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East Tennessee State Buccaneers vs. Mercer Bears - Matchupv2: Nov 21, 2026

East Tennessee State
5-2
5-2
NOV 21, 8:00PM
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5-2
Mercer
5-2

MATCHUP

ODDS

TEAM STATS

ETSU
MER
32.7 PTS/G 30.6
234.9 PASS YARDS 177.1
171.1 RUSH YARDS 252.6
25.0 OPP PTS/G 16.6
208.6 OPP PASS YARDS 187.7
146.1 OPP RUSH YARDS 127.9

TEAM LEADERS

ETSU
MER
Mason Mims
1,540
PASS YARDS
Jaylen King
853
TJ Peyton
616
RUSH YARDS
Zahmari Palode-Gary
498
Jason Albritton
7
RUSHING TOUCHDOWNS
JP Pickles
5
Suderian Harrison
368
RECEIVING YARDS
Brayden Smith
511
Brandon Winton
3
RECEIVING TOUCHDOWNS
Brayden Smith
3
Dre Delinois
10
TACKLES
Jyarius Carter
12
Charles Woodard
2
SACKS
Nigel Gay
2

SCHEDULE

LEAGUE SCORES

RECENT GAMES

ETSU
RESULT
ATS
O/U
CIT
U 55.5
CHAT
U 53.5
WCU
O 65.5
UWGA
O 53.5
UNC
U 55.5
MER
RESULT
ATS
O/U
WCU
U 60.5
VMI
O 48.5
AC
O 49.5
GT
U 57.5
FUR
U 54.5

HEAD-TO-HEAD

Mercer 3-1
MERC 3-1
38
East Tennessee State 2-3
EASTTN 2-3
34
FINAL 9/27/25
ETSU 5-4
EASTTN 5-4
31
Mercer 8-1
MERC 8-1
37
FINAL 11/2/24
Mercer 4-2
MERC 4-2
24
ETSU 1-4
EASTTN 1-4
6
FINAL 10/7/23
ETSU 3-4
EASTTN 3-4
33
Mercer 6-1
MERC 6-1
55
FINAL 10/15/22
Mercer 7-3
MERC 7-3
35
ETSU 10-1
EASTTN 10-1
38
FINAL 11/20/21

STARTING QUARTERBACKS

East Tennessee State Buccaneers
Mason Mims #12 · ETSU
PASSING YDS 1,540
TDS 10
INT 3
Mercer Bears
Jaylen King #2 · MER
PASSING YDS 853
TDS 6
INT 6

FOX FACTS

4
INSIGHT
With 1,768 rushing yards in NCAA Division 1, the Bears rank 3rd most in the NCAAFB for the 2026 regular season.
INSIGHT
The Bears have posted a 6.3 yards per attempt on the road, the highest in the NCAAFB for the 2026 regular season (min 75 rush attempts; pop 211 teams).
INSIGHT
For the 2026 regular season, the Buccaneers have the fewest forced fumbles in NCAA Division 1 in the NCAAFB with 0 (min 1 games played; pop 235 teams).

STANDINGS

SOUTHERN

W-L
CONF
STRK
1
East Tennessee State
2
Tennessee Tech
3
Mercer
4
Chattanooga
5
Wofford
6
Western Carolina
7
Furman
8
Samford
9
VMI
10
The Citadel
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