2020 Mercer Bears football team
American college football season
The 2020 Mercer Bears football team represented Mercer University as a member the Southern Conference (SoCon) during the 2020–21 NCAA Division I FCS football season. They were led by first-year head coach Drew Cronic and played their home games at the Five Star Stadium in Macon, Georgia. Mercer finished the season 5–6 overall and 5–3 in SoCon play to place fourth.
Schedule
Mercer had a game scheduled against Vanderbilt, which was canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[1]
Date | Time | Opponent | Rank | Site | TV | Result | Attendance |
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October 10 | 3:00 p.m. | at Jacksonville State* | | | ESPN3 | L 28–34 | 5,870 |
October 24 | 12:00 p.m. | at Army* | | | CBSSN | L 3–49 | 5,181 |
October 31 | 3:00 p.m. | Abilene Christian* | | | ESPN3 | L 17–20 | 2,372 |
February 20 | 1:00 p.m. | at No. 16 Wofford | | | ESPN+ | L 14–31 | 1,078 |
February 27 | 3:30 p.m. | The Citadel | | - Five Star Stadium
- Macon, GA
| ESPN+ | W 42–28 | 3,372 |
March 13 | 1:30 p.m. | at VMI | | | ESPN+ | L 14–41 | 1,000 |
March 20 | 3:30 p.m. | Western Carolina | | - Five Star Stadium
- Macon, GA
| ESPN+ | W 45–28 | 3,527 |
March 27 | 12:00 p.m. | at No. 9 Chattanooga | | | ESPN+ | W 35–28 | 3,144 |
April 3 | 3:30 p.m. | No. 21 Furman | | - Five Star Stadium
- Macon, GA
| ESPN+ | W 26–14 | 3,627 |
April 10 | 6:00 p.m. | No. 20 East Tennessee State | | - Five Star Stadium
- Macon, GA
| | W 21–13 | 3,273 |
April 17 | 1:00 p.m. | at Samford | No. 23 | | ESPN+ | L 20–44 | 1,176 |
- *Non-conference game
- Homecoming
- Rankings from STATS Poll released prior to the game
- All times are in Eastern time
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Game summaries
At Jacksonville State
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1
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2
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3
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4 |
Total |
Bears
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14
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0
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7
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7 |
28 |
Gamecocks
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3
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24
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0
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7 |
34 |
At Army
Game information
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- First Quarter
- (08:08) MER FG – Caleb Dowden 36-yard field goal
Drive: 15 plays, 56 yards, 6:52; Mercer 3–0
- (04:34) ARMY TD – Tyrell Robinson 53-yard pass from Cade Ballard, Landon Salyers kick
Drive: 7 plays, 75 yards, 3:34; Army 7–3
- Second Quarter
- (13:12) ARMY TD – Sandon McCoy 1-yard rush, Landon Salyers kick
Drive: 11 plays, 39 yards, 5:36; Army 14–3
- (01:05) ARMY TD – Sandon McCoy 1-yard rush, Landon Salyers kick
Drive: 8 plays, 38 yards, 3:55; Army 21–3
- Third Quarter
- (10:39) ARMY TD – Cade Barnard 3-yard rush, Landon Salyers kick
Drive: 8 plays, 40 yards, 4:13; Army 28–3
- (05:13) ARMY TD – Sandon McCoy 1-yard rush, Landon Salyers kick
Drive: 9 plays, 59 yards, 3:57; Army 35–3
- (04:39) ARMY TD – Jabari Moore 29-yard interception return, Quinn Maretzki kick
Drive: 0 plays, 0 yards, 0:00; Army 42–3
- Fourth Quarter
- (01:00) ARMY TD – Jordan Blackman 6-yard rush, Quinn Maretzki kick
Drive: 17 plays, 91 yards, 10:03; Army 49–3
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- Passing
- MER – Harrison Frost: 14/22, 94 yards, 3 INT
- ARMY – Cade Ballard: 1/1, 53 yards, 1 TD
- Rushing
- MER – Tyray Devezin: 11 carries, 71 yards
- ARMY – Tyhier Tyler: 10 carries, 77 yards
- Receiving
- MER – Zacch Davis: 2 receptions, 32 yards
- ARMY – Tyrell Robinson: 1 reception, 53 yards, 1 TD
- Defense
- MER – Isaac Dowling: 16 total tackles (7 solo, 9 assisted), 2 sacks, 2 tackles for loss
- ARMY – Spencer Jones: 7 total tackles (3 solo, 4 assisted), 1.5 tackles for loss
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Statistics |
MER |
ARMY
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First downs |
14 |
21
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3rd down efficiency |
6–13 |
8–14
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4th down efficiency |
0–0 |
4–4
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Plays–yards |
57–221 |
66–360
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Rushes–yards |
33–113 |
63–297
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Passing yards |
108 |
63
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Passing: Comp–Att–Int |
16–24–3 |
2–3–0
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Penalties–yards |
3–40 |
4–29
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Turnovers |
3 |
0
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Time of possession |
24:50 |
35:10
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Abilene Christian
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1
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2
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3
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4 |
Total |
Wildcats
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7
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0
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3
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10 |
20 |
Bears
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0
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10
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7
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0 |
17 |
At No. 16 Wofford
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1
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2
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3
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4 |
Total |
Bears
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0
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0
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7
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7 |
14 |
No. 16 Terriers
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7
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10
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7
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7 |
31 |
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