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The Millsaps Majors is the nickname for the sports teams of Millsaps College in Jackson, Mississippi and their colors are purple and white. They participate in the NCAA 's Division III and the Southern Athletic Association .
The Millsaps Majors football team represents Millsaps College in Jackson, Mississippi. They compete in the NCAA 's Division III and the Southern Athletic Association . [ 2 ] Millsaps's all-time record in football is 380 wins, 356 losses and 36 ties (.516).
The college was founded in 1889–90 by a Confederate veteran, Major Reuben Webster Millsaps, who donated the land for the college and $50,000. William Belton Murrah was the college's first president, and Bishop Charles Betts Galloway of the Methodist Episcopal Church South organized the college's early fund-raising efforts.
2011 – The Southern Athletic Association (SAA) was founded, whose charter members include seven member schools that were competing for the Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference (SCAC): (Birmingham–Southern College, Centre College, Hendrix College, Millsaps College, Oglethorpe University, Rhodes College and Sewanee: The University of the South), and NCAA Division III independent Berry ...
This is a list of college athletics programs in the U.S. state of Mississippi. ... Millsaps Majors: Millsaps College: Jackson: SAA: ... List of NCAA Division II ...
The colleges compete in Division III of the NCAA, Mississippi College in the American Southwest Conference (ASC) and Millsaps in the Southern Athletic Association (SAA). The two schools met nearly every year in various sports from 1920 through spring 1960, after which time the series was cancelled when a fight broke out at a men's basketball game.
The 1980 Millsaps Majors football team was an American football team that represented Millsaps College as an independent during the 1980 NCAA Division III football season.In their 17th year under head coach Harper Davis, the team compiled a perfect 9–0 record. [1]
In their 12th year under head coach Harper Davis, the Majors compiled a 9–2 record, outscored opponents by a total of 289 to 121, and made it to the semifinal in the NCAA Division III playoffs where they lost to the eventual national champion Wittenberg, 55–22. [1] The team played its home games at Alumni Field in Jackson, Mississippi.