Chattanooga vs. Mercer
Chattanooga and Mercer have 24 meetings on file, the first in 1909; Mercer leads the series 12–11–1 in the games on file. Over the last 10 meetings it’s Mercer 6–4, and Mercer has won the last 2. Share
- Chattanooga wins
- 11
- Mercer wins
- 12
- Ties
- 1
- Earliest on file
- 1909
- Longest streak
- 3 Chattanooga
- Current streak
- 2 Mercer
- Last 10 meetings
- Mercer 6–4
- Most recent
- 2025
The series at a glance
| ’0 | ’1 | ’2 | ’3 | ’4 | ’5 | ’6 | ’7 | ’8 | ’9 | W–L | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1900s | 0–1 | ||||||||||
| 1910s | 1–0 | ||||||||||
| 1920s | 3–3 | ||||||||||
| 1930s | 2–1–1 | ||||||||||
| 2010s | 3–3 | ||||||||||
| 2020s | 2–4 |
- Average margin
- 12.4 points; 13 decided by one score (8 or fewer)
- At Chattanooga
- 8–4–1 Chattanooga’s record at home
- At Mercer
- 8–3 Mercer’s record at home
- Shutouts
- 6
Every meeting on file, as played. Ranks are the AP poll’s going in.
Games that tell the story
- Chattanooga’s biggest win2016: Chattanooga 52, Mercer 31by 21 points
- Mercer’s biggest win2025: Mercer 63, Chattanooga 17by 46 points
- Upset2015: Mercer 17, Chattanooga 14Mercer had a 24% chance, by our ratings before kickoff
- Upset2020: Mercer 35, Chattanooga 28Mercer had a 26% chance, by our ratings before kickoff
Both programs through the years
Our Elo rating at the end of each season, a measure of how strong a team was, not a forecast; 1500 is an average FBS team.
From the newspapers

1910 · The Birmingham age-herald, Nov 6, 1910

1933 · The times-news. (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, North Carolina, Nov 13, 1933
Public-domain newspapers from the Library of Congress’s Chronicling America, found through the American Stories dataset (Dell and Harvard, CC BY 4.0). The earliest meetings with a story on file; each game’s page has the full text.
Every game
Every game is listed as played on the field.