Citadel Bulldogs @ Mercer Bears — Oct 31, 2026

NCAA Division FCS·Round 1 October 31, 2026
Bulldogs Citadel CITA 1-5, 1-1 Away
October 31, 2026 7:00 pm
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Bears Mercer MER 6-1, 3-1 Home
Key Players
Citadel
Q. Hayes
341 PASS
300 RUSH
0 REC
G. Garcia RB
0 PASS
463 RUSH
27 REC
N. Billoups QB
161 PASS
176 RUSH
0 REC
Mercer
J. King QB
539 PASS
110 RUSH
0 REC
J. Pickles QB
228 PASS
259 RUSH
6 REC
D. Caldwell
0 PASS
446 RUSH
22 REC
Stats Comparison
Overall Away vs Home
League Percentile Ranking
Citadel
Mercer
Scoring 0–3
17.5 116th
Points
26th 33.4
31.3 98th
Opp Points
3rd 13.3
-13.8 114th
Point Diff
5th 20.1
Offense 0–6
97.3 59th
Total Yds
19th 179.7
83.7 124th
Pass Yds
115th 113.3
185.8 7th
Rush Yds
4th 200.7
6.3 50th
1st Downs
37th 7.4
44.8 34th
3rd Down%
19th 50.0
75.0 48th
Red Zone%
27th 91.7
Kicking & Discipline 0–1
66.7 62nd
FG%
41st 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
Citadel
L vs TNT 13-28
L @ TAMU 0-41
L vs ETS 16-34
W @ SCST 34-31
L vs CHT 8-27
Mercer
W @ SAMF 31-21
W vs WCU 17-14
W @ VMI 54-3
W @ ABCH 34-17
L @ GT 11-44
Form Comparison
Citadel 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
October 31, 2026
Time
7:00 pm