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American college football season
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.
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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 | | - Five Star Stadium
- Macon, GA
| 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 | | - Five Star Stadium
- Macon, GA
| 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 | | - Five Star Stadium
- Macon, GA
| ESPN+ | W 26–14 | 3,627 |
April 10 | 6:00 p.m. | No. 20
East Tennessee State | | - Five Star Stadium
- Macon, GA
| | W 21–13 | 3,273 |
April 17 | 1:00 p.m. | at
Samford | No. 23 | | ESPN+ | L 20–44 | 1,176 |
- *Non-conference game
- Homecoming
- Rankings from
STATS Poll released prior to the game
- All times are in
Eastern time
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Game summaries
At Jacksonville State
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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 |
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