SUWANEE, Ga. - Millsaps and Rhodes combined to score 101 points, setting a new CAC/SCAC record for most combined points in a single game. The Majors racked up 596 yards of total offense in the 70-31 win at Rhodes. The Majors also set a conference record with their 70 points, breaking the mark of 68 they set in 2007.
The previous record for most combined points in a CAC/SCAC game was 99 points in Centre's 56-43 win over visiting Rhodes on Sept. 15, 2001. Millsaps held the previous record for most points by a single team in league history in the Majors' 68-6 win over Colorado College on Nov. 3, 2007.
Continuing the record breaking weekend was DePauw senior wide receiver Alex Koors. Koors became the league's all-time leading receiver after catching eight passes for 96 yards. Koors now has 3,216 career receiving yards, breaking the previous mark of 3,202 set by Trinity's Jason Hunt (1999-2002).
AROUND THE SCAC
Austin College fell 44-21 on Saturday to Birmingham-Southern, dropping the ‘Roos to 3-3 overall on the year. Birmingham-Southern scored 23 unanswered points midway through the first half to head into the locker room leading 30-14 and the Kangaroos were unable to recover despite three touchdowns from Braydon MaQuar. MaQuar scored on an 83 yard run early in the first quarter to make it a 7-7 game before the Panthers jumped out to a 30-7 lead. MaQuar scored from three yards out just before halftime to make it a 30-14 game, but Birmingham-Southern scored twice more to push it to a 44-14 game late before Blake Towery found MaQuar for an 11 yard touchdown reception with 2:56 left in the game to make it a 44-21 final. MaQuar finished the game with 82 yards on six carries and 30 yards on five receptions to lead Austin College, while Josh Willis made 16 tackles, including nine solo stops and 2.0 tackles for loss to lead the Kangaroo defense. Austin College returns to Sherman for its final home contest of the 2010 season next week when they take on Rhodes on Homecoming weekend with kickoff set for 1 p.m. at Jerry Apple Stadium.
Trailing 21-14 after one half of play, Centre out-scored Birmingham Southern 21-7 in the second half to rally for a 35-28 win Saturday, Oct. 9 at Farris Stadium in Danville, Ky. The win, the first at home for the Colonels, puts Centre at 4-2 overall this year. The win marks the sixth straight victory over the Panthers and the third straight of the season for Centre. Junior running back Jonathan Pinque rushed for two more touchdowns against Birmingham Southern giving him eight for the year. With two more, he will have rushed for 10 or more touchdowns in each of his first three seasons at Centre.
Millsaps had a record-breaking weekend against Rhodes, defeating the Lynx 70-31. The combined 101 points bests the mark set by Rhodes and Centre on September 15, 2001 (99 total points) and Millsaps' 70 points is the most points scored by a single team in a conference game. The Majors broke their own record of 68 points scored at Colorado College on November 3, 2007. The Majors' ten touchdowns on the day tied the previous school record set in the Colorado College game in 2007. Taylor Russolino surpassed his personal best 8 PATs and set a new school record with 10 successful points after. The Majors amassed 596 yards of total offense (good for third all-time) compared to just 395 for the home standing Lynx. The Majors will travel up to Danville, Kentucky next weekend as they take on the Centre College Colonels in a 2 p.m. Eastern start time.
In a game that produced 991 yards of total offense, Rhodes lost a 70-31 decision to Millsaps in a SCAC football game played at Fargason Field on Saturday, October 16th. Sophomore quarterback Tyler Perkins rushed for a team high 97 yards and threw two touchdown passes to lead the Lynx offense. Perkins accounted for 273 yards of total offense. Sophomore wide receiver Jack Lartigue caught 6 passes for 142 yards. Rhodes falls to 2-4 on the season and will travel to Austin College next week to face the Kangaroos.
Sewanee fell to visiting Trinity 17-3 on Saturday, despite trailing by just seven points with less than five minutes left in the contest. The Texas Tigers started things off on the first series of the game with a 35-yard kickoff return by wide receiver Caleb Urban. Urban’s return set the visitors up at their own 47-yard line, and the Tigers were able to travel to the Sewanee 26-yard line in ten plays before being held to a field goal attempt. Garrett Biel notched a 36-yarder to make it 3-0 Trinity just over four minutes into the contest. Sophomore kicker Trey Knighton converted, and with 2:54 left in the first half, the two Tiger teams were knotted at three apiece. The purple Tigers found a bright spot on the following Trinity possession. Punter Geoffrey Marolda's punt set the Trinity Tigers up at their own 26-yard line. The visitors needed only five plays before McKissic connected with Urban for a 40-yard passing touchdown to put Trinity ahead 10-3. The two teams battled through the rest of the first half and much of the second. Near the end of the fourth quarter, Sewanee took possession at their own six-yard line after a Trinity punt. Tiger quarterback Lee Schurlknight threw two incomplete passes before being sacked at the Sewanee two-yard line. Schurlknight fumbled and Trinity’s Garrett VanDyke fell on the ball in the end zone for the Trinity touchdown. VanDyke’s touchdown made it 17-3 in favor of the guests. The Sewanee Tigers fall to 1-6 on the season and 0-4 in SCAC play. Sewanee heads to Birmingham next weekend to take on Birmingham-Southern.
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