https://www.emccathletics.com en-us https://www.emccathletics.com/sports/fball/2016-17/releases/20170531np33nh Featuring five home contests and back-to-back Saturday games to conclude the regular season, the reigning MACJC state champion Lions of East Mississippi Community College have announced their 2017 football schedule. Wed, 31 May 2017 04:00:00 GMT https://www.emccathletics.com/sports/fball/2016-17/releases/20170531np33nh https://www.emccathletics.com/sports/fball/2016-17/releases/20170508r1vafe East Mississippi Community College is scheduled to conduct three separate summer football camps during the month of June on the Scooba campus. Mon, 08 May 2017 04:00:00 GMT https://www.emccathletics.com/sports/fball/2016-17/releases/20170508r1vafe https://www.emccathletics.com/sports/fball/2016-17/releases/20170503rg1t9j East Mississippi Community College’s pipeline to the National Football League continues to grow as a result of the recent NFL Draft. Along with former Ole Miss and EMCC teammates D.J. Jones and Chad Kelly being selected this past week, EMCC alums Avery Gennesy and Corey Smith have signed undrafted free agent deals this week. Wed, 03 May 2017 04:00:00 GMT https://www.emccathletics.com/sports/fball/2016-17/releases/20170503rg1t9j https://www.emccathletics.com/sports/fball/2016-17/releases/20170405mevh2m The East Mississippi Community College football program will be hosting the Second Annual EMCC Football Golf Classic on Friday, April 28, at Lion Hills in Columbus. Wed, 05 Apr 2017 04:00:00 GMT https://www.emccathletics.com/sports/fball/2016-17/releases/20170405mevh2m https://www.emccathletics.com/sports/fball/2016-17/releases/20170222o1aykg With nearly two decades of coaching experience working with some of Mississippi’s most successful high school football programs, David Boykin has been hired as East Mississippi Community College’s offensive coordinator. The hiring was announced this week by 10th-year EMCC head football coach Buddy Stephens. Wed, 22 Feb 2017 05:00:00 GMT https://www.emccathletics.com/sports/fball/2016-17/releases/20170222o1aykg https://www.emccathletics.com/sports/fball/2016-17/releases/20170208fejoiu Reigning MACJC state champion East Mississippi Community College will conduct open football tryouts on Friday, Feb. 24 on the Scooba campus. Wed, 08 Feb 2017 05:00:00 GMT https://www.emccathletics.com/sports/fball/2016-17/releases/20170208fejoiu https://www.emccathletics.com/sports/fball/2016-17/releases/20170202ng1owu Former East Mississippi Community College All-American LeGarrette Blount is set to become the third former EMCC Lion to make a return trip to the Super Bowl, as the New England Patriots prepare to take on the Atlanta Falcons in Sunday’s Super Bowl LI at NRG Stadium in Houston, Texas. Thu, 02 Feb 2017 05:00:00 GMT https://www.emccathletics.com/sports/fball/2016-17/releases/20170202ng1owu https://www.emccathletics.com/sports/fball/2016-17/releases/20170201qq93qc East Mississippi Community College’s annual transfer of graduated football talent to the next level continued during National Signing Day. Including the former EMCC players who inked during December’s mid-year signing period and those who signed Wednesday, the EMCC Lions will have a total of 25 players moving on to compete at four-year universities. Wed, 01 Feb 2017 05:00:00 GMT https://www.emccathletics.com/sports/fball/2016-17/releases/20170201qq93qc https://www.emccathletics.com/sports/fball/2016-17/releases/20170201rf2oks A total of 31 incoming football players were announced during Wednesday’s National Signing Day by head coach Buddy Stephens of the reigning MACJC state champion Lions of East Mississippi Community College. Wed, 01 Feb 2017 05:00:00 GMT https://www.emccathletics.com/sports/fball/2016-17/releases/20170201rf2oks https://www.emccathletics.com/sports/fball/2016-17/releases/20170124m8qedx Bo Wallace, a former NJCAA All-America quarterback and three-year starter at Ole Miss, has returned to East Mississippi Community College to become an assistant football coach on Buddy Stephens’ Lions coaching staff. Tue, 24 Jan 2017 05:00:00 GMT https://www.emccathletics.com/sports/fball/2016-17/releases/20170124m8qedx https://www.emccathletics.com/sports/fball/2016-17/releases/20161215q654wf East Mississippi Community College’s De’Andre Johnson added to his impressive list of individual accomplishments for 2016 by being selected to this year’s NJCAA Football All-America Second Team, as chosen by the NJCAA Football Committee. Thu, 15 Dec 2016 05:00:00 GMT https://www.emccathletics.com/sports/fball/2016-17/releases/20161215q654wf https://www.emccathletics.com/sports/fball/2016-17/releases/20161205qf8cno The Lions of East Mississippi Community College