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MACON – Nationally-ranked Mercer (2-1, 0-1 SoCon) will renew its 134-year-old rivalry with in-state FBS rival Georgia Tech (0-2, 0-0 ACC) on Saturday when the Bears open up a three-game road trip against the Yellow Jackets at Bobby Dodd Stadium. Kickoff is scheduled for Noon and the game will be televised live on the ACC Network with Jorge Sedano (pxp), Rodney McLeod Jr. (commentary) and Kendra Douglas (sideline) calling all of the action.]]>Gameday at Abilene Christian 09.26.26Fri, 25 Sep 2026 06:00:00 EST238293https://mercerbears.com/news/2026/9/19/football-bears-at-georgia-tech-09-19-26https://mercerbears.com/news/2026/9/19/football-bears-at-georgia-tech-09-19-26Football

ATLANTA – Visiting Mercer racked up nearly 190 rushing yards on the afternoon, but Georgia Tech scored points on seven of its first nine drives to key a 44-11 win over the 22nd-ranked Bears on Saturday afternoon at Bobby Dodd Stadium/Hyundai Field.]]>Zahmari Palode Gary 09.19.26Sat, 19 Sep 2026 10:46:00 EST238284https://mercerbears.com/news/2026/9/18/football-no-22-bears-head-to-atlanta-to-take-on-georgia-techhttps://mercerbears.com/news/2026/9/18/football-no-22-bears-head-to-atlanta-to-take-on-georgia-techFootball

MACON – Nationally-ranked Mercer (2-1, 0-1 SoCon) will renew its 134-year-old rivalry with in-state FBS rival Georgia Tech (0-2, 0-0 ACC) on Saturday when the Bears open up a three-game road trip against the Yellow Jackets at Bobby Dodd Stadium. Kickoff is scheduled for Noon and the game will be televised live on the ACC Network with Jorge Sedano (pxp), Rodney McLeod Jr. (commentary) and Kendra Douglas (sideline) calling all of the action.]]>Football Gameday at Georgia Tech 09.19.26Fri, 18 Sep 2026 13:15:00 EST238281https://mercerbears.com/news/2026/9/12/football-furman-upsets-no-15-bears-in-defensive-slugfesthttps://mercerbears.com/news/2026/9/12/football-furman-upsets-no-15-bears-in-defensive-slugfestFootball

MACON – Visiting Furman forced five turnovers, including a quartet of interceptions, and took the lead for good on Ben Croasdale's 47-yard touchdown run with 47 seconds left to help lead the Paladins to a 20-13 upset of 14th-ranked and home-standing Mercer on Saturday evening at Five Star Stadium.]]>Furman v Mercer Game photo 09.12.26Sat, 12 Sep 2026 23:39:00 EST238264https://mercerbears.com/news/2026/9/11/football-no-14-bears-welcome-socon-rival-furman-to-macon-on-saturdayhttps://mercerbears.com/news/2026/9/11/football-no-14-bears-welcome-socon-rival-furman-to-macon-on-saturdayFootball

MACON – Nationally-ranked Mercer (2-0, 0-0 SoCon) will close out its season-opening three-game home stand on Saturday evening when the Bears open up Southern Conference play against league rival Furman (1-1, 0-0 SoCon) under the lights of Five Star Stadium. Kickoff is scheduled for 6:02 p.m. and the game will be broadcast live on MercerVision/ESPN+ with Frank Malloy (pxp) and Phil Cox (commentary) calling all of the action.]]>Devon Caldwell 09.12.26Fri, 11 Sep 2026 21:20:00 EST238259https://mercerbears.com/news/2026/9/9/athletics-department-bori-king-voted-mercer-scholar-athletes-of-the-weekhttps://mercerbears.com/news/2026/9/9/athletics-department-bori-king-voted-mercer-scholar-athletes-of-the-weekFootball, Women's Soccer, Athletics Department

MACON – Olivia Bori and Jaylen King lit up the scoreboard this past week to be named the Mercer Scholar-Athletes of the Week for the week of August 31 through September 6.]]>Olivia Bori/Jaylen King AOTWWed, 9 Sep 2026 12:48:00 EST2438250https://mercerbears.com/news/2026/9/5/football-no-15-mercer-steamrolls-visiting-presbyterian-moves-to-2-0https://mercerbears.com/news/2026/9/5/football-no-15-mercer-steamrolls-visiting-presbyterian-moves-to-2-0Football

MACON – Senior Jaylen King threw for four touchdowns and ran for two others to lead a raucous first-half effort for 15th-ranked Mercer as the Bears racked up 600 yards of total offense in a dominant 62-3 victory over visiting Presyterian on Saturday evening at Five Star Stadium.]]>Jaylen King 09.05.261Sat, 5 Sep 2026 23:29:00 EST238237https://mercerbears.com/news/2026/9/4/football-no-15-bears-battle-presbyterian-on-saturday-at-five-star-stadiumhttps://mercerbears.com/news/2026/9/4/football-no-15-bears-battle-presbyterian-on-saturday-at-five-star-stadiumFootball

MACON – Nationally-ranked Mercer (1-0, 0-0 SoCon) will continue its season-opening three-game home stand on Saturday evening when the Bears suit up to host Pioneer Football League rival Presbyterian under the lights of Five Star Stadium. Kickoff is scheduled for 7:02 p.m. and the game will be broadcast live on ESPN+ with Frank Malloy (pxp) and Phil Cox (commentary) calling all of the action.]]>Zahmari Palode Gary 09.04.26Fri, 4 Sep 2026 19:02:00 EST238229https://mercerbears.com/news/2026/9/2/athletics-department-matta-zeidan-voted-mercer-scholar-athletes-of-the-weekhttps://mercerbears.com/news/2026/9/2/athletics-department-matta-zeidan-voted-mercer-scholar-athletes-of-the-weekFootball, Volleyball, Athletics Department

MACON – Lara Matta turned in a career-best performance and Simon Zeidan broke a program record to be named the Mercer Scholar-Athletes of the Week for the week ending on August 30.]]>Lara Matta, Simon Zeidan AOTWWed, 2 Sep 2026 12:04:00 EST2438222https://mercerbears.com/news/2026/8/31/football-goggins-picks-up-socon-defensive-player-of-the-week-honorshttps://mercerbears.com/news/2026/8/31/football-goggins-picks-up-socon-defensive-player-of-the-week-honorsFootball

SPARTANBURG, S.C. – A lockdown performance in the secondary that included a key touchdown right before the half put sophomore Cameron Goggins in the limelight again on Monday afternoon when he was named as the Southern Conference Defensive Player of the Week.]]>Cam Goggins SoCon Player of the WeekMon, 31 Aug 2026 15:00:00 EST238219