JACKSON – Millsaps improved to 7-0 overall and 5-0 in Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference play with a solid, 38-17 victory over the Sewanee Tigers Saturday afternoon at Harper Davis Field.

After their opening possession stalled on six plays, the Majors scored on four of their next five drives to take a 24-3 lead into the locker room. Junior Kenny Metzger scored the opening touchdown of the game at the 5:15 mark in the first, scampering 12-yards for the score. Millsaps would follow with a Taylor Russolino 26-yard field goal, a 6-yard blocked punt return from Sam Herman and a Daniel Whitmore 4-yard run.

Sewanee (2-5, 1-4 SCAC) scored its lone points in the half off a 24-yard field goal from Andrew Gould.

Despite not throwing a touchdown pass in the first half, senior QB Juan Joseph finished 20-of-29 for 246 yards and two TDs in two and a half quarters of work. Joseph hit 13 different receivers on the afternoon, including TD strikes to senior Eric McCarty and sophomore Michael Pivnick late in the third quarter that pushed the Millsaps lead out to 38-3.

With the game well in hand for Millsaps with under nine minutes to play in the fourth, the Tigers put together two solid, 10-play drives, capped off by back-to-back touchdowns by way of a 21-yard Bruce Bentley reception and a Brient Hobbs 5-yard run. Hobbs' run with 10 seconds left in regulation capped the Tigers' best drive of the day, a 10-play, 76-yard drive that spanned 3:06.

Sewanee was outgained on the afternoon just 344-237 in total yards and earned one less first down (18-17), doing a majority of its damage late in the game with the outcome already decided.

Millsaps will take a much needed weekend off before traveling to 18th-ranked Trinity (Texas) on Nov. 1.

With No. 7 UW-Eau Claire and No. 9 Capital falling on Saturday, Millsaps will likely crack the Top 10.