SUWANEE, Ga. - With its 30-20 win over visiting Austin College, DePauw wrapped up its first-ever outright Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference championship. The win moved the Tigers to 9-0 for the first time in school history and sets up a showdown with rival Wabash next week in the Monon Bell Game.
AROUND THE SCAC
Austin College hung tough with undefeated DePauw but could not overcome the Tigers on the road, falling 30-20 in Greencastle on Saturday. The ‘Roos are now 4-4 overall this season. Austin College led 7-3 early on following a 26-yard touchdown run from Travis Zambiasi, but DePauw outscored Austin College 13-3 in the second quarter to take a 16-10 lead into halftime. The ‘Roos cut it to a 16-13 game in the third but DePauw scored two more touchdowns to push it to a 30-13 game before Brogan Funderburg scored from four yards out to make it a 10 point final margin. Funderburg carried 12 times for 64 yards and Zambiasi completed 8-of-15 passes for 79 yards and added 44 yards rushing, while Braydon MaQuar had five catches for 43 yards. Kenneth Eneh and Evan Coachman led the defense with 10 tackles apiece. Austin College wraps up the season on Saturday with a trip to San Antonio to take on Trinity.
After losing two-straight SCAC games, Centre
jumped back in the win column with a 26-7 win over visiting
Trinity. The win was the second straight home win over the Tigers
and the eighth win in the series, cutting Trinity’s lead to
14-8 overall. With the win, the Colonels improved to 5-4 overall
and finished with a .500 record (3-3) in the SCAC. The win also
ensures Centre of its sixth straight non-losing season and fourth
straight season with a .500 SCAC record or higher. The Colonels
will complete the 2010 season Saturday when LaGrange visits
Danville.
Millsaps had the weekend off as the Majors prepare to close out the 2010 season on the road with a non-conference matchup with the Birmingham-Southern Panthers on November 13. The Majors own a perfect 3-0 mark against BSC since the Panthers joined the Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference in 2007. Millsaps is averaging over 42 points per game against the Panthers. Last year the Majors won a 38-20 decision and were led by quarterback Chris Graves. Graves completed 27-of-39 passes for 336 yards and two touchdowns. Shane Bowser added 68 yards on the ground to go along with one touchdown.
Birmingham Southern jumped out to an early 17-0 lead and never looked back, as they defeated Rhodes 41-19 in a SCAC football game played at Fargason Field, on Saturday, November 6th. Senior running back Matt Gilbert led the Lynx offense with 79 yards on 20 carries, and freshman defensive back Stanton Brown led the defense with 12 tackles. Rhodes falls to 3-6 on the season and will travel to Sewanee next week for their 2010 season finale against the Sewanee Tigers in the annual Orgill Cup game.
Sewanee was off this weekend. The Tigers will play host to Rhodes College in their Homecoming game on Saturday, November 13th and are still looking for their first conference win. Sewanee sits at 1-8 on the season and 0-6 in SCAC play.
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