Mercer 45-42 Samford (2 Oct, 2021) Box Score

Samford Bulldogs

2-3, 1-2 Conference

	1	2	3	4	T
SAM	7	7	14	14	42
MER	3	7	21	14	45

Mercer Bears

3-1, 2-0 Conference

Samford Passing


Liam Welch#7
team

C/ATT	YDS	AVG	TD	INT
31/46	312	6.8	4	2
31/46	312	6.8	4	2

Mercer Passing


Fred Payton#4
Carter Peevy#15
team

C/ATT	YDS	AVG	TD	INT
13/23	161	7.0	1	1
1/2	52	26.0	0	0
14/25	213	8.5	1	1

Samford Rushing


Jay Stanton#20
Liam Welch#7
Joseph Mera#35
Jocquet Jiles#24
Montrell Washington#4
Team
team

CAR	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG
22	101	4.6	0	19
10	69	6.9	1	16
1	19	19.0	0	19
5	12	2.4	0	5
1	5	5.0	1	5
1	0	0.0	0	0
40	206	5.2	2	19

Mercer Rushing


Fred Davis#5
Brandon Marshall #8
Fred Payton#4
Devron Harper#1
Team
Parker Wroble#10
team

CAR	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG
28	276	9.9	5	54
8	41	5.1	0	11
9	38	4.2	0	16
1	5	5.0	0	5
3	-5	-1.7	0	0
3	-5	-1.7	0	0
52	350	6.7	5	54

Samford Receiving


Kendall Watson#84
Chandler Smith#0
Montrell Washington#4
Jai'Rus Creamer#19
Michael Vice#88
Jocquet Jiles#24
Peyton Ringer#37
Torrence Pollard#14
Jay Stanton#20
team

REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG
8	83	10.4	0	25
3	68	22.7	1	36
6	65	10.8	2	16
1	41	41.0	0	41
7	33	4.7	1	11
1	10	10.0	0	10
2	5	2.5	0	6
1	4	4.0	0	4
2	3	1.5	0	4
31	312	10.1	4	41

Mercer Receiving


Devron Harper#1
Fred Payton#4
Ty James#13
Ethan Dirrim#7
Fred Davis#5
Brandon Mays#11
Parker Wroble#10
team

REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG
6	76	12.7	0	31
1	52	52.0	0	52
2	29	14.5	1	15
2	24	12.0	0	12
1	22	22.0	0	22
1	13	13.0	0	13
1	-3	-3.0	0	0
14	213	15.2	1	52

Samford Fumbles


Noah Martin#32
team

FUM	LOST	REC
0	0	1
0	0	1

Mercer Fumbles


Fred Payton#4
team

FUM	LOST	REC
1	1	0
1	1	0

Samford Interceptions


Chris Edmonds#47
team

INT	YDS	TD
1	0	0
1	0	0

Mercer Interceptions


Michael Campbell#9
Luke Ward#31
team

INT	YDS	TD
1	0	0
1	-2	0
2	-2	0

Samford Kick Returns


Dakota Chapman#30
Titus Gardner#83
Montrell Washington#4
team

NO	YDS	AVG	LONG
3	28	9.3	12
2	16	8.0	9
1	11	11.0	11
6	55	9.2	12

Mercer Kick Returns


Yahsyn McKee#2
Devron Harper#1
team

NO	YDS	AVG	LONG
2	57	28.5	37
1	23	23.0	23
3	80	26.7	37

Samford Punt Returns

	NO	YDS	AVG	LONG	TD
No Samford Punt Returns

Mercer Punt Returns


Yahsyn McKee#2
team

NO	YDS	AVG	LONG	TD
1	27	27.0	27	0
1	27	27.0	27	0

Samford Kicking


Zach Williams#59
team

FG	PCT	LONG	XP	PTS
0/1	0.0	0	6/6	6
0/1	0.0	0	6/6	6

Mercer Kicking


Devin Folser#93
team

FG	PCT	LONG	XP	PTS
1/2	50.0	42	6/6	9
1/2	50.0	42	6/6	9

Samford Punting


Bradley Porcellato#7
team

NO	YDS	AVG	TB	In 20	LONG
4	134	33.5	0	1	43
4	134	33.5	0	1	43

Mercer Punting


Trey Turk#97
team

NO	YDS	AVG	TB	In 20	LONG
2	73	36.5	0	2	43
2	73	36.5	0	2	43

Five Star Stadium

11:00 PM, 2 October 2021

Macon, GA

Attendance: 11,137

Team	CONF	OVR
Mercer	7-1	11-3
Western Carolina	6-2	7-5
Chattanooga	5-3	7-5
East Tennessee State	5-3	7-5
Samford	3-4	4-7
The Citadel	3-5	5-7
Wofford	3-5	5-7
Furman	2-5	3-8
VMI	1-7	1-11

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