2016 Mercer Bears football team

2016 Mercer Bears football
Conference	Southern Conference
Record	6–5 (4–4 SoCon)
Head coach	Bobby Lamb (4th season)
Offensive coordinator	Casey Vogt (4th season)
Defensive coordinator	Mike Kolakowski (4th season)
Home stadium	Moye Complex

2016 Southern Conference football standings

	Conf.							Overall
Team		W		L					W		L
No. 10 The Citadel $^		8	–	0					10	–	2
No. 9 Wofford ^		6	–	2					10	–	4
No. 13 Chattanooga ^		6	–	2					9	–	4
No. 23 Samford ^		5	–	3					7	–	5
Mercer		4	–	4					6	–	5
Furman		3	–	5					3	–	8
East Tennessee State		2	–	6					5	–	6
Western Carolina		1	–	7					2	–	9
VMI		1	–	7					3	–	8
$ – Conference champion ^ – FCS playoff participant Rankings from STATS Poll

The 2016 Mercer Bears football team represented Mercer University as a member the Southern Conference (SoCon) during the 2016 NCAA Division I FCS football season. They were led by fourth-year head coach Bobby Lamb and played their home games at the Moye Complex in Macon, Georgia. Mercer finished the season 6–5 overall and 4–4 in SoCon play to place fifth.

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 1	7:00 pm	No. 15 The Citadel	Five Star Stadium Macon, GA	FSN	L 23–24	12,542
September 10	3:00 pm	at Georgia Tech*	Bobby Dodd Stadium Atlanta, GA	ACCN+	L 10–35	49,992
September 17	4:00 pm	Tennessee Tech*	Five Star Stadium Macon, GA	ESPN3	W 34–27	9,772
October 1	1:30 pm	at VMI	Alumni Memorial Field Lexington, VA	ESPN3	W 33–30 OT	5,266
October 8	4:00 pm	at No. 5 Chattanooga	Finley Stadium Chattanooga, TN	SDN	L 31–52	11,039
October 15	4:00 pm	Western Carolina	Five Star Stadium Macon, GA	ESPN3	W 38–24	12,247
October 22	4:00 pm	at Austin Peay*	Fortera Stadium Clarksville, TN	OVCDN	W 41–34	6,506
October 29	1:30 pm	at Wofford	Gibbs Stadium Spartanburg, SC	ESPN3	L 21–31	6,190
November 5	3:00 pm	East Tennessee State	Five Star Stadium Macon, GA	FSN	W 21–13	10,913
November 12	3:30 pm	at No. 22 Samford	Seibert Stadium Homewood, AL	ESPN3	L 19–24	8,379
November 19	3:00 pm	Furman	Five Star Stadium Macon, GA	FSN	W 27–24	10,712
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from STATS Poll released prior to the game All times are in Eastern time