No. 7 MGCCC gears up for Homecoming
| Final | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | T | |
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Coahoma Community College (0-8) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College (7-1) | 21 | 28 | 0 | 14 | 63 |
PERKINSTON — No. 7 Mississippi Gulf Coast heads into the school's 93rd Homecoming game looking to take another step toward the postseason.
The Bulldogs play Coahoma at 3:30 p.m. Saturday at A.L. May Memorial Stadium, and a win over their last North Division opponent would lock up an important tiebreaker. That mid-afternoon weekend kickoff provides a major adjustment for coach Jack Wright's squad.
"The schedule is different with the pregame routine," he said. "The leadup to the game is different. We talk to our guys all the time about playing like a pro. To me, you just do the next thing right, whether that's setting your alarm, waking up to go eat breakfast, be at the pregame meal, you just do the next thing correctly and that typically pays off."
Buy your tickets ahead of time to save money. It costs $10 for adults or $7 for youth online, or $15 and $10 at the gate. Tickets are available at http://mgcccbulldogs.com/tickets, and the game will be streamed at https://mgcccbulldogs.com/watch. It can be heard on SuperTalk 103.1 FM.
For a complete list of Homecoming activities, go to https://mgccc.edu/homecoming.
Gulf Coast (6-1) is 58-34 in Homecoming contests, and the Bulldogs are 3-0 against the Tigers on those occasions. MGCCC is 21-2 against Coahoma (0-7) all-time, and one of those losses was a double forfeit.
Don't expect this to be a walkover, however. The Tigers are coming off a 21-13 loss to Northeast Mississippi on their homecoming.
"They've moved the ball on everybody," Wright said. "They're efficient on offense, and they've got a really good ball-control passing game. They play really hard and have a really good-looking O-line."
Deshaun Cotron is a dangerous receiver and returner who brought a kickoff back 92 yards for a touchdown against East Mississippi.
The Bulldogs used the extra time with a Saturday game to dive into some film study. They looked hard at Coahoma and also back at themselves to address some issues.
"We got a lot of extra film work on Monday, and we did a light workout on Tuesday," Wright said. "We'll have two good days Wednesday and Thursday."
Montrell Chapman (So., Batesville/South Panola) is among the team's leading tackles with 47. He's got 3.5 tackles for loss and an interception.
He's had three double-digit tackle games: Jones, Southwest and East Central. It's making the scouts notice, with Chapman piling up 14 offers to play at the Next Level.
"Montrell's had a great year," Wright said. "He's a really hard hitter, a thumper in the middle. He's a big guy and a physical presence. He's gotten us lined up right and makes a lot of calls for us. He's a mature kid whose had a great sophomore season."
Game #8
Who: Gulf Coast (6-1) vs. Coahoma (0-7)
What: Homecoming 2024
When: Saturday, Oct. 26, 3:30 p.m.
Where: A.L. May Memorial Stadium, Perkinston
Watch: https://mgcccbulldogs.com/watch
Listen: SuperTalk 103.1 FM
The Series
Series Record: 24th meeting, Gulf Coast leads 21-2
First Meeting: 1975
Last Meeting: Sept. 5, 2019, Gulf Coast 36, Coahoma 6
Notes: Gulf Coast has won five straight dating back to 2011 … Gulf Coast is averaging 48.6 points in that streak, Coahoma 11.0 … Gulf Coast has nine shutouts in the series, the last of which came in 2011 … Coahoma has not recorded a shutout … Gulf Coast's longest win streak is nine games (1991-2009) … Coahoma hasn't won consecutive games … The biggest Gulf Coast win was 61-0 on Sept. 14, 1985 … Coahoma's only win was 2010, when they won 34-31 … The 1990 game was counted as a loss for both teams because both used ineligible players.
