SUWANEE, Ga. - "Showdown Saturday" in the SCAC saw both DePauw and Millsaps earn wins to move into a first-place tie in the SCAC standings. DePauw won at home over Trinity , 26-18 while the Majors earned a 24-0 home shutout of No. 25 Centre College.

DePauw's win over Trinity was its first win over Trinity in 11 meetings since joining the SCAC in 1998. Millsaps' win over Centre ended the Colonels 10-game winning streak dating back to last season, which was the third longest in Division III in that time.

AROUND THE SCAC

Austin College got 211 yards passing and three touchdowns from Andy Braly and 139 yards and a score on the ground from Ross Hasten as the 'Roos topped Rhodes College 31-21 on Saturday. With the win, Austin College is now 4-3 overall and 2-2 in Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference play. After the Lynx scored on a 26 yard run to take an early lead, the 'Roos responded with 17 straight to close out the first half and head into the locker room leading 17-7. Braly found Greg Harrell for a 13 yard touchdown strike to open the second half and push the Austin College lead to 24-7 early in the third quarter. Rhodes would respond with a touchdown of their own in the third, but another pass from Braly to Harrell, this one for 28 yards, put the 'Roos back on top 31-14 and Austin College would hold on for the 10 point victory. Braly completed 13-of-20 passes and added 29 yards on the ground, while Hasten rushed 22 times and averaged 6.3 yards per attempt. Harrell finished with 61 yards on four catches and Phillip Gonzales added 63 yards on three receptions with a touchdown. Matt Finke, Evan Coachman and Tanner Martin each had eight tackles to lead the 'Roos, who are off next week.

Birmingham-Southern moved to 4-3 on the season this week with a 34-17 come-from-behind road win against Sewanee. BSC has now surpassed the number of wins recorded both last season and 2007, when the team went 3-7 both years. Freshman tailback Shawn Morris had a break-out day, scoring three touchdowns. Junior wide receiver David Langston also returned a punt 68 yards for a touchdown, and junior tailback Walter Arrington recorded a six-yard touchdown. Morris now leads the team on the ground with 386 rushing yards and six touchdowns on 55 carries, followed closely by Arrington with 377 yards and six touchdowns on 72 carries. Langston also leads with 241 receiving yards, and junior quarterback Joe Thigpen leads with 819 passing yards and five touchdowns. BSC returns home for its next two games, beginning with a Halloween match-up with DePauw this weekend at noon at Panther Stadium.

Centre saw three streaks snapped in its 24-0 loss to Millsaps in Jackson, Miss. Saturday. The Colonels 10-game winning streak, the third longest in Division III at the time, came to an end. Prior to this game, Centre had gone 99 straight games without being shutout. It was the first time a Colonel offense failed to score since Oct. 23, 1999 in a 38-0 loss to Trinity, and only the second time since head coach Andy Frye took over. In addition, Centre's consecutive game streak of 49 straight games of forcing at least one turnover also came to an end as Millsaps did not turn the ball over at all. Centre, now 6-1 overall and 3-1 in the SCAC will host Rhodes this weekend as part of Centre's Homecoming weekend.

DePauw improved to 5-1 overall and 4-1 in the SCAC and extended its win streak to four with a 26-18 win over Trinity. The victory was the first for DePauw over Trinity in 11 tries. Trailing 10-6 at halftime, DePauw scored touchdowns on both of its third-quarter possessions to take a 20-10 lead. They extended it to 26-10 on Spud Dick's 2-yard pass to Anthony Meek in the fourth which capped an 81-yard drive. Trinity scored with 2:02 left and added the two-point conversion, but DePauw recovered the onside kick. DePauw rushed for a season-high 249 yards with Jon Ellis totaling 121 and Derrick Karazsia adding a career-high 119. Dick completed 19-of-28 passes for 183 yards with nine passes going to Brayden Dahlstrom for a career-high 102 yards. Kyle Sherer totaled 12 tackles, while Thomas Wrona had nine including a team-high three for losses totaling 4 yards. The Tigers outgained Trinity 432-306 and held a 249-133 advantage on the ground. Trinity entered the game with the nation's 16th-best rushing defense, statistically, holding opponents to just 72.0 rushing yards per game. DePauw's 5-1 start is the best since the 2005 team opened with a 7-1 mark. Bryan Mulligan moved into second place on DePauw's all-time receptions list with 187 and needs nine more to top the mark of 195 set by Jay True (1977-80). Mulligan also ranks second in SCAC history and is 26 behind Jason Hunt's (Trinity, 1999-02) record of 213. Dick's 7,985 career passing yards rank fourth in SCAC history and his 65 career touchdown passes is tied for fifth in SCAC history.

