For the third straight week, Perry Thomas' Campbellsville Tiger Football team fought hard to come from behind only to see a game slip away by a touchdown.

Today, in Barbourville, the Tigers trailed 28-10 at the end of the third quarter.  Union tacked on a field goal at the beginning of the fourth period to lead 31-10 and then, in almost typical fashion, the Tigers began to roar.

On the next possession, Campbellsville used a 10 play, 71-yard scoring drive that was capped by a David Mason five yard pass reception from Ross Deaton.  David Hon nailed the PAT kick and the Tigers were down 31-17.    Following the kickoff and on the Bulldogs next possession, Jacob Wallace picked up a Union fumble and ran it back 55 yards to score. Hon's PAT kick made it 31-24.

Campbellsville held Union on a first and goal from the one yard line and forced the Bulldogs, ranked 12th in the NAIA, to attempt a short field goal. However the kicked sailed right and the Tigers took over on downs with under two minutes to play.

The scenario, almost identical to two weeks ago at Georgetown and last week versus Cumberlands, put the Tigers in a position to tie or win the game with a touchdown and successful PAT.  However the Union defense held and Campbellsville fell to 2-8 on the season.

All-American candidate Greg Fountain had 24 carries for 136 yards while quarterback Ross Deaton was 21 of 44 with 2 interceptions for 278 yards and two touchdowns.

Campbellsville closes the season on Saturday by hosting Pikeville.  The game time has been changed and will start at 2:00 p.m.