remained undefeated in postseason bowl play under head coach Buddy Stephens with a 27-17 win over No. 13 Kilgore (TX) College in Sunday afternoon’s Mississippi Bowl played at A.L. May Memorial Stadium on the campus of Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College. Mon, 05 Dec 2016 05:00:00 GMT https://www.emccathletics.com/sports/fball/2016-17/releases/20161205qf8cno https://www.emccathletics.com/sports/fball/2016-17/releases/20161202igd19w Set to make their fifth postseason bowl appearance under the guidance of ninth-year head football coach Buddy Stephens, the third-ranked Lions of East Mississippi Community College will meet the 13th-ranked Kilgore College Rangers during Sunday afternoon’s Mississippi Bowl in Perkinston. The ninth bowl contest hosted by Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College is slated to kick off at 2 p.m. at A.L. May Memorial Stadium on the MGCCC campus. Fri, 02 Dec 2016 05:00:00 GMT https://www.emccathletics.com/sports/fball/2016-17/releases/20161202igd19w https://www.emccathletics.com/sports/fball/2016-17/releases/20161130pzx1tl Former East Mississippi Community College star Randall Mackey will be inducted into the Mississippi Bowl Hall of Fame at ceremonies during Sunday’s bowl game. Wed, 30 Nov 2016 05:00:00 GMT https://www.emccathletics.com/sports/fball/2016-17/releases/20161130pzx1tl https://www.emccathletics.com/sports/fball/2016-17/releases/20161115uqhd9e The MACJC state champion and third-ranked East Mississippi Community College Lions (10-1) will take on the 13th-ranked Rangers of Kilgore College (6-4) in next month’s Mississippi Bowl to be played on Sunday, Dec. 4 in Perkinston. Kickoff is set for 2 p.m. at newly renovated A.L. May Memorial Stadium on the campus of Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College. Tue, 15 Nov 2016 05:00:00 GMT https://www.emccathletics.com/sports/fball/2016-17/releases/20161115uqhd9e https://www.emccathletics.com/sports/fball/2016-17/releases/20161114vf1n7p Fresh from earning their fifth MACJC State/NJCAA Region 23 football championship in eight years, the third-ranked Lions of East Mississippi Community College have placed a state-most seven players on this year’s NJCAA All-Region 23 football team, as announced Monday by the Mississippi Association of Community and Junior Colleges office headquartered in Jackson. Mon, 14 Nov 2016 05:00:00 GMT https://www.emccathletics.com/sports/fball/2016-17/releases/20161114vf1n7p https://www.emccathletics.com/sports/fball/2016-17/releases/20161113m03dkq The third-ranked Lions of East Mississippi Community College claimed their fifth MACJC State/NJCAA Region 23 football championship with a 38-30 victory over No. 4 and reigning state and national champion Northwest Mississippi Community College Saturday afternoon at Sullivan-Windham Field. Sun, 13 Nov 2016 05:00:00 GMT https://www.emccathletics.com/sports/fball/2016-17/releases/20161113m03dkq https://www.emccathletics.com/sports/fball/2016-17/releases/20161110k79j6w The third-ranked Lions of East Mississippi Community College are set to compete for their fifth MACJC state football championship Saturday afternoon on the Scooba campus against No. 4 Northwest Mississippi Community College. Kickoff between the three-time national champion EMCC Lions and the reigning state and national champion NWCC Rangers is set for 2 p.m. at Sullivan-Windham Field. Thu, 10 Nov 2016 05:00:00 GMT https://www.emccathletics.com/sports/fball/2016-17/releases/20161110k79j6w https://www.emccathletics.com/sports/fball/2016-17/releases/20161108o5clqz In recognition of their recent outstanding individual performances, East Mississippi Community College football player Diamante Pounds and women’s basketball player Tyeisha Juhan have been accorded respective MACJC Player of the Week honors. Tue, 08 Nov 2016 05:00:00 GMT https://www.emccathletics.com/sports/fball/2016-17/releases/20161108o5clqz https://www.emccathletics.com/sports/fball/2016-17/releases/20161106ghv2p3 The third-ranked Lions of East Mississippi Community College earned the right to play for their fifth MACJC state football championship by coming from behind to knock off Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College, 27-24, during Saturday’s state semifinals played at Sullivan-Windham Field. Sun, 06 Nov 2016 04:00:00 GMT https://www.emccathletics.com/sports/fball/2016-17/releases/20161106ghv2p3 https://www.emccathletics.com/sports/fball/2016-17/releases/20161103pqh36v The third-ranked and six-time reigning MACJC North Division Champion Lions of East Mississippi Community College begin their quest for a fifth state football championship Saturday afternoon by playing host to MACJC South Division