Series History |
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| Date | Results |
|---|---|
| 11/1/75 | MGCCC 35, Coahoma Junior College 0 |
| 9/11/76 | MGCCC 35, Coahoma Junior College 0 |
| 9/3/77 | MGCCC 27, Coahoma Junior College 0 |
| 11/4/78 | MGCCC 40, Coahoma Junior College 7 |
| 11/3/79 | MGCCC 40, Coahoma Junior College 10 |
| 9/15/84 | MGCCC 28, Coahoma Junior College 13 |
| 9/14/85 | MGCCC 61, Coahoma Junior College 0 |
| 9/1/90 | MGCCC 21, Coahoma Community College 0* |
| 8/29/91 | MGCCC 36, Coahoma Community College 12 |
| 11/5/92 | MGCCC 35, Coahoma Community College 12 |
| 11/6/93 | MGCCC 44, Coahoma Community College 20 |
| 10/31/96 | MGCCC 28, Coahoma Community College 6 |
| 11/1/97 | MGCCC 45, Coahoma Community College 0 |
| 9/12/98 | MGCCC 16, Coahoma Community College 0 |
| 9/9/99 | MGCCC 35, Coahoma Community College 0 |
| 9/11/04 | MGCCC 49, Coahoma Community College 27 |
| 10/31/09 | MGCCC 58, Coahoma Community College 21 |
| 10/21/10 | Coahoma Community College 34, MGCCC 31 |
| 10/22/11 | MGCCC 34, Coahoma Community College 0 |
| 9/1/12 | MGCCC 64, Coahoma Community College 14 |
| 8/29/13 | MGCCC 63, Coahoma Community College 14 |
| 9/6/18 | MGCCC 46, Coahoma Community College 21 |
| 9/5/19 | MGCCC 36, Coahoma Community College 6 |
| * — Game counted as loss for both teams. Both teams used ineligible players. | |
Homecoming Notes
- Gulf Coast is 58-34 on Homecoming.
- Gulf Coast is averaging 24.0 points per Homecoming game, while opponents are averaging just 16.8.
- Gulf Coast has won the last five Homecoming games dating back to 2018, and seven of the last eight Homecoming games dating to 2015.
- Gulf Coast has shut out 10 opponents on Homecoming, including the last two years, and has been shut out nine times.
- Gulf Coast's biggest margin of victory on Homecoming is 55, which happened twice in a three-year period: 1971 Gulf Coast 62, Hinds 7; 1973, Gulf Coast 62, Itawamba 7.
- Gulf Coast biggest margin of defeat on Homecoming is also 55, losing 55-0 to Hinds in 1995.
- Jack Wright has the third-most Homecoming wins: 5. (This is his seventh season at Gulf Coast, but there was no game in 2020 because of COVID.) George Sekul has the most Homecoming wins with 19, and Steve Campbell has 8.
- Jack Wright (5-0) is one of four Gulf Coast coaches who are unbeaten at Homecoming: Marvin "Red" Campbell, 2-0; Nolan E. Tollett, 2-0, Robert Whitman, 1-0.
Homecoming History |
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| Date | Result |
|---|---|
| 11/23/29 | Gulf Coast 20, Hinds 6 |
| 11/15/30 | Pearl River 12, Gulf Coast 0 |
| 11/21/31 | Hinds 7, Gulf Coast 6 |
| 11/12/32 | Pearl River 13, Gulf Coast 0 |
| 10/28/33 | Gulf Coast 33, Millsaps College Freshmen 12 |
| 11/10/34 | Pearl River 19, Gulf Coast 12 |
| 11/21/36 | Gulf Coast 27, Pearl River 6 |
| 10/30/37 | Holmes 34, Gulf Coast 0 |
| 11/19/38 | Pearl River 19, Gulf Coast 0 |
| 10/28/39 | Holmes 18, Gulf Coast 7 |
| 10/19/40 | Gulf Coast 39, Southwest Mississippi 12 |
| 10/25/41 | Copiah-Lincoln 51, Gulf Coast 6 |
| 10/30/42 | Gulf Coast 20, East Central 6 |
| 11/3/44 | Copiah-Lincoln 19, Gulf Coast 7 |
| 10/19/45 | Hinds 31, Gulf Coast 0 |
| 10/26/46 | Hinds 20, Gulf Coast 13 |
| 10/25/47 | Gulf Coast 20, East Mississippi 0 |
| 11/6/48 | Gulf Coast 20, Pearl River 19 |
| 10/29/49 | Gulf Coast 21, Copiah-Lincoln 6 |
