Mercer at Samford
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Score | Status |
| Mercer | 0 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 20 | |
| Samford | 10 | 21 | 0 | 13 | 44 | Final |
| Scoring Summary | |
| 1st Quarter | |
| 4:02 | Samford field goal. Mitchell Fineran 44 Yd Field Goal |
| 1:02 | Samford touchdown. DeMarcus Ware 30 Yd Run (Mitchell Fineran Kick) |
| 2nd Quarter | |
| 11:03 | Samford touchdown. Jay Stanton 4 Yd Run (Mitchell Fineran Kick) |
| 3:59 | Samford touchdown. Montrell Washington 43 Yd pass from Liam Welch (Mitchell Fineran Kick) |
| 1:29 | Samford touchdown. Jay Stanton 7 Yd Run (Mitchell Fineran Kick) |
| 0:00 | Mercer touchdown. Deondre Johnson 1 Yd Run (Caleb Dowden Kick) |
| 3rd Quarter | |
| 10:05 | Mercer touchdown. Julian Beris 2 Yd Run (Caleb Dowden Kick) |
| 4th Quarter | |
| 12:05 | Samford field goal. Mitchell Fineran 20 Yd Field Goal |
| 9:42 | Mercer touchdown. Deondre Johnson 4 Yd Run (Caleb Dowden PAT blocked) |
| 7:26 | Samford field goal. Mitchell Fineran 47 Yd Field Goal |
| 1:19 | Samford touchdown. Jay Stanton 33 Yd Run (Mitchell Fineran Kick) |
| Team stats | ||
| First down | Mercer | Samford |
| Total first downs | 26 | 29 |
| First downs from rushing | ||
| First downs from passing | ||
| First downs from penalties | ||
| Third down | Mercer | Samford |
| Third downs attempted | 14 | 17 |
| Third downs converted | 3 | 8 |
| Third down percentage | 21 % | 47 % |
| Fourth down | Mercer | Samford |
| Fourth downs attempted | 3 | 1 |
| Fourth downs converted | 0 | 1 |
| Fourth down percentage | 0 % | 100 % |
| Offense | Mercer | Samford |
| Total yards | 502 | 596 |
| Total rushing yards | 246 | 0 |
| Total passing yards | 256 | 443 |
| Total offensive plays | ||
| Average yards per play | ||
| Time of possession | 34:07 | 25:53 |
| Rushing | Mercer | Samford |
| Total rushing plays | 59 | 153 |
| Total rushing yards | 246 | 0 |
| Average yards per rush | 4.2 | 5.3 |
| Rushing touchdowns | 3 | 4 |
| Passing | Mercer | Samford |
| Passes attempted | 26 | 49 |
| Passes completed | 13 | 39 |
| Average yards per completion | 9.8 | 9.0 |
| Passing touchdowns | 0 | 1 |
| Penalties | Mercer | Samford |
| Penalties committed | 3 | 4 |
| Penalty yards | 30 | 28 |
| Turnovers | Mercer | Samford |
| Passes intercepted | ||
| Interception returns | 0 | 0 |
| Interception return yards | ||
| Fumbles | ||
| Fumbles lost | 1 | 1 |
| Rushing | |||||||||
| Mercer | Rushes | Yards | Yards/rush | TD | Long | ||||
| Deondre Johnson | 22 | 158 | 7.2 | 2 | 24 | ||||
| Nakendrick Clark | 12 | 54 | 4.5 | 0 | 10 | ||||
| Carter Peevy | 8 | 24 | 3.0 | 0 | 30 | ||||
| Brandon Marshall | 4 | 20 | 5.0 | 0 | 7 | ||||
| Julian Beris | 4 | 15 | 3.8 | 1 | 6 | ||||
| Max Burke | 2 | 3 | 1.5 | 0 | 2 | ||||
| Fred Davis | 3 | -4 | -1.3 | 0 | 5 | ||||
| Harrison Frost | 4 | -24 | -6.0 | 0 | 6 | ||||
| Samford | Rushes | Yards | Yards/rush | TD | Long | ||||
| Jay Stanton | 10 | 96 | 9.6 | 3 | 48 | ||||
| DeMarcus Ware | 7 | 55 | 7.9 | 1 | 30 | ||||
| Liam Welch | 11 | 2 | 0.2 | 0 | 11 | ||||
| Chris Oladokun | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Passing | |||||||||
| Mercer | Att | Comp | Comp % | Yards | Yards/pass | TD | Int | Sacks/Yards | QB Rating |
