by ALBANY, N.Y. — Kamden Sixkiller threw for 271 yards and two touchdowns, but No. 25 UAlbany used two defensive touchdowns and a late fourth-down stop to beat No. 15 Campbell 45-35 on Saturday at Bob Ford Field at Tom & Mary Casey Stadium.
Sixkiller finished 27-of-44 for 271 yards with two touchdowns and one interception. His interception proved costly: Jamari Young picked him off in the third quarter and returned it for a touchdown that stretched UAlbany’s lead to 38-21.
UAlbany struck first when Dillon Dunathan returned a JJ Cowan fumble for a touchdown, and the Great Danes led 21-7 after a Kai Colín rushing touchdown and a 63-yard Rahshan La Mons scoring run. Campbell answered with a 40-yard touchdown pass to Aaryn Tate, but UAlbany carried a 31-21 lead into halftime.
Campbell kept fighting back. Chinua Ezeigbo’s 27-yard touchdown catch cut it to 38-28, and after a Colín strip-sack fumble, Cowan broke a 41-yard touchdown run to make it 38-35 with 13:13 left. UAlbany then pinned Campbell at its own 8, stopped the Camels on fourth-and-1 with 1:52 left, and sealed it on Colín’s 16-yard touchdown pass to BJ Norman.
Cowan ran for 97 yards and three touchdowns for Campbell, and AJ Benton added five tackles and an interception. Colín threw for 214 yards and two touchdowns for UAlbany, La Mons ran for 119 yards and a score, and Shawan Lewis recorded 3.5 sacks and two forced fumbles.
The loss drops Campbell to 7-2 overall and 4-1 in CAA play, while UAlbany improves to 6-3 and 4-1. Campbell returns home to host Stony Brook on Saturday, Nov. 7 at 1 p.m. ET at Barker-Lane Stadium in Buies Creek.
