Furman vs. Mercer

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

1. Furman’s biggest win1921: Furman 37, Mercer 0by 37 points
2. Mercer’s biggest win2024: Mercer 49, Furman 23by 26 points
3. Upset1924: Mercer 23, Furman 0Mercer had a 19% chance, by our ratings before kickoff
4. Upset2026: Furman 20, Mercer 13Furman had a 23% chance, by our ratings before kickoff
5. Upset1925: Mercer 17, Furman 0Mercer had a 32% chance, by our ratings before kickoff

Head-coach pairings with three or more meetings on file, the series read from Furman’s side (Laval 1–⁠2 against Robinson). A season split between coaches goes to the one credited with the game.

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.

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  1935 · Evening star, District of Columbia, Oct 27, 1935

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 is listed as played on the field; a game one side later forfeited is marked “forfeited”; the official series above counts them the NCAA’s way.

• Furman vs. The Citadel81 meetings, Furman 47–⁠32–⁠2
• Furman vs. Wofford76 meetings, Furman 40–⁠31–⁠5
• Furman vs. Clemson58 meetings, Furman 10–⁠44–⁠4
• Furman vs. Davidson48 meetings, Furman 33–⁠15
• Mercer vs. Chattanooga24 meetings, Mercer 12–⁠11–⁠1
• Mercer vs. Samford21 meetings, Mercer 11–⁠9–⁠1
• Mercer vs. Georgia21 meetings, Mercer 0–⁠21
• Mercer vs. The Citadel16 meetings, Mercer 8–⁠7–⁠1