In its first game as a top-25 team since 2016, d3football.com No. 23 Christopher Newport (4-0) escaped constant peril Saturday to outlast Rowan 49-41 in double overtime in Glassboro, New Jersey.

Connor Barry threw five touchdown passes, and Noah Martin’s interception clinched the victory, which enabled the Captains to set a school record with a nine-game winning streak over two seasons.

The Captains, whose only regulation lead was 6-0, yielded 20 unanswered points to fall behind 14 early in the second quarter but kept coming back.

Barry ran for a 14-yard touchdown on a quarterback draw with 47 seconds left, and Jonathan Gates kicked the tying extra point in the New Jersey Athletic Conference opener for both squads. After a Yasir Geter interception, Gates slipped on a potential winning 4

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