2007 Millsaps Majors football team
2007 Millsaps Majors football | |
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SCAC Co-Champion | |
Conference | Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference |
Record | 9–2 (5–1 SCAC) |
Head coach | |
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 |
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August 30 | 7:00 PM | at Mississippi College (8-2)* |
| L 26-27 (0-1) | 5,293 | |
September 8 | 4:00 PM | at Louisiana College (5-5)* |
| W 44-10 (1-1) | 3,877 | |
September 15 | 1:00 PM | at Austin (4-6, 2-5) |
| W 43-10 (2-1, 1-0) | 1,200 | |
September 22 | 1:00 PM | Rhodes (6-4, 4-3) |
| W 42-0 (3-1, 2-0) | 2,112 | |
September 29 | 1:00 PM | at DePauw (8-2, 5-2) |
| W 35-17 (4-1, 3-0) | 3,500 | |
October 6 | 1:00 PM | Centre (6-4, 4-3) |
| W 29-7 (5-1, 4-0) | 1,098 | |
October 13 | 1:30 PM | at Sewanee (1-8, 0-7) |
| W 45-7 (6-1, 5-0) | 2,093 | |
October 27 | 1:00 PM | No. 19 Trinity (9-2, 6-1)![]() | No. 24 |
| L 24-28 (6-2, 5-1) | 4,032 |
November 3 | 1:00 PM | at Colorado College (4-6, 1-6) |
| W 68-6 (7-2, 6-1) | 684 | |
November 10 | 1:00 PM | Birmingham-Southern (1-7)* |
| W 58-7 (8-2, 6-1) | 1,899 | |
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