Box Score BUIES CREEK, N.C. - Brennan Myer and Dylan Kedzior accounted for five touchdowns but the Bryant football team dropped a double-overtime thriller, 50-48, in its CAA Football opener on Saturday night.
 
With the loss, the Bulldogs fall to 2-2 overall and 0-1 in CAA Football. Saturday also marks Bryant's fifth-straight overtime loss. Bryant returns to Beirne Stadium next Saturday when it hosts Towson. Kickoff is set for 1:00 p.m.

On Saturday, Bryant rallied from 21-7 down to take a 28-21 lead on a Liam Lindo pick-six with three minutes remaining in the game. Campbell, however, tied the game on a 77-yard catch-and-run and then took advantage of a Bryant fumble to take a 35-28 lead with 1:15 left. Myer, however, capped a seven-play drive with a 35-yard touchdown pass to Aldrich Doe, tying the game at 35-35 with just six seconds left.

In overtime, Myer's 18-yard scramble gave Bryant a 42-35 lead. The Camels responded, tying the game on a 4th-and-goal conversion from the four. In the second overtime, the Camels converted on 3rrd-and-17 before taking the lead on a five-yard touchdown pass. Campbell then converted the two-point conversion, forcing Bryant's hand. Kedzior was able to find the endzone from seven yards out but Myer's two-point conversion pass was broken up in the back of the endzone.
 
Game Information
Cambell 50, Bryant 48
Records: Bryant (2-2, 0-1), Campbell (1-3, 1-1)
Location: Barker-Lane Stadium (Buies Creek, N.C.)

Key Moment

• Campbell's original attempt at the two-point conversion in the second overtime was no good but an offside penalty on the Bulldogs allowed it a second shot. The Camels then punched it in from two yards out to take a decisive eight-point lead.

How it Happened
 

• The Camels were the first to score off of a four-play drive that resulted in a 13-yard screen pass for a touchdown (7-0).
• The Bulldogs closed the first quarter by driving down the field. Myer hit Zyheem Collick for 48 yards to get the Black and Gold into the redzone. The drive was capped off by a one-yard rushing TD for Myer to tie the game at the start of the second quarter (7-7).
• Campbell countered with a 59-yard rushing TD up the left side to regain the lead in the second quarter (14-7).
• The Camels recorded an eleven-play drive that resulted in a nine-yard TD pass on a slant with 30 seconds left in the first half (21-7).
• On the ensuing kickoff, Keylijah Williams caught the ball two yards deep in the endzone and broke it down the Bryant sideline for a 100-yard touchdown to cut the Camels lead to seven before the end of the first half (21-14).
• With three and a half remaining in the third quarter, Dylan Kedzior broke through the line for a 49-yard rushing touchdown, tying the score at 21-21.
• Liam Lindo came up clutch for the Bulldogs, returning an interception to the house to give Bryant the lead with six minutes remaining (28-21).
• Campbell countered after a missed field goal from the Black and Gold with a 77-yard touchdown pass over the top to tie the game at 28 with three minutes remaining in the game.
• The Bulldogs fumbled near midfield and then Campbell drove down the field on three plays, scoring on an 11-yard touchdown pass with 1:15 left in the game (35-28).
• With 1:15 remaining, Myer led the Bulldogs on game-tying, seven-play drive. Myer kept the drive alive with a seven-yard completion to Tristen Riley on 4th-and-2. On the next play, Myer escaped the pocket and found Doe cutting across the middle. Doe caught the pass and raced to the pylon for the game-tying 35-yard touchdown with six seconds left. (35-35).
• Bryant got the ball first in overtime and was able to convert. On third down, Myer escaped a sack and raced up the middle for an 18-yard score. 
• On Campbell's first try, the Bulldogs made a stop to force 4th-and-goal from the four. The Camels used a trick play, as the quarterback threw to a wide receiver in the backfield who fired into the corner of the endzone.
• In the second overtime, a holding call forced Campbell into a 3rd-and-17 but Sixkiller threw a perfect pass down the middle of the field to the Bryant five. Three plays later, a tight end in the flat made it 46-42. The Camels then converted a two-point conversion.
• Bryant's possession began at the 12 because of a penalty and Kedzior found the endzone on the second play. Myer then rolled to his right and fired into the endzone but the ball richocheted and fell inomplete.

Stats

• Campbell held a 557-390 advantage in total offense. The Camels ran 21 more plays than the Bulldogs.
• Bryant forced Campbell into four turnovers.
• The Camels were 11-of-20 on third down and 3-of-4 on fourth down.
• Myer finished 15-of-34 for 215 yards, a touchdown and two interceptions. He added a pair of rushing touchdowns.
• Kedzior rushed for 93 yards and two touchdowns on just 13 carries. He scored on runs of 49 and 7. 
• Elijah Elliott added 62 yards on 17 carries. He also caught five passes for 35 yards, finishing with 97 all-purpose yards.
• Doe finished with five catches for 92 yards and a touchdown.
• Lonnie Rice led the Bryant defense with 11 tackles.
• Hollis Dirstine and Lindo each recorded interceptions. Dirstine added a pair of fumble recoveries.
• Azarel Juste posted nine tackles, while Dorian Helm, Olatunde Mkparu and Brandon Perkins each had eight.
• Michael Otty contributed a sack and two TFLs.
• Williams finished with 132 return yards, highlighted by the 100-yard kick return score.

Game Notes

• Bryant and Campbell were meeting for the second time. The series is now tied 1-1. The first meeting was won by Bryant, 43-37.
• Saturday marked Bryant's fifth-straight overtime loss. 
• Saturday also marked the most combined points by two teams in Bryant's DI program history.
• It also matches the longest game in Bryant's program history.
• Otty now has 15.0 sacks in his Bryant career.
• Myer's rushing touchdowns were the first of his career.
• Kedzior has now scored five touchdowns in his Bryant career. Four of those five have been runs of 40+ yards.
• Doe recorded the second touchdown of his career and set a new career high in receiving yards.
• Williams notched his second kick return touchdown, tying the Bryant program record at 100 yards.
• Dirstine recorded his first career interception and also recovered two fumbles, becoming the first defensive lineman in program history to accomplish that feat in a single game.
• Lindo's pick-six was his first as a Bulldog.
• Beau Shugarts and Gideon Bedada both played against brothers on Saturday as Beau's brother is a sports performance coach at Campbell, while Gideon's brother Ebenezer finished with a tackle and a fumble recovery.

Next Up
Bryant returns to Beirne Stadium on Saturday, September 27 to take on Towson. Kickoff is slated for 1:00 p.m.