Football Hosts Wofford On Monroe County Day

MACON – The Mercer football team will close out a 2-game home stand on Saturday when the Bears suit up to take on Southern Conference rival Wofford on Monroe County Day at Five Star Stadium. Kickoff is scheduled for 4 p.m. ET.

The game is slated to be streamed live on ESPN+ with Frank Malloy and Phil Cox handling the duties in the booth. Rick Cameron and the rest of the Mercer Sports Network will call all of the action as well, and fans can listen to that broadcast on The Creek 100.9 FM, or by visiting Sportsmic. A live statistics link is also being provided by the Mercer athletics department.

ABOUT THE GAME
Date: Saturday, October 21 Time: 4 p.m. ET Location: Macon, Ga. I Five Star Stadium TV: ESPN+ Listen Live: 100.9 The Creek I Sportsmic Network Live Statistics: MercerStats.com Twitter Updates: @MercerFootball

GAME NOTES (PDF)
Mercer	Wofford	Southern Conference

MONROE COUNTY DAY
Members of the Monroe County community will receive discounted tickets by visiting MercerBears.com/Monroe, and *entering promo code "Monroe"* during checkout. Reserved seat tickets are being sold for $10, while general admission tickets are on sale for $5.

SCOUTING WOFFORD
The Terriers, under the direction of first-year head coach Shawn Watson returned 14 starters, including seven on the offensive side of the ball, as well as two specialists, from last year's team that registered a 3-8 record (3-5 SoCon) and a (tie) 6th-place finish in the league's final regular season standings. Among the returnees are two preseason all-conference picks, including offensive lineman Jason Swann and defensive lineman Chuck Smith. Wofford has now dropped eight straight games dating back to the 2022 regular season finale following Saturday's 41-10 setback at East Tennessee State. The Bucs racked up 193 yards of total offense on the way to lugging a 27-0 lead into the intermission, and limited the Terriers to just 177 offensive yards, including just 63 on the ground. Wofford mustered just 37 yards on its first eight possession of the afternoon before putting together a 9-play, 49-yard scoring drive midway through the third quarter.

MERCER/WOFFORD SERIES
Mercer has captured eight of the 15 previous matchups (8-7) with Wofford in a series that dates all the way back to the 1915 season. The Bears have won just two of the nine contests between the two sides since football returned to Macon in 2013, but will ride consecutive series victories into Saturday's matchup. Mercer snapped a 7-game losing streak in the series with a 45-14 triumph on Wofford's last trip to Macon in 2021.

MERCER AT FIVE STAR STADIUM
Mercer is 40-20 (.667) all-time in Five Star Stadium, including a 14-4 (.778) mark at home under head coach Drew Cronic. The Bears have posted 4-1 marks inside their home stadium in each of the last three seasons, and have now captured eight of their last 10 games in Macon following the Week 7 loss to Chattanooga.

NEXT WEEK FOR THE BEARS
The Bears will open up a 2-game road trip on October 28 when they head to Cullowhee, N.C., to take on nationally-ranked Western Carolina. Mercer is back home again on November 11 when it tangles with Samford at Five Star Stadium.

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