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 | |
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| Conference | Southern Conference |
| Record | 4–8 (3–5 SoCon) |
| Head coach |
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| Offensive coordinator | Bill Legg (1st season) |
| Defensive coordinator | Mike Adams (1st season) |
| Home stadium | Five Star Stadium (capacity: 10,200) |
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| 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 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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]
| Predicted finish | Team | Votes (1st place) |
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| 1 | Wofford | 253 (21) |
| 2 | Furman | 229 (6) |
| 3 | East Tennessee State | 187 (2) |
| 4 | Mercer | 146 |
| 5 | Chattanooga | 134 |
| 6 | Samford | 125 |
| 7 | The Citadel | 111 |
| 8 | Western Carolina | 88 |
| 9 | VMI | 32 |
| Predicted finish | Team | Votes (1st place) |
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| 1 | Wofford | 63 (7) |
| 2 | Furman | 55 (1) |
| 3 | East Tennessee State | 44 (1) |
| 4 | Chattanooga | 40 |
| 5 | Mercer | 34 |
| 6 | Samford | 33 |
| 7 | The Citadel | 22 |
| 8 | Western Carolina | 21 |
| 9 | VMI | 12 |
Preseason All-SoCon Teams
The Bears placed seven different players on the preseason all-SoCon teams.[2]
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Offense 1st team Tyray Devezin – RB Austin Sanders – OL 2nd team Chris Ellington – TE David Durden – WR |
Defense 2nd team Dorian Kithcart – DL Will Coneway – LB Malique Fleming – DB |
Specialists 1st team David Durden – RS |
Schedule
| Date | Time | Opponent | Site | TV | Result | Attendance | ||
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| 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* |
| ESPN3 | L 27–34 | 11,272 | ||
| October 5 | 4:00 p.m. | Chattanooga |
| ESPN+ | L 17–34 | 8,972 | ||
| October 19 | 3:00 p.m. | VMI |
| 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 |
| ESPN+ | W 36–33 3OT | 8,272 | ||
| November 9 | 3:00 p.m. | No. 24 Wofford |
| 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 | |||
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- 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 | |
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| Bears | 14 | 28 | 7 | 0 | 49 |
| Catamounts | 7 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 27 |
At Presbyterian
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
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| Bears | 21 | 7 | 14 | 3 | 45 |
| Blue Hose | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 7 |
Austin Peay
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
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| Governors | 7 | 6 | 14 | 21 | 48 |
| Bears | 10 | 3 | 7 | 14 | 34 |
At Furman
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
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| Bears | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| No. 17 Paladins | 14 | 14 | 17 | 0 | 45 |
Campbell
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
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| Fighting Camels | 6 | 7 | 7 | 14 | 34 |
| Bears | 0 | 6 | 7 | 14 | 27 |
Chattanooga
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
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| Mocs | 7 | 10 | 10 | 7 | 34 |
| Bears | 14 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 17 |
VMI
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
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| Keydets | 3 | 3 | 0 | 21 | 27 |
| Bears | 3 | 10 | 14 | 7 | 34 |
At The Citadel
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
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| Bears | 0 | 10 | 14 | 0 | 24 |
| Bulldogs | 7 | 7 | 7 | 14 | 35 |
Samford
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | OT | 2OT | 3OT | Total | |
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| Bulldogs | 7 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 33 |
| Bears | 3 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 36 |
Wofford
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
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| Terriers | 3 | 17 | 14 | 7 | 41 |
| Bears | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
At East Tennessee State
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
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| Bears | 7 | 7 | 6 | 13 | 33 |
| Buccaneers | 10 | 21 | 0 | 7 | 38 |
At North Carolina
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
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| Bears | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 7 |
| Tar Heels | 21 | 21 | 14 | 0 | 56 |
Ranking movements
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| Poll | Pre | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | Final |
| STATS FCS | RV | |||||||||||||
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References
- "SoCon Media Tab Wofford Preseason Favorite". July 22, 2019. Retrieved July 24, 2019.
- "Football Coaches Select Preseason Teams, Poll". July 22, 2019. Retrieved July 24, 2019.
- "Football Adds Home Game With Mercer". gobluehose.com. Presbyterian College Athletics. Retrieved September 7, 2019.
- "2019 Mercer Football Schedule". FBSchedules.com. Retrieved August 19, 2019.
- "2019 Football Schedule". Mercer University Athletics. Retrieved August 19, 2019.
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