No. 18Mercer Bears

3-2

YES!

Mercer Bears beat the Abilene Christian Wildcats

Ranked #18 · 3-2 34 – 17

1-4

Final · Sat, Sep 26

Game Details

Wildcat Stadium (TX) (Abilene) · 10,744 fans · ESPN+

Highlights

JP Pickles helps Mercer edge Abilene Christian 34-17

JP Pickles threw for 77 yards and a touchdown and rushed for 130 yards and a score as Mercer scored 27 unanswered points to beat Abilene Christian 34-17 on Saturday.

Recap via ESPN

0:25 Travion Solomon throws 6-yard touchdown

0:10 Deonte Dean scores 1-yard rushing TD

0:21 Tucker Parks finds the end zone for 13-yard TD

0:07 Brandon Perez kicks 22-yard field goal

Clips play on ESPN

Line Score

	1	2	3	4	T
MER	7	10	10	7	34
ACU	14	3	0	0	17

Win Probability · Mercer Bears

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Game Leaders

Mercer Bears

JP Pickles · 8/11, 77 YDS, 1 TDPassing Yards
Devon Caldwell · 23 CAR, 132 YDSRushing Yards
Brayden Smith · 6 REC, 68 YDS, 1 TDReceiving Yards
Kobe McInnis · 1Sacks
Jeremy Richardson · 10Tackles

Abilene Christian Wildcats

Tucker Parks · 16/28, 195 YDS, 3 INTPassing Yards
Rovaughn Banks Jr. · 11 CAR, 92 YDSRushing Yards
Raydrian Baltrip · 4 REC, 79 YDSReceiving Yards
HP Hudson Page · 1Sacks
Dillon Williams · 9Tackles

2026 Southern Conference Standings

Team
East Tennessee State
Tennessee Tech
Chattanooga
Wofford
Furman
Mercer
Western Carolina
Samford
The Citadel
VMI

2026 United Athletic Conference Standings

Team
Austin Peay
North Alabama
Abilene Christian
West Florida
Tarleton State
West Georgia
Central Arkansas
Eastern Kentucky

Scoring

Q4 1:51

TD JP Pickles 59 Yd Run (Simon Zeidan Kick)34–17

Q3 3:21

FG Simon Zeidan 23 Yd Field Goal 27–17

Q3 9:25

TD Brayden Smith 38 Yd pass from JP Pickles (Simon Zeidan Kick)24–17

Q2 0:49

TD JP Pickles 2 Yd Run (Simon Zeidan Kick)17–17

Q2 4:32

FG Simon Zeidan 44 Yd Field Goal 10–17

Q2 9:52

FG Brandon Perez 22 Yd Field Goal 7–17

Q1 0:53

TD Tucker Parks 13 Yd Run (Brandon Perez Kick)7–14

Q1 6:06

TD Deonte Dean 1 Yd Run (Brandon Perez Kick)7–7

Q1 10:13

TD JP Pickles 6 Yd pass from Travion Solomon (Simon Zeidan Kick)7–0

Team Stats

Mercer BearsAbilene Christian Wildcats

Offense

362 Total Yards 387

83 Passing Yards 195

279 Rushing Yards 192

18 First Downs 24

Efficiency

2-10 3rd Down 7-12

1-1 4th Down 0-0

9/12 Completions 16/28

Turnovers & Clock

0 Turnovers 5

11-89 Penalties 2-19

31:15 Possession 28:45

Box Score

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Passing

Player	C/ATT	YDS	AVG	TD
JP Pickles	8/11	77	7.0	1
Travion Solomon	1/1	6	6.0	1
Team	9/12	83	6.9	2

Rushing

Player	CAR	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG
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
Team	46	279	6.1	2	59

Receiving

Player	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG
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
Team	9	83	9.2	2	38

Fumbles

Player	FUM	LOST	REC
Emmanuel Lane	0	0	1
Aiden Holewski	0	0	1
Team	0	0	2

Defense

Player	TOT	SOLO	SACKS	TFL	PD	QB HUR
Jeremy Richardson	10	8	0	0	1	0
Ronin Dangler	9	5	1	2.5	0	1
Jyarius Carter	6	1	0	0.5	0	0
Mike Polke	5	3	0	0	0	0
Nigel Gay	5	2	0	0	0	1
Sam Martin Jr.	4	4	0	1	0	0
Kobe McInnis	4	3	1	2	0	0
Kehinde Akintunde	3	2	0	1	0	0
Ethan McDowell	3	1	0	1	0	0
Shareef Jackson	2	2	0	0	0	0
Ke'Vion Wellington	2	1	0	0	0	1
Cam Moore	2	1	0	1	0	0
Eric Brantley Jr.	2	0	0	0	0	3
Ean Johnson-Kelley	1	1	0	0	0	0
Javonte Walker	1	1	0	0	0	0
Justin Ferguson	1	1	0	0	0	0
Aiden Holewski	1	1	0	1	0	0
Marquis Williams	1	1	0	0	0	0
Evin McDowell	1	1	0	0	0	0
Cameron Goggins	0	0	0	0	1	0
Team	63	39	2	10	2	6

Interceptions

Player	INT	YDS
Cameron Goggins	2	4
Justin Ferguson	1	0
Team	3	4

Kick Returns

Player	NO	YDS	AVG	LONG	TD
Javious Bond	1	-2	-2.0	0	0
Team	1	-2	-2.0	0	0

Kicking

Player	FG	PCT	LONG	XP	PTS
Simon Zeidan	2/2	100.0	44	4/4	10
Team	2/2	100.0	44	4/4	10

Punting

Player	NO	YDS	AVG	TB	In 20	LONG
Senin Seymour	5	246	49.2	0	1	56
Team	5	246	49.2	0	1	56

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