Millsaps (5-3, 4-1 SCAC) kept its conference championship hopes alive with a 24-0 shutout win over No. 25 Centre College on Saturday, limiting the Colonels to a season-low 219 yards and snapping their 10-game win streak. The win for Millsaps marked its 10th-straight at home in the regular season dating back to 2007, while keeping Centre winless in Jackson since 2000. A stifling defense picked off a pair of Grant Conliffe passes in the second half and had a total of 11 quarterback hurries on the day to earn its first shutout win since 2007 over Centre. Senior QB Chris Graves finished 21 of 35 for 261 yards and three touchdowns, hitting 10 different receivers on the day. He's now thrown for 17 touchdowns and no interceptions the last five weeks, a stretch of 164 passes without an interception. Tye Menist caught a career-high two touchdowns, including a 19-yarder early in the second half. Millsaps will hit the road next weekend for its final conference game of the year, traveling to Sewanee for a 1:30 p.m. kickoff. A Millsaps win over Sewanee will secure a fourth-straight SCAC Championship, but will not guarantee a playoff berth. SID Kevin Maloney will handle the play-by-play on the webcast feed, filling in for Derrel Palmer.

Rhodes lost their sixth consecutive game of the 2009 season to Austin College, 31-21 before a homecoming crowd of 2600 at Fargason Field on October 24th. Senior running back Josh McMurray rushed for a season high 128 yards on 16 carries and scored a 26 yard touchdown run to lead the offense. Junior linebacker Andrew Meier had 16 tackles and senior defensive back Andy Boucher had 12 tackles to pace the defense. The Lynx travel to Danville, KY to face Centre College on October 31st.

Saturday was Sewanee's annual Hall of Fame Game and the Tigers got up on the visiting Birmingham-Southern Panthers 3-0 early on a Geoff Marolda field goal and then led 17-7 early in the third after a Ben Cleveland touchdown run and a Chalankis Brown runback. In the second half, a series of Sewanee turnovers set up 27 unanswered BSC points and the Panthers walked away with the 34-17 win over the host Tigers. Michael Poarch led Sewanee with 74 yards rushing on 23 carries. Patrick Shelton threw for 137 yards. On defense, Zac Atkins led Sewanee with nine tackles and senior Trey Reliford had eight. Stuart Rast had an interception for Sewanee and four tackles. Bakari Faulkner had three tackles for loss on the day, including two sacks. Sewanee is now 0-7 so far in 2009 and will host Millsaps next week before traveling to Rhodes on November 14.

Trinity lost for the first time in 11 meetings against DePauw this past weekend, falling in a 26-18 game at Greencastle, Ind. After scoring just before the end of the second quarter, the Trinity Tigers held a 10-6 lead at halftime and seemed to be recovered from a slow start. DePauw outscored Trinity 14-0 in the third quarter, though, and a late fourth-quarter touchdown made it 26-10 with less than five minutes to play. Trinity rallied with a touchdown and a two-point conversion, but DePauw recovered the onside kick and effectively sealed the victory. Riley Curry caught a career-high 11 passes for 105 yards and a touchdowns, while Caleb Urban finished with 134 all-purpose yards. Curry moves into second place on the all-time receptions list at Trinity, becoming only the second player in school history to record 200 or more receptions in a career. Caleb passed older brother Jerheme as Trinity’s career leader in kickoff return yards, becoming just the second player in school history to reach 1,000 return yards. Trinity will return home this weekend, hosting NAIA Azusa Pacific University on Halloween afternoon. The only time the two schools have met was in 2004, which was a 30-14 win by Azusa.

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