St. Louis, MO – The Millsaps football team fell to Washington (Mo.) earlier today in a conference road game played at Francis Field in St. Louis, Missouri.

The Majors trip to Missouri spanned nearly 500 miles as today's contest finished a series of two straight games on the road.  Washington University scored on their first seven possessions en route to a 70-32 victory.  The win improves the Bears to 5-2 (4-2) while the Majors drop to 1-6 (0-5) on the year.

Washington won the game's opening coin toss and deferred to the second half.  Starting Majors quarterback Chance Clowers led the Millsaps offense on a 12-play, 90 yard opening scoring drive to give the Majors an early lead.  Clowers finished the drive by calling his own number on a 26-yard dash to the end zone.

The Bears, however, answered the Millsaps touchdown with three straight scores of their own.  Starting Washington quarterback J.J. Tomlin led the Bears on a nine play, 50-yard drive to answer the score by the Majors.  Tomlin called his own number to cap off the drive on a six-yard rush to the end zone.

The Bears defense then forced a Millsaps fumble in the end zone, which was recovered by Washington defender Ross Chukerman.  Chukerman's recovery in the end zone gave the Bears a 14-6 first quarter lead.  Tomlin added another Washington score (this time through the air to Hank Childs) to give the Bears a 21-6 lead.

Down 21-6, the Major offense orchestrated another long scoring drive.  Chance Clowers completed a 21-yard pass to Grayson Walsh to complete a nine-play, 64-yard scoring drive.  Rashad Sims caught the following two-point conversion pass to cut the Washington lead to a touchdown.

The Bears, however, scored the next four touchdowns of the first half to lead 49-14.  Austin Smestad's one-yard rush to the end zone started the flurry of points for the Bears while J.J. Tomlin added another three scores through the air.  Max Elliot and Kevin Hammarlund were on the receiving end of the Tomlin touchdown passes to give the Bears a 49-14 halftime lead.

Austin Smestad added another score on the opening drive of the second half for the Bears, as they never looked back to earn a 70-32 victory.

For the Majors second half scoring, Isaiah Talton had two touchdowns on an eight-yard pass and catch from Chance Clowers and a nine-yard rush to the endzone.  Raphael Johnsonadded the final score of the game for the Majors on an eight-yard rush to cap off an 11-play, 56-yard drive as well.

Chance Clowers led the Majors in passing with 277 yards on 31 completions and two touchdowns.  For rushing totals, Raphael Johnson and Andrew Warren had similar numbers as both combined for 119 yards on 27 attempts.  Rashad Sims led Millsaps in receiving with 90 yards on nine receptions for today's game.

Hector Sandoval, who leads the Majors in tackles, recorded an interception and nine tackles for the Majors while Malcolm Ben totaled eight tackles (one for loss).  Alex Foust, Steele Liles, Clay Touchstone and Pierce Cotton all recorded tackles for loss during today's game as well.

Today's loss drops the Majors to 1-6 (0-5) on the year, as they will look to bounce back next week for homecoming.  Next Saturday's homecoming game begins the final series of home games at Harper Davis Field this season.  The Majors will face consecutive home games the next two weeks starting with Berry College.

Next up for Millsaps is another conference game at Harper Davis Field.  The homecoming game against Berry will be this Saturday, Oct. 31st at 1:00 pm.