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Top 20 Moments in SCAC Football History

SUWANEE, Ga. - The SCAC has released its list of the top 20 moments in the history of Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference Football. Millsaps holds four of the spots, including two in the top five.

\#17  September 14, 1996
Millsaps College and Rhodes College play the first overtime football game in the history of the SCAC with the Majors taking the 28-22 victory. The NCAA allowed for the use of overtime in football beginning with the 1996 season.

\#12  December 2, 2008
Millsaps College senior standout quarterback Juan Joseph becomes the first Division III player to win the Cellular South Conerly Trophy as the best college football player in the state of Mississippi. Joseph beat out a pair of Ole Miss teammates, offensive tackle Michael Oher and defensive tackle Peria Jerry for the honor. Oher and Jerry were the 23rd and 24th overall selections, respectively, in the 2009 NFL Draft. Oher was the central character in the movie “The Blind Side.” Joseph, whose career ended two days earlier with a 35-20 loss to Washington & Jefferson in the second round of the NCAA Division III Football Championship, finished as the SCAC's all-time leader in total offense with 9,822 yards. Ten days later, Joseph was named one of four regional finalists for the prestigious Gagliardi Trophy, annually presented to the top Division III player recognizing excellence in athletics, academics and community service.

\#5  November 11, 2006
In what was the defacto 2006 SCAC football title game, Millsaps College snapped Trinity University's streak of 13-straight conference championships (the third longest consecutive championship streak in any sport in CAC/SCAC history), defeating the 14th-ranked Tigers 34-12 in Jackson to earn the program its first conference title since 1996 and first Division III playoff berth since 1975. The contest was historic in another fashion as it marked the first time that two teams unbeaten in conference play (both Millsaps and Trinity were 5-0 in league play heading into the contest) would settle the league championship on the last day of the regular season. Millsaps senior receiver Chris Jackson put on a show, racking up 225 yards of total offense, including a league record-tying two punt returns for touchdown (51 and 67 yards) and one receiving touchdown.

\#4  December 20, 1992

Senior defensive tackle Sean Brewer of Millsaps College, the two-time SCAC Defensive Player-of-the-Year, becomes the first (and only) SCAC football player to earn All-America honors three times in a career. Brewer was selected to the Kodak Football College Division II All-America team – which consists of the top players from NCAA Division III and NAIA Division II programs. He was later selected to the Champion USA Division III All-America Football First Team.

The full release is available from the SCAC at this link.

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