Mercer Bears @ The Citadel Bulldogs

2-1, 2-0 Southern

Final

	1	2	3	4	T
Mercer MER	10	7	7	14	38
The Citadel CIT	0	0	0	0	0

The Citadel BulldogsThe CitadelCIT

1-3, 1-1 Southern

Braden Atkinson throws 4 TD passes in second career start for Mercer, a 38-0 win over The Citadel

— Freshman Braden Atkinson threw four touchdown passes in his second career start and Mercer routed The Citadel 38-0 on Saturday.

Sep 20, 2025, 10:53 pm - AP

Play-By-Play

1st Quarter

Touchdown

10:23 - 1st

MER

CIT

Adjatay Dabbs 18 Yd pass from Braden Atkinson (Reice Griffith Kick)

3 plays, 71 yards, 1:17

Field Goal

2:02 - 1st

MER

CIT

Reice Griffith 51 Yd Field Goal

12 plays, 58 yards, 5:43

2nd Quarter

Touchdown

3:55 - 2nd

MER

CIT

Adjatay Dabbs 29 Yd pass from Braden Atkinson (Reice Griffith Kick)

12 plays, 82 yards, 6:14

3rd Quarter

Touchdown

1:39 - 3rd

MER

CIT

Adonis McDaniel 12 Yd pass from Braden Atkinson (Reice Griffith Kick)

8 plays, 44 yards, 3:08

4th Quarter

Touchdown

13:34 - 4th

MER

CIT

CJ Miller 79 Yd Run (Reice Griffith Kick)

2 plays, 88 yards, 1:14

Touchdown

6:06 - 4th

MER

CIT

Kendall Harris 8 Yd pass from Braden Atkinson (Reice Griffith Kick)

8 plays, 51 yards, 3:55

Data is currently unavailable.

MER

100%

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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