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Western Carolina Catamounts vs. Mercer Bears - Recapv2: Oct 10, 2026

Western Carolina
3-4
3-4
14
FINAL
17
5-2
Mercer
5-2

RECAP

BOX SCORE

GAME STATS

PLAY-BY-PLAY

ODDS

NEWS

GAME STATS

Full Game Stats
WCU
MER
27:08 TIME OF POSSESSION 32:52
293 TOTAL YARDS 373
69 TOTAL PLAYS 71
4.2 YARDS PER PLAY 5.3
220 PASS YARDS 142
6.1 YARDS PER PASS 6.8
73 RUSHING YARDS 231
2.2 RUSH AVG 4.6
1 TURNOVERS 2

TOP PERFORMERS

Full Boxscore
Western Carolina Catamounts
Lex Thomas WCU · #2 QB
19-35, 215 YDS, TD
Mercer Bears
Zahmari Palode-Gary MER · #7 RB
129 Total YDS, REC TD
Mercer Bears
JP Pickles MER · #19 QB
71 RUSH YDS, 2 TD
Western Carolina Catamounts
Jayden Cornelius WCU · #6 CB
2 INT

SCHEDULE

LEAGUE SCORES

RECENT GAMES

WCU
RESULT
ATS
O/U
TNTC
O 63.5
ETSU
O 65.5
PRE
O 66.5
CIN
O 61.5
CAMP
U 68.5
MER
RESULT
ATS
O/U
VMI
O
AC
O
GT
O
FUR
O
PRE
O

HEAD-TO-HEAD

Mercer 8-1
MERC 8-1
49
Western Carolina 6-4
WCU 6-4
47
FINAL 11/8/25
Western Carolina 4-4
WCU 4-4
34
Mercer 7-1
MERC 7-1
44
FINAL 10/26/24
Mercer 6-3
MERC 6-3
45
Western Carolina 5-3
WCU 5-3
38
FINAL 10/28/23
Western Carolina 3-3
WCU 3-3
6
Mercer 5-1
MERC 5-1
49
FINAL 10/8/22
Mercer 4-1
MERC 4-1
34
Western Carolina 0-6
WCU 0-6
24
FINAL 10/9/21

UPCOMING GAMES

Mercer 5-2
MER 5-2
Samford 1-5
SAM 1-5
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Chattanooga 4-3
CHAT 4-3
Western Carolina 3-4
WCU 3-4
- - ESPN+
MATCHUP ODDS
MORE ODDS
SPREAD
TO WIN
TOTAL
Western Carolina Catamounts
WCU
Mercer Bears
MER

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
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EVENT INFO

Five Star Stadium
Five Star Stadium
detail icon Macon, GA
detail icon Oct 10, 2026
detail icon 3,139
detail icon 3 Hours 23 Minutes
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