South Dakota Coyotes

FCS Championship · Second Round

YES!

South Dakota Coyotes beat the Mercer Bears

10-4 47 – 0

9-3

Final · Sat, Dec 6

Game Details

Five Star Stadium (Macon) · 3,042 fans · ESPN+

Highlights

Phillips rushes for 2 TDs, South Dakota picks off Mercer 4 times in 47-0 FCS playoff victory

L.J. Phillips Jr. rushed for a pair of touchdowns, Mikey Munn made two of South Dakota's four interceptions and the 11th-seeded Coyotes blanked sixth-seeded Mercer 47-0 in the second round of the FCS playoffs on Saturday.

Recap via ESPN

0:16 Reid Watkins pushes in for Mercer’s first TD

0:24 Picked! Gabriel Hardman hauls in the interception

0:25 L.J. Phillips Jr. finds the hole for a South Dakota TD

0:24 L.J. Phillips Jr. finds the end zone for South Dakota

Clips play on ESPN

Line Score

	1	2	3	4	T
SDAK	14	10	16	7	47
MER	0	0	0	0	0

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Game Leaders

South Dakota Coyotes

Aidan Bouman · 13/18, 241 YDS, 2 TDPassing Yards
L.J. Phillips Jr. · 16 CAR, 160 YDS, 2 TDRushing Yards
Tysen Boze · 2 REC, 108 YDS, 1 TDReceiving Yards
Roman Tillmon · 6Tackles

Mercer Bears

Braden Atkinson · 18/39, 148 YDS, 4 INTPassing Yards
CJ Miller · 18 CAR, 105 YDSRushing Yards
Brayden Smith · 3 REC, 42 YDSReceiving Yards
Julian Fox · 14Tackles

2026 Missouri Valley Football Conference Standings

Team
North Dakota
South Dakota State
Northern Iowa
Youngstown State
South Dakota
Southern Illinois
Illinois State
Indiana State
Murray State

2026 Southern Conference Standings

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

Scoring

Q4 9:27

TD Tennel Bryant 26 Yd Run (Will Leyland Kick)47–0

Q3 1:34

SF Team Safety 40–0

Q3 10:41

TD Tysen Boze 63 Yd pass from Aidan Bouman (Will Leyland Kick)38–0

Q3 14:03

TD Larenzo Fenner 66 Yd pass from Aidan Bouman (Will Leyland Kick)31–0

Q2 3:07

FG Will Leyland 40 Yd Field Goal 24–0

Q2 8:18

TD L.J. Phillips Jr. 15 Yd Run (Will Leyland Kick)21–0

Q1 3:58

TD L.J. Phillips Jr. 16 Yd Run (Will Leyland Kick)14–0

Q1 9:13

TD Reid Watkins 8 Yd Run (Will Leyland Kick)7–0

Team Stats

South Dakota CoyotesMercer Bears

Offense

550 Total Yards 277

241 Passing Yards 148

309 Rushing Yards 129

20 First Downs 20

Efficiency

4-10 3rd Down 5-12

1-1 4th Down 0-2

13/18 Completions 18/39

Turnovers & Clock

0 Turnovers 4

4-40 Penalties 7-60

31:28 Possession 28:32

Box Score

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Passing

Player	C/ATT	YDS	AVG	TD	INT
Aidan Bouman	13/18	241	13.4	2	0
Team	13/18	241	13.4	2	0

Rushing

Player	CAR	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG
L.J. Phillips Jr.	16	160	10.0	2	41
Carson Fletcher	13	107	8.2	0	57
Tennel Bryant	1	26	26.0	1	26
Reid Watkins	7	18	2.6	1	8
Team	2	-2	-1.0	0	0
Team	39	309	7.9	4	57

Receiving

Player	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG
Tysen Boze	2	108	54.0	1	63
Larenzo Fenner	4	100	25.0	1	66
Jack Martens	3	29	9.7	0	17
Jesse Miller	1	8	8.0	0	8
Caden Frey	1	0	0.0	0	0
Carson Fletcher	1	0	0.0	0	0
L.J. Phillips Jr.	1	-4	-4.0	0	0
Team	13	241	18.5	2	66

