2019 Mercer Bears football team explained

Year:	2019
Team:	Mercer Bears
Sport:	football
Conference:	Southern Conference
Short Conf:	SoCon
Record:	4–8
Conf Record:	3–5
Head Coach:	Bobby Lamb
Hc Year:	7th
Off Coach:	Bill Legg
Oc Year:	1st
Def Coach:	Mike Adams
Dc Year:	1st
Stadium:	Five Star Stadium

The 2019 Mercer Bears football team represented Mercer University as a member the Southern Conference (SoCon) during the 2019 NCAA Division I FCS football season. They were led by seventh-year head coach Bobby Lamb and played their home games at the Five Star Stadium in Macon, Georgia. Mercer finished the season 4–8 overall and 3–5 in SoCon play to place seventh.

Preseason

Preseason media poll

The SoCon released their preseason media poll and coaches poll on July 22, 2019. The Bears were picked to finish in fourth place by the media and in fifth place by the coaches.^{[1] [2]}

Media poll

1	Wofford	253 (21)
2	Furman	229 (6)
3	East Tennessee State	187 (2)
4	Mercer	146
5	Chattanooga	134
6	Samford	125
7	The Citadel	111
8	Western Carolina	88
9	VMI	32

Coaches poll

1	Wofford	63 (7)
2	Furman	55 (1)
3	East Tennessee State	44 (1)
4	Chattanooga	40
5	Mercer	34
6	Samford	33
7	The Citadel	22
8	Western Carolina	21
9	VMI	12

Preseason All-SoCon Teams

The Bears placed seven different players on the preseason all-SoCon teams.^[2]

Offense

1st team

Tyray Devezin – RB

Austin Sanders – OL

2nd team

Chris Ellington – TE

David Durden – WRDefense

2nd team

Dorian Kithcart – DL

Will Coneway – LB

Malique Fleming – DBSpecialists

1st team

David Durden – RS

Schedule

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Game summaries

At Western Carolina

See also: 2019 Western Carolina Catamounts football team.

At Presbyterian

See also: 2019 Presbyterian Blue Hose football team.

Austin Peay

See also: 2019 Austin Peay Governors football team.

At Furman

See also: 2019 Furman Paladins football team.

Campbell

See also: 2019 Campbell Fighting Camels football team.

Chattanooga

See also: 2019 Chattanooga Mocs football team.

VMI

See also: 2019 VMI Keydets football team.

At The Citadel

See also: 2019 The Citadel Bulldogs football team.

Samford

See also: 2019 Wofford Terriers football team.

Wofford

See also: 2019 Wofford Terriers football team.

At East Tennessee State

See also: 2019 East Tennessee State Buccaneers football team.

At North Carolina

See also: 2019 North Carolina Tar Heels football team.

Notes and References

1. Web site: SoCon Media Tab Wofford Preseason Favorite. July 22, 2019 . July 24, 2019.
2. Web site: Football Coaches Select Preseason Teams, Poll. July 22, 2019 . July 24, 2019.
3. Web site: 2019 Mercer Football Schedule . FBSchedules.com . August 19, 2019.
4. Web site: 2019 Football Schedule . Mercer University Athletics . August 19, 2019 . en.