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Mercer Bears vs. Samford Bulldogs - Recapv2: Oct 17, 2026

Mercer
6-2
6-2
31
FINAL
21
1-6
Samford
1-6

RECAP

BOX SCORE

GAME STATS

PLAY-BY-PLAY

ODDS

NEWS

GAME STATS

Full Game Stats
MER
SAM
32:22 TIME OF POSSESSION 27:38
384 TOTAL YARDS 350
61 TOTAL PLAYS 68
6.3 YARDS PER PLAY 5.1
108 PASS YARDS 231
4.9 YARDS PER PASS 5.9
276 RUSHING YARDS 119
7.1 RUSH AVG 4.1
0 TURNOVERS 2

TOP PERFORMERS

Full Boxscore
Mercer Bears
JP Pickles MER · #19 QB
86 RUSH YDS, 3 RUSH TD
Mercer Bears
Devon Caldwell MER · #21 RB
13 ATT - 134 YDS
Samford Bulldogs
Preston Bird SAM · #4 WR
4 REC - 50 YDS, TD
Samford Bulldogs
Ken Cherry SAM · #22 RB
13 ATT - 108 YDS

SCHEDULE

LEAGUE SCORES

RECENT GAMES

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
SAM
RESULT
ATS
O/U
CHAT
U 40.5
UAB
U 54.5
VMI
O 45.5
TNTC
O 47.5
SIU
U 53.5

HEAD-TO-HEAD

Samford 0-6
SAMF 0-6
21
Mercer 4-1
MERC 4-1
45
FINAL 10/4/25
Mercer 6-1
MERC 6-1
35
Samford 3-3
SAMF 3-3
55
FINAL 10/19/24
Samford 5-5
SAMF 5-5
21
Mercer 8-3
MERC 8-3
28
FINAL 11/11/23
Mercer 7-4
MERC 7-4
44
Samford 10-1
SAMF 10-1
50
FINAL / 2OT 11/19/22
Samford 2-3
SAMF 2-3
42
Mercer 3-1
MERC 3-1
45
FINAL 10/2/21

UPCOMING GAMES

The Citadel 2-6
CIT 2-6
Mercer 6-2
MER 6-2
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MATCHUP ODDS
MORE ODDS
SPREAD
TO WIN
TOTAL
Mercer Bears
MER
Samford Bulldogs
SAM

STANDINGS

SOUTHERN

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

Pete Hanna Stadium
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detail icon Homewood, AL
detail icon Oct 17, 2026
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detail icon 3 Hours 15 Minutes
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