FBS powerhouse Alabama rolled past Mercer football on Saturday with a final score of 52-7, giving Mercer their second loss of the season. It was the Bears’ only game of the season against an FBS opponent as No. 7 Mercer is on the hunt for a spot in the FCS playoffs while the No. 9 Tide is hoping to ...
No. 7 Mercer clinched a spot in the NCAA FCS Playoffs after their first shutout of the season, defeating the Virginia Military Institute 34-0. The win was their ninth of the year, equalling their total number of wins compared to last season with two games left to go before playoffs begin.Quarterback ...
Mercer football leads the Southern Conference with a 5-1 record in the conference and 8-1 record on the season after a 37-31 homecoming win over No. 23 East Tennessee State University.The team was led by quarterback DJ Smith ‘26 to start the game. Smith, who was leading the SoCon in passing yards, ...
Mercer football got back into the win column with a 44-34 win this past Saturday against No. 24 Western Carolina University in Macon. The win improves the team to 7-1 on the season and 4-1 in Southern Conference play.Quarterback Whitt Newbauer ‘28 led the team with 234 passing yards and made it into ...
The No. 7 Bears were taken down on Saturday and handed their first loss of the season by unranked Samford University in a 55-35 loss in Birmingham, Ala. It was Mercer’s loss since falling to South Dakota State University in the second round of last year’s FCS Playoffs, and Head Coach Mike Jacob’s ...
The Bears climbed to No. 7 in the FCS rankings after bringing their record to 6-0 on the season with a 34-7 win against the Princeton Tigers on Saturday.Over the course of the game, the Bears passed for 195 yards and rushed for 181 yards, totaling 376 yards to defeat the Tigers, who recorded fewer than ...
The No. 8-ranked Bears are coming off of a bye week as they host Ivy League school Princeton University, at Five Star Stadium on Oct. 12, at 3:30 p.m. The Bears will go into the game with an unblemished overall record through five games while the Princeton Tigers travel to Macon with a 1-2 overall record.The ...
The No. 11 Bears finished week five of the season undefeated after winning 22-3 against the No. 23 Wofford Terriers. At 5-0 overall and 3-0 against Southern Conference opponents, this is their best start to a season in school history.Mercer tallied 130 rushing and 157 receiving yards in the game while ...
The Bears came out of Saturday with an undefeated record of 3-0 on the season as the team beat the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga, 10-3. It was the Bears’ first ranked win of the season as Chattanooga was ranked No. 16 and Mercer, who was 9-23 against ranked opponents heading into the game, ...
Mercer football came claws out and roared on the road this past week against the Bethune-Cookman University Wildcats in Daytona Beach, Fl.New head coach Mike Jacobs led the team into this game coming off a season opener win against Presbyterian College. The team came out victorious with a score of 31-2 ...
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