2020 Mercer Bears football team

The 2020 Mercer Bears football team will represent Mercer University in the 2020–21 NCAA Division I FCS football season. They will be led by first-year head coach Drew Cronic and play their home games at the Five Star Stadium. They will be seventh year members of the Southern Conference (SoCon).

2020 Mercer Bears football
Conference	Southern Conference
2020 record	0–3 (0–0 SoCon)
Head coach	Drew Cronic (1st season)
Co-offensive coordinator	Bob Bodine (1st season)
Co-offensive coordinator	Tim Foster (1st season)
Defensive coordinator	Joel Taylor (1st season)
Home stadium	Five Star Stadium (Capacity: 10,200)

2020 Southern Conference football standings
	Conf							Overall
Team		W		L					W		L
East Tennessee State			–							–
Furman			–							–
Samford			–							–
VMI			–							–
Wofford			–							–
Chattanooga			–						0	–	1
Mercer			–						0	–	3
Western Carolina			–						0	–	3
The Citadel			–						0	–	4
As of January 19, 2021; Rankings from STATS Poll

Previous season

The Bears finished the 2019 season 4–8, 3–5 in SoCon play to finish in seventh place.

Schedule

Mercer had a game scheduled against Vanderbilt, which was canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[1]

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
October 10	3:00 p.m.	at Jacksonville State*	JSU Stadium Jacksonville, AL	ESPN3	L 28-34	5,870
October 24	Noon	at Army*	Michie Stadium West Point, NY	CBSSN	L 3-49	5,181
October 31	3:00 p.m.	Abilene Christian*	Five Star Stadium Macon, GA	ESPN3	L 17–20	2,372
February 20		at Wofford	Gibbs Stadium Spartanburg, SC
February 27		The Citadel	Five Star Stadium Macon, GA
March 13		at VMI	Alumni Memorial Field Lexington, VA
March 20		Western Carolina	Five Star Stadium Macon, GA
March 27		at Chattanooga	Finley Stadium Chattanooga, TN
April 3		Furman	Five Star Stadium Macon, GA
April 10		East Tennessee State	Five Star Stadium Macon, GA
April 17		at No. 9 Samford	Seibert Stadium Homewood, AL
*Non-conference game Rankings from STATS Poll released prior to the game All times are in Eastern time

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Game summaries

at Jacksonville State

	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

References

1. Talty, John. "SEC moves to conference-only 2020 schedule, pushes back start of season". AL.com. Retrieved 30 July 2020.
2. "2020 Mercer Football Schedule". FBSchedules.com. Retrieved November 8, 2020.