MACON, Ga. – The VMI Football Team traveled to Macon to take on the nationally-ranked Mercer Bears on Saturday afternoon, falling by a score of 62-0.

VMI now drops to 1-7 on the year (0-4 SoCon) while No. 14/17 Mercer moves to 6-1 overall and a perfect 5-0 in league play.

Key Stats
- Collin Shannon throws for just 104 yards, has no interceptions
- Owen Sweeney has 56 yards on three catches
- Noah Grevious totals 29 yards on two receptions
- Stephen Dean III leads VMI with 11.0 tackles and 3.0
- Amaje Parker records 8.0 tackles, blocks a field goal (0.5 TFL)
- Robert Powell, Kouri Crump, Derek Hite each have 6.0 tackles
- Aslin Shipe rushes for 57 yards, including a long rush of 33 yards; totals 153 all-purpose yards (97 on kick return)
- Atkinson tosses five touchdowns to four different receivers for Mercer; Bears have three different rushers find the end zone

How it Happened
- Mercer would strike on their first offensive play (75 yards) and never look back
- The Bears add three more touchdowns and a field goal in the first quarter
- VMI settled in a little, holding Mercer to just 10 points in the second, and seven in the third
- The Bears tack on 14 more in the fourth quarter