Highlights
8 CLIPS · ESPNWin probability
EVERY PLAY · ESPN MODELKICKOFF: SAM 59% · BIGGEST SINGLE-PLAY SWING: 15 PTS
Scoring plays
9 SCORES
JP Pickles 6 Yd Run (Simon Zeidan Kick)
7-0
Jyarius Carter 32 Yd Interception Return (Simon Zeidan Kick)
14-0
JP Pickles 22 Yd Run (Simon Zeidan Kick)
21-0
Preston Bird 12 Yd pass from Gabarri Johnson (Gabarri Johnson Pass to Cannon Pigg for Two-Point Conversion)
21-8
JP Pickles 3 Yd Run (Simon Zeidan Kick)
28-8
Ty Ippolito 53 Yd Field Goal
28-11
Ty Ippolito 30 Yd Field Goal
28-14
Simon Zeidan 29 Yd Field Goal
31-14
Coulter Cleland 10 Yd Run (Ty Ippolito Kick)
31-21
What happened
ESPN RECAPQB Pickles accounts for 194 total yards and 3TDs in Mercer's 31-21 win over Samford
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. -- , Quarterback JP Pickles ran for three touchdowns and Mercer won with relative ease over Samford 31-21 on Saturday. Pickles threw for 108 yards on 16-of-22 passing and ran the ball 17 times for 86 yards for Mercer (6-2, 3-1 Southern), which entered ranked 18th in the Stats Perform FCS Top 25 poll. Devon Caldwell ran for 134 yards on 13 carries for Mercer. In the first quarter, Pickles had scoring runs of 6 and 22 yards sandwiched between Jyarius Carter 's 32-yard pick-6 of Gabarri Johnson for a 21-0 lead. Samford (1-6, 1-3) got on the board when Johnson threw a 12-yard touchdown to Preston Bird with 5:22 left in the first. The two-point conversion reduced the Bulldogs' deficit to 21-8. Ken Cherry ran for 108 yards on 13 carries for Samford. Saturday’s matchup was 33rd meeting all-time between the Bears and Samford in a series that dates all the way back to 1907.
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Team stats
MER · SAMSEIBERT STADIUM, BIRMINGHAM · ATTENDANCE 5,071
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