Mercer Bears @ Western Carolina Catamounts

8-1, 7-0 Southern

Final

	1	2	3	4	T
Mercer MER	7	11	21	10	49
W Carolina WCU	7	14	6	20	47

Western Carolina CatamountsW CarolinaWCU

6-4, 5-1 Southern

Atkinson leads Mercer in 49-47 win over Western Carolina, which gets 7 TD passes from Dickens

— Braden Atkinson threw three touchdown passes, CJ Miller ran for three scores, and Mercer defeated Western Carolina 49-47 on Saturday in a shootout to win the Southern Conference title.

Nov 8, 2025, 08:11 pm - AP

Play-By-Play

1st Quarter

Touchdown

11:40 - 1st

MER

WCU

Michael Rossin 27 Yd pass from Taron Dickens (Marcus Trout Kick)

9 plays, 65 yards, 3:20

Touchdown

3:31 - 1st

MER

WCU

CJ Miller 7 Yd Run (Reice Griffith Kick)

5 plays, 68 yards, 2:24

2nd Quarter

Touchdown

14:55 - 2nd

MER

WCU

Patrick Boyd Jr. 21 Yd pass from Taron Dickens (Marcus Trout Kick)

6 plays, 54 yards, 1:36

Safety

13:06 - 2nd

MER

WCU

Team Safety

1 play, -4 yards, 0:08

Touchdown

10:18 - 2nd

MER

WCU

Kendall Harris 6 Yd pass from Braden Atkinson (Two-Point Pass Conversion Failed)

7 plays, 69 yards, 2:42

Touchdown

5:25 - 2nd

MER

WCU

Michael Rossin 25 Yd pass from Taron Dickens (Marcus Trout Kick)

11 plays, 79 yards, 4:48

Field Goal

1:43 - 2nd

MER

WCU

Reice Griffith 24 Yd Field Goal

10 plays, 68 yards, 3:42

3rd Quarter

Touchdown

12:09 - 3rd

MER

WCU

CJ Miller 5 Yd Run (Reice Griffith Kick)

5 plays, 75 yards, 2:51

Touchdown

5:12 - 3rd

MER

WCU

Kendall Harris 24 Yd pass from Braden Atkinson (Reice Griffith Kick)

4 plays, 35 yards, 1:31

Touchdown

2:56 - 3rd

MER

WCU

Malik Knight 32 Yd pass from Taron Dickens (Two-Point Pass Conversion Failed)

6 plays, 43 yards, 2:16

Touchdown

0:24 - 3rd

MER

WCU

CJ Miller 26 Yd Run (Reice Griffith Kick)

6 plays, 75 yards, 2:32

4th Quarter

Touchdown

14:28 - 4th

MER

WCU

Malik Knight 54 Yd pass from Taron Dickens (Marcus Trout Kick)

3 plays, 64 yards, 0:49

Touchdown

13:25 - 4th

MER

WCU

Adjatay Dabbs 81 Yd pass from Braden Atkinson (Reice Griffith Kick)

3 plays, 82 yards, 0:58

Touchdown

6:13 - 4th

MER

WCU

Jai Boyd 10 Yd pass from Taron Dickens (Marcus Trout Kick)

8 plays, 73 yards, 2:43

Touchdown

3:13 - 4th

MER

WCU

James Tyre 42 Yd pass from Taron Dickens (Two-Point Pass Conversion Failed)

3 plays, 82 yards, 1:23

Field Goal

1:30 - 4th

MER

WCU

Reice Griffith 37 Yd Field Goal

6 plays, 47 yards, 1:43

Data is currently unavailable.

--MER

--WCU

According to ESPN Analytics

FCS

Southern Conference	CONF	OVR
Chattanooga	0-0	0-0
East Tennessee State	0-0	0-0
Furman	0-0	0-0
Mercer	0-0	0-0
Samford	0-0	0-0
Tennessee Tech	0-0	0-0
The Citadel	0-0	0-0
VMI	0-0	0-0
Western Carolina	0-0	0-0
Wofford	0-0	0-0

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