VMI Football falls to No. 10 Mercer

34

winner

Mercer
MER

9-1, 6-1

0

VMI
VMI

1-9, 1-5

winner

34

0

Points by quarters

team	1	2	3	4	F
MER Mercer	3	14	10	7	34
VMI VMI	0	0	0	0	0

Match Review: Football | 11/09/2024 5:31:00 p.m

LEXINGTON, Va. – VMI welcomed No. 10 Mercer to Foster Stadium on Saturday and played a competitive first half before ultimately falling to the Bears, 34-0. With the win, Mercer moves to 9-1 and 6-1 in league play and secures the 2024 Southern Conference title.

Important statistics

– Mercer outscored VMI 518-111 and defeated the Keydets twice
– Dorien Starnes (3.0 tackles, 0.5 TFL) reached 100.0 career tackles, Terrell Jackson (4.0 tackles, 0.5 TFL) has 50.0 career stops
– Hunter rice Gains 52 yards on the ground, 23 yards receiving
– Eric Rankin has 6.0 tackles; Jason Cole, Shamus Jones Record 5.0
– Chandler Wilson goes 11 for 25, 35 yards and a pick
– Mercer’s Newbauer has 282 yards, three touchdowns; Parker Wroble had 102 yards, two scores

Rocco’s comments

About the game

“Defensively we played well enough, especially at the start, to stay in the game. We allowed some explosive plays but had some really good series. Offensively, we couldn’t sustain any attacks. They put pressure on us and got in our backfield. “They were really after Chandler (Wilson) today and we never played all afternoon. Their defense is probably the best in our league and offensively they were strong today.”

About the identity of the team

“The biggest thing is that this doesn’t define who we are. It’s so hard to deal with a loss, to walk out of the locker room and try to act like everything’s okay because it’s not. Our record is our record, but our team continues to fight and compete and we have more football ahead of us.”

What’s next?
VMI (1-9, 1-5 SoCon) travels to Western Carolina for its final road game of the year and will face the Catamounts next Saturday at 1 p.m

How it happened
First half

– After both defenses stayed strong early, VMI converted a third-and-17 and moved into Mercer territory, but turned the ball over a few plays later, leading to a Mercer field goal (0-3, 0-0). 23 1).^st).

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– The Bears would take their 47 yards and go 53 yards to take a 10-0 lead (7:54, 2nd).^nd)
– Despite the defense’s best efforts, Mercer marched down the field on its next possession, covering 88 yards on 13 plays and taking a 17-0 lead into halftime

Second half
– The Bears would open the game with a 69-yard bomb from Whitt Newbauer to Parker Wroble (24-0, 11:24 3).^approx) and added three more with 5:49 left in the third period (27-0).
– Mercer added another goal 10 minutes into the fourth period before the clock ran out