2020 Mercer Bears football team

The 2020 Mercer Bears football team will represent Mercer University in the 2020–21 NCAA Division I FCS football season. They will be led by first-year head coach Drew Cronic and play their home games at the Five Star Stadium. They will be seventh year members of the Southern Conference (SoCon).

2020 Mercer Bears football
ConferenceSouthern Conference
2020 record0–3 (0–0 SoCon)
Head coach
Co-offensive coordinatorBob Bodine (1st season)
Co-offensive coordinatorTim Foster (1st season)
Defensive coordinatorJoel Taylor (1st season)
Home stadiumFive Star Stadium
(Capacity: 10,200)
2020 Southern Conference football standings
Conf  Overall
Team W L    W L 
East Tennessee State         
Furman         
Samford         
VMI         
Wofford         
Chattanooga       0 1  
Mercer       0 3  
Western Carolina       0 3  
The Citadel       0 4  
As of January 19, 2021; Rankings from STATS Poll

Previous season

The Bears finished the 2019 season 4–8, 3–5 in SoCon play to finish in seventh place.

Schedule

Mercer had a game scheduled against Vanderbilt, which was canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[1]

DateTimeOpponentSiteTVResultAttendance
October 103:00 p.m.at Jacksonville State*ESPN3L 28-345,870
October 24Noonat Army*CBSSNL 3-495,181
October 313:00 p.m.Abilene Christian*ESPN3L 17–202,372
February 20at Wofford
February 27The Citadel
  • Five Star Stadium
  • Macon, GA
March 13at VMI
March 20Western Carolina
  • Five Star Stadium
  • Macon, GA
March 27at Chattanooga
April 3Furman
  • Five Star Stadium
  • Macon, GA
April 10East Tennessee State
  • Five Star Stadium
  • Macon, GA
April 17at No. 9 Samford

[2]

Game summaries

at Jacksonville State

1 2 3 4 Total
Bears 14 0 7 7 28
Gamecocks 3 24 0 7 34

at Army

1 2 3 4 Total
Bears 3 0 0 0 3
Black Knights 7 14 21 7 49

Abilene Christian

1 2 3 4 Total
Wildcats 7 0 3 10 20
Bears 0 10 7 0 17

References

  1. Talty, John. "SEC moves to conference-only 2020 schedule, pushes back start of season". AL.com. Retrieved 30 July 2020.
  2. "2020 Mercer Football Schedule". FBSchedules.com. Retrieved November 8, 2020.


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