2008 Millsaps Majors football team

2008 Millsaps Majors football
SCAC Champion
Conference	Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference
2008 record	11–1 (6–0 SCAC)
Head coach	Mike DuBose

The 2008 Millsaps Majors football team represented Millsaps College during the 2008 college football season. The 2008 season was a very successful season. The Majors rolled through the regular season, going 10-0 and outscoring their opponents 442 to 132. The team avenged 2007's crushing loses at the hands of Mississippi College and Trinity, pummeling the Choctaws 42-6 in the eighth edition of the renewed Backyard Brawl and punishing the Tigers 56-27 in San Antonio.

The Majors captured their third consecutive SCAC championship, winning outright to earn the program's third NCAA tournament berth, became the first team in the program's history to reach double digit wins and climbed to their highest ever national ranking, #3, before finishing the season 11-1 and ranked #12 nationally.

Once again, DuBose was named the conference's "Coach of the Year" and senior quarterback Juan Joseph was the SCAC's "Offensive Player of the Year" for the third consecutive season. Sophomore wide receiver and return specialist Michael Galatas was named the conference's "Special Teams Player of the Year" and freshman running back Shane Bowser was the SCAC's co-"Newcomer of the Year." In all, 20 Majors were named to the All-SCAC first team, second team and honorable mention lists.

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent^#	Rank^#	Site	Result	Attendance
September 6	7:00 PM	#25 Mississippi College (5-5)*		Harper Davis Field • Jackson, Mississippi (Backyard Brawl)	W 42-6 (1-0)	4,178
September 13	7:00 PM	at Belhaven (2-9)*	#24	H.T. Newell Field • Jackson (Riverside Rumble)	W 34-14 (2-0)	2,150
September 20	1:00 PM	Austin (5-5, 3-4)	#22	Harper Davis Field • Jackson	W 41-7 (3-0, 1-0)	1,012
September 27	1:00 PM	at Rhodes (4-6, 2-5)	#19	Fargason Field • Memphis, Tennessee	W 49-2 (4-0, 2-0)	1,111
October 4	1:00 PM	DePauw (8-2, 5-2)	#13	Harper Davis Field • Jackson	W 55-13 (5-0, 3-0)	955
October 11	12:30 PM	at Centre (7-3, 5-2)	#12	Farris Stadium • Danville, Kentucky	W 46-26 (6-0, 4-0)	1,000
October 18	1:00 PM	Sewanee (2-8, 1-6)	#12	Harper Davis Field • Jackson	W 38-17 (7-0, 5-0)	620
November 1	1:30 PM	at #14 Trinity (8-2, 5-2)	#5	E.M. Stevens Stadium • San Antonio, Texas	W 56-27 (8-0, 6-0)	3,213
November 8	1:00 PM	Colorado College (0-9, 0-7)	#4	Harper Davis Field • Jackson	W 50-6 (9-0, 7-0)	2,731
November 15	12:00 PM	at Birmingham-Southern (3-7)*	#4	Panther Stadium • Birmingham, Alabama	W 31-14 (10-0, 7-0)	1,696
November 22	12:00 PM	LaGrange (9-2)*	#3	Harper Davis Field • Jackson (Playoffs, First Round)	W 51-26 (11-0)	1,044
November 29	12:00 PM	#19 Washington & Jefferson (11-2)*	#3	Harper Davis Field • Jackson (Playoffs, Second Round)	L 20-35 (11-1)	857
*Non-conference game. Homecoming. All times are in Central Standard Time.

Millsaps Majors football

Venues	Harper Davis Field

Bowls & rivalries	Backyard Brawl

Culture & lore	"Purple and White" ("Notre Dame Victory March") 2007 Trinity game

People	Head coaches

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