2014 Mercer Bears football team
The 2014 Mercer Bears football team represented Mercer University in the 2014 NCAA Division I FCS football season. They were led by second-year head coach Bobby Lamb and played their home games at the Moye Complex. They were first year members of the Southern Conference. They finished the season 6–6, 1–6 in SoCon play to finish in a tie for seventh place.
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| Conference | Southern Conference |
| 2014 record | 6–6 (1–6 SoCon) |
| Head coach | Bobby Lamb (2nd season) |
| Offensive coordinator | Casey Vogt |
| Defensive coordinator | Mike Kolakowski |
| Home stadium | Moye Complex (Capacity: 10,200) |
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| Team | W | L | W | L | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 8 Chattanooga $^ | 7 | – | 0 | 10 | – | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Samford | 5 | – | 2 | 7 | – | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Western Carolina | 5 | – | 2 | 7 | – | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wofford | 4 | – | 3 | 6 | – | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| The Citadel | 3 | – | 4 | 5 | – | 7 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Furman | 2 | – | 5 | 3 | – | 9 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Mercer | 1 | – | 6 | 6 | – | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| VMI | 1 | – | 6 | 2 | – | 10 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Schedule
| Date | Time | Opponent | Site | TV | Result | Attendance |
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| August 28 | 7:00 PM | Reinhardt* | ESPN3 | W 45–42 | 10,027 | |
| September 6 | 6:00 PM | No. 19 Furman |
| ESPN3 | L 20–25 | 12,227 |
| September 13 | 6:00 PM | at Stetson* | W 49–0 | 3,660 | ||
| September 20 | 6:00 PM | Ave Maria* |
| ESPN3 | W 42–21 | 10,173 |
| September 27 | 1:30 PM | at VMI | W 27–24 | 4,490 | ||
| October 4 | 3:00 PM | at Samford | L 18–21 | 8,713 | ||
| October 11 | 4:00 PM | Austin Peay* |
| ESPN3 | W 49–31 | 8,027 |
| October 18 | 4:00 PM | Western Carolina |
| ESPN3 | L 21–35 | 9,277 |
| October 25 | 12:00 PM | at No. 15 Chattanooga | ASN | L 31–38 | 10,763 | |
| November 1 | 4:00 PM | The Citadel |
| ESPN3 | L 26–28 | 10,271 |
| November 15 | 4:00 PM | Warner* |
| ESPN3 | W 56–0 | 10,000 |
| November 22 | 1:30 PM | at Wofford | L 6–34 | 7,051 | ||
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- Source: Schedule
- The ASN game will air locally on WMUB.
Awards
- 2014 CFPA FCS National Return Specialist of the Year
- Chandler Curtis
Honors
All-SoCon
The Mercer University football team had seven individuals honored by the Southern Conference [3]
- First Team
- Chandler Curtis
- Alex Lakes
- Second Team
- Wilson Heres
- Alex Avant
- Tyler Ward
- All-Freshman
- Chandler Curtis
- Alex Lakes
- Austin Barrett
- Kyle Williams
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References
- "The Sports Network FCS Poll". The Sports Network.
- "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2015-06-09.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
- http://mercerbears.com/sports/fball/2014-15/releases/201411255o90kr%5B%5D
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