East Tennessee State Buccaneers @ Mercer Bears — Nov 21, 2026

NCAA Division FCS·Round 1 November 21, 2026
East Tennessee State Buccaneers East Tennessee St. ETS 5-2, 2-0 Away
November 21, 2026 8:00 pm
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Bears Mercer MER 7-1, 4-1 Home
Key Players
East Tennessee St.
M. Mims QB
1151 PASS
-3 RUSH
20 REC
PM
P. Male
0 PASS
442 RUSH
42 REC
S. Harrison ATH
40 PASS
0 RUSH
260 REC
Mercer
J. Pickles QB
462 PASS
305 RUSH
6 REC
J. King QB
557 PASS
110 RUSH
0 REC
D. Caldwell
0 PASS
455 RUSH
35 REC
Stats Comparison
Overall Away vs Home
League Percentile Ranking
East Tennessee St.
Mercer
Scoring 1–2
33.3 25th
Points
27th 32.8
21.4 31st
Opp Points
3rd 14.0
11.9 20th
Point Diff
7th 18.8
Offense 2–4
124.7 50th
Total Yds
28th 157.3
180.0 68th
Pass Yds
112th 130.6
121.1 68th
Rush Yds
9th 184.6
6.7 48th
1st Downs
51st 6.5
41.4 49th
3rd Down%
20th 50.0
50.0 81st
Red Zone%
28th 91.7
Kicking & Discipline 0–1
50.0 84th
FG%
42nd 80.0
0.0 1st
Turnovers
1st 0.0
0.0 1st
Penalties
1st 0.0
0.0 1st
Penalty Yds
1st 0.0
Recent Form
East Tennessee St.
L vs TNT 17-24
W @ VMI 38-0
W @ CITA 34-16
W vs CHT 14-3
W vs WCU 58-31
Mercer
W vs CITA 28-19
W @ SAMF 31-21
W vs WCU 17-14
W @ VMI 54-3
W @ ABCH 34-17
Form Comparison
East Tennessee St. vs Mercer
10 20 50
Win-loss trend: each win +1, each loss −1
League
NCAA Division FCS
Season
NCAA 26/27
Round
Round 1
Date
November 21, 2026
Time
8:00 pm