2019 Mercer Bears football team

The 2019 Mercer Bears football team represented Mercer University as a member the Southern Conference (SoCon) during the 2019 NCAA Division I FCS football season. They were led by seventh-year head coach Bobby Lamb and played their home games at the Five Star Stadium in Macon, Georgia. Mercer finished the season 4–8 overall and 3–5 in SoCon play to place seventh.

2019 Mercer Bears football
ConferenceSouthern Conference
Record4–8 (3–5 SoCon)
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorBill Legg (1st season)
Defensive coordinatorMike Adams (1st season)
Home stadiumFive Star Stadium
(capacity: 10,200)
2019 Southern Conference football standings
ConfOverall
Team W L  W L 
No. 16 Wofford $^  7 1   8 3  
No. 21 Furman ^  6 2   8 4  
Chattanooga  5 3   6 6  
The Citadel  4 4   6 6  
Samford  4 4   5 7  
VMI  4 4   5 7  
Mercer  3 5   4 8  
Western Carolina  2 6   3 9  
East Tennessee State  1 7   3 9  
  • $ Conference champion
  • ^ FCS playoff participant
Rankings from STATS Poll

Preseason

Preseason media poll

The SoCon released their preseason media poll and coaches poll on July 22, 2019. The Bears were picked to finish in fourth place by the media and in fifth place by the coaches.[1][2]

Media poll
Predicted finish Team Votes (1st place)
1Wofford253 (21)
2Furman229 (6)
3East Tennessee State187 (2)
4Mercer146
5Chattanooga134
6Samford125
7The Citadel111
8Western Carolina88
9VMI32
Coaches poll
Predicted finish Team Votes (1st place)
1Wofford63 (7)
2Furman55 (1)
3East Tennessee State44 (1)
4Chattanooga40
5Mercer34
6Samford33
7The Citadel22
8Western Carolina21
9VMI12

Preseason All-SoCon Teams

The Bears placed seven different players on the preseason all-SoCon teams.[2]

Schedule

DateTimeOpponentSiteTVResultAttendance
August 31 6:00 p.m. at Western Carolina Nexstar/ESPN+ W 49–27 10,542
September 7[lower-alpha 1] 2:00 p.m. at Presbyterian* ESPN+ W 45–7 1,264
September 14 7:00 p.m. Austin Peay* ESPN+ L 34–48 11,478
September 21 1:00 p.m. at No. 17 Furman Nexstar/ESPN+ L 10–45 7,667
September 28 7:00 p.m. Campbell*
  • Five Star Stadium
  • Macon, GA
ESPN3 L 27–34 11,272
October 5 4:00 p.m. Chattanooga
  • Five Star Stadium
  • Macon, GA
ESPN+ L 17–34 8,972
October 19 3:00 p.m. VMI
  • Five Star Stadium
  • Macon, GA
ESPN+ W 34–27 5,714
October 26 2:00 p.m. at The Citadel ESPN+ L 24–35 11,439
November 2 7:00 p.m. Samford
  • Five Star Stadium
  • Macon, GA
ESPN+ W 36–33 3OT 8,272
November 9 3:00 p.m. No. 24 Wofford
  • Five Star Stadium
  • Macon, GA
ESPN+ L 7–41 10,729
November 16 1:00 p.m. at East Tennessee State ESPN3 L 33–38 7,121
November 23 3:30 p.m. at North Carolina* ACCRSN L 7–56 50,500

[4][5]

  1. On September 2, it was announced that Mercer had added an away game against Presbyterian; the date was originally a bye week for Mercer and was scheduled after Presbyterian's week 1 game against Stetson was cancelled.[3]

Game summaries

At Western Carolina

1 2 3 4 Total
Bears 14 28 7 0 49
Catamounts 7 7 7 6 27

At Presbyterian

1 2 3 4 Total
Bears 21 7 14 3 45
Blue Hose 0 0 0 7 7

Austin Peay

1 2 3 4 Total
Governors 7 6 14 21 48
Bears 10 3 7 14 34

At Furman

1 2 3 4 Total
Bears 0 10 0 0 10
No. 17 Paladins 14 14 17 0 45

Campbell

1 2 3 4 Total
Fighting Camels 6 7 7 14 34
Bears 0 6 7 14 27

Chattanooga

1 2 3 4 Total
Mocs 7 10 10 7 34
Bears 14 0 0 3 17

VMI

1 2 3 4 Total
Keydets 3 3 0 21 27
Bears 3 10 14 7 34

At The Citadel

1 2 3 4 Total
Bears 0 10 14 0 24
Bulldogs 7 7 7 14 35

Samford

1 2 3 4OT2OT3OT Total
Bulldogs 7 3 7 6730 33
Bears 3 7 6 7733 36

Wofford

1 2 3 4 Total
Terriers 3 17 14 7 41
Bears 0 7 0 0 7

At East Tennessee State

1 2 3 4 Total
Bears 7 7 6 13 33
Buccaneers 10 21 0 7 38

At North Carolina

1 2 3 4 Total
Bears 0 0 0 7 7
Tar Heels 21 21 14 0 56

Ranking movements

Ranking movements
Legend: RV = Received votes.
Week
PollPre123456789101112Final
STATS FCSRV
Coaches

References

  1. "SoCon Media Tab Wofford Preseason Favorite". July 22, 2019. Retrieved July 24, 2019.
  2. "Football Coaches Select Preseason Teams, Poll". July 22, 2019. Retrieved July 24, 2019.
  3. "Football Adds Home Game With Mercer". gobluehose.com. Presbyterian College Athletics. Retrieved September 7, 2019.
  4. "2019 Mercer Football Schedule". FBSchedules.com. Retrieved August 19, 2019.
  5. "2019 Football Schedule". Mercer University Athletics. Retrieved August 19, 2019.


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