Mercer 30-24 Samford (15 Sep, 2018) Box Score

Mercer Bears

2-1, 1-0 Conference

	1	2	3	4	T
MER	7	10	0	13	30
SAM	7	0	7	10	24

Samford Bulldogs

1-2, 0-1 Conference

Mercer Passing


Robert Riddle#10
team

C/ATT	YDS	AVG	TD	INT
23/34	316	9.3	1	1
23/34	316	9.3	1	1

Samford Passing


Devlin Hodges#8
team

C/ATT	YDS	AVG	TD	INT
30/41	291	7.1	3	1
30/41	291	7.1	3	1

Mercer Rushing


Tee Mitchell#28
Tyray Devezin#34
Robert Riddle#10
team

CAR	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG
23	103	4.5	0	17
11	26	2.4	0	12
6	25	4.2	2	10
40	154	3.9	2	17

Samford Rushing


DeMarcus Ware#27
Devlin Hodges#8
Antwione Sims#39
Moise Satine#9
Chris Shelling#1
Jai'Rus Creamer#19
Kentre'vious Williams#3
team

CAR	YDS	AVG	LONG
10	39	3.9	12
6	38	6.3	12
4	27	6.8	17
6	18	3.0	6
1	9	9.0	9
1	9	9.0	9
1	-7	-7.0	0
29	133	4.6	17

Mercer Receiving


Stephen Houzah#3
Marquise Irvin#8
Tucker Cannon#80
Tony Jones II#17
David Durden #13
Tee Mitchell#28
Chris Ellington#88
DeMond Ellison #84
Sam Walker#87
team

REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG
2	78	39.0	1	73
6	71	11.8	0	14
4	49	12.3	0	17
4	45	11.3	0	21
1	39	39.0	0	39
3	21	7.0	0	14
1	5	5.0	0	5
1	5	5.0	0	5
1	3	3.0	0	3
23	316	13.7	1	73

Samford Receiving


Kelvin McKnight#6
Chris Shelling#1
Kentre'vious Williams#3
Clarke Miller#84
DeMarcus Ware#27
Andrew Harris#11
Antwione Sims#39
Moise Satine#9
team

REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG
10	104	10.4	1	32
5	96	19.2	1	35
3	21	7.0	0	10
3	20	6.7	0	9
2	19	9.5	0	10
3	15	5.0	0	9
1	11	11.0	1	11
3	5	1.7	0	2
30	291	9.7	3	35

Mercer Fumbles

	FUM	LOST	REC
No Mercer Fumbles

Samford Fumbles

	FUM	LOST	REC
No Samford Fumbles

Mercer Interceptions


Harrison Poole#12
team

INT	YDS	TD
1	0	0
1	0	0

Samford Interceptions


Jordan Montgomery#13
team

INT	YDS	TD
1	13	0
1	13	0

Mercer Kick Returns

	NO	YDS	AVG	LONG	TD
No Mercer Kick Returns

Samford Kick Returns

	NO	YDS	AVG	LONG	TD
No Samford Kick Returns

Mercer Punt Returns

	NO	YDS	AVG	LONG	TD
No Mercer Punt Returns

Samford Punt Returns

	NO	YDS	AVG	LONG	TD
No Samford Punt Returns

Mercer Kicking


Cole Fisher#98
team

FG	PCT	LONG	XP	PTS
3/4	75.0	41	3/3	12
3/4	75.0	41	3/3	12

Samford Kicking


Mitchell Fineran#17
team

FG	PCT	LONG	XP	PTS
1/3	33.3	45	3/3	6
1/3	33.3	45	3/3	6

Mercer Punting


Matt Shiel#48
team

NO	YDS	AVG	TB	In 20	LONG
2	72	36.0	0	0	39
2	72	36.0	0	0	39

Samford Punting


Devlin Hodges#8
team

NO	YDS	AVG	TB	In 20	LONG
2	70	35.0	0	0	36
2	70	35.0	0	0	36

Seibert Stadium

8:00 PM, 15 September 2018

Birmingham, AL

Attendance: 8,717

Team	CONF	OVR
Mercer	5-1	8-1
Western Carolina	4-1	5-4
Chattanooga	4-2	5-4
East Tennessee State	3-2	5-4
Samford	2-3	3-5
The Citadel	2-4	4-5
Wofford	2-4	4-5
Furman	1-3	2-6
VMI	1-4	1-8

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