2016 Mercer Bears football team

The 2016 Mercer Bears football team represented Mercer University in the 2016 NCAA Division I FCS football season. They were led by fourth-year head coach Bobby Lamb and played their home games at the Five Star Stadium. They were third year members of the Southern Conference. They finished the season 6–5, 4–4 in SoCon play to finish in fifth place.

2016 Mercer Bears football
ConferenceSouthern Conference
2016 record6–5 (4–4 SoCon)
Head coachBobby Lamb (4th season)
Offensive coordinatorCasey Vogt
Defensive coordinatorMike Kolakowski
Home stadiumFive Star Stadium
(Capacity: 10,200)
2016 Southern Conference football standings
Conf  Overall
Team W L    W L 
No. 10 The Citadel $^  8 –0     10 –2  
No. 13 Chattanooga ^  6 –2     9 –4  
No. 9 Wofford ^  6 –2     10 –4  
No. 23 Samford ^  5 –3     7 –5  
Mercer  4 –4     6 –5  
Furman  3 –5     3 –8  
East Tennessee State  2 –6     5 –6  
VMI  1 –7     3 –8  
Western Carolina  1 –7     2 –9  
  • $ – Conference champion
  • ^ – FCS playoff participant
Rankings from STATS FCS Poll

Schedule
DateTimeOpponentSiteTVResultAttendance
September 17:00 PMNo. 15 The Citadel
FSNL 23–2412,542
September 103:00 PMat Georgia Tech*
ACCN+L 10–3549,992
September 174:00 PMTennessee Tech*
  • Five Star Stadium
  • Macon, GA
ESPN3W 34–279,772
October 11:30 PMat VMI
ESPN3W 33–30 OT5,266
October 84:00 PMat No. 5 Chattanooga
SDNL 31–5211,039
October 154:00 PMWestern Carolina
  • Five Star Stadium
  • Macon, GA
ESPN3W 38–2412,247
October 224:00 PMat Austin Peay*
OVCDNW 41–346,506
October 291:30 PMat Wofford
ESPN3L 21–316,190
November 53:00 PMEast Tennessee State
  • Five Star Stadium
  • Macon, GA
FSNW 21–1310,913
November 123:30 PMat No. 22 Samford
ESPN3L 19–248,379
November 193:00 PMFurman
  • Five Star Stadium
  • Macon, GA
FSNW 27–2410,712

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