Pineville, La. – The Louisiana College Wildcats could do nothing wrong on Saturday night on their home turf. Meanwhile, the Millsaps Majors could not get anything to go their way as they fell to the Wildcats 56-0. It was the first time the Majors have been shutout since a 2006 playoff game against Carnegie Mellon.
Louisiana College (2-0) wasted no time, moving the ball with ease as Jamie Bunting completed a 46-yard touchdown pass to Justin Usey for the early 7-0 lead.
Before you could blink, the Majors (1-2) went three and out and the Wildcats moved the ball down the field rapidly before Nate Janzen ran it in from one yard out to give LC a 14-0 lead.
The Majors held LC for the remainder of the quarter but could not get anything going on offense, only accumulating 32 yards of total offense in the first quarter.
The Wildcats responded with another touchdown in the second quarter to take a 21-0 lead going into halftime. Millsaps did get two interceptions thanks to sophomore Jonathan Moore and senior Jordan Nolan. However, the Major offense could not capitalize on the turnovers.
Louisiana College ran away with the game in the second half scoring 14 in the third quarter and 21 in the fourth to pull away with the victory.
Junior Garrett Pinciotti struggled as he had little time in the pocket throughout the day, going 12-for-37 with 129 yards passing and two interceptions. Sophomore Thomas Theriot led all rushers with 37 yards while junior Dustin Fawcett brought in four catches for 33 yards. The Major offense as a whole turned the ball over five time and only racked up 190 yards of total offense in Saturday's contest.
Defensively, freshman Zach Bell led all tackles with seven while Nolan added six tackles including an interception. Junior Marvis O'Sirio picked up six tackles and two tackles for loss.
Bunting of LC finished the day with 276 passing yards and four touchdown throws. His top target was Preseason All-American Darnell Williams who hauled in six catches for 109 yards and a touchdown. Janzen, another Presesason All-American scored two touchdowns (rushing and receiving) and also racked up eight tackles and an interception.
Millsaps will open up Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference play next Saturday as they take on the Trinity Tigers at Harper Davis Field. Kickoff is set for 1 p.m and can be seen live at ihigh.com/millsapsmajors.
