GEORGETOWN, TEXAS - Southwestern Football dropped to 3-3 on the season Saturday, following a defensive battle between the Millsaps College Majors and the Pirates. Southwestern went into half time carrying a 7-0 lead, but the Majors manufactured seventeen second half points to take a 17-14 victory over the Pirates. Southwestern falls to 1-3 in SAA Conference play and sits at sixth in the conference standings over Hendrix and Sewanee. 

OFFENSIVE HIGHLIGHTS

• Jaylen Spriggs went 14/29 on passing attempts for 186 yards. Spriggs scored the Pirates lone offensive touchdown on a fifteen yard rush in the first quarter.
• Leroy Rodriguez rushed for 95 yards on twenty one attempts, averaging 4.5 yards per carry.
• Aiden Huerta led the Pirates in receiving for the game, catching seven passes for 81 yards and a long of twenty. 

DEFENSIVE HIGHLIGHTS

• Sophomore defensive back Cam Roberson returned an interception fifty yards for a touchdown to score the Pirate second touchdown of the game.
• Caleb Harmon had a game high seventeen tackles with two tackles for loss for three yards against the Majors.
• The Southwestern defense put up seven tackles for loss coming from seven different players including Jameer Martin, Darrell Baiye, Liam Phelan, Aidan O'Connell, Chuks Ikwuemesi and Jalyn Lavigne.

NOTES

• Southwestern gave up four fumbles on the day that led to turnovers.
• Millsaps scored a forty six yard field goal with two seconds left on the clock in the fourth quarter to secure them the win.
• The Pirate offense dominated time of possession, holding the ball for just over thirty six minutes compared to Millsaps twenty four minutes. 

UP NEXT

• The Pirates will play their final home game of the season at Birkelbach Field on Saturday, October 26th at 11:00 AM against the Centre College Colonels.