JACKSON – Senior Eric McCarty became the fourth Millsaps receiver in school history to eclipse the 2,000-yard mark in his career and a balanced Major attack had 227 yards rushing and 222 yards passing as they clinched their first outright league title since the 2006 season in a 50-6 Homecoming win over Colo. College.
The win for Millsaps was its 11th-straight dating back to last season, just two away from the school record of 13 straight wins between the 1979-81 seasons. The Majors also got their revenge for last year's dramatic Homecoming loss, 28-24 to Trinity.
A stingy Millsaps defense combined with fabulous special teams play set the tone from the opening quarter, with the Majors surrendering a season-best 170 total yards, holding the Tigers to 3-of-14 on third down and also blocking two punts and a field goal.
Millsaps (9-0, 7-0 Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference) got on the scoreboard first at the 5:25 mark in the first quarter, using a season-long 99-yard drive that spanned 4:40 off 12 plays and capping it off on a Shane Bowser 25-yard touchdown run.
CC (0-8, 0-6 SCAC) got its chance to tie the game on the Majors' next possession, picking off an ill-advised pass from Juan Joseph that was deflected and caught by the Tigers' Brendan Ross and returned down to Millsaps' 25-yard line. The interception for Joseph snapped a streak of 103-straight passes without an INT.
The Millsaps defense, however, held serve and forced CC into a 23-yard field goal attempt where junior Mason Burrell came flying around the left side to block the Tyler Brickell attempt to keep CC off the board.
The Majors would score seven plays later off an 85-yard drive, as Joseph hit Bowser with his second touchdown of the day, this one through the air from 18-yards out for a 14-0 lead. 
A safety off a Miles Sager (pictured above) blocked punt and a spectacular 36-yard run from sophomore Chris Skinner brought the halftime score to 23-0 in favor of Millsaps.
Millsaps needed just four plays on its opening drive of the third quarter to find the end zone, as Joseph hit freshman Gary Davis in the back left corner for his first collegiate touchdown and a 30-0 lead.
After forcing CC into another punting situation on the ensuing drive, a muffed attempt from the Majors' John Milazzo at the Millsaps 24-yard line set up the Tigers in scoring position. Four plays later, QB Jon McDonald found his way into the end zone from 10-yards out, CC's only score of the day.
Millsaps would respond two drives later, as sophomore Michael Galatas took Martin Golobic's 36-yard punt to the 49-yard line of CC and returned it for a score – the first of his career and first for Millsaps since 2006. The Majors would add two more fourth quarter scores, a 6-yard touchdown strike to Donnie Epps set up off a Hunter Cowan blocked punt, and senior Brandon Ryon's first collegiate score to make the final 50-6.
As a unit, the Majors defense gave up just 19 yards passing on 1-of-9 attempts and had 7.0 tackles-for-loss on the day, led by junior Lee Klein with 2.0 for minus 6-yards. Marcus Stokes, one of 20 football seniors honored prior to kickoff, had a team-high seven tackles while Will Hawkins had six and Jacob Hanberry and Jaren Bowser had five apiece. For CC, Ross and Buddy Ferreira had 11 tackles apiece.
Offensively for Millsaps, Joseph had a solid day by hitting on 20-of-25 passes for 222 yards and three TDs, connecting with Raymece Savage a team-high six times for 69 yards. Bowser, Epps and Davis all caught touchdown passes, while Skinner had a career day on the ground with 76 yards and a score.
The Majors will close out the regular season next weekend on the road, traveling to SCAC-provisional member Birmingham-Southern. Kickoff is slated for a Noon start on the campus of BSC and can be watched on the internet courtesy of the Millsaps sports information department at www.atwsportscast.com.
