2019 Mercer Bears football team

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2019 Mercer Bears football
Mercer Bears wordmark.svg
Conference Southern Conference
Record4–8 (3–5 SoCon)
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorBill Legg (1st season)
Defensive coordinatorMike Adams (1st season)
Home stadium Five Star Stadium
Seasons
  2018
2020  
2019 Southern Conference football standings
Conf.Overall
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

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.

Contents

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]

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 [a] 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

1234Total
Bears14287049
Catamounts777627

At Presbyterian

1234Total
Bears21714345
Blue Hose00077

Austin Peay

1234Total
Governors76142148
Bears10371434

At Furman

1234Total
Bears0100010
No. 17 Paladins141417045

Campbell

1234Total
Fighting Camels6771434
Bears0671427

Chattanooga

1234Total
Mocs71010734
Bears1400317

VMI

1234Total
Keydets3302127
Bears31014734

At The Citadel

1234Total
Bears01014024
Bulldogs7771435

Samford

1234OT2OT3OTTotal
Bulldogs737673033
Bears376773336

Wofford

1234Total
Terriers31714741
Bears07007

At East Tennessee State

1234Total
Bears7761333
Buccaneers10210738

At North Carolina

1234Total
Bears00077
Tar Heels212114056

Ranking movements

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

References

  1. "SoCon Media Tab Wofford Preseason Favorite". July 22, 2019. Retrieved July 24, 2019.
  2. 1 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.