Mercer 28-21 Samford (11 Nov, 2023) Box Score

Samford Bulldogs

5-5, 4-4 Conference

	1	2	3	4	T
SAM	0	7	7	7	21
MER	6	0	15	7	28

Mercer Bears

8-3, 6-2 Conference

Samford Passing


Michael Hiers
team

C/ATT	YDS	AVG	TD	INT
25/36	210	5.8	2	1
25/36	210	5.8	2	1

Mercer Passing


Carter Peevy
team

C/ATT	YDS	AVG	TD	INT
18/25	137	5.5	0	0
18/25	137	5.5	0	0

Samford Rushing


Jay Stanton
Damonta Witherspoon
Chandler Smith
Michael Hiers
team

CAR	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG
16	98	6.1	0	30
3	27	9.0	1	22
1	0	0.0	0	0
7	-13	-1.9	0	3
27	112	4.1	1	30

Mercer Rushing


Al Wooten II
Tyrell Coard
Carter Peevy
Devron Harper
Parker Wroble
Brayden Smith
Team
team

CAR	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG
16	81	5.1	0	13
11	52	4.7	0	11
13	45	3.5	3	10
4	42	10.5	1	23
3	15	5.0	0	8
1	9	9.0	0	9
1	-1	-1.0	0	0
49	243	5.0	4	23

Samford Receiving


D.J. Rias
Chandler Smith
Iaan Cousin
Jay Stanton
Brendan Jenkins
R.J. Starkey
Qadir Ismail
Michael Vice
Ty King
Damonta Witherspoon
team

REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG
6	83	13.8	1	32
4	55	13.8	1	30
2	21	10.5	0	16
5	21	4.2	0	12
1	8	8.0	0	8
2	8	4.0	0	9
2	8	4.0	0	6
1	6	6.0	0	6
1	0	0.0	0	0
1	0	0.0	0	0
25	210	8.4	2	32

Mercer Receiving


Brayden Smith
Travion Solomon
Parker Wroble
Devron Harper
Ty James
team

REC	YDS	AVG	LONG
4	34	8.5	18
1	31	31.0	31
4	27	6.8	13
7	25	3.6	7
2	20	10.0	11
18	137	7.6	31

Samford Fumbles


Garrett Morris
team

FUM	LOST	REC
0	0	1
0	0	1

Mercer Fumbles


Brayden Smith
Devron Harper
Carter Peevy
team

FUM	LOST	REC
1	1	0
1	0	0
1	0	0
3	1	0

Samford Interceptions

	INT	YDS	TD
No Samford Interceptions

Mercer Interceptions


Lance Wise
team

INT	YDS	TD
1	1	0
1	1	0

Samford Kick Returns


Ty King
Damonta Witherspoon
team

NO	YDS	AVG	LONG
1	14	14.0	14
1	3	3.0	3
2	17	8.5	14

Mercer Kick Returns


Devron Harper
team

NO	YDS	AVG	LONG	TD
3	62	20.7	24	0
3	62	20.7	24	0

Samford Punt Returns


Chandler Smith
team

NO	YDS	AVG	LONG	TD
1	-1	-1.0	0	0
1	-1	-1.0	0	0

Mercer Punt Returns


Brayden Smith
Devron Harper
team

NO	YDS	AVG
1	-1	-1.0
1	-2	-2.0
2	-3	-1.5

Samford Kicking


Wilson Beaverstock
team

FG	PCT	LONG	XP	PTS
0/0	0.0	0	3/3	3
0/0	0.0	0	3/3	3

Mercer Kicking


Reice Griffith
team

FG	PCT	LONG	XP	PTS
0/0	0.0	0	2/2	2
0/0	0.0	0	2/2	2

Samford Punting


Will Thorley
team

NO	YDS	AVG	TB	In 20	LONG
6	234	39.0	0	4	50
6	234	39.0	0	4	50

Mercer Punting


Reice Griffith
team

NO	YDS	AVG	TB	In 20	LONG
6	216	36.0	0	2	43
6	216	36.0	0	2	43

Five Star Stadium

8:00 PM, 11 November 2023

Macon, GA

Attendance: 9,772

Team	CONF	OVR
Furman	7-1	10-3
Chattanooga	6-2	8-5
Mercer	6-2	9-4
Western Carolina	5-3	7-4
Samford	4-4	6-5
VMI	4-4	5-6
East Tennessee State	2-6	3-8
Wofford	2-6	2-9
The Citadel	0-8	0-11

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