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SEWANEE, Tenn. - Junior kicker \#Taylor Russolino\# banged through his school-record 25th career field goal and junior teammate \#Michael Galatas\# broke two records with his 75-yard kick return for a touchdown in the second quarter as visiting Millsaps rolled to a 61-7 win at Sewanee to secure a share of a fourth consecutive SCAC Championship.
Galatas' kick return for a score gave him 658 kick return yards this year, breaking All-American Chris Jackson's old mark of 568 return yards in 2006. The kick return for a score was also the third of his career, breaking Jesse McRight's record of two.
Millsaps piled up 474 yards of total offense behind five rushing touchdowns and a pair of Chris Graves TD tosses to Jason O'Rear from 7-yards out and Galatas from 57-yards out. Sewanee managed just 135 total yards on the day and were held to 0 of 16 on third down, while allowing 60 points for the first time since a 65-0 loss to Alabama in 1937.
The Majors (6-3, 5-1 SCAC) jumped out to a commanding 40-0 halftime lead, scoring on their first four possessions and capitalizing on a pair of \#Miles Sager\# blocked punts and a kick return from Galatas. \#Shane Bowser\# also found the end zone on the ground for the first time this year on his 94th carry, scoring from 15-yards out for Millsaps' first score.
Sewanee (0-8, 0-5 SCAC) managed just 47 yards of total offense in the opening half and were held to minus-3 yards in the second quarter, but found the end zone on its second possession of the second half off a 27-yard scamper from Zeke Wilson.
Millsaps would respond with 21 unanswered points over the final quarter and a half, taking its ensuing drive 74-yards on five plays, capped by Graves' 57-yard strike to Galatas to stretch their lead to 47-7. \#Kenny Metzger\#'s 4-yard touchdown run and freshman \#Garrett Salter\#'s electric, 63-yard score sealed the deal on a 61-7 road victory.
Sager had a team-high eight tackles, a forced fumble and two blocked punts to lead the Majors' defense, while \#Will Hawkins\# added six tackles (2.0 TFL) and \#Kyle Hughes\# had four tackles and their lone sack of the day. Chalankis Brown led Sewanee with 11 tackles, whereas three Tigers picked up a sack.
Graves stretched his career-best streak without an interception to 192 attempts, throwing for his 19th touchdown in the last six weeks to go along with 1,537 yards. He hit a season-high 11 different receivers on the day, including Galatas twice for 93 yards and a score and \#Jeff Hampton\# twice for 63 yards.
Millsaps will enjoy an off week Nov. 7 before returning to action against Birmingham-Southern on Nov. 14 at Harper Davis Field as part of Senior Day. Kickoff is set for 1 p.m. As always, Derrel Palmer will be handling play-by-play duties on the webcast which will start at 12:30 p.m. with the pregame show.
