2018 EMCC Football News
Five-time national champion EMCC Lions atop NJCAA Preseason Football Rankings
For the sixth time in the last eight years, East Mississippi Community College will kick off the upcoming football season as the nation’s top-ranked team in the National Junior College Athletic Association (NJCAA) Preseason Football Rankings. As selected by the NJCAA Football Committee, the rankings were announced Monday by the NJCAA national office headquartered in Charlotte, N.C.
August 20, 2019
Reigning NJCAA football champion EMCC to host “Meet the Lions” event Wednesday on Scooba campus
Fans will have their first opportunity to check out the two-time reigning NJCAA football champion Lions of East Mississippi Community College during Wednesday’s (Aug. 21) scheduled “Meet the Lions” event on the Scooba campus. Festivities are set to begin at 7:30 p.m. at EMCC’s Sullivan-Windham Field, and admission is free of charge.
August 16, 2019
Two-time reigning national champion EMCC Lions tabbed preseason No. 1 in College Football America Yearbook
Two-time reigning national champion and three-time defending state champion East Mississippi Community College has been tabbed with a No. 1 preseason ranking in the College Football America Yearbook’s 2019 Yearbook Preseason Juco Top 30.
July 16, 2019
Reigning national and state champion EMCC ranked No. 2 in Street & Smith’s football preview magazine
With kickoff to the 2019 junior college football season less than three months away, the reigning national and state champion Lions of East Mississippi Community College have earned a No. 2 preseason national ranking in the initial juco football poll of the upcoming campaign produced by Street & Smith’s 2019 College Football preview magazine.
May 30, 2019
Five-time NJCAA champion East Mississippi Community College announces 2019 football schedule
With five national junior college football championships in eight years, the Lions of East Mississippi Community College will bid to make NJCAA history during the upcoming season with a 2019 regular-season slate comprised of five home games and four road contests.
May 16, 2019
EMCC Lions honored for fifth national championship during football banquet
East Mississippi Community College’s fifth national football championship in eight years was celebrated during Saturday’s ring presentation ceremony and dinner banquet held at EMCC’s F.R. Young Student Union on the Scooba campus.
April 29, 2019
Former EMCC standout linebacker Dakota Allen selected by Los Angeles Rams in NFL Draft
Linebacker Dakota Allen became the sixth East Mississippi Community College player in the last seven years to be selected in the NFL Draft after being picked in the seventh round by the reigning NFC champion Los Angeles Rams during this week’s 2019 NFL Draft held in Nashville.
April 28, 2019
Five-time national champion EMCC Lions to conduct three June football camps
Five-time national champion East Mississippi Community College is scheduled to conduct three separate summer football camps during the month of June on the Scooba campus.
April 09, 2019
EMCC’s Buddy Stephens puts finishing touches on 2019 football coaching staff
Reigning NJCAA Coach of the Year Buddy Stephens of the five-time national champion East Mississippi Community College Lions has put the finishing touches on his 2019 football coaching staff with the hiring of full-time assistant coaches DeCarlos Holmes, Cade Wilkerson, Dontreal Pruitt and Nestor Puertas.
March 23, 2019
Fourth Annual EMCC Football Golf Classic slated for May 3 at Lion Hills in Columbus
The East Mississippi Community College football program will be hosting the Fourth Annual EMCC Football Golf Classic on Friday, May 3, at Lion Hills in Columbus.
March 06, 2019
Five-time national champion EMCC Lions announce 31 football signees
A total of 31 incoming football players were announced during Wednesday’s National Signing Day by head coach Buddy Stephens of the five-time national champion Lions of East Mississippi Community College.
February 06, 2019
East Mississippi Community College sets Feb. 15 for football tryouts on Scooba campus
Five-time national champion East Mississippi Community College is scheduled to conduct open football tryouts on Friday, Feb. 15 on the Scooba campus.
January 30, 2019
EMCC’s Buddy Stephens earns third NJCAA Football Coach of the Year honor
For the third time in five years, East Mississippi Community College head football coach Buddy Stephens has been named the NJCAA Football Coach of the Year. The announcement was made Wednesday by the NJCAA national office headquartered in Charlotte, N.C.
December 19, 2018
Six East Mississippi Lions tabbed 2018 NJCAA Football All-Americans
For their individual efforts in helping lead the East Mississippi Community College Lions to their fifth NJCAA national championship and seventh MACJC state title during the past decade, six members of EMCC’s most recent unbeaten championship football team have been tabbed as 2018 NJCAA Football All-Americans. First and second teams along with honorable mention selections were made by the NJCAA Football Committee and announced Tuesday by the NJCAA national office headquartered in Charlotte, N.C.
December 18, 2018
No. 1 East Mississippi claims fifth national title in eight years with 10-9 victory over No. 2 Garden City in Pittsburg, Kan.
Defense does indeed win championships. The nation’s leader in scoring defense rose to the occasion once again, as the top-ranked Lions of East Mississippi Community College claimed their fifth national title in eight years with a hard-fought 10-9 victory over No. 2 Garden City (Kan.) Community College during Thursday’s NJCAA eTeamSponsor Football National Championship. The much-anticipated gridiron matchup between the national junior college champions of the past two years was played at Carnie Smith Stadium on the campus of Pittsburg State University in front of a live national television viewing audience (CBS Sports Network) for the first time in NJCAA history.
November 30, 2018
No. 1 East Mississippi takes on No. 2 Garden City for NJCAA football championship in Pittsburg, Kan.
Pitting the most recent junior college football champions head-to-head for this year’s national title, the 2018 NJCAA eTeamSponsor Football National Championship game will feature the top-ranked and reigning national champion Lions of East Mississippi Community College against the second-ranked and 2016 national champion Garden City (Kan.) Community College Broncbusters on Thursday, Nov. 29 in Pittsburg, Kan. Kickoff is set for 7 p.m. CT at Carnie Smith Stadium on the campus of Pittsburg State University.
November 27, 2018