Mercer at Auburn
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Score | Status |
| Mercer | 14 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 17 | |
| Auburn | 14 | 21 | 14 | 13 | 62 | Final |
| Scoring Summary | |
| 1st Quarter | |
| 14:45 | Auburn touchdown. Deuce Knight 75 Yd Run (Alex McPherson Kick) |
| 10:52 | Mercer touchdown. CJ Miller 1 Yd Run (Reice Griffith Kick) |
| 2:59 | Mercer touchdown. Adjatay Dabbs 8 Yd pass from Braden Atkinson (Reice Griffith Kick) |
| 0:28 | Auburn RUSH. Deuce Knight 51 Yd Run (Alex McPherson Kick) |
| 2nd Quarter | |
| 8:00 | Auburn touchdown. Deuce Knight 9 Yd Run (Alex McPherson Kick) |
| 4:09 | Mercer field goal. Reice Griffith 41 Yd Field Goal |
| 1:15 | Auburn touchdown. Deuce Knight 20 Yd Run (Alex McPherson Kick) |
| 0:03 | Auburn touchdown. Cam Coleman 10 Yd pass from Deuce Knight (Alex McPherson Kick) |
| 3rd Quarter | |
| 11:46 | Auburn touchdown. Elijah Melendez 41 Yd Interception Return (Alex McPherson Kick) |
| 8:08 | Auburn touchdown. Malcolm Simmons 91 Yd pass from Deuce Knight (Alex McPherson Kick) |
| 4th Quarter | |
| 12:03 | Auburn field goal. Alex McPherson 47 Yd Field Goal |
| 8:24 | Auburn field goal. Alex McPherson 49 Yd Field Goal |
| 5:11 | Auburn touchdown. Jackson Arnold 56 Yd Run (Alex McPherson Kick) |
| Team stats | ||
| First down | Mercer | Auburn |
| Total first downs | 19 | 21 |
| First downs from rushing | ||
| First downs from passing | ||
| First downs from penalties | ||
| Third down | Mercer | Auburn |
| Third downs attempted | 19 | 11 |
| Third downs converted | 8 | 7 |
| Third down percentage | 42 % | 64 % |
| Fourth down | Mercer | Auburn |
| Fourth downs attempted | 0 | 0 |
| Fourth downs converted | 0 | 0 |
| Fourth down percentage | 0 % | 0 % |
| Offense | Mercer | Auburn |
| Total yards | 338 | 547 |
| Total rushing yards | 115 | 277 |
| Total passing yards | 223 | 270 |
| Total offensive plays | ||
| Average yards per play | ||
| Time of possession | 37:20 | 22:40 |
| Rushing | Mercer | Auburn |
| Total rushing plays | 41 | 31 |
| Total rushing yards | 115 | 277 |
| Average yards per rush | 2.8 | 8.9 |
| Rushing touchdowns | 1 | 5 |
| Passing | Mercer | Auburn |
| Passes attempted | 0 | 0 |
| Passes completed | 0 | 0 |
| Average yards per completion | 6.2 | 10.8 |
| Passing touchdowns | 1 | 2 |
| Penalties | Mercer | Auburn |
| Penalties committed | 2 | 4 |
| Penalty yards | 15 | 40 |
| Turnovers | Mercer | Auburn |
| Passes intercepted | 2 | 0 |
| Interception returns | 2 | 0 |
| Interception return yards | ||
| Fumbles | ||
| Fumbles lost | 1 | 0 |
| Rushing | |||||||||
| Mercer | Rushes | Yards | Yards/rush | TD | Long | ||||
| CJ Miller | 14 | 38 | 2.7 | 1 | 11 | ||||
| Tyrell Coard | 4 | 29 | 7.3 | 0 | 21 | ||||
| Micah Bell | 7 | 29 | 4.1 | 0 | 12 | ||||
| Ty Doughty | 7 | 25 | 3.6 | 0 | 7 | ||||
| JP Pickles | 2 | 9 | 4.5 | 0 | 5 | ||||
| Brayden Smith | 2 | 7 | 3.5 | 0 | 9 | ||||
| Carlos Benjamin | 1 | -3 | -3.0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| DJ Smith | 2 | -9 | -4.5 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Braden Atkinson | 1 | -9 | -9.0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Auburn | Rushes | Yards | Yards/rush | TD | Long | ||||
| Deuce Knight | 9 | 162 | 18.0 | 4 | 75 | ||||
| Jackson Arnold | 3 | 53 | 17.7 | 1 | 56 | ||||
| Justin Jones | 6 | 35 | 5.8 | 0 | 20 | ||||
| Jeremiah Cobb | 12 | 32 | 2.7 | 0 | 7 | ||||
| Duke Smith | 1 | -5 | -5.0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Passing | |||||||||
| Mercer | Att | Comp | Comp % | Yards | Yards/pass | TD | Int | Sacks/Yards | QB Rating |
| Braden Atkinson | 33 | 20 | 61 % | 210 | 6.4 | 1 | 2 | ||
| JP Pickles | 2 | 1 | 50 % | 13 | 6.5 | 0 | 0 | ||
| DJ Smith | 1 | 0 | 0 % | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Auburn | Att | Comp | Comp % | Yards | Yards/pass | TD | Int | Sacks/Yards | QB Rating |
| Deuce Knight | 20 | 15 | 75 % | 239 | 12.0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Jackson Arnold | 5 | 3 | 60 % | 31 | 6.2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Receiving | |||||||||
| Mercer | Catches | Yards | Yards/catch | TD | Long | ||||
| Brayden Smith | 5 | 76 | 15.2 | 0 | 36 | ||||
| Adjatay Dabbs | 6 | 74 | 12.3 | 1 | 25 | ||||
| CJ Miller | 2 | 30 | 15.0 | 0 | 16 | ||||
| Adonis McDaniel | 3 | 17 | 5.7 | 0 | 8 | ||||
| Tyrell Coard | 1 | 13 | 13.0 | 0 | 13 | ||||
| Ty Doughty | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 0 | 7 | ||||
| Kendall Harris | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 0 | 5 | ||||
| Micah Bell | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 0 | 1 | ||||
| Sawyer Burt | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Auburn | Catches | Yards | Yards/catch | TD | Long | ||||
| Malcolm Simmons | 5 | 149 | 29.8 | 1 | 91 | ||||
| Cam Coleman | 5 | 65 | 13.0 | 1 | 19 | ||||
| Eric Singleton Jr. | 4 | 27 | 6.8 | 0 | 9 | ||||
