FINAL SCORE
East Texas A&M Lions at Mercer Bears game details
Saturday, August 29, 2026 at 7:00 PM ET
Five Star Stadium · Attendance 8,378
Put the final score in perspective.
Mercer finished 8 points ahead. The teams combined for 38 points. This is an unadjusted scoring comparison, with no allowance for possessions, opponent strength or overtime.
The reported halftime score was East Texas A&M 0, Mercer 23. Across the 4 regulation quarters with line-score data for both teams, Mercer outscored its opponent in 2 and East Texas A&M in 2. A quarter advantage counts scoring in that quarter only.
How these comparisons are calculated ↗QUARTER BY QUARTER
Line score
 East Texas A&M | 0 | 0 | 7 | 8 | 15 |
 Mercer | 10 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 23 |
THE MATCHUP IN NUMBERS
Team statistics
| 1st Downs | 15 | 16 |
| 3rd down efficiency | 5-17 | 3-15 |
| 4th down efficiency | 1-3 | 1-1 |
| Total Yards | 383 | 352 |
| Passing | 232 | 177 |
| Comp/Att | 15/31 | 15/28 |
| Yards per pass | 7.5 | 6.3 |
| Rushing | 151 | 175 |
| Rushing Attempts | 39 | 36 |
| Yards per rush | 3.9 | 4.9 |
| Penalties | 7-45 | 5-29 |
| Turnovers | 3 | 0 |
| Fumbles lost | 0 | 0 |
| Interceptions thrown | 3 | 0 |
| Possession | 30:14 | 29:46 |
PLAYER BOX SCORE
East Texas A&M Lions
passing
| Eric Rodriguez | 15/31 | 232 | 7.5 | 1 | 3 |
rushing
| EJ Oakmon | 14 | 87 | 6.2 | 0 | 24 |
| Quay Middlebrooks | 14 | 36 | 2.6 | 1 | 15 |
| Eric Rodriguez | 9 | 25 | 2.8 | 0 | 24 |
| Micah Simpson | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 0 | 3 |
| Jordon Hamilton | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
receiving
| Micah Simpson | 9 | 165 | 18.3 | 1 | 48 |
| Sean Sallis | 2 | 31 | 15.5 | 0 | 23 |
| Andrez Lewis | 3 | 30 | 10.0 | 0 | 16 |
| EJ Oakmon | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 0 | 6 |
defensive
| Orion Kupu | 8 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Tramar Gilbert | 7 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Jamari Mosley | 7 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Wesley York Jr. | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Duncan Parham | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0.5 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Elijah Hughes | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| David Spruiells | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Caleb Nuhi-Yandall | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Roman Kupu | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kai Baugh | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Salehe Koonooka-Williams | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Samarion George | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Luke Williams | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Anthony Gray | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Erron Brown | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dakari Harris | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kemani Wilson | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Isaiah Hare | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Zachary Weaver | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Quay Middlebrooks | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
kickReturns
| Micah Simpson | 1 | 19 | 19.0 | 19 | 0 |
kicking
| Ozlo Rigby | 0/0 | 0.0 | 0 | 1/1 | 1 |
punting
| Ben Mehan | 8 | 334 | 41.8 | 1 | 3 | 49 |
PLAYER BOX SCORE
Mercer Bears
passing
| Jaylen King | 15/28 | 177 | 6.3 | 1 | 0 |
rushing
| Zahmari Palode-Gary | 8 | 87 | 10.9 | 0 | 62 |
| Jaylen King | 11 | 34 | 3.1 | 0 | 12 |
| Javious Bond | 4 | 19 | 4.8 | 0 | 10 |
| Micah Bell | 7 | 19 | 2.7 | 0 | 8 |
| Devon Caldwell | 4 | 9 | 2.3 | 0 | 7 |
| Eric Rasheed | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 0 | 8 |
| Team | 1 | -1 | -1.0 | 0 | 0 |
receiving
| Brayden Smith | 9 | 131 | 14.6 | 0 | 47 |
| Travion Solomon | 3 | 23 | 7.7 | 0 | 8 |
| Jackson Kostmayer | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 1 | 12 |
| Eric Rasheed | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 0 | 12 |
| Javious Bond | 1 | -1 | -1.0 | 0 | 0 |
defensive
| Justin Ferguson | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Cam Moore | 6 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kobe McInnis | 5 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Jyarius Carter | 5 | 1 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| CJ Favors | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mike Polke | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Eric Brantley Jr. | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ke'Vion Wellington | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Marquis Williams | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Kehinde Akintunde | 4 | 0 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Cameron Goggins | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Javious Bond | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nigel Gay | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Shareef Jackson | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ean Johnson-Kelley | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Brandon Gunn | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ethan McDowell | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mac Bradley | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Brayden Dudley | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
interceptions
| Cameron Goggins | 1 | 38 | 1 |
| Mike Polke | 1 | 20 | 0 |
| Justin Ferguson | 1 | 15 | 0 |
kickReturns
| Javious Bond | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 |
kicking
| Simon Zeidan | 3/4 | 75.0 | 55 | 2/2 | 11 |
punting
| Senin Seymour | 7 | 268 | 38.3 | 0 | 1 | 44 |
HOW IT HAPPENED
Scoring summary
| 1 | 6:45 | Simon Zeidan 55 Yd Field Goal | 0 – 3 |
| 1 | 3:04 | Jackson Kostmayer 12 Yd pass from Jaylen King (Simon Zeidan Kick) | 0 – 10 |
| 2 | 5:20 | Simon Zeidan 21 Yd Field Goal | 0 – 13 |
| 2 | 0:30 | Simon Zeidan 33 Yd Field Goal | 0 – 16 |
| 2 | 0:15 | Cameron Goggins 38 Yd Interception Return (Simon Zeidan Kick) | 0 – 23 |
| 3 | 6:47 | Micah Simpson 48 Yd pass from Eric Rodriguez (Ozlo Rigby Kick) | 7 – 23 |
| 4 | 11:10 | Quay Middlebrooks 1 Yd Run (Eric Rodriguez Run for Two-Point Conversion) | 15 – 23 |
ESPN · Updated Oct 11, 11:25 PM UTCData methodology