2020 Southern Conference football standings
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Team	W		L	W		L
No. 11 VMI $^	6	–	1	6	–	2
No. 22 East Tennessee State	4	–	1	4	–	1
Chattanooga†	3	–	1	3	–	2
Mercer	5	–	3	5	–	6
Samford	4	–	3	4	–	3
Furman	3	–	4	3	–	4
Wofford†	1	–	4	1	–	4
The Citadel	2	–	6	2	–	10
Western Carolina	1	–	5	1	–	8

$ – Conference champion ^ – FCS playoff participant † – Chattanooga and Wofford opted out of the remainder of the spring season on March 29 and April 5, 2021, respectively. Rankings from STATS Poll

The 2020 Mercer Bears football team represented Mercer University as a member the Southern Conference (SoCon) during the 2020–21 NCAA Division I FCS football season. They were led by first-year head coach Drew Cronic and played their home games at the Five Star Stadium in Macon, Georgia. Mercer finished the season 5–6 overall and 5–3 in SoCon play to place fourth.

Schedule

Mercer had a game scheduled against Vanderbilt, which was canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.^[1]

Date	Time	Opponent	Rank	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
October 10	3:00 p.m.	at Jacksonville State*		JSU Stadium Jacksonville, AL	ESPN3	L 28–34	5,870
October 24	12:00 p.m.	at Army*		Michie Stadium West Point, NY	CBSSN	L 3–49	5,181
October 31	3:00 p.m.	Abilene Christian*		Five Star Stadium Macon, GA	ESPN3	L 17–20	2,372
February 20	1:00 p.m.	at No. 16 Wofford		Gibbs Stadium Spartanburg, SC	ESPN+	L 14–31	1,078
February 27	3:30 p.m.	The Citadel		Five Star Stadium Macon, GA	ESPN+	W 42–28	3,372
March 13	1:30 p.m.	at VMI		Alumni Memorial Field Lexington, VA	ESPN+	L 14–41	1,000
March 20	3:30 p.m.	Western Carolina		Five Star Stadium Macon, GA	ESPN+	W 45–28	3,527
March 27	12:00 p.m.	at No. 9 Chattanooga		Finley Stadium Chattanooga, TN	ESPN+	W 35–28	3,144
April 3	3:30 p.m.	No. 21 Furman		Five Star Stadium Macon, GA	ESPN+	W 26–14	3,627
April 10	6:00 p.m.	No. 20 East Tennessee State		Five Star Stadium Macon, GA		W 21–13	3,273
April 17	1:00 p.m.	at Samford	No. 23	Seibert Stadium Homewood, AL	ESPN+	L 20–44	1,176
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from STATS Poll released prior to the game All times are in Eastern time

Game summaries

	1	2	3	4	Total
Bears	14	0	7	7	28
Gamecocks	3	24	0	7	34

	1	2	3	4	Total
Bears	3	0	0	0	3
Black Knights	7	14	21	7	49

	1	2	3	4	Total
Wildcats	7	0	3	10	20
Bears	0	10	7	0	17

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