#15/16 WILLIAM AND MARY 35, CAMPBELL 28
Campbell (2-5, 0-3 CAA) - 7, 7, 7, 7 -- 28
W&M (5-2, 2-1 CAA) – 14, 7, 0, 7 -- 35
Williamsburg – A pair of fourth quarter rushing touchdowns catapulted the William and Mary Tribe to a 35-28 victory over Campbell for its Homecoming game on Saturday afternoon at Zable Stadium.
The win put W&M into the top six (of 16 teams) in the CAA standings, with a current 2-1 conference record, and 5-2 overall.
The Camels (2-5, 0-3 CAA) had tied the game at 21 late in the third quarter as receiver JJ Cowan caught a dump pass from quarterback Chad Mascoe, Jr. and weaved 19 yards into the end zone. Rushing touchdowns from Bronson Yoder and Hollis Mathis helped the Tribe to pull away from their scrappy competitors from Buies Creek, NC in the final quarter.
The Tribe was aided by several costly penalties on Campbell. In one sequence, runs of 24 and three yards from Malachi Imoh (12 carries, 122 yards, TD; three receptions, 52 yds.) were extended by 30, with the help of two personal fouls on the Camel defense. This led to Yoder’s touchdown.
The Tribe's opening drive went 75 yards in ten plays, consuming 3:45 of the clock. Yoder (24 carries, 131 yds., TD) led the opening charge with five carries for 25 yards, while Imoh finished the drive with a 14-yard scoring run.
On their next drive, with fourth-and-goal from the 1, W&M QB Darius Wilson faked inside, then called his number to the outside and ran untouched into the end zone. Eric Bernstein’s extra point put the hosts ahead 14-0.
Campbell found its aerial attack, and Camel quarterback Chad Mascoe (30-39, 320 yards, 4 TD, int.) went to work on the visitor’s next drive, with VJ Wilkins cutting the lead in half on a 35-yard TD reception from Mascoe, pulling the Camels into the game and the scoring column. Connor Lytton’s conversion was good and Campbell closed the lead to 14-7 to end the opening quarter.
W&M safety TJ McGill was disqualified from the game after being called for "targeting" Mascoe after he slid to end a scramble and was hit. The redshirt sophomore signal caller was out for four plays, replaced by Mike Chandler. However, the Camels lost a fumble and couldn’t take advantage of the costly penalty.
Mascoe did get the offense in gear on the next drive, leading the Camels down to the Tribe 10. However, his fourth down pass to the end zone was broken up by W&M cornerback Jalen Jones, preventing a scare. In the second half, Jones (Deep Creek HS) would stop another drive, ending a Camel drive with just under four minutes remaining in the game.
With the defense fending off the tying score, the Tribe offense went back to work, and Yoder galloped 30 yards for a Tribe first down. The defensive stop by W&M became more important as the Tribe scored again with Darius Wilson drilling a 11-yard TD dart through the middle of the field to JT Mayo. With the extra point, William and Mary gained a 14-point lead with 4:22 remaining in the first half.
Campbell refused to go away, and put together a 13-play, 75-yard drive, ending with the second Mascoe-to-Wilkins passing touchdown, this one on a two-yard fade route, which closed the W&M lead to 21-14 at halftime.
Campbell tied the game to start the second half. After the Camels converted on third-and-nine from the 30 (a 16-yard pass to Sincere Brown), Mascoe dumped a pass to JJ Cowan and the freshman RB weaved through Tribe traffic into the end zone, knotting the contest at 21.
Mathis rolled right and into the end zone from the 6 for what was the game-clinching TD for William and Mary.
W&M –Malachi Imoh 34 run (Eric Bernstein kick)
W&M – Darius Wilson 1 run (Bernstein kick)
Camp – VJ Wilkins 35 pass from Chad Mascoe (Connor Lytton kick)
W&M – JT Mayo 11 pass from Wilson (Bernstein kick)
Camp – Wilkins 2 pass from Mascoe (Lytton kick)
Camp – JJ Cowan 19 pass from Mascoe (Lytton kick)
W&M – Bronson Yoder 6 run (Bernstein kick)
W&M – Hollis Mathis 6 run (Bernstein kick)
Camp – Sincere Brown 11 pass from Mascoe (Lytton kick)
Camp W&M
First Downs 22, 28
Rush-Yards 24-103, 57-355
Passing Yards 320, 109
C-A-I 30-39-1, 11-17-1
Pen.-Yards 10-106, 6-65
Fumbles-Lost 1-1, 1-1
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