The wildest football game of Saturday – and there were some wild ones – had to be No. 7 East Mississippi Community College’s 75-71 win against No. 3 Gulf Coast in Scooba.
We know what you’re thinking. No, it wasn’t in overtime, it was a regulation contest.
The winner claimed the MACJC state championship.
EMCC led 34-26 at halftime and the game was tied at 54 heading to the fourth quarter.
It was a monster night for East QB Randall Mackey, an Ole Miss commitment, who was 30 of 43 for 477 (updated) yards and seven touchdowns and also ran 18 times for 125 more.
Some guys could play a month and not account for 602 (updated) total yards.
Here’s a link to a story about the game from East Mississippi’s Web site. The Columbus Dispatch was there and Adam Minichino filed this, um, dispatch.
Here’s about 90 seconds worth of video from the game, showing a bunch of touchdowns and what appears to be the game-saving interception.
What you want to see, of course, is the scoring summary. David Rosinski, the sports information director at East Mississippi, kindly passed this along to us on Sunday morning.
East Miss. 75, Miss. Gulf Coast 71
Mississippi Gulf Coast (9-2) 13 13 28 17 – 71
East Mississippi (10-1) 14 20 20 21 – 75
First Quarter
EMCC – Pat Shed 2 run (Brett Spencer kick), 12:51
EMCC – Shed 4 run (Spencer kick), 7:02
MGC – Joe Burnett 31 pass from Greg Jenkins (Bo Bryan kick failed), 4:21
MGC – Kelvin Bolden 26 pass from Jenkins (Bryan kick), 3:03
Second Quarter
MGC – Bradley Jacobs 52 pass interception (run failed), 14:05
EMCC – Marcus McQuarley 47 pass from Randall Mackey (Spencer kick), 12:40
EMCC – Lance Lewis 30 pass from Mackey (Spencer kick), 4:33
MGC – Brett Moncrief 7 pass from Jenkins (Bryan kick), 2:55
EMCC – Shed 43 pass from Mackey (Spencer kick failed), 1:24
Third Quarter
MGC – Vick Ballard 1 run (Bolden pass from Jenkins), 12:22
EMCC – Bill Franks 22 pass from Mackey (Spencer kick), 11:17
MGC – Ballard 50 run (Bryan kick blocked), 10:01
EMCC – Lewis 20 pass from Mackey (Spencer kick blocked). 7:47
MGC – Ballard 11 run (Bryan kick), 6:51
EMCC – British Footman 98 kickoff return (Spencer kick), 6:36
MGC – Bolden 61 pass from Jenkins (Bryan kick), 5:32
Fourth Quarter
MGC – Ballard 1 run (Bryan kick), 14:22
EMCC – Shed 1 run (Spencer kick), 9:43
MGC – FG Bryan 29, 6:49
EMCC – Lewis 11 pass from Mackey (Spencer kick), 4:29
MGC – Bolden 18 pass from Jenkins (Bryan kick), 2:48
EMCC – Lewis 32 pass from Mackey (Spencer kick), 1:38
INDIVIDUAL LEADERS
Rushing – MGC, Ballard 33-186, Jenkins 17-69. EMCC, Mackey 18-125, Shed 7-15.
Passing – MGC, Jenkins 14-25-1-331. EMCC, Mackey 31-42-1-477.
Receiving – MGC, Bolden 8-260. EMCC, Lewis 9-134, Shed 7-147, Franks 5-68, Johnson 5-45.