Brian Gerrity

Our 93rd team of our 129 FCS Teams in 129 Days, leading us up to the 2025 FCS Kickoff is @MercerFootball 🐻 (All info is FCS only and from 1978 and on when the league was created. Info is specific to each teams time within the FCS only) Team - Mercer Bears Head Coach - Mike Jacobs 2024 Record - 11-3 School - Mercer University Enrollment - 9,124 Endowment - $479 Million (2024 sources) Location - Macon, Georgia Stadium - Five Star Stadium Capacity - 10,200 Conference - Southern Conference Mascot - Toby the Bear Band - Mercer University Marching Band Fight Song - Hail to Mercer Colors - Orange and Black FCS Timeframe - 2013 to Present Conference Titles - 2024 Southern Conference Playoff Appearances - 2 (2-2 Record) 2023 - First Round W Gardner-Webb 17-7 - Second Round L South Dakota State 41-0 2024 - First Round Bye - Second Round W Rhode Island 17-10 - Quarterfinals L North Dakota State 31-7 National Championships - 0 Team/School Fun Fact - Mercer's first football team was fielded in 1891, but the school did not consistently field teams until 1906. The sport was dropped in 1917 and 1918 during U.S. involvement in World War I, but returned after the war. Until 1924, the Mercer Bears were known as the Mercer Baptists. After the 1941 season, with the beginning of U.S. involvement in World War II, Mercer dropped football again, but did not resume the sport after the war. The program was reinstated after a 72-year hiatus in 2013; the first game was on August 31, 2013, when Mercer defeated (40–37) Reinhardt University in front of an overflow crowd of 12,172 at the Moye Complex.