Mercer Hosts Chattanooga in Pink-Out Game

MACON, Ga. – Mercer football will host its first Southern Conference game of the season Saturday when Chattanooga comes to town to do battle at Five Star Stadium; kickoff is set for 4:05 p.m. (ET).

The game will be broadcast live on ESPN+ and, as always, fans can listen in as "Voice of the Bears" Rick Cameron and his crew broadcast across the airwaves on The Creek (100.9 FM) and the SportsMic App.

GAMEDAY LINEUP
» Date/Time: Saturday, Oct. 5 / 4:05 p.m. (ET)
» Teams: Mercer (2-3, 1-1 SoCon) vs. Chattanooga (2-3, 1-0 SoCon)
» Location: Macon, Ga. | Five Star Stadium (10,200)
» Television: ESPN+
» Television Talent: Frank Malloy (Play-by-Play) | Phil Cox (Analyst) | Kristin Banks (Sideline)
» Radio: Mercer Sports Network | 100.9 The Creek FM | SportsMic
» Radio Talent: Rick Cameron (PxP), Roger Jackson (Analyst), Charles Davis (Sideline)
» Live Stats: MercerBears.com
» Twitter Updates: @MercerFootball

GAME DAY EXPERIENCE
In conjunction with the United Way of Central Georgia, Mercer Athletics will host its annual Pink Out game for breast cancer awareness. A highlight of the day will be the Pink Promise United Cornhole Tournament – for more information about United Way and Pink Promise United, click HERE.

Black Field is now the place to be on Saturday's in the fall, featuring the Ford Concert Series, Macon Beer Company Bear Garden and Toby Town. Rising country artists Adam Doleac and Morgan Evans will take to the Ford Concert Series stage prior to the game, while The Tams will entertain the audience in a postgame concert.

SERIES HISTORY | LAST MEETING
Chattanooga leads the all-time series over Mercer, 18-9-1, dating back to 1909 when the two teams first met. However, the Bears have won two straight against the Mocs with 30-10 and 13-9 victories the past two seasons, respectively.

In 2018, Mercer earned its first road win over Chattanooga since 1933 as the Bears held the Mocs without a touchdown in a 13-9 Southern Conference victory at Finley Stadium. The Bears scored all 13 of their points in the fourth quarter to overcome a 6-0 deficit en route to their third win in four years against Chattanooga. Tyray Devezin scored on a one-yard touchdown run with 2:29 remaining in the game after Stephen Houzah returned a kickoff 91 yards to the Chattanooga one-yard line.

SCOUTING CHATTANOOGA
The Mocs enter the weekend after one of the tougher schedules in the FCS to start the season - playing #17 Jacksonville State, #2 James Madison and at Tennessee. Chattanooga's offensive success starts with its line, that has allowed just one sack all season. Its ball-hawking defense is second in the league with five interceptions and third with eight takeaways.

Quick Hits

Redshirt sophomore quarterback Robert Riddle ranks fifth in the FCS with 13 passing touchdowns this season and ninth with 90 points responsible for.
Mercer rushed for 323 yards in the loss to Campbell - the most since the 2013 season. The Bears fell to 24-6 all-time under Bobby Lamb when rushing for 200 yards.
Befitting of its nickname, the "Legion of Chaos", Mercer ranks 24th in the FCS and leads the SoCon with four fumble recoveries this season.
Will Coneway ranks 27th in the FCS with 9.6 total tackles per game and is second in the SoCon in the category.
Freshman Caleb Dowden is 6-for-6 on field goal attempts this year (19-for-19 on extra points) and is one of just nine players in the FCS with a perfect field goal percentage - he has the third-most makes of those nine players.

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Players Mentioned

Will Coneway

Tyray Devezin

Caleb Dowden

Stephen Houzah

Robert Riddle

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