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American college football season

2020 Mercer Bears football
ConferenceSouthern Conference
Record5–6 (5–3 SoCon)
Head coach
Co-offensive coordinatorBob Bodine (1st season)
Co-offensive coordinatorTim Foster (1st season)
Defensive coordinatorJoel Taylor (1st season)
Home stadiumFive Star Stadium
Seasons← 20192021 →
2020 Southern Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team   W   L     W   L  
No. 11 VMI $^   6 – 1     6 – 2  
No. 22 East Tennessee State   4 – 1     4 – 1  
Chattanooga†   3 – 1     3 – 2  
Mercer   5 – 3     5 – 6  
Samford   4 – 3     4 – 3  
Furman   3 – 4     3 – 4  
Wofford†   1 – 4     1 – 4  
The Citadel   2 – 6     2 – 10  
Western Carolina   1 – 5     1 – 8  
  • $ – Conference champion
  • ^ – FCS playoff participant
  • † – Chattanooga and Wofford opted out of the remainder of the spring season on March 29 and April 5, 2021, respectively.
Rankings from STATS Poll

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.

DateTimeOpponentRankSiteTVResultAttendance
October 103:00 p.m.at Jacksonville State*ESPN3L 28–345,870
October 2412:00 p.m.at Army*CBSSNL 3–495,181
October 313:00 p.m.Abilene Christian*ESPN3L 17–202,372
February 201:00 p.m.at No. 16 WoffordESPN+L 14–311,078
February 273:30 p.m.The Citadel
  • Five Star Stadium
  • Macon, GA
ESPN+W 42–283,372
March 131:30 p.m.at VMIESPN+L 14–411,000
March 203:30 p.m.Western Carolina
  • Five Star Stadium
  • Macon, GA
ESPN+W 45–283,527
March 2712:00 p.m.at No. 9 ChattanoogaESPN+W 35–283,144
April 33:30 p.m.No. 21 Furman
  • Five Star Stadium
  • Macon, GA
ESPN+W 26–143,627
April 106:00 p.m.No. 20 East Tennessee State
  • Five Star Stadium
  • Macon, GA
W 21–133,273
April 171:00 p.m.at SamfordNo. 23ESPN+L 20–441,176
  • *Non-conference game
  • Homecoming
  • Rankings from STATS Poll released prior to the game
  • All times are in Eastern time

Game summaries

At Jacksonville State

1 2 3 4 Total
Bears 14 0 7 7 28
Gamecocks 3 24 0 7 34
See also: 2020 Jacksonville State Gamecocks football team

At Army

See also: 2020 Army Black Knights football team Mercer Bears at Army Black Knights
Quarter 1 2 34Total
Bears 3 0 003
Black Knights 7 14 21749

at Michie Stadium, West Point, NY

Game information
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
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

Statistics MER ARMY
First downs 14 21
3rd down efficiency 6–13 8–14
4th down efficiency 0–0 4–4
Plays–yards 57–221 66–360
Rushes–yards 33–113 63–297
Passing yards 108 63
Passing: Comp–Att–Int 16–24–3 2–3–0
Penalties–yards 3–40 4–29
Turnovers 3 0
Time of possession 24:50 35:10

Abilene Christian

1 2 3 4 Total
Wildcats 7 0 3 10 20
Bears 0 10 7 0 17
See also: 2020 Abilene Christian Wildcats football team

At No. 16 Wofford

1 2 3 4 Total
Bears 0 0 7 7 14
No. 16 Terriers 7 10 7 7 31
See also: 2020 Wofford Terriers football team

References

  1. Talty, John. "SEC moves to conference-only 2020 schedule, pushes back start of season". AL.com. Retrieved July 30, 2020.
  2. "2020 Mercer Football Schedule". FBSchedules.com. Retrieved November 8, 2020.
  3. "Mercer at Army – Game Summary – October 24, 2020". ESPN. Retrieved October 24, 2020.
  4. "Mercer at Army – Game Notes" (PDF). USMA Athletic Department. October 22, 2020. Retrieved October 22, 2020.
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