Box Score ASHLAND, Va. – Junior Drew Campanale (Shrewsbury, Mass./Shrewsbury) completed all 17 of his pass attempts to break a conference record with three passing touchdowns and one on the ground as No. 16 Randolph-Macon defeated previously unbeaten Bridgewater 44-7 on Saturday afternoon in ODAC action for Homecoming.
The Basics:
Score: Randolph-Macon 44, Bridgewater 7
Location/Venue: Ashland, Va./Day Field
Records: Randolph-Macon 6-0, 3-0 ODAC; Bridgewater 5-1, 2-1 ODAC
How it Happened:
- The Yellow Jackets took the opening kickoff and drove 65 yards in eight plays, with Campanale hitting senior Joey Hunt (Olney, Md./Sherwood) on a 14-yard scoring strike to put R-MC up 7-0 less than five minutes into the contest.
- The R-MC defense forced a three-and-out, and Campanale capped a seven-play scoring drive with a 25-yard TD run to make it 14-0 with 4:24 left in the first period.
- The Eagles would put their lone scoring drive together to close within seven at 14-7 with 11:19 remaining in the second quarter.
- The Yellow Jackets answered with a 78-yard scoring drive in eight plays, as Campanale found senior David Wallis (Cedar Point, N.C./Croatan) in the end zone on a fourth-and-six play from the BC 16 to put the home team up 21-7 with six minutes left until halftime.
- Following an Eagle punt, R-MC moved 80 yards in eight plays as freshman Tyler Graham (Wake, N.C./Leesville Road) nailed a 24-yard field goal late in the second period as the Yellow Jackets led 24-7 at the break.
- BC drove to midfield on its first possession of the second half but was stopped on fourth down. Senior Nick Hale (Vinton, Va./William Byrd) scored from 13 yards out as the lead grew to 30-7 with 8:45 left in the third quarter.
- Junior Kwasi Clarke (Reigelwood, N.C./North Brunswick) had a 39-yard touchdown run as the Yellow Jackets took a 37-7 advantage with 3:21 left in the third period.
- Campanale hit junior Holden Hodge (Elizabeth City, N.C./Northeastern) on a 30-yard TD pass in the final period to make the final score 44-7.
By The Numbers:
- R-MC had 473 yards of total offense, with 264 through the air and 209 on the ground.
- Campanale went 17-17 for 256 yards.
- As a team, R-MC went 18 for 18 for 264 yards. The Yellow Jackets entered the game third in the nation with a completion percentage of .730.
- Hale had 74 rushing yards on 12 carries, while Clarke picked up 66 yards on seven rushes.
- The Yellow Jackets converted 6 of 9 third-down plays, while the Eagles converted just 6 of 14. BC was 1 for 6 on fourth down.
- BC entered the game as the nation's top team in turnover margin at any level with 3.0 per game. R-MC did not turn the ball over.
- BC had not surrendered more than 17 points in a game before coming to Ashland.
For The Record:
- Campanale broke the ODAC completion percentage record of former Yellow Jacket Burke Estes, who completed 16 of 17 against Emory & Henry in 2017.
- R-MC has scored at least 40 points in each of its first six games for the first time in program history.
- The Yellow Jackets have outscored their opponents 138-14 in the second half, including 63-0 in the fourth quarter.
Up Next:
- R-MC will head to Shenandoah on Saturday, Oct. 22 for a 1 p.m. ODAC contest.