2009 Millsaps Majors football team

American college football season February 2026 August 2023 2009 Millsaps Majors football Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference SCAC 7–3 5–1 Mike DuBose 4th John David Caffey 2nd Mike Dubose 5th SCAC co-champion The 2009 Millsaps Majors football team represented Millsaps College during the 2009 NCAA Division III football season. In 2009, the Majors finished 5-1 in SCAC play to again earn a share of the conference title. The team's fourth conference championship in as many years was added to the accomplishments of the winningest senior class in the program's history, who finished their four-year careers with a 33-10 overall record. However, the team had hoped to attain another NCAA playoff berth, a cause derailed by three painfully close loses. First, the Majors lost to their rival Choctaws in two overtimes in the season-opening ninth edition of the renewed Backyard Brawl. Millsaps won their next three games, including an emotional 24-6 victory over Trinity after a week in which Coach DuBose's wife Polly underwent the first of several breast cancer surgeries that took place during the season.http://www.al.com/sports/birminghamnews/index.ssf?/base/sports/1253780128112510.xml&coll=2 Birmingham Sports al.comSeptember 2018 InternetArchiveBot yes The following week Coach DuBose spent limited time with the team while caring for his wife, as the Majors prepared for an important conference road game. The team traveled to Greencastle, Indiana to face DePauw. Coincidentally, the game fell on the first weekend of National Breast Cancer Awareness Month (October), and DePauw had painted a pair of pink ribbons on their field in support of the event. In a show of outstanding camaraderie and sportsmanship, DePauw had then inscribed "P.D." in each of the ribbons for Polly DuBose. The Majors put forth a valiant effort in the game, coming from 16 down to within a two-point conversion of tying the game with under four minutes to play. The two point attempt failed when running back Shane Bowser could not escape an open field tackle and came up less than a yard short of the endzone. DePauw was able to run out the clock and preserve the victory, handing the Majors only their second conference loss of DuBose's tenure in heartbreaking fashion, after the Majors had won 10 straight dating back to that fateful 2007 contest against Trinity. The next week the Majors came up with another disappointing loss, again on the road, this time at the hands of Huntingdon. Millsaps squandered a 36-24 third quarter advantage, as Huntingdon's potent offense caught fire in the second half. The Majors' normally powerful offensive unit sputtered as two quarterbacks were forced to leave the game due to injury and the team could only watch as Huntingdon roared back to claim a 47-36 victory. The team finished the season on a positive note, handily dispatching of their last four opponents, including a homecoming victory over previously undefeated Centre. A 61-7 dismantling of Sewanee the following week secured the program's share of a fourth consecutive conference title. Junior return specialist Michael Galatas was named the SCAC's "Special Teams Player of the Year" for the second consecutive season, the fourth consecutive season the award went to a Major, and junior linebacker Will Hawkins was the conference's "Defensive Player of the Year", and a first team All-American.2009 All-Americans http://d3football.com/tow/09/all-americans.htm January 4, 2016 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20100113034816/http://www.d3football.com/tow/09/all-americans.htm January 13, 2010 A total of 20 Majors were voted to the all-conference first, second and honorable mention teams. Schedule 2009 NCAA Division III D3football.com Central September 5 7:20 pm l y y 2009 Mississippi College Choctaws Mississippi College Robinson-Hale Stadium Clinton, MS rivalry 44–47 2OT 4,348 September 12 1:00 pm w y 2009 Belhaven Blazers Belhaven Harper Davis Field Jackson, MS Riverside Rumble 27–10 1,224 September 19 1:00 pm w y 2009 Austin Kangaroos Austin Jerry Apple Stadium Sherman, TX 31–30 1,100 September 26 1:00 pm w 2009 Trinity Tigers Trinity (TX) Harper Davis Field Jackson, MS 24–6 1,802 October 3 12:00 pm l y 2009 DePauw Tigers DePauw Blackstock Stadium Greencastle, IN 27–29 2,000 October 10 1:00 pm l y y 2009 Huntingdon Hawks Huntingdon Charles Lee Field at Samford Stadium Montgomery, AL 36–47 1,747 October 17 1:00 pm w 2009 Rhodes Lynx Rhodes Harper Davis Field Jackson, MS 38–22 527 October 24 1:00 pm w y 2009 Centre Colonels Centre 25 Harper Davis Field Jackson, MS 24–0 1,763 October 31 1:30 pm w y 2009 Sewanee Tigers Sewanee McGee Field Sewanee, TN 61–7 339 November 14 1:00 pm w y 2009 Birmingham–Southern Panthers Birmingham–Southern Harper Davis Field Jackson, MS 38–20 717 2009 Football https://gomajors.com/sports/football/schedule/2009 Millsaps College March 8, 2024 After the season In December, DuBose announced he was leaving Millsaps to join new Memphis coach Larry Porter's staff. DuBose's tenure ended with 33 victories in four seasons, prior to which the Majors had won just 37 games in 10 years, and DuBose's four consecutive conference championships came after the Majors had won only two since joining the SCAC in 1989. DuBose's .767 winning percentage is the highest of any coach in the school's history and only Harper Davis won more games as the Majors' head coach. References Millsaps Category:Millsaps Majors football seasons Category:Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference champion seasons Millsaps Majors football