2007 Millsaps Majors football team

The 2007 Millsaps Majors football team represented Millsaps College during the 2007 college football season. Having established themselves as a force to be reckoned with in the SCAC, DuBose and the 2007 Majors, led by a large group of seniors and returning starters, set their goals high, aiming to repeat as SCAC champions and gain another playoff berth. The season began on a sour note, however, when Millsaps suffered a disappointing loss at the hands of Mississippi College in the Backyard Brawl. Millsaps, having led comfortably for most of the game, took a 26-6 advantage into the fourth quarter. However, as the Majors were resting their starters and putting less experienced players into the game, the Choctaws began to find a rhythm. DuBose never returned his starters to the game as his team's lead began to dwindle and Mississippi College roared back with three touchdowns in the final quarter to claim a 27-26 victory.

The Majors managed to rebound from the season-opening loss, though, and by winning their next six games (by an average margin of over 31 points; none smaller than 18) set up another home showdown with Trinity that was, like the previous year's contest, essentially a conference championship game. The events that unfolded that day at Harper Davis Field are now forever etched in football lore, with Trinity claiming a come-from-behind victory on arguably the single greatest play in the history of the sport as time expired. The Majors went on to route their two remaining opponents to earn a share of the SCAC title, but Trinity received the conference's lone automatic playoff bid. Had the Majors won against Mississippi College, a 9-1 record may have been enough to earn them the first at-large playoff bid ever awarded to a SCAC team, but at 8-2 the team was passed over by the NCAA selection committee.

As in 2006, the Majors' success on the field was reflected in the 2007 all-conference superlatives. Junior quarterback Juan Joseph was the SCAC's "Offensive Player of the Year" for the second consecutive season, senior defensive tackle Casey Younger was the league's co-"Defensive Player of the Year" and sophomore return specialist John Milazzo was the SCAC's "Special Teams Player of the Year." In all, 19 Majors were named to the All-SCAC first team, second team and honorable mention lists.

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent#	Rank#	Site	Result	Attendance
August 30	7:00 PM	at Mississippi College (8-2)*		Robinson-Hale Stadium • Clinton, Mississippi (Backyard Brawl)	L 26-27 (0-1)	5,293
September 8	4:00 PM	at Louisiana College (5-5)*		D.C. Bates Stadium • Pineville, Louisiana	W 44-10 (1-1)	3,877
September 15	1:00 PM	at Austin (4-6, 2-5)		Jerry Apple Stadium • Sherman, Texas	W 43-10 (2-1, 1-0)	1,200
September 22	1:00 PM	Rhodes (6-4, 4-3)		Harper Davis Field • Jackson, Mississippi	W 42-0 (3-1, 2-0)	2,112
September 29	1:00 PM	at DePauw (8-2, 5-2)		Blackstock Stadium • Greencastle, Indiana	W 35-17 (4-1, 3-0)	3,500
October 6	1:00 PM	Centre (6-4, 4-3)		Harper Davis Field • Jackson	W 29-7 (5-1, 4-0)	1,098
October 13	1:30 PM	at Sewanee (1-8, 0-7)		McGee Stadium • Sewanee, Tennessee	W 45-7 (6-1, 5-0)	2,093
October 27	1:00 PM	No. 19 Trinity (9-2, 6-1)	No. 24	Harper Davis Field • Jackson	L 24-28 (6-2, 5-1)	4,032
November 3	1:00 PM	at Colorado College (4-6, 1-6)		Washburn Field • Colorado Springs, Colorado	W 68-6 (7-2, 6-1)	684
November 10	1:00 PM	Birmingham-Southern (1-7)*		Harper Davis Field • Jackson	W 58-7 (8-2, 6-1)	1,899
*Non-conference game. Homecoming. All times are in Central Standard Time.