The Depauw Tigers (5-2, 3-1)
brought the best running attack in the conference with them to Jackson,
Miss. Saturday and came away with a SCAC conference win 38-7 on the recently
renamed Harper Davis Field.
Harper Davis coached the Majors
football team from 1964-88 and holds the school record for wins as a head
coach with 138. The haltime ceremony was well attended as many of Davis'
former players and friends joined him on the field.
Five new members, Sean Brewer
(Football), Greg Maloney (Golf), Melissa Cleary (Basketball), Felicia
Lofton (Basketball), Joey Langston (Tennis) were inducted into the Millsaps
College Sports Hall of Fame earlier Saturday morning as well as being
recognized in a pregame ceremony on Harper Davis Field.
The Tigers jumped out to a
21-0 lead going into halftime on three rushing touchdowns. The Majors
defense entering Saturday was the toughest to score on in the SCAC, but
the Tigers put solid drives together to take the lead into the haltime
break.
The Majors offense struggled
mightely against the veteren core from Terre Haute, IN without the guidance
of senior quarterback Brandon Morris, who was still feeling the effects
of a concussion suffered at Rose-Hulman last week.
True freshmen Raymece Savage
and Mike Dean combined to go 9-17 for 110 yards. Tyson Roy added 56 yards
on the ground and 37 yards receiveing adding to his SCAC leading all-purpose
yards per game numbers.
Joey Doxey deflected three
passes from Tiger receivers on the day including a full extension, touchdown
saving break up on the goal line. For the first time in 2004 the Majors
had no double digit tacklers, although team leading tackler Marshall Brown
had eight to pace the squad.
Ross Rutledge had six tackles
and middle backer EJ Johnson had five. Stephen Parr, Josh Ladner and Johnathan
Tuck had three tackles each in the loss. Cornerback Ray Kline knocked
the ball away from a Tigers receiver in the endzone and had two tackles
on the day. Defensive tackle Ishmael Lockhart had two tackles including
one in the backfield for a two-yard loss.