Defense

Player	TOT	SOLO	TFL	PD
Roman Tillmon	6	3	0	1
Gabriel Hardman	5	3	0	0
Nate Ewell	5	2	0	0
Wade Abrams	4	3	0	0
Chris Dixon	4	2	0	0
DJ Kennard	4	1	0	0
DeJuan Lewis	3	3	0	0
RJ Stewart	3	3	2	1
Caden Crawford	3	2	0	1
Lincoln Adams	3	2	1	2
Nyle Dickel	3	1	0	0
Beau Ryan	2	2	0	0
Ashton Paine	2	1	0	0
Matt Walsh	2	0	0	0
Austin Rosetta	2	0	0	0
Carter Hooper	1	1	1	0
Ty Morris	1	1	0	0
Mosai Newsom	1	0	0	0
Nathan Laperi	1	0	0	0
Mikey Munn	1	0	0	1
Dylan Hudgens	1	0	0	0
Cain Wallner	1	0	0	0
Team	58	30	4	6

Kick Returns

Player	NO	YDS	AVG	LONG
Jack Martens	1	24	24.0	24
Brayden White	1	23	23.0	23
Team	2	47	23.5	24

Punt Returns

Player	NO	YDS	AVG	LONG	TD
Jack Martens	1	8	8.0	8	0
Team	1	8	8.0	8	0

Kicking

Player	FG	PCT	LONG	XP	PTS
Will Leyland	1/1	100.0	40	6/6	9
Team	1/1	100.0	40	6/6	9

Punting

Player	NO	YDS	AVG	In 20	LONG
Tyler Ebel	2	77	38.5	2	39
Aidan Bouman	1	37	37.0	1	37
Team	3	114	38.0	3	39

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Passing

Player	C/ATT	YDS	AVG	TD	INT
Braden Atkinson	18/39	148	3.8	0	4
Team	18/39	148	3.8	0	4

Rushing

Player	CAR	YDS	AVG	LONG
CJ Miller	18	105	5.8	18
Ty Doughty	7	20	2.9	8
Braden Atkinson	2	4	2.0	5
Tyrell Coard	1	0	0.0	0
Team	28	129	4.6	18

Receiving

Player	REC	YDS	AVG	LONG
Brayden Smith	3	42	14.0	18
Travion Solomon	3	35	11.7	16
Adonis McDaniel	4	32	8.0	16
Trenton Jones	2	25	12.5	13
Kendall Harris	1	6	6.0	6
Tyrell Coard	2	5	2.5	3
Ty Doughty	1	2	2.0	2
Malik Simmons	1	1	1.0	1
CJ Miller	1	0	0.0	0
Team	18	148	8.2	18

Fumbles

Player	FUM	LOST	REC
Braden Atkinson	1	0	0
Team	1	0	0

Defense

Player	TOT	SOLO	TFL	PD	QB HUR
Julian Fox	14	8	2.5	0	0
Drew Clare	10	6	1	0	0
Kaleb Hutchinson	7	2	0.5	0	0
Andrew Zock	6	2	0	0	1
Donovan Watkins	5	3	0	2	0
Tommy Bliss	4	1	0.5	0	0
Jordan Swain	3	0	0	0	0
Isaac Prince	3	0	0.5	0	1
Kobe McInnis	3	0	0.5	0	1
KJ Thomas	2	2	0	0	0
Sawyer Burt	2	1	0	0	0
Carmelo O'Neal	2	1	0	0	0
Marius Landsfeld	2	0	0	0	0
Myles Dixon	2	0	0.5	0	0
Brayden Smith	1	1	0	0	0
Kendall Harris	1	1	0	0	0
Antonio Butts Jr.	1	1	0	0	0
Xavier Jennings	1	0	0	0	0
Team	69	29	6	2	3

Kick Returns

Player	NO	YDS	AVG	LONG	TD
Brayden Smith	4	75	18.8	29	0
Team	4	75	18.8	29	0

Punting

Player	NO	YDS	AVG	TB	In 20	LONG
John McConnell	5	225	45.0	1	2	53
Team	5	225	45.0	1	2	53

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