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Matthew Downing passes for 3 touchdowns, Rushawn Baker rushes for 3 more and Elon runs past Campbell 50-27
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Matthew Downing passes for 3 touchdowns, Rushawn Baker rushes for 3 more and Elon runs past Campbell 50-27

ELON, N.C. (AP) — Matthew Downing threw for 251 yards and three touchdowns, Rushawn Baker rushed for 154 yards and three scores, and Elon beat Campbell 50-27 on Saturday.

Elon (3-6, 2-3 Coastal Athletic Association) won at home for the first time this season.

Downing found Chandler Brayboy for a 66-yard touchdown on Elon’s first offensive play of the game. Later in the frame, Ishmel Atkins returned a blocked extra point attempt into the opposite end zone to give Elon a 16-6 lead.

Brayboy returned the second half kickoff 51 yards, then scored from 36 yards for a 33-13 lead. He caught eight passes for 183 yards and two touchdowns.

Luke Barnes connected from 28 yards out for his first career field goal to give Elon a 26-13 lead. He added a 32-yarder for a 36-13 lead midway through the third quarter.

Mike Chandler II finished 22 of 39 for 355 yards and four touchdowns for Campbell (3-6, 1-4). Randall King and Sincere Brown each had seven catches, over 135 yards and two touchdowns. Chandler also carried 10 times for 51 yards.

Brown has three touchdowns of 50 yards or more in his last two games, including a 70-yarder against Elon. King, a freshman, scored his first career touchdown in the first quarter.

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