JACKSON, Miss. – After falling behind early, Millsaps College came back and took the lead for good on a touchdown early in the fourth quarter that enabled the Majors to come away with a 17-13 win over Sewanee in a Southern Athletic Association (SAA) football matchup. Senior Ty Proctor (Columbiana, Ala.) threw for a pair of scores for Millsaps, including what proved to be the game winner.
 
Sewanee (2-2, 1-1 SAA) put together a 12-play drive on its second possession of the game to open the scoring. The Tigers converted three straight third-down plays on the drive, capping it off when Warren Holland ran it in from five yards out at the 8:30 mark.
 
Millsaps (2-2, 1-1 SAA) then saw junior Evan Lundgren (Diamondhead, Miss.) return the ensuing kickoff 52 yards to the Sewanee 40. The Majors turned the big return into points when sophomore Hunter Sellen (Covington, La.) hit on a 25-yard field goal to make it 7-3.
 
That is where the score stayed the rest of the half as both teams struggled to put points on the board. Millsaps had an opportunity when Sewanee botched a punt attempt that gave the Majors the ball on the Tigers' 11, but the Sewanee defense held and the Majors missed on a field goal. Millsaps also missed on a 42-yard field goal attempt in the second quarter, while Sewanee had a drive stopped at the Millsaps eight when junior Malcom Ben (New Orleans, La.) came up with a big interception for the Majors.
 
Millsaps came out of the gate quickly with the second half kickoff. The Majors came up with big back-to-back passing plays, one of 23 yards from Proctor to senior Isaiah Talton (Dallas, Texas) and the next a 26-yards scoring strike to Lundgren that gave the Majors their first lead of the day at 10-7. Later in the quarter Sewanee picked up a 53 yard punt return by William Phillips that set up a 37-yard field goal by Michael Jacobs that tied the game at 10-all.
 
At the end of the third quarter Millsaps started a drive near midfield thanks to a kick catching interference penalty. A holding call pushed the Majors back, but Proctor came up with a 13-yard scramble on a third-and-12 play that kept the drive alive. Four plays later he found junior Kain Mitchell (Slidell, La.) for a nine-yard scoring play to put the Majors back on top, 17-10.
 
Sewanee came back on its next drive and reached the Millsaps 24 before a pair of incomplete passes forced the Tigers to settle for a 41-yard field goal to make it 17-13 with 6:43 left. Sewanee held Millsaps to a three and out on the Majors next possession, getting the ball back on its own 28 with 4:57 left. The Tigers drove down to the Millsaps 35, where they faced a fourth and 15 with just a little over a minute left. The Tigers went for it and quarterback Alex Darras scrambled for 15 yards down to the 20, but fumbled. The ball bounced five more yards down the field before freshman Hooch Jeansonne (Covington, La.) pounced on it, ending any hopes for the Tigers to pull it out.
 
Millsaps will be on the road next week when the Majors will make the trip to Memphis to take on Rhodes College. Game time next Saturday between the SAA foes will be at 1:00 p.m.