runner-up Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College in the MACJC State Semifinals. Kickoff is set for 2 p.m. at Sullivan-Windham Field on the Scooba campus. Thu, 03 Nov 2016 04:00:00 GMT https://www.emccathletics.com/sports/fball/2016-17/releases/20161103pqh36v https://www.emccathletics.com/sports/fball/2016-17/releases/20161028ohprok As a final tune-up in preparation for the upcoming MACJC state playoffs, the third-ranked Lions of East Mississippi Community College closed out an 8-1 regular season by blanking Hinds Community College, 42-0, Thursday evening at Sullivan-Windham Field. Fri, 28 Oct 2016 04:00:00 GMT https://www.emccathletics.com/sports/fball/2016-17/releases/20161028ohprok https://www.emccathletics.com/sports/fball/2016-17/releases/20161026pw9h83 Having already secured their sixth straight division title and a No. 1 seed in the upcoming MACJC state football playoffs, the third-ranked Lions of East Mississippi Community College will close out their regular-season slate Thursday night by playing host to Hinds Community College. Kickoff is set for 7 p.m. at Sullivan-Windham Field on the Scooba campus. Wed, 26 Oct 2016 04:00:00 GMT https://www.emccathletics.com/sports/fball/2016-17/releases/20161026pw9h83 https://www.emccathletics.com/sports/fball/2016-17/releases/20161021ntn6eo Posting their first shutout of the year, the third-ranked Lions of East Mississippi Community College secured their sixth straight MACJC North Division football title and eighth in nine years with a 42-0 road win over Coahoma Community College Thursday night at James E. Miller Stadium. Fri, 21 Oct 2016 04:00:00 GMT https://www.emccathletics.com/sports/fball/2016-17/releases/20161021ntn6eo https://www.emccathletics.com/sports/fball/2016-17/releases/20161019qs19wp Quarterback De’Andre Johnson of third-ranked East Mississippi Community College continues to add to his growing list of season accomplishments by being named NJCAA Offensive Player of the Week for the second time this football season. Wed, 19 Oct 2016 04:00:00 GMT https://www.emccathletics.com/sports/fball/2016-17/releases/20161019qs19wp https://www.emccathletics.com/sports/fball/2016-17/releases/20161019ryimpd Looking to outright claim their sixth straight MACJC North Division football title and eighth in nine years, the third-ranked Lions of East Mississippi Community College will close out their regular-season division slate on the road Thursday night against Coahoma Community College. Kickoff is set for 6:30 p.m. at James E. Miller Stadium in Clarksdale. Wed, 19 Oct 2016 04:00:00 GMT https://www.emccathletics.com/sports/fball/2016-17/releases/20161019ryimpd https://www.emccathletics.com/sports/fball/2016-17/releases/20161018puzy23 On the heels of Saturday’s 51-32 homecoming win over previously top-ranked Northwest Mississippi, East Mississippi Community College quarterback De’Andre Johnson has been named MACJC Offensive Player of the Week for the third time this season. Tue, 18 Oct 2016 04:00:00 GMT https://www.emccathletics.com/sports/fball/2016-17/releases/20161018puzy23 https://www.emccathletics.com/sports/fball/2016-17/releases/20161016pzt2qc With seven different players reaching the end zone on the day, the fourth-ranked Lions of East Mississippi Community College never trailed in claiming a 51-32 homecoming victory over top-ranked and reigning national champion Northwest Mississippi Community College Saturday afternoon at Sullivan-Windham Field. Sun, 16 Oct 2016 04:00:00 GMT https://www.emccathletics.com/sports/fball/2016-17/releases/20161016pzt2qc https://www.emccathletics.com/sports/fball/2016-17/releases/20161013okej6q In what likely ranks as one of the most eagerly anticipated regular season junior college football games in recent memory, the fourth-ranked and three-time national champion Lions of East Mississippi Community College are set to play host to the top-ranked and reigning national champion Northwest Mississippi Community College Rangers Saturday afternoon on the Scooba campus. Slated for a 2 p.m. kickoff at Sullivan-Windham Field with major postseason implications possibly on the line, Saturday’s MACJC showdown will cap EMCC’s homecoming weekend festivities. Thu, 13 Oct 2016 04:00:00 GMT https://www.emccathletics.com/sports/fball/2016-17/releases/20161013okej6q https://www.emccathletics.com/sports/fball/2016-17/releases/20161011n4un5s For their efforts in last week’s high-scoring road victory over Holmes, East Mississippi Community College linebacker Dakota Allen and kicker/punter Taylor Crabtree have earned MACJC Defensive and Special Teams Player of the Week honors, respectively. Tue, 11 Oct 2016 04:00:00 GMT https://www.emccathletics.com/sports/fball/2016-17/releases/20161011n4un5s