Mercer vs. Oglethorpe
Mercer and Oglethorpe first met in 1919 and have played 11 times; Mercer leads the series 6–5. Over the last 10 meetings it’s Mercer 6–4, and Mercer has won the last 5. Share
- Mercer wins
- 6
- Oglethorpe wins
- 5
- Ties
- 0
- First meeting
- 1919
- Longest streak
- 5 Mercer
- Current streak
- 5 Mercer
- Last 10 meetings
- Mercer 6–4
- Most recent
- 1936
The series at a glance
- Average margin
- 20.5 points; 4 decided by one score (8 or fewer)
- At Mercer
- 3–2 Mercer’s record at home
- At Oglethorpe
- 3–2 Oglethorpe’s record at home
- Neutral sites
- 1–0 Mercer first
- Shutouts
- 5
Every meeting on file, as played. Ranks are the AP poll’s going in.
Games that tell the story
- Mercer’s biggest win1933: Mercer 31, Oglethorpe 0by 31 points
- Oglethorpe’s biggest win1919: Oglethorpe 75, Mercer 0by 75 points
- Upset1925: Mercer 21, Oglethorpe 6Mercer had a 30% 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
1924 · The Birmingham age-herald, Nov 23, 1924
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
| Oct 2, 1936 | Mercer 20, Oglethorpe 6 | Neutral site | ||
| Nov 28, 1935 | Mercer 19, Oglethorpe 0 | at Mercer | ||
| Nov 29, 1934 | Mercer 7, Oglethorpe 6 | at Oglethorpe | ||
| Dec 2, 1933 | Mercer 31, Oglethorpe 0 | at Mercer | ||
| Nov 21, 1925 | Mercer 21, Oglethorpe 6 | at Oglethorpe | ||
| Nov 22, 1924 | Oglethorpe 25, Mercer 0 | at Oglethorpe | ||
| Nov 10, 1923 | Oglethorpe 7, Mercer 6 | at Oglethorpe | ||
| Nov 18, 1922 | Mercer 18, Oglethorpe 16 | at Mercer | ||
| Nov 12, 1921 | Oglethorpe 7, Mercer 6 | at Mercer | ||
| Nov 13, 1920 | Oglethorpe 42, Mercer 0 | at Mercer | ||
| Oct 25, 1919 | Oglethorpe 75, Mercer 0 | at Oglethorpe |
Every game is listed as played on the field.