2007 Millsaps Majors football team

2007 Millsaps Majors football
SCAC Co-Champion
Conference Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference
2007 record 92 (51 SCAC)
Head coach Mike DuBose

The 2007 Millsaps Majors football team represented Millsaps College during the 2007 college football season. Having established themselves as a force to be reckoned with in the SCAC, DuBose and the 2007 Majors, led by a large group of seniors and returning starters, set their goals high, aiming to repeat as SCAC champions and gain another playoff berth. The season began on a sour note, however, when Millsaps suffered a disappointing loss at the hands of Mississippi College in the Backyard Brawl. Millsaps, having led comfortably for most of the game, took a 26-6 advantage into the fourth quarter. However, as the Majors were resting their starters and putting less experienced players into the game, the Choctaws began to find a rhythm. DuBose never returned his starters to the game as his team's lead began to dwindle and Mississippi College roared back with three touchdowns in the final quarter to claim a 27-26 victory.

The Majors managed to rebound from the season-opening loss, though, and by winning their next six games (by an average margin of over 31 points; none smaller than 18) set up another home showdown with Trinity that was, like the previous year's contest, essentially a conference championship game. The events that unfolded that day at Harper Davis Field are now forever etched in football lore, with Trinity claiming a come-from-behind victory on arguably the single greatest play in the history of the sport as time expired. The Majors went on to route their two remaining opponents to earn a share of the SCAC title, but Trinity received the conference's lone automatic playoff bid. Had the Majors won against Mississippi College, a 9-1 record may have been enough to earn them the first at-large playoff bid ever awarded to a SCAC team, but at 8-2 the team was passed over by the NCAA selection committee.

As in 2006, the Majors' success on the field was reflected in the 2007 all-conference superlatives. Junior quarterback Juan Joseph was the SCAC's "Offensive Player of the Year" for the second consecutive season, senior defensive tackle Casey Younger was the league's co-"Defensive Player of the Year" and sophomore return specialist John Milazzo was the SCAC's "Special Teams Player of the Year." In all, 19 Majors were named to the All-SCAC first team, second team and honorable mention lists.

Schedule

Date Time Opponent# Rank# Site Result Attendance
August 30 7:00 PM at Mississippi College (8-2)* Robinson-Hale Stadium • Clinton, Mississippi (Backyard Brawl) L 26-27 (0-1)   5,293
September 8 4:00 PM at Louisiana College (5-5)* D.C. Bates Stadium • Pineville, Louisiana W 44-10 (1-1)   3,877
September 15 1:00 PM at Austin (4-6, 2-5) Jerry Apple Stadium • Sherman, Texas W 43-10 (2-1, 1-0)   1,200
September 22 1:00 PM Rhodes (6-4, 4-3) Harper Davis Field • Jackson, Mississippi W 42-0 (3-1, 2-0)   2,112
September 29 1:00 PM at DePauw (8-2, 5-2) Blackstock Stadium • Greencastle, Indiana W 35-17 (4-1, 3-0)   3,500
October 6 1:00 PM Centre (6-4, 4-3) Harper Davis Field • Jackson W 29-7 (5-1, 4-0)   1,098
October 13 1:30 PM at Sewanee (1-8, 0-7) McGee Stadium • Sewanee, Tennessee W 45-7 (6-1, 5-0)   2,093
October 27 1:00 PM No. 19 Trinity (9-2, 6-1)dagger No. 24 Harper Davis Field • Jackson L 24-28 (6-2, 5-1)   4,032
November 3 1:00 PM at Colorado College (4-6, 1-6) Washburn Field • Colorado Springs, Colorado W 68-6 (7-2, 6-1)   684
November 10 1:00 PM Birmingham-Southern (1-7)* Harper Davis Field • Jackson W 58-7 (8-2, 6-1)   1,899
*Non-conference game. daggerHomecoming. All times are in Central Standard Time.
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