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The '''Mercer University''' Bears compete as members of the [[Southern Conference]] in [[NCAA Division I FCS]] football and [[NCAA Division I]] basketball.  Mercer is a private Baptist institution located in Macon, Georgia.  The school has an undergraduate enrollment of around 5,000.

The campus is located south of downtown Macon, bounded by Coleman Avenue, College Street, Mercer University Drive, and I-75.  Exit 163 off I-75 is the Mercer University Drive exit, and offers immediate campus access.  Moye Complex (10,200) and Hawkins Arena (3,500) are located mid-campus on the southeast corner of Adams Street and Edgewood Avenue.

Mercer doesn't appear to have a serious rivalry with any other school.

Mercer has sent four players to the NFL.  Three of these were in the pre-war era, most notably All-Pro G Les Olsson.  Oddly, the fourth was TE Wesley Duke, who appeared in three games for the Broncos in 2005 despite not having played football collegiately -- he'd played basketball for the Bears.  One Mercer alum has played in the NBA, that being Sam Mitchell, who enjoyed a 13-year career with Indiana and Minnesota.
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=='''Conference Affiliations'''==
===Football===
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|[[{{socon}}]]
|NCAA I FCS
|2014-
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|[[{{pfl}}]]
|NCAA I FCS
|2013
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|no team
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|1943-2012
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|[[{{unind}}]]
|unaffiliated
|1942
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|[[{{dixie30}}|Dixie Conference (I)]]
|unaffiliated
|1930-1941†
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|[[{{siaa}}|Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association]]
|NCAA
|1919-1936†
|-
|[[NCAA Independents]]
|NCAA
|1911-1918
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|[[{{siaa}}|Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association]]
|Independent
|1906-1910
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|[[Pre-NCAA Independents]]
|Independent
|1892-1905
|}
† - Mercer competed in both the SIAA and Dixie Conference from 1930-1936.

===Basketball===
{| class="wikitable zebra" style="width: 600px;"
|[[{{socon}}]]
|NCAA I
|2014-
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|[[{{asun}}]]
|NCAA I
|2001-2014
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|[[{{asun}}|Trans America Athletic Conference]]
|NCAA I
|1978-2001
|-
|[[{{d1ind}}]]
|NCAA I
|1974-1978
|-
|[[{{d2ind}}]]
|NCAA II
|1973-1974
|-
|[[{{cdind}}]]
|NCAA College
|1961-1973
|-
|[[{{naiaind}}]]
|NAIA
|1954-1961
|-
|[[{{dixie50}}|Dixie Conference (II)]]
|NAIA
|1948-1954
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|[[{{naiaind}}]]
|NAIA
|1941-1948
|-
|[[{{dixie30}}|Dixie Conference (I)]]
|NAIA
|1936-1941†
|-
|[[{{dixie30}}|Dixie Conference (I)]]
|unaffiliated
|1930-1936†
|-
|[[{{siaa}}|Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association]]
|unaffiliated
|1919-1937†
|-
|[[{{unind}}]]
|unaffiliated
|1911-1919
|-
|[[{{siaa}}|Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association]]
|unaffiliated
|1906-1911
|}
† - Mercer competed in both the SIAA and Dixie Conference from 1930-1937.
=='''Post-Season Appearances'''==
===Football===
Mercer has never appeared in the post-season in football.

===Basketball===
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|{{d1mt}}
|[[1981 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament|1981]], [[2014 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament|2014]]
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|{{nit}}
|[[2013 National Invitation Tournament|2013]]
|-
|{{cbi}}
|[[2015 College Basketball Invitational|2015]]
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|[[CollegeInsider.com Tournament]]
|'''[[2012 CollegeInsider.com Tournament|2012]]'''
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|{{naiamt}}
|[[1948 NAIA Men's Basketball Tournament|1948]], [[1954 NAIA Men's Basketball Tournament|1954]]
|}

=='''Championships'''==
===Football===
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|[[{{dixie30}}|Dixie Conference (I)]] Champions
|[[1932 Dixie Conference Football|1932]]
|}

===Basketball===
{| class="wikitable zebra" style="width: 600px;"
|'''[[CollegeInsider.com Tournament]] Champions'''
|'''[[2012 CollegeInsider.com Tournament|2012]]'''
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|[[{{asun}}]] Tournament Champions
|[[2014 Atlantic Sun Conference Men's Basketball|2014]]
|-
|[[{{asun}}]] Regular Season Champions
|[[2003 Atlantic Sun Conference Men's Basketball|2003]], [[2013 Atlantic Sun Conference Men's Basketball|2013]], ''[[2014 Atlantic Sun Conference Men's Basketball|2014]]''
|-
|[[{{asun}}|Trans America Athletic Conference]] Tournament Champions
|[[1981 Trans America Men's Basketball|1981]]
|-
|[[NAIA Men's Basketball District Regional|NAIA Men's Basketball District 25 Regional]] Champions
|[[1954 NAIA Men's Basketball District Regionals|1954]]
|-
|[[{{dixie50}}|Dixie Conference (II)]] Tournament Champions
|[[1951 Dixie Conference Men's Basketball|1951]], [[1952 Dixie Conference Men's Basketball|1952]], [[1954 Dixie Conference Men's Basketball|1954]]
|-
|[[{{dixie50}}|Dixie Conference (II)]] Regular Season Champions
|[[1950 Dixie Conference Men's Basketball|1950]], [[1952 Dixie Conference Men's Basketball|1952]], [[1953 Dixie Conference Men's Basketball|1953]]
|-
|[[{{siaa}}|Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association]] Tournament Champions†
|[[1924 Southern IAA Men's Basketball|1924]]
|}
† - SIAA records are incomplete, as are records for the 1930-1941 Dixie Conference; Mercer may have won other championships.

=='''National Individual Awards'''==
===Football===
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===Basketball===
{| class="wikitable zebra" style="width: 700px;"
|[[Lou Henson Award]]
|2013: Langston Hall (G)
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|[[Jim Phelan Award]]
|2003: Mark Slonaker (coach)
|}

=='''External Links'''==
[http://www.mercerbears.com Mercer University Athletics]
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