| Carter Peevy | 13 | 6 | 46 % | 162 | 12.5 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Harrison Frost | 12 | 7 | 58 % | 94 | 7.8 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Ethan Dirrim | 1 | 0 | 0 % | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Samford | Att | Comp | Comp % | Yards | Yards/pass | TD | Int | Sacks/Yards | QB Rating |
| Liam Welch | 49 | 39 | 80 % | 443 | 9.0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Receiving | |||||||||
| Mercer | Catches | Yards | Yards/catch | TD | Long | ||||
| Isaia Harris | 2 | 71 | 35.5 | 0 | 64 | ||||
| Ty James | 3 | 66 | 22.0 | 0 | 38 | ||||
| Brandon Marshall | 3 | 52 | 17.3 | 0 | 29 | ||||
| Ethan Dirrim | 2 | 48 | 24.0 | 0 | 36 | ||||
| Deondre Johnson | 2 | 17 | 8.5 | 0 | 16 | ||||
| Bryce Lawrence | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 0 | 2 | ||||
| Samford | Catches | Yards | Yards/catch | TD | Long | ||||
| Montrell Washington | 6 | 147 | 24.5 | 1 | 56 | ||||
| Ty King | 7 | 73 | 10.4 | 0 | 26 | ||||
| Kendall Watson | 6 | 59 | 9.8 | 0 | 21 | ||||
| Michael Vice | 5 | 55 | 11.0 | 0 | 15 | ||||
| A.J. Toney | 5 | 50 | 10.0 | 0 | 18 | ||||
| Jay Stanton | 5 | 27 | 5.4 | 0 | 15 | ||||
| Jai'Rus Creamer | 3 | 25 | 8.3 | 0 | 12 | ||||
| Torrence Pollard | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 0 | 8 | ||||
| DeMarcus Ware | 1 | -1 | -1.0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Fumbles | |||||||||
| Mercer | Lost | Recovered | Total | ||||||
| Chris Hill | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||||||
| Carter Peevy | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||||||
| Harrison Frost | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||||||
| Yahsyn McKee | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||||||
| Samford | Lost | Recovered | Total | ||||||
| Jeremy Garth | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||||||
| Liam Welch | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||||||
| Interceptions | |||||||||
| Mercer | Total | Yards | Int TDs | ||||||
| None | |||||||||
| Samford | Total | Yards | Int TDs | ||||||
| None | |||||||||
| Defense | |||||||||
| Mercer | Tackles | Unassist. tkl | TFL | Pass def. | QB hits | Int TD | K blocked | K ret. TD | |
| None | |||||||||
| Samford | Tackles | Unassist. tkl | TFL | Pass def. | QB hits | Int TD | K blocked | K ret. TD | |
| None | |||||||||
| Kick returns | |||||||||
| Mercer | Total | Yards | Avg | Long | TD | Kick ret. TD | |||
| Yahsyn McKee | 4 | 89 | 22.3 | 26 | 0 | ||||
| Samford | Total | Yards | Avg | Long | TD | Kick ret. TD | |||
| Montrell Washington | 1 | 22 | 22.0 | 22 | 0 | ||||
| Dakota Chapman | 1 | 15 | 15.0 | 15 | 0 | ||||
| Punt returns | |||||||||
| Mercer | Total | Yards | Avg | Long | TD | ||||
| Yahsyn McKee | 1 | -19 | -19.0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Samford | Total | Yards | Avg | Long | TD | ||||
| Montrell Washington | 4 | 20 | 5.0 | 13 | 0 | ||||
| Kicking | |||||||||
| Mercer | FG | Long | Extra Pt | Points | |||||
| Caleb Dowden | 0/1 | 0 | 2/3 | 2 | |||||
| Samford | FG | Long | Extra Pt | Points | |||||
| Mitchell Fineran | 3/4 | 47 | 5/5 | 14 | |||||
| Punting | |||||||||
| Mercer | Total | Yards | Avg | Touchbacks | Inside 20 | Long | |||
| Caleb Dowden | 6 | 227 | 37.8 | 0 | 2 | 48 | |||
| Samford | Total | Yards | Avg | Touchbacks | Inside 20 | Long | |||
| Bradley Porcellato | 4 | 139 | 34.8 | 0 | 1 | 48 | |||
Last updated on Saturday, April 24, 2021 1:43 PM.