This is a list of seasons completed by the Mercer Bears football team. The Bears compete in the Southern Conference (SoCon) of the NCAA Division I Football Championship Subdivision (FCS). [1] Mercer fielded their first football team in 1892, and competed intermittently until 1941. The program was revived in 2013, and Mercer spent their first season competing in the Pioneer Football League before transitioning to the SoCon in 2014. The Bears are currently led by head coach Drew Cronic.
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| Season | Team | Head coach [3] | Conference | Division | Regular season results | Postseason results | Final ranking [4] | ||||||||
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| Overall | Conference | Bowl game/Playoff result | TSN/STATS Poll | Coaches' Poll | |||||||||||
| Win | Loss | Tie | Win | Loss | Tie | Finish | |||||||||
| Mercer Bears | |||||||||||||||
| 1892 | 1892 | Dave Beggs | Independent | – | 1 | 2 | 0 | — | — | — | — | ||||
| 1893 | 1893 | George Stallings | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | — | — | ||||||
| 1894 | 1894 | No coach | No team | ||||||||||||
| 1895 | 1895 | No team | |||||||||||||
| 1896 | 1896 | D. J. Winston | SIAA | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1897 | 1897 | Gordon Saussy | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | — | — | |||
| 1903 | 1903 | No coach | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | — | — | |||
| 1904 | 1904 | No team | |||||||||||||
| 1905 | 1905 | No team | |||||||||||||
| 1906 | 1906 | E. E. Tarr | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — | — | — | |||
| 1907 | 1907 | H. R. Schenker | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | — | — | — | — | |||
| 1908 | 1908 | Frank Blake | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | — | — | — | — | |||
| 1909 | 1909 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | — | — | — | — | ||||
| 1910 | 1910 | C. C. Stroud | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | — | — | — | — | |||
| 1911 | 1911 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 0 | — | — | — | — | ||||
| 1912 | 1912 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | — | — | — | — | ||||
| 1913 | 1913 | Lewie Hardage | 2 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | — | — | — | — | |||
| 1914 | 1914 | Fred Robins | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | — | — | — | — | |||
| 1915 | 1915 | Jake Zellars | 5 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | — | — | — | — | |||
| 1916 | 1916 | Jake Zellars D. R. Peacock | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | — | — | — | — | |||
| 1917 | 1917 | No coach | No team due to World War I | ||||||||||||
| 1918 | 1918 | No team due to World War I | |||||||||||||
| 1919 | 1919 | Maxwell James | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | — | — | |||
| 1920 | 1920 | Josh Cody | 2 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | — | — | |||
| 1921 | 1921 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | — | — | — | — | ||||
| 1922 | 1922 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — | — | — | ||||
| 1923 | 1923 | Stanley Robinson | 4 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | — | — | — | — | |||
| 1924 | 1924 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | — | ||||
| 1925 | 1925 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | — | — | — | — | ||||
| 1926 | 1926 | Bernie Moore | 4 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | — | |||
| 1927 | 1927 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | — | — | — | — | ||||
| 1928 | 1928 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | — | — | — | — | ||||
| 1929 | 1929 | Lake Russell | 2 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | — | — | — | — | |||
| 1930 | 1930 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | — | — | — | — | ||||
| 1931 | 1931 | Dixie | 7 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | — | — | — | — | |||
| 1932 | 1932 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | ||||
| 1933 | 1933 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | — | — | — | — | ||||
| 1934 | 1934 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | — | — | — | — | ||||
| 1935 | 1935 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | — | — | — | — | ||||
| 1936 | 1936 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | — | — | — | — | ||||
| 1937 | 1937 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | — | — | — | — | ||||
| 1938 | 1938 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — | — | — | ||||
| 1939 | 1939 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | — | — | — | — | ||||
| 1940 | 1940 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — | — | — | ||||
| 1941 | 1941 | Bobby Hooks | 3 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — | — | — | |||
| Mercer Bears | |||||||||||||||
| 2013 | 2013 | Bobby Lamb | Pioneer | – | 10 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 3rd | — | — | — | |||
| 2014 | 2014 | Southern | 6 | 6 | 1 | 6 | T–7th | — | — | — | |||||
| 2015 | 2015 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 5 | T–6th | — | — | — | ||||||
| 2016 | 2016 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 5th | — | — | — | ||||||
| 2017 | 2017 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 5th | — | — | — | ||||||
| 2018 | 2018 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 4 | T–5th | — | — | — | ||||||
| 2019 | 2019 | 4 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 7th | — | — | — | ||||||
| 2020 | 2020 | Drew Cronic | 5 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 4th | — | — | — | |||||
| 2021 | 2021 | 7 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 2nd | — | — | — | ||||||
| 2022 | 2022 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 3 | T-3rd | — | 24 | 21 | ||||||
| 2023 | 2023 | 8 | 3 | 6 | 2 | T-2nd | 1-1 | 17 | 20 | ||||||
| Totals | All-time: 191–222–14 (.457) | Conference: 83–121–8 (.397) | – | Playoffs: 1–1 (.500) | – | – | |||||||||
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