FINAL SCORE
Mercer Bears at Abilene Christian Wildcats game details
Saturday, September 26, 2026 at 8:00 PM ET
Wildcat Stadium (TX) · Attendance 10,744
Put the final score in perspective.
Mercer finished 17 points ahead. The teams combined for 51 points. This is an unadjusted scoring comparison, with no allowance for possessions, opponent strength or overtime.
The reported halftime score was Mercer 17, Abilene Christian 17. Across the 4 regulation quarters with line-score data for both teams, Abilene Christian outscored its opponent in 1 and Mercer in 3. A quarter advantage counts scoring in that quarter only.
How these comparisons are calculated ↗QUARTER BY QUARTER
Line score
 Mercer | 7 | 10 | 10 | 7 | 34 |
 Abilene Christian | 14 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 17 |
THE MATCHUP IN NUMBERS
Team statistics
| 1st Downs | 18 | 24 |
| 3rd down efficiency | 2-10 | 7-12 |
| 4th down efficiency | 1-1 | 0-0 |
| Total Yards | 362 | 387 |
| Passing | 83 | 195 |
| Comp/Att | 9/12 | 16/28 |
| Yards per pass | 6.9 | 7.0 |
| Rushing | 279 | 192 |
| Rushing Attempts | 46 | 38 |
| Yards per rush | 6.1 | 5.1 |
| Penalties | 11-89 | 2-19 |
| Turnovers | 0 | 5 |
| Fumbles lost | 0 | 2 |
| Interceptions thrown | 0 | 3 |
| Possession | 31:15 | 28:45 |
PLAYER BOX SCORE
Mercer Bears
passing
| JP Pickles | 8/11 | 77 | 7.0 | 1 | 0 |
| Travion Solomon | 1/1 | 6 | 6.0 | 1 | 0 |
rushing
| Devon Caldwell | 23 | 132 | 5.7 | 0 | 25 |
| JP Pickles | 18 | 130 | 7.2 | 2 | 59 |
| Micah Bell | 4 | 13 | 3.3 | 0 | 6 |
| Travion Solomon | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 0 | 4 |
receiving
| Brayden Smith | 6 | 68 | 11.3 | 1 | 38 |
| Eric Rasheed | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 0 | 8 |
| JP Pickles | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 1 | 6 |
| Devon Caldwell | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 0 | 1 |
fumbles
defensive
| Jeremy Richardson | 10 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Ronin Dangler | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2.5 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| Jyarius Carter | 8 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kobe McInnis | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Mike Polke | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nigel Gay | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Sam Martin Jr. | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ethan McDowell | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kehinde Akintunde | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0.5 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Shareef Jackson | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Cam Moore | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Eric Brantley Jr. | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Ke'Vion Wellington | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Ean Johnson-Kelley | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Cameron Goggins | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Justin Ferguson | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Aiden Holewski | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Marquis Williams | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Evin McDowell | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
interceptions
kickReturns
| Javious Bond | 1 | -2 | -2.0 | 0 | 0 |
kicking
| Simon Zeidan | 2/2 | 100.0 | 44 | 4/4 | 10 |
punting
| Senin Seymour | 5 | 246 | 49.2 | 0 | 1 | 56 |
PLAYER BOX SCORE
Abilene Christian Wildcats
passing
| Tucker Parks | 16/28 | 195 | 7.0 | 0 | 3 |
rushing
| Rovaughn Banks Jr. | 11 | 93 | 8.5 | 0 | 46 |
| Tucker Parks | 16 | 84 | 5.3 | 1 | 18 |
| Alex Broome | 5 | 16 | 3.2 | 0 | 19 |
| Trae Hill | 3 | 10 | 3.3 | 0 | 7 |
| Deonte Dean | 2 | 4 | 2.0 | 1 | 3 |
| JC French-Love | 1 | -15 | -15.0 | 0 | 0 |
receiving
| Raydrian Baltrip | 4 | 79 | 19.8 | 0 | 36 |
| Dallas Dudley | 3 | 47 | 15.7 | 0 | 26 |
| Luke Moffitt | 1 | 25 | 25.0 | 0 | 25 |
| JC French-Love | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 0 | 10 |
| Deonte Dean | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 0 | 9 |
| Blake Suber | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 0 | 9 |
| Larry Benton III | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 0 | 7 |
| Alex Broome | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 0 | 6 |
| Keonde Henry | 2 | 4 | 2.0 | 0 | 5 |
| Rovaughn Banks Jr. | 1 | -1 | -1.0 | 0 | 0 |
fumbles
defensive
| Dillon Williams | 9 | 3 | 0 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Darius Moore | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Hudson Page | 7 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Boone Morris | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Javeon Wilcox | 6 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Christian Oku | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| MJ Harrell | 6 | 3 | 0 | 1.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Santana Miller | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kortlin Rausaw | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Alex Bowman Jr. | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Julius Laine | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Deante Lindsay | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jeremiah Bio | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Evenson Malaska | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Plae Wyatt | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Obi Udom | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Trace Low | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Trae Hill | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jacoby Davis | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Cayven Hull | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
kickReturns
| West Wilson | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 |
puntReturns
| Raydrian Baltrip | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 |
| Carson Finney | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dillon Williams | 1 | -1 | -1.0 | 0 | 0 |
kicking
| Brandon Perez | 1/2 | 50.0 | 22 | 2/2 | 5 |
punting
| Jace Gilbert | 1 | 38 | 38.0 | 0 | 0 | 38 |
HOW IT HAPPENED
Scoring summary
| 1 | 10:13 | JP Pickles 6 Yd pass from Travion Solomon (Simon Zeidan Kick) | 7 – 0 |
| 1 | 6:06 | Deonte Dean 1 Yd Run (Brandon Perez Kick) | 7 – 7 |
| 1 | 0:53 | Tucker Parks 13 Yd Run (Brandon Perez Kick) | 7 – 14 |
| 2 | 9:52 | Brandon Perez 22 Yd Field Goal | 7 – 17 |
| 2 | 4:32 | Simon Zeidan 44 Yd Field Goal | 10 – 17 |
| 2 | 0:49 | JP Pickles 2 Yd Run (Simon Zeidan Kick) | 17 – 17 |
| 3 | 9:25 | Brayden Smith 38 Yd pass from JP Pickles (Simon Zeidan Kick) | 24 – 17 |
| 3 | 3:21 | Simon Zeidan 23 Yd Field Goal | 27 – 17 |
| 4 | 1:51 | JP Pickles 59 Yd Run (Simon Zeidan Kick) | 34 – 17 |
ESPN · Updated Oct 11, 11:25 PM UTCData methodology