| Perry Thompson | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 0 | 11 | ||||
| Jeremiah Cobb | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 0 | 10 | ||||
| Preston Howard | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 0 | 5 | ||||
| Justin Jones | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 0 | 3 | ||||
| Fumbles | |||||||||
| Mercer | Lost | Recovered | Total | ||||||
| DJ Smith | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||||||
| Auburn | Lost | Recovered | Total | ||||||
| Eric Winters | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||||||
| Jay Hardy | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||||||
| Interceptions | |||||||||
| Mercer | Total | Yards | Int TDs | ||||||
| None | |||||||||
| Auburn | Total | Yards | Int TDs | ||||||
| Elijah Melendez | 1 | 41 | 1 | ||||||
| Kaleb Harris | 1 | 16 | 0 | ||||||
| Defense | |||||||||
| Mercer | Tackles | Unassist. tkl | TFL | Pass def. | QB hits | Int TD | K blocked | K ret. TD | |
| Drew Clare | 7 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Tommy Bliss | 7 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Isaac Prince | 5 | 4 | 2.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Juwan Johnson | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Julian Fox | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Dan Hicks | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Carmelo O'neal | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| KJ Thomas | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Donovan Watkins | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Andrew Zock | 2 | 1 | 1.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Kaleb Hutchinson | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Justin Gilbert | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Braden Atkinson | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Camauri Simmons | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Mac Bradley | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Kobe McInnis | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Auburn | Tackles | Unassist. tkl | TFL | Pass def. | QB hits | Int TD | K blocked | K ret. TD | |
| Robert Woodyard Jr. | 8 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Kayin Lee | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| J.J. Faulk | 4 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Eric Winters | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Kaleb Harris | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Chris Murray | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Jahquez Robinson | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Bobby Jamison-Travis | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Malik Autry | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Elijah Melendez | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |||
| Xavier Atkins | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||
| Amaris Williams | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| AnQuon Fegans | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Bryce Deas | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Sylvester Smith | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Zykeivous Walker | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||
| Dallas Walker IV | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Caleb Wheatland | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Keyron Crawford | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||
| Malik Blocton | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Jared Smith | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Coleman Granberry | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Jourdin Crawford | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Darrion Smith | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Jay Crawford | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Kick returns | |||||||||
| Mercer | Total | Yards | Avg | Long | TD | Kick ret. TD | |||
| None | |||||||||
| Auburn | Total | Yards | Avg | Long | TD | Kick ret. TD | |||
| Rayshawn Pleasant | 1 | 13 | 13.0 | 13 | 0 | ||||
| Eric Winters | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Punt returns | |||||||||
| Mercer | Total | Yards | Avg | Long | TD | ||||
| None | |||||||||
| Auburn | Total | Yards | Avg | Long | TD | ||||
| Malcolm Simmons | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 | ||||
| Kicking | |||||||||
| Mercer | FG | Long | Extra Pt | Points | |||||
| Reice Griffith | 1/1 | 41 | 2/2 | 5 | |||||
| Auburn | FG | Long | Extra Pt | Points | |||||
| Alex McPherson | 2/2 | 49 | 8/8 | 14 | |||||
| Punting | |||||||||
| Mercer | Total | Yards | Avg | Touchbacks | Inside 20 | Long | |||
| John McConnell | 5 | 202 | 40.4 | 1 | |||||
| Auburn | Total | Yards | Avg | Touchbacks | Inside 20 | Long | |||
| Hudson Kaak | 2 | 79 | 39.5 | 0 | |||||
Last updated on Tuesday, November 25, 2025 4:31 AM.