East Tennessee State vs. Mercer

East Tennessee State and Mercer have 11 meetings on file, the first in 2015; Mercer leads the series 7–⁠4 in the games on file. Over the last 10 meetings it’s Mercer 6–⁠4, and Mercer has won the last 4.

East Tennessee State wins
4
Mercer wins
7
Ties
0
Earliest on file
2015
Longest streak
4 Mercer
Current streak
4 Mercer
Last 10 meetings
Mercer 6–⁠4
Most recent
2025

The series at a glance

Every meeting by decade, colored by the winner
’0’1’2’3’4’5’6’7’8’9W–L
2010s3–⁠2
2020s1–⁠5
Average margin
12 points; 8 decided by one score (8 or fewer)
At East Tennessee State
3–⁠2 East Tennessee State’s record at home
At Mercer
5–⁠1 Mercer’s record at home
Shutouts
1

Every meeting on file, as played. Ranks are the AP poll’s going in.

Games that tell the story

  1. East Tennessee State’s biggest win2019: East Tennessee State 38, Mercer 33by 5 points
  2. Mercer’s biggest win2015: Mercer 52, East Tennessee State 0by 52 points

Both programs through the years

End-of-season Elo ratings of East Tennessee State and Mercer, 2015 on130015001700201520202025

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.

Every game

Nov 21, 2026East Tennessee State at Mercer upcomingat Mercer
Sep 27, 2025Mercer 38, East Tennessee State 34at East Tennessee State
Nov 2, 2024Mercer 37, East Tennessee State 31at Mercer
Oct 7, 2023Mercer 24, East Tennessee State 6at East Tennessee State
Oct 15, 2022Mercer 55, East Tennessee State 33at Mercer
Nov 20, 2021East Tennessee State 38, Mercer 35at East Tennessee State
Apr 10, 2021Mercer 21, East Tennessee State 13at Mercer
Nov 16, 2019East Tennessee State 38, Mercer 33at East Tennessee State
Nov 3, 2018East Tennessee State 21, Mercer 18at Mercer
Sep 23, 2017East Tennessee State 26, Mercer 23at East Tennessee State
Nov 5, 2016Mercer 21, East Tennessee State 13at Mercer
Oct 17, 2015Mercer 52, East Tennessee State 0at Mercer

Every game is listed as played on the field.