2018 Mercer Bears football team

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2018 Mercer Bears football
Mercer Bears wordmark.svg
ConferenceSouthern Conference
2018 record5–6 (4–4 SoCon)
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorJoe Pizzo (1st season)
Defensive coordinatorMike Kolakowski (6th season)
Home stadiumFive Star Stadium
(capacity: 10,200)
Seasons
← 2017
2019 →
2018 Southern Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team   W   L     W   L  
No. 13 Wofford +^   6 2     9 4  
No. 22 East Tennessee State +^   6 2     8 4  
Furman +   6 2     6 4  
Samford   5 3     6 5  
Chattanooga   4 4     6 5  
The Citadel   4 4     5 6  
Mercer   4 4     5 6  
Western Carolina   1 7     3 8  
VMI   0 8     1 10  
  • + – Conference co-champions
  • ^ – FCS playoff participant
Rankings from STATS FCS Poll

The 2018 Mercer Bears football team represented Mercer University as a member the Southern Conference (SoCon) during the 2018 NCAA Division I FCS football season. They were led by sixth-year head coach Bobby Lamb and played their home games at the Five Star Stadium in Macon, Georgia. Mercer finished the season 5–6 overall and 4–4 in SoCon play to place in a three-way tie for fifth.

Previous season[]

The Bears finished the 2017 season 5–6 overall and 4–4 in SoCon play to place fifth.

Preseason[]

Preseason media poll[]

The SoCon released their preseason media poll on July 25, 2018, with the Bears predicted to finish in fourth place.[1] The same day the coaches released their preseason poll with the Bears predicted to finish in sixth place.[2]

Media poll
Predicted finish Team Votes (1st place)
1 Samford 204 (20)
2 Furman 174 (2)
3 Wofford 163 (1)
4 Mercer 133
5 Western Carolina 114
6 Chattanooga 88
7 The Citadel 83
8 East Tennessee State 53
9 VMI 23
Coaches poll
Predicted finish Team Votes (1st place)
1 Samford 63 (7)
2 Wofford 53 (1)
3 Furman 52 (1)
4 Western Carolina 39
5 Chattanooga 34
6 Mercer 32
7 The Citadel 28
8 East Tennessee State 15
9 VMI 8

Preseason All-SoCon Teams[]

The Bears placed eight players on the preseason all-SoCon teams.

Schedule[]

DateTimeOpponentSiteTVResultAttendance
September 17:00 p.m.at Memphis*ESPN3L 14–6633,697
September 86:00 p.m.Jacksonville*ESPN3W 45–310,200
September 153:00 p.m.at No. 9 SamfordESPN+W 30–248,717
September 224:00 p.m.The Citadel
  • Five Star Stadium
  • Macon, GA
ESPN+L 31–3811,772
September 291:30 p.m.at VMIESPN3W 48–383,251
October 131:00 p.m.at Yale*ESPN+L 28–352,861
October 204:00 p.m.Western Carolina
  • Five Star Stadium
  • Macon, GA
ESPN+W 59–468,230
October 271:30 p.m.at No. 9 WoffordESPN3L 21–426,374
November 33:00 p.m.East Tennessee Statedagger
  • Five Star Stadium
  • Macon, GA
ESPN+L 18–2110,002
November 101:00 p.m.at ChattanoogaESPN+W 13–98,014
November 173:00 p.m.Furman
  • Five Star Stadium
  • Macon, GA
ESPN+L 30–358,811
  • *Non-conference game
  • daggerHomecoming
  • Rankings from STATS Poll released prior to the game
  • All times are in Eastern time

[3]

Game summaries[]

at Memphis[]

1 2 3 4 Total
Bears 0 0 0 14 14
Tigers 28 28 0 10 66

Jacksonville[]

1 2 3 4 Total
Dolphins 0 0 0 3 3
Bears 7 24 14 0 45

at Samford[]

1 2 3 4 Total
Bears 7 10 0 13 30
No. 9 Bulldogs 7 0 7 10 24

The Citadel[]

1 2 3 4 Total
Bulldogs 7 7 3 21 38
Bears 7 10 7 7 31

at VMI[]

1 2 3 4 Total
Bears 13 14 14 7 48
Keydets 7 13 0 18 38

at Yale[]

1 2 3 4 Total
Bears 0 14 7 7 28
Bulldogs 14 14 0 7 35

Western Carolina[]

1 2 3 4 Total
Catamounts 7 20 6 13 46
Bears 0 28 17 14 59

at Wofford[]

1 2 3 4 Total
Bears 0 0 7 14 21
No. 9 Terriers 0 14 14 14 42

East Tennessee State[]

1 2 3 4 Total
Buccaneers 0 14 7 0 21
Bears 7 3 5 3 18

at Chattanooga[]

1 2 3 4 Total
Bears 0 0 0 13 13
Mocs 0 0 3 6 9

Furman[]

1 2 3 4 Total
Paladins 7 13 9 6 35
Bears 7 3 14 6 30

References[]

  1. ^ "Media picks Samford to win 2018 SoCon football title".
  2. ^ "Football coaches select preseason all-conference teams, poll".
  3. ^ Schedule
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