| 10/21/50 | Gulf Coast 13, Francis T. Nicholls 6 |
| 10/13/51 | Gulf Coast 31, East Mississippi 7 |
| 10/18/52 | Gulf Coast 41, Northeast Mississippi 13 |
| 10/10/53 | Gulf Coast 35, East Mississippi 13 |
| 10/23/54 | Gulf Coast 13, Holmes 12 |
| 10/8/55 | Southwest Mississippi 27, Gulf Coast 6 |
| 10/13/56 | Pearl River 21, Gulf Coast 0 |
| 10/5/57 | Gulf Coast 19, Southwest Mississippi 0 |
| 10/11/58 | Pearl River 12, Gulf Coast 6 |
| 10/24/59 | Gulf Coast 32, Northwest Mississippi 6 |
| 10/29/60 | Hinds 7, Gulf Coast 6 |
| 11/11/61 | Pearl River 60, Gulf Coast 6 |
| 10/13/62 | Gulf Coast 27, Itawamba 6 |
| 10/26/63 | Gulf Coast 7, Copiah-Lincoln 0 |
| 11/7/64 | Northwest Mississippi 27, Gulf Coast 0 |
| 10/9/65 | Gulf Coast 18, East Central 14 |
| 10/22/66 | Itawamba 15, Gulf Coast 14 |
| 10/14/67 | Gulf Coast 22, Southwest Mississippi 7 |
| 10/12/68 | Gulf Coast 24, Southwest Mississippi 0 |
| 10/25/69 | Mississippi Delta 37, Gulf Coast 21 |
| 11/7/70 | Gulf Coast 28, Southwest Mississippi 21 |
| 11/6/71 | Gulf Coast 62, Hinds 7 |
| 10/21/72 | Gulf Coast 29, Hinds 13 |
| 11/10/73 | Gulf Coast 62, Itawamba 7 |
| 11/9/74 | Gulf Coast 28, Copiah-Lincoln 13 |
| 10/25/75 | Gulf Coast 18, Northwest Mississippi 6 |
| 11/6/76 | Gulf Coast 27, Hinds 6 |
| 11/5/77 | Gulf Coast 17, Itawamba 6 |
| 10/28/78 | Gulf Coast 17, Copiah-Lincoln 10 |
| 11/3/79 | Gulf Coast 40, Coahoma 10 |
| 11/8/80 | Gulf Coast 35, Copiah-Lincoln 30 |
| 10/31/81 | Gulf Coast 29, Holmes 21 |
| 10/23/82 | Gulf Coast 14, Copiah-Lincoln 7 |
| 11/5/83 | Gulf Coast 28, Northwest Mississippi 20 |
| 10/27/84 | Gulf Coast 28, Copiah-Lincoln 21 |
| 11/2/85 | Gulf Coast 20, Hinds 0 |
| 11/1/86 | Gulf Coast 59, Holmes 28 |
| 10/24/87 | Hinds 42, Gulf Coast 12 |
| 11/5/88 | East Mississippi 31, Gulf Coast 28 |
| 10/28/89 | Hinds 28, Gulf Coast 15 |
| 10/27/90 | Hinds 40, Gulf Coast 17 |
| 11/2/91 | Itawamba 19, Gulf Coast 0 |
| 10/31/92 | Gulf Coast 37, Copiah-Lincoln 18 |
| 10/23/93 | Hinds 22, Gulf Coast 13 |
| 11/5/94 | Gulf Coast 15, Copiah-Lincoln 14 |
| 10/21/95 | Hinds 55, Gulf Coast 0 |
| 10/19/96 | East Central 28, Gulf Coast 23 |
| 11/1/97 | Gulf Coast 45, Coahoma 0 |
| 10/10/98 | Gulf Coast 48, Northeast Mississippi 14 |
| 10/30/99 | Gulf Coast 38, Copiah-Lincoln 7 |
| 10/21/00 | Gulf Coast 36, Pearl River 7 |
| 10/27/01 | Copiah-Lincoln 36, Gulf Coast 28 |
| 10/26/02 | Pearl River 42, Gulf Coast 41 |
| 11/1/03 | Jones County 27, Gulf Coast 13 |
| 10/30/04 | Hinds 29, Gulf Coast 10 |
| 10/8/05 | Southwest 34, Gulf Coast 31 |
| 9/30/06 | Gulf Coast 34, Copiah-Lincoln 10 |
| 10/27/07 | Gulf Coast 53, Southwest 17 |
| 10/11/08 | Gulf Coast 38, East Central 35 |
| 10/3/09 | Gulf Coast 38, Copiah-Lincoln 14 |
| 10/16/10 | Gulf Coast 23, Copiah-Lincoln 3 |
| 10/22/11 | Gulf Coast 34, Coahoma 0 |
| 10/27/12 | Gulf Coast 41, East Central 0 |
| 10/19/13 | Gulf Coast 21, Copiah-Lincoln 7 |
| 10/18/14 | Copiah-Lincoln 29, Gulf Coast 26 |
| 10/24/15 | Gulf Coast 38, Itawamba 7 |
| 10/22/16 | Gulf Coast 30, Pearl River 17 |
| 10/28/17 | Jones County 38, Gulf Coast 24 |
| 10/27/18 | Gulf Coast 45, Hinds 24 |
| 10/5/19 | Gulf Coast 55, Southwest 24 |
| 10/19/20 | Gulf Coast vs. Copiah-Lincoln, no game |
| 10/30/21 | Gulf Coast 52, Southwest Mississippi 6 |
| 10/15/22 | Gulf Coast 35, East Central 0 |
| 10/28/23 | Gulf Coast 41, Hinds 0 |
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