Tale of Two Halves: Football Falls Campbellsville

BARBOURVILLE, Ky. – As cliché as it is, Saturday's game was truly a tale of two halves. Union College stood toe-to-toe with Campbellsville University (Ky.) during the first 30 minutes, but the visiting Tigers seized control of the second half en route to the 52-14 outcome.

The loss puts Union at 0-4, while Campbellsville improves to 1-2.

BACK-AND-FORTH FIRST QUARTER

After falling behind 6-0, the Bulldogs scored back-to-back touchdowns to grab a 14-6 lead in the opening quarter.

JeQuerius Wilson set up Union's first score as he intercepted a pass on the Union 22 and returned it to the Campbellsville 49. On the very next play, Kendrick Furness hit a wide-open Immanuel Dawsey for a 49-yard scoring strike to make it 7-6 with 9:07 on the clock.

Later in the quarter, Union put together a seven-play, 86-yard scoring drive to extend its lead to 14-6. Furness capped the drive by hitting Earl Wells on a short pass play, and Wells weaved his way through the secondary to make his way to the end zone with 4:40 left in the first.

Campbellsville, though, closed out the quarter with a Kendon Young 9-yard touchdown run and a 2-point conversion to tie things up at 14-all.

46 UNANSWERED POINTS

Campbellsville added a 35-yard field goal in the second to take a 17-14 lead at the half. In the second half, though, the Tigers racked up 35 points on their way to the 52-14 victory. Campbellsville closed out the game scoring the final 46 points.

BULLDOG NOTES

• Campbellsville outgained Union 540-241 in total offense with 282 coming through the air.
• Josh Smith punted the ball 10 times for 325 yards. He was two punts shy of tying the single-game record.
• Wells now has six receiving touchdowns on the year. He has scored 75 percent of the team's touchdowns.
• Matt Mason led Union with 10 total tackles with Cohen Perry following with eight.
• The Bulldog secondary broke up nine passes.
• Both teams committed one turnover. Union lost one fumble, and Campbellsville had one pass picked off.
• Jermaine Buchannon recorded the first 100-yard receiving game of his career, hauling in six passes for 127 yards.

NEXT FOR THE BULLDOGS

Union heads to Williamsburg, Ky., on Saturday to face University of the Cumberlands (Ky.) in the annual Battle for the Brass Lantern. Kickoff is set for 7 p.m.