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The 2024 Mercer Bears football team represented Mercer University as a member of the Southern Conference (SoCon) during the 2024 NCAA Division I FCS football season. The Bears were coached by first-year head coach Mike Jacobs and played at Five Star Stadium in Macon, Georgia .
Mercer fielded their first football team in 1892 and competed intermittently until 1941. The program was revived in 2013, and Mercer spent their first season competing in the Pioneer Football League before transitioning to the SoCon in 2014. Starting in 2024, the Bears are led by head coach Mike Jacobs.
Famous University of Georgia football coach Wally Butts, who led UGA to four Southeastern Conference titles and two National Championships, played end for Mercer from 1925 to 1928. Les Olsson , known around Mercer as "Swede," was the only Mercer player from the pre-World War II era to go pro, playing for the Washington Redskins from 1934 to 1938.
James also broke a record, finishing with 1,105 receiving yards, the most in Mercer history. Mercer linebacker Lance Wise Jr. participates in a defensive drill during a team practice Aug. 15.
LA Times staff photographers year in photos for 2024, from wildfires, landslides, to a Dodgers world series victory.
The playoff appearance comes in Cronic’s fourth season as head coach at Mercer, a program that was resurrected in 2013 after being dormant for 72 years. Even in the program’s first stint from ...
Mercer finished the 2013 season undefeated at home with a 10–2 win–loss record (the two road losses were to the University of San Diego and Marist College), setting an NCAA Division I record for wins (10) by a start-up football program; Mercer had eight home wins..However, four of Mercer wins were from competing against teams in lower ...
10 of the best sports photos of 2024: Iconic images from the Olympics, Super Bowl and more. ... The German side finished with a 28-0-6 record to become the first team to win the league title ...