 yards and two touchdowns as the Camels rolled up 574 yards of offense.

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Campbell opened the season with a 49-37 road win at ETSU and followed with a 28-19 home victory over then-No. 24 Western Carolina. The Camels have surpassed 500 yards of offense in each of their wins, and Sixkiller has thrown for at least 330 yards against all three FCS opponents. A loss at Florida is Campbell’s only setback through four games, but the wins were enough to lift the program into the national poll in the 19th season of its modern era.

The Camels return to CAA play at Hampton on Saturday, Sept. 26. They visit North Carolina Central on Oct. 3 before returning to Barker-Lane Stadium to face Towson in the Oct. 17 homecoming game.