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{{Infobox college athletics
| name            = Millsaps Majors
| logo            = Millsaps Majors primary logo.svg
| logo_width   = 170
| university      = Millsaps College
| conference      = [[Southern Athletic Association]]
| association     = NCAA
| division        = [[NCAA Division III|Division III]]
| director        = Justin Leblanc
| location            = [[Jackson, Mississippi]]
| teams           = 18
| stadium         = Harper Davis Field (football, soccer, and lacrosse)
| basketballarena = The Hangar Dome (basketball and volleyball)
| baseballfield   = Twenty Field
| arena2          = Millsaps Softball stadium
| mascot          = The Millsaps Major<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.millsaps.edu/admissions/about-millsaps.php|title=About Millsaps - Millsaps College|website=www.millsaps.edu}}</ref> 
| nickname        = Majors
| fightsong       = "Purple and White" ("[[Notre Dame Victory March]]")
| color1          = Purple
| color2          = White
| hex1            = 330066
| hex2            = FFFFFF
| pageurl         = https://gomajors.com/
| altlogo = [[File:Millsaps majors wordmark.png|200px]]
}}

The '''Millsaps Majors''' is [[List of U.S. college team nicknames|the nickname for]] the sports teams of [[Millsaps College]] in [[Jackson, Mississippi]] and their colors are purple and white. They participate in the [[National Collegiate Athletic Association|NCAA]]'s [[Division III (NCAA)|Division III]] and the [[Southern Athletic Association]].<ref name="athletics">{{cite news | url=http://www.millsaps.edu/athletic/mwsports.shtml | title=Millsaps College Athletics | work=Millsaps.edu | publisher=Millsaps College | accessdate=2012-07-12 | url-status=dead | archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100105023558/http://www.millsaps.edu/athletic/mwsports.shtml | archivedate=2010-01-05 }}</ref>

Men participate in baseball, basketball, cheerleading, football, soccer, tennis, golf, lacrosse, track and field, swimming and diving, and cross country. Women's sports include basketball, softball, soccer, tennis, golf, cross country, lacrosse, track and field, swimming and diving, and volleyball.<ref name="athletics"/>

==Football==
{{main|Millsaps Majors football}}
Millsaps's all-time record in football is 380 wins, 356 losses and 36 ties (.516). The gridiron Majors have posted two undefeated regular seasons in their history (1980 & 2008), earned three [[NCAA Division III National Football Championship|NCAA playoff tournament]] berths (1975, 2006 & 2008) and claimed six [[Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference]] championships (1991, 1996, 2006, 2007, 2008 & 2009).

==Baseball==
2009 saw the Majors end the regular season with a 32–8 winning record (15–5 SCAC) and a SCAC West Division championship.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.scacsports.com/sports/bsb/2008-09/schedule?team=Millsaps|title=2009 SCAC Baseball Schedule|work=scacsports.com}}</ref><ref>[http://www.gomajors.com/news/2009/4/17/BB_0417093101.aspx?path=baseball GoMajors.com: Majors Tame Tigers 14-4, Secure 13th Division Title] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110711112522/http://www.gomajors.com/news/2009/4/17/BB_0417093101.aspx?path=baseball |date=2011-07-11 }}</ref> On April 14, 2009, the Majors were named the No. 1 team in the country by D3baseball.com for the first time in the programs history. It was the first time any athletic team has achieved this high of a ranking.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://gomajors.com/news/2009/4/14/BB_0414094255.aspx?path=baseball |title=Archived copy |accessdate=2011-05-18 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120320144424/http://gomajors.com/news/2009/4/14/BB_0414094255.aspx?path=baseball |archivedate=2012-03-20 }}</ref>

===Major League Baseball Draft===
Millsaps has had 3 [[Major League Baseball Draft]] selections since the draft began in 1965.<ref name="draft">{{cite web|date= | title=MLB Amateur Draft Picks who came from "Millsaps College (Jackson, MS)"|publisher=[[Baseball-Reference.com]]| url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/draft/index.cgi?key_school=0d793f70&exact=1&query_type=key_school|accessdate=2014-01-15}}</ref>
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align: center;"
! style="{{CollegePrimaryStyle|Millsaps Majors|border=1|color= white }}"| Year
! style="{{CollegePrimaryStyle|Millsaps Majors|border=1|color= white }}"| Player
! style="{{CollegePrimaryStyle|Millsaps Majors|border=1|color= white }}"| Round
! style="{{CollegePrimaryStyle|Millsaps Majors|border=1|color= white }}"| Team
|-
| [[1997 Major League Baseball Draft|1997]]
| data-sort-value="Austin Peter" | Peter Austin
| 40
| [[Pittsburgh Pirates|Pirates]]
|-
| [[2005 Major League Baseball Draft|2005]]
| data-sort-value="Wetzel Garner" | Garner Wetzel
| 10
| [[Colorado Rockies|Rockies]]
|-
| [[2006 Major League Baseball Draft|2006]]
| data-sort-value="Wetzel Garner" | Garner Wetzel
| 18
| [[San Diego Padres|Padres]]
|}

==Lacrosse==
Both men and women began [[lacrosse]] teams in 2010.<ref>[http://www.gomajors.com/news/2009/5/19/GEN_0519095746.aspx GoMaors.com: Millsaps to Add Men's and Women's Lacrosse in 2010-11] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110711115849/http://www.gomajors.com/news/2009/5/19/GEN_0519095746.aspx |date=2011-07-11 }}</ref>

==Rivalries==
The Majors had a fierce football and basketball rivalry with [[Mississippi College]] in nearby [[Clinton, Mississippi|Clinton]] through the 1950s before competition was suspended after an infamous student brawl at a basketball game. Campus legend says the brawl was sparked by the alleged theft of the body of Millsaps founder Major Millsaps by Mississippi College students. The rivalry was considered by many as the best in Mississippi, featuring a prank by Mississippi College students who painted "TO HELL WITH MILSAPS" (sic) on the Millsaps Observatory. The football rivalry resumed in 2000 as the [[The Backyard Brawl (Millsaps-Mississippi)|"Backyard Brawl"]], with games being held at [[Mississippi Veterans Memorial Stadium]] until 2006 when it was played at Robinson-Hale Stadium on the campus of Mississippi College. The rivalry took a one-year hiatus in 2005 but resumed in 2006.

==NFL affiliation==
Millsaps was the summer training camp home for the [[National Football League|NFL's]] [[New Orleans Saints]] in 2006, 2007 and 2008.

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