| 2020 Mercer Bears football | |
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| Conference | Southern Conference |
| Record | 5–6 (5–3 SoCon) |
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| Co-offensive coordinator | Bob Bodine (1st season) |
| Co-offensive coordinator | Tim Foster (1st season) |
| Defensive coordinator | Joel Taylor (1st season) |
| Home stadium | Five Star Stadium |
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| 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 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| ESPN+ | W 26–14 | 3,627 | |
| April 10 | 6:00 p.m. | No. 20 East Tennessee State |
| W 21–13 | 3,273 | ||
| April 17 | 1:00 p.m. | at Samford | No. 23 | ESPN+ | L 20–44 | 1,176 | |
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Game summaries
At Jacksonville State
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
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| Bears | 14 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 28 |
| Gamecocks | 3 | 24 | 0 | 7 | 34 |
At Army
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
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| Bears | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Black Knights | 7 | 14 | 21 | 7 | 49 |
Abilene Christian
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
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| Wildcats | 7 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 20 |
| Bears | 0 | 10 | 7 | 0 | 17 |
References
- ↑ Talty, John. "SEC moves to conference-only 2020 schedule, pushes back start of season". AL.com. Retrieved July 30, 2020.
- ↑ "2020 Mercer Football Schedule". FBSchedules.com. Retrieved November 8